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Labour’s RMA Reforms Falling Apart
Thursday, 23 February 2023, 12:55 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour’s RMA reforms are in tatters following submitter after submitter to the Environment Committee saying the Bills will make it even hard to get things done, National’s RMA Reform & Urban Development spokesperson Chris Bishop says. ... More >>
Bluegreens Forum To Take Place In Blenheim This Weekend
Thursday, 23 February 2023, 9:39 am | New Zealand National Party
The National Party's annual Bluegreens Forum will take place in Blenheim this weekend, with a focus on discussions around the Resource Management Act (RMA) reform, agriculture and the environment, rewiring New Zealand and addresses from New Zealand's leading ... More >>
Stop Light Rail And Rebuild Our Regions
Wednesday, 22 February 2023, 3:26 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government needs to immediately scrap plans for light rail in Auckland and Wellington and refocus efforts on rebuilding the transport networks around the country devastated by Cyclone Gabrielle, National’s Transport spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “Our ... More >>
New Prime Minister, Same Economic Failure
Wednesday, 22 February 2023, 2:56 pm | New Zealand National Party
Today’s decision to increase the Official Cash Rate by 50 basis points marks ten consecutive rate hikes in a row, underlying just how entrenched inflation has become, National’s Finance spokesperson Nicola Willis says. “Interest rates often move ... More >>
PM Is Out Of Touch With Concerns About Crime
Wednesday, 22 February 2023, 1:45 pm | New Zealand National Party
The fact that the Prime Minister is dismissing the concerns of locals about crime in cyclone-affected areas shows he is out of touch with what is happening on the ground, National’s Police spokesperson Mark Mitchell says. “Community concerns ... More >>
Government Must Rule Out New Taxes
Wednesday, 22 February 2023, 11:54 am | New Zealand National Party
Now is not the time for new taxes and the Government should be upfront about whether it plans to introduce them, National’s Finance spokesperson Nicola Willis says. “National stands with all communities devastated by Cyclone Gabrielle. We support ... More >>
Truancy Announcement – Is That It?
Tuesday, 21 February 2023, 11:27 am | New Zealand National Party
Today’s attendance announcement is an underwhelming response from a Government that has presided over a shameful deterioration in school attendance over half a decade, National's Education spokesperson Erica Stanford says. “Today's announcement ... More >>
Labour’s Soft-on-crime Approach Coming Home To Roost
Monday, 20 February 2023, 12:20 pm | New Zealand National Party
Police Minister Stuart Nash’s plea to gangs to stop committing crimes in cyclone-affected areas is pathetic, and harsher sentences are needed and justifiable in an emergency, National’s Justice spokesperson Paul Goldsmith and Police spokesperson Mark Mitchell ... More >>
Carl Bates Selected As National’s Candidate In Whanganui
Monday, 20 February 2023, 6:27 am | New Zealand National Party
Carl Bates has been selected by local party members as National’s candidate in Whanganui for the 2023 General Election. Born and raised in Whanganui, Mr Bates returned to New Zealand in 2020 after years overseas building a successful business, Sirdar, ... More >>
Miles Anderson Selected As National’s Candidate In Waitaki
Sunday, 19 February 2023, 8:50 pm | New Zealand National Party
Southburn-based farmer Miles Anderson has been selected by local party members as National’s candidate in Waitaki for the 2023 General Election. Mr Anderson has been a farmer for more than 20 years and has served on the Federated Farmers board ... More >>
Blair Cameron selected as National’s candidate in Nelson
Saturday, 18 February 2023, 2:22 pm | New Zealand National Party
Blair Cameron has been selected by local party members as National’s candidate in Nelson for the 2023 General Election. After growing up in Canterbury, Mr Cameron studied at Brown University in the United States before working as a senior research ... More >>
Emma Chatterton selected as National’s candidate in Remutaka
Saturday, 18 February 2023, 2:19 pm | New Zealand National Party
Emma Chatterton has been selected as National’s candidate in Remutaka for the 2023 General Election. Ms Chatterton is currently a senior leader at Wellington-based social investment company ImpactLab. She has previously worked as a teacher, including ... More >>
Siva Kilari selected as National’s candidate in Manurewa
Saturday, 18 February 2023, 2:12 pm | New Zealand National Party
Siva Kilari has been selected as National’s candidate in Manurewa for the 2023 General Election. Mr Kilari owns and operates Universal Granite and Marble, a benchtop stone wholesaler he established. He came to New Zealand as an international student ... More >>
Hamilton For Hamilton: Ryan Hamilton Selected As National’s Candidate In Hamilton East
Friday, 17 February 2023, 8:50 pm | New Zealand National Party
Ryan Hamilton has been selected by local party members as National’s candidate in Hamilton East. Mr Hamilton has served as a Hamilton City Councillor since 2018 and has lived in and around Hamilton for 30 years. He is also a small business owner ... More >>
Labour’s Truancy Crisis Is Down To Hipkins’ Inaction
Sunday, 12 February 2023, 2:25 pm | New Zealand National Party
In half a decade as Minister of Education, Chris Hipkins proved utterly incapable of turning around plummeting school attendance rates and falling achievement levels, National’s Education spokesperson Erica Stanford says. “Today we hear Mr Hipkins ... More >>
New Health Minister, Same Problems
Friday, 10 February 2023, 12:16 pm | New Zealand National Party
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins was right to demote Andrew Little, but changing the Health Minister will do nothing by itself to improve New Zealand’s declining health statistics, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. “It is no secret ... More >>
Labour Cranks Waste Machine Into Top Gear
Thursday, 9 February 2023, 11:32 am | New Zealand National Party
Chris Hipkins’ “policy bonfire” is no more than a smoke and mirrors exercise, highlighting yet again Labour’s addiction to spending, National’s Finance Spokesperson Nicola Willis says. “While the cost-of-living Crisis has deepened, the Labour Government ... More >>
Labour Stores Pet Projects For Another Day
Wednesday, 8 February 2023, 4:42 pm | New Zealand National Party
Chris Hipkins is making up for five years of incompetence and non-delivery by pretending to get rid of Labour’s ideological pet projects, says National Leader Christopher Luxon. “Chris Hipkins wants Kiwis to think Labour is listening to voters’ concerns ... More >>
Labour Must Scrap Blanket Speed Limit Reductions
Wednesday, 8 February 2023, 12:45 pm | New Zealand National Party
Pressure from National and communities up and down the country might soon force Minister of Transport Michael Wood to slam the brakes on his highly unpopular blanket speed limit reductions across our state highways, National’s Transport spokesperson ... More >>
Farmer Confidence At All Time Low
Wednesday, 8 February 2023, 12:09 pm | New Zealand National Party
Farmer confidence has hit a record low under Labour, indicating a seismic disconnect between the rural sector and the Government, National’s Agriculture spokesperson Todd Muller says. “The latest Federated Farmers survey showed 65.2 per cent of ... More >>
