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Rapist, drug dealer, robbers, run from home D
Tuesday, 27 May 2008, 5:06 pm | New Zealand National Party
A rapist, an arsonist, a drug manufacturer, a drug dealer, violent robbers, burglars, and thieves all walked away from Labour's risky home detention scheme last year, says National's Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
Minister's call on report he knew nothing about?
Tuesday, 27 May 2008, 5:05 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Immigration spokesman Lockwood Smith is questioning how Clayton Cosgrove could decide unlawful decisions made by the Immigration Service were an employment matter if he did not know anything about them. More >>
Labour admits Charter failure
Tuesday, 27 May 2008, 4:49 pm | New Zealand National Party
"Stripping control of $15 million of direct Charter funding from Television New Zealand is an admission from Labour that the Charter is a failure," says National Party Broadcasting spokesman Jonathan Coleman. More >>
Education Minister fails homework test
Tuesday, 27 May 2008, 4:48 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Education spokeswoman Anne Tolley says Education Minister Chris Carter has "failed to do his homework" on statistics which show major problems with NCEA internal assessment. More >>
94 bureaucrats get two days at luxury resort
Tuesday, 27 May 2008, 3:41 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Housing spokesman Phil Heatley has revealed 94 Housing New Zealand managers spent two days at a conference at the luxury Tongariro Lodge. More >>
Internal Affairs may be in breach of election law
Tuesday, 27 May 2008, 3:36 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Deputy Leader Bill English says the Department of Internal Affairs may be in breach of Labour's self-serving Electoral Finance Act if Crown Law advice to Treasury is reliable. More >>
Pansy Speak: What’s happening to your money?
Tuesday, 27 May 2008, 10:00 am | New Zealand National Party
Body language experts and political analysts will be going into overdrive analysing the behaviour of Labour during Dr Cullen’s Budget speech last Thursday. The Labour caucus met an hour before the Budget was revealed, but their dull, downcast faces ... More >>
Statement regarding comments to forum
Tuesday, 27 May 2008, 12:34 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Industrial Relations spokeswoman Kate Wilkinson says comments made this morning about the employer contribution to KiwiSaver under a National Government were wrong and do not reflect party policy. More >>
NCEA failing New Zealand kids’ IT future
Monday, 26 May 2008, 4:58 pm | New Zealand National Party
Reports that senior ICT groups and academics believe NCEA is failing to equip secondary school pupils for a future in the industry should be cause for grave concern, says National’s Education spokeswoman, Anne Tolley. More >>
So there ARE problems in the courts system
Monday, 26 May 2008, 4:56 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Labour Government’s desperate injection of $6.3 million to address the pressure on Auckland courts has scotched Labour’s previous claim that the system is improving, says National’s Associate Justice spokeswoman, Kate Wilkinson. More >>
Five Star probe proof SFO should not be disbanded
Monday, 26 May 2008, 4:55 pm | New Zealand National Party
The announcement that the Serious Fraud Office is to investigate the failure of Five Star Consumer Finance is further proof of the folly of disbanding the SFO, says National’s Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
Congrats Scott Dixon
Monday, 26 May 2008, 4:48 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader John Key is congratulating Kiwi motor racing ace Scott Dixon for his historic win in the Indianapolis 500. More >>
Judy Kirk - Northern Regional Conference Speech
Sunday, 25 May 2008, 5:25 pm | New Zealand National Party
One day in the next few months, New Zealand will hold a General Election. Imagine these scenarios: More >>
Budget fails to deliver for ratepayers
Sunday, 25 May 2008, 5:20 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Budget fails to deliver for ratepayers across the country who have faced years of local government rates increases, says National's Local Government spokesman, John Carter. More >>
John Key: Speech to the National Party Conference
Sunday, 25 May 2008, 11:39 am | New Zealand National Party
It’s good to feel the election-year buzz in the air. That’s a buzz born of excitement, but also, I hope, a sense of the size of the task ahead of us. More >>
National pays tribute to Graham Stairmand
Friday, 23 May 2008, 3:40 pm | New Zealand National Party
Graham Stairmand, who passed away today, was a staunch advocate for New Zealand's senior citizens, says National's Welfare spokeswoman, Judith Collins. “As President of Grey Power, Mr Stairmand was fearless. More >>
Justice budget: nothing to see here, move along
Friday, 23 May 2008, 2:47 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Justice & Corrections spokesman Simon Power wants to know what was new in the Budget for law and order at a time when violent crime has increased by 43% since Labour came into office. More >>
www.mccully.co.nz - 23 May 2008
Friday, 23 May 2008, 2:15 pm | New Zealand National Party
The debate about the need for tax cuts was won and lost many months ago. The only person who didn't know it was Michael Cullen. Now he is going to pretend to support tax cuts, not because he believes they will be good for the economy, or even because ... More >>
Education Minister should meet principals
Friday, 23 May 2008, 1:41 pm | New Zealand National Party
Education Minister Chris Carter should be sitting down and talking to North Shore college principals about funding rather than conducting a spat with them through the media, says National Party Education spokeswoman, Anne Tolley. More >>
The Mapp Report: A Block Of Cheese?
Friday, 23 May 2008, 11:56 am | New Zealand National Party
A three year wait for a $32 tax cut. That's how reluctant Dr Cullen has been in giving tax cuts. After nine years of a Labour Government, someone on an average income will have to wait another three years to 2011 to get a $32 reduction in taxes. More >>
