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News Worthy: The scorecard of the Government

Friday, 1 August 2008, 10:24 am | New Zealand National Party

This week has seen continued debate on the Appropriation (2008/09 Estimates Bill) which gives the government of the day an opportunity to outline the overall thrust and rationale of its policies and to highlight its achievements. More >>

Government in denial over botched clean-up

Thursday, 31 July 2008, 4:54 pm | New Zealand National Party

The Government has its head in the sand in refusing to accept the findings of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment over the botched Mapua clean-up, says National’s Environment spokesman, Nick Smith. More >>

Congratulations to Yule on Local Govt appointment

Wednesday, 30 July 2008, 5:22 pm | New Zealand National Party

National Party Local Government spokesman, John Carter, is congratulating Hastings Mayor Lawrence Yule on his appointment as the new president of Local Government New Zealand. More >>

Election spending: Clark back to her old tricks

Wednesday, 30 July 2008, 4:33 pm | New Zealand National Party

National Party Deputy Leader Bill English says Helen Clark and the Labour Party are back to their old trick of campaigning on the public purse, if stickers being distributed by MP Lynne Pillay are anything to go by. More >>

Minister wags his truancy responsibilities

Wednesday, 30 July 2008, 4:10 pm | New Zealand National Party

With truancy 41% higher than it was when Labour came to office, it defies belief that the Education Minister is clueless about how Labour is dealing with this major issue, says National's Education Spokeswoman, Anne Tolley. More >>

Labour caves in over Real Estate Agents Bill

Wednesday, 30 July 2008, 4:09 pm | New Zealand National Party

The Labour Government has caved in over many of its proposed changes to the Real Estate Agents Bill, says National's Justice spokesman, Simon Power. More >>

Needs to reassure public on officers who break law

Wednesday, 30 July 2008, 3:03 pm | New Zealand National Party

Police Minister Annette King should reassure the public that police officers who break the law are dealt with openly and transparently, says National’s Police spokesman, Chester Borrows More >>

Bridges takes the campaign online

Wednesday, 30 July 2008, 2:51 pm | New Zealand National Party

National Party candidate for Tauranga Simon Bridges has today launched his online campaign. His new website is www.simonbridges.co.nz and he has a supporters group on popular social networking website Facebook. More >>

Collapse of WTO talks a major setback

Wednesday, 30 July 2008, 2:17 pm | New Zealand National Party

The collapse of the WTO talks in Geneva, over the highly technical issue of a special safeguard for developing country agricultural tariffs, is very disappointing for New Zealand, says National’s Trade spokesman, Tim Groser. More >>

Anderton rewards MAF ineptness

Wednesday, 30 July 2008, 11:25 am | New Zealand National Party

Agriculture Minister Jim Anderton should be ashamed of himself for rewarding ineptness in his Ministry, says National’s Agriculture spokesman, David Carter. Mr Carter is referring to the case of a promising Sustainable Farming Fund project that languished ... More >>

Rural health needs more than another review

Wednesday, 30 July 2008, 10:50 am | New Zealand National Party

National Party Rural Health spokeswoman Jo Goodhew is calling on the Government to complete the endless reviews and take action, in the wake of warnings about worsening health access for rural New Zealand. More >>

Kea deaths warrant independent review

Wednesday, 30 July 2008, 10:49 am | New Zealand National Party

The deaths of seven kea at Fox Glacier as a result of DOC’s 1080 poisoning programme must trigger a wider review of the department’s pest management, says National’s Conservation spokesman, Nick Smith. More >>

Herceptin: What's it going to take?

Wednesday, 30 July 2008, 9:57 am | New Zealand National Party

National Party Leader John Key and Associate Health spokeswoman Jackie Blue are urging the Government to free up money to fund 12 months of Herceptin. More >>

Childcare sleeping arrangements rigid, expensive

Tuesday, 29 July 2008, 3:58 pm | New Zealand National Party

Labour’s insistence that all ECE centres must have closed-off sleeping rooms for children will force many centres to the wall, say National’s Education spokeswomen, Anne Tolley and Paula Bennett. More >>

Worrying deficiencies identified in Mapua clean-up

Tuesday, 29 July 2008, 11:23 am | New Zealand National Party

There are important lessons to be learnt from the remediation of the contaminated site at Mapua that need to be applied to other contaminated sites of this kind, says National’s Environment spokesman Nick Smith. More >>

Key: Speech to Local Government NZ Conference

Monday, 28 July 2008, 4:16 pm | New Zealand National Party

It’s a great pleasure to be speaking to you today. Let me first acknowledge the fine work that Basil Morrison has done as your president over the past 7½ years, not only with the Government but across all parties. More >>

Key welcomes new candidates

Monday, 28 July 2008, 4:10 pm | New Zealand National Party

National Party Leader John Key has welcomed the announcement of two candidates for the party list, Steven Joyce and Melissa Lee. “Steven Joyce has over a number of years played an important role in the rejuvenation of the party, and in accepting ... More >>