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Sort out operating theatre shambles
Thursday, 5 June 2008, 12:11 am | New Zealand National Party
Health Minister David Cunliffe should sort out the bureaucratic in-fighting over new operating theatres at Hutt Hospital, says National Party Health spokesman Tony Ryall. More >>
Industry amps up the pressure on power crisis
Wednesday, 4 June 2008, 4:43 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Energy spokesman Gerry Brownlee says David Parker should bite the bullet and call an early launch to the electricity conservation campaign he's expected to unveil next week. More >>
AG flags wider concerns about public sector
Wednesday, 4 June 2008, 2:30 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party State Services spokesman Gerry Brownlee believes it is significant that the Auditor-General has signalled a very broad inquiry into integrity within the public service, that will include questions about what Ministers knew and when. More >>
Embarrassing Govt waste on World Environment Day
Wednesday, 4 June 2008, 1:03 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government has had to recall 20,000 15-page colour brochures produced by the Ministry for the Environment for World Environment Day because of a serious content error, says National’s Environment spokesman, Nick Smith. More >>
Broadcasting decision: “Port in storm”
Tuesday, 3 June 2008, 4:42 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Deputy Leader Bill English says the decision on election-year broadcasting allocations is a “port in the electoral storm” which has surrounded Labour’s self serving Electoral Finance Act. More >>
Parker gambling on lights staying on
Tuesday, 3 June 2008, 1:05 pm | New Zealand National Party
"Energy Minister David Parker must say why he's leaving announcements on electricity conservation campaigns so late in the year, when previous Ministers acted earlier," says National's Energy spokesman Gerry Brownlee. More >>
PM dumps on board that Minister was on
Tuesday, 3 June 2008, 10:38 am | New Zealand National Party
The Prime Minister’s efforts to pass the buck on the Housing New Zealand conferences held at luxury venues appears to have backfired, says National Party Housing spokesman Phil Heatley. More >>
www.mccully.co.nz - 30 May 2008
Friday, 30 May 2008, 3:51 pm | New Zealand National Party
On 27 June the people of Zimbabwe will go to the polls for the run-off of the presidential contest between Robert Mugabe and the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai. The vote will be a watershed moment for that troubled country ... More >>
Epidemic of hospital emergency 'Code Reds'
Friday, 30 May 2008, 1:17 pm | New Zealand National Party
Figures obtained by the National Party show the number of times hospitals are being forced into 'Code Red' because they can't cope with patient demand is on the increase. More >>
Work & Income insider confirms sickness rort
Friday, 30 May 2008, 11:49 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Welfare spokeswoman Judith Collins says for the first time a person claiming to be a Work and Income insider has confirmed widespread abuse of sickness benefits by those seeking to avoid work. More >>
News Worthy: Relentlessly ambitious for NZ
Friday, 30 May 2008, 10:06 am | New Zealand National Party
In the face of a growing exodus of New Zealanders offshore it is timely to reflect on why one should stay. Do those who are fleeing share the migratory instincts of the godwit and do they plan to return? More >>
Labour delivers another lemon
Thursday, 29 May 2008, 7:13 pm | New Zealand National Party
In Labour's indecent haste to appear as though it is being proactive in equipping the navy, it has served them up another lemon, says National's Defence spokesman, Wayne Mapp. More >>
Election laws would be tricky for Benson-Popr
Thursday, 29 May 2008, 4:43 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Deputy Leader Bill English says David Benson-Pope might face real difficulties if he was to campaign as an independent Labour candidate in Dunedin. More >>
Saving prison beds comes ahead of safety
Thursday, 29 May 2008, 4:03 pm | New Zealand National Party
An alleged paedophile seemingly hosting toddlers' birthday parties and a sleepover while on electronic bail facing 12 child sex charges is further evidence that e-bail is a high-risk experiment, says National's Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon ... More >>
HNZ boss has pay docked – Minister escapes
Thursday, 29 May 2008, 9:53 am | New Zealand National Party
“How fair is it that the chief executive of Housing New Zealand is likely to have her pay docked for hosting a conference at a venue which the Minister endorsed?” More >>
Labour shifts blame for sickness benefit scam
Wednesday, 28 May 2008, 5:21 pm | New Zealand National Party
National's Welfare spokeswoman, Judith Collins, is appalled that Labour is now blaming doctors for making it easy for beneficiaries to be shifted from the unemployment benefit to the sickness benefit. More >>
Labour misleads on corruption allegations
Wednesday, 28 May 2008, 4:53 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government has been caught out misleading the public about allegations of corruption in the Immigration Service, says National's State Services spokesman, Gerry Brownlee. More >>
No spike in power prices due to crisis: Parker
Wednesday, 28 May 2008, 4:44 pm | New Zealand National Party
"Householders can breathe a sigh of relief - Energy Minister David Parker is promising that domestic electricity prices will not rise because of the looming winter power crisis," says National Party Energy spokesman Gerry Brownlee. More >>
Thanks to Those Who Served in Vietnam
Wednesday, 28 May 2008, 2:25 pm | New Zealand National Party
I rise today to support the apology from the Crown and to offer the gratitude and thanks of the National Party to those New Zealanders who served in the then-Republic of Vietnam. I also offer our apologies to them and their families for the failure ... More >>
Labour turns blind eye to sickness benefit scam
Wednesday, 28 May 2008, 12:13 am | New Zealand National Party
Labour’s claim that Work and Income does not have a policy to move people on to sickness benefits to make unemployment numbers look better is becoming increasingly dubious, says National’s Welfare spokeswoman, Judith Collins. More >>
