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Minister must explain why restraints rules ignored
Monday, 21 July 2008, 12:09 am | New Zealand National Party
The Corrections Minister must explain why his department is allowing rules on the use of waist restraints on prisoners to be ignored, says National’s Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
Jo Goodhew Address To College Of General Practice
Sunday, 20 July 2008, 3:03 pm | New Zealand National Party
Good morning. Today I am going to talk particularly on how you in primary care will play a pivotal role in the future of the health system, and ideas to deal with the health workforce crisis. I am also going to touch on why we need a new approach ... More >>
SOEs to be retained under National
Sunday, 20 July 2008, 2:59 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader John Key says National wants to build New Zealand’s asset base, and so will not sell all or part of any state-owned enterprises or Crown company. More >>
Owen Glenn: Helen Clark has explaining to do
Sunday, 20 July 2008, 2:56 pm | New Zealand National Party
The revelation that Labour donor Owen Glenn gave $100,000 to help pay Winston Peters’ legal bills for his battle with Bob Clarkson leaves Helen Clark with a lot of explaining to do, says National Party Deputy Leader Bill English. More >>
Did Mike Williams broker Glenn donation to Peters?
Sunday, 20 July 2008, 2:52 pm | New Zealand National Party
Helen Clark must explain what involvement Labour Party President Mike Williams had in the $100,000 donation by Labour donor Owen Glenn to Winston Peters’ legal costs, says National Deputy Leader Bill English. More >>
www.mccully.co.nz - 18 July 2008
Friday, 18 July 2008, 3:03 pm | New Zealand National Party
The National Party’s Accident Compensation policy released this week charts a careful and considered route to improvement in the scheme. The Labour Party, the trade unions, and assorted left-wing lawyers and self-appointed commentators had prepared their ... More >>
News Worthy - 18 July 2008
Friday, 18 July 2008, 11:34 am | New Zealand National Party
A black mark for Auckland; ACC – safer workplaces effective compensation; The creative sector More >>
Collins Comments 18 July 2008
Friday, 18 July 2008, 11:31 am | New Zealand National Party
This week, I attended an extremely interesting speech given by Dr Alan Bollard, Governor of the Reserve Bank. It wasn't on interest rates or inflation but was on the life and work of AW "Bill" Phillips (1914-75) Bill Phillips was a New Zealand economist ... More >>
Death of former Police Commissioner Bob Walton
Friday, 18 July 2008, 11:27 am | New Zealand National Party
National’s Police spokesman, Chester Borrows, has paid tribute to former Police Commissioner Bob Walton who passed away at home, aged 86, earlier this week. More >>
Pansy Speak: A healthy start with healthy choices
Friday, 18 July 2008, 10:36 am | New Zealand National Party
Last Sunday, 200 leaders and representatives from Auckland’s Asian communities met with National Party Leader John Key to discuss their concerns about crime. This highly charged meeting came just a week after 10,000 people, most of them Asians, ... More >>
Consider Aussie ETS before passing bill
Thursday, 17 July 2008, 10:30 am | New Zealand National Party
New Zealand needs to give careful consideration to the design of the Australian emissions trading scheme before passing the current bill, says National Party Climate Change spokesman Nick Smith. More >>
ACC policy: safer workplaces,
Wednesday, 16 July 2008, 3:16 pm | New Zealand National Party
National's ACC policy aims to make workplaces safer for workers while delivering certainty of coverage and more effective compensation, says National Party Leader John Key. More >>
Cullen can't be trusted on tax cuts
Wednesday, 16 July 2008, 2:02 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Finance spokesman Bill English says New Zealanders will be suspicious of Michael Cullen's newly discovered enthusiasm for tax cuts. More >>
Another tertiary review keeps bureaucrats busy
Wednesday, 16 July 2008, 12:56 am | New Zealand National Party
Labour’s recent announcement of yet another review of tertiary education in Auckland shows the appetite for bureaucratic paper shuffling is almost insatiable in the sector, says National’s Tertiary Education spokesman, Paul Hutchison. More >>
National to maintain arts funding
Tuesday, 15 July 2008, 3:33 pm | New Zealand National Party
The National Party's Arts, Culture and Heritage policy, announced today, confirms that National will maintain current levels of arts funding, should it be in the position to form a government following the 2008 election. More >>
Patchy progress in breast screening
Tuesday, 15 July 2008, 9:54 am | New Zealand National Party
Young women continue to miss out in the Government-funded breast screening programme, says National Party Associate Health spokeswoman Jackie Blue. More >>
TVNZ sale claims wrong
Monday, 14 July 2008, 12:32 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Broadcasting spokesman Jonathan Coleman says claims from Labour and Christchurch Polytech Broadcasting School head Paul Norris that National intends selling TVNZ are wrong. More >>
Mallard's train-building idea daft
Sunday, 13 July 2008, 5:21 pm | New Zealand National Party
A plan by the Government to build its own locomotives for the railways is daft, says National's SOE spokesman, Gerry Brownlee. More >>
Labour's Cancer Control Strategy is failing
Sunday, 13 July 2008, 5:17 pm | New Zealand National Party
Further proof that the Government's much vaunted Cancer Control Strategy is failing was presented at a prostate cancer forum in Wellington yesterday, says National Party Associate Health spokeswoman Jackie Blue. More >>
No Minister, bureaucrat numbers are out of control
Sunday, 13 July 2008, 5:06 pm | New Zealand National Party
An attempt by Labour to fudge figures around their out-of-control bureaucracy has fallen over at the first analysis, says National's Education spokeswoman, Anne Tolley. More >>
