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John Key Speech To Regional Conference Wellington
Sunday, 18 May 2008, 2:10 pm | 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 >>
More delay is the last thing we need: Greens
Sunday, 18 May 2008, 2:08 pm | New Zealand National Party
John Key's approach to climate change policy has all the urgency of a methane-emitting cow chewing its cud, Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons says. More >>
National won't cut corners on ETS
Sunday, 18 May 2008, 2:06 pm | New Zealand National Party
National wants to get the emissions trading scheme right and is not prepared to cut corners when kiwis' financial security is at risk, National Party Leader John Key told the party's Lower North Island conference in Wellington today. More >>
Mallard forced to explain MfE bungles - again
Sunday, 18 May 2008, 2:05 pm | New Zealand National Party
Environment Minister Trevor Mallard has been forced to admit his beleaguered Ministry has bungled again by cancelling public workshops to enable a staff member to take a jaunt to Australia, says National's Associate Environment spokeswoman, Jacqui Dean. More >>
Mapp: NZ - China FTA Agreement Bill Speech
Friday, 16 May 2008, 3:52 pm | New Zealand National Party
National will, of course, be supporting the New Zealand - China Free Trade Agreement Bill into law, through all its stages. I suggest it is the most significant bill that this Parliament will be passing during its three-year period. More >>
www.mccully.co.nz - 15 May 2008
Friday, 16 May 2008, 2:38 pm | New Zealand National Party
Day after day over the past week, New Zealanders have been forcibly reminded of the appalling destruction wreaked by Cyclone Nargis at the top of each media bulletin, and on the front pages of most newspapers. And we have also been reminded of the ... More >>
Kiwi quake experts should be sent to China
Friday, 16 May 2008, 2:11 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Ethnic Affairs spokeswoman Pansy Wong is urging the Government to send earthquake experts to China as the devastating effects of the Sichuan earthquake become clear. More >>
Were Ministers briefed on suspect CV?
Friday, 16 May 2008, 11:52 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party State Services spokesman Gerry Brownlee says revelations from the State Services Commission that it knew about Mary Anne Thompson’s suspicious CV in 2004 poses more sticky questions for Ministers. More >>
Bribery, theft, fraud no business of Ministers
Friday, 16 May 2008, 10:48 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Immigration spokesman Lockwood Smith is confident that Ministers in the Labour Government will try to wash their hands of more serious questions levelled at the Pacific branch of the Immigration Service. More >>
Cullen blames Cullen for small tax cuts
Friday, 16 May 2008, 12:54 am | New Zealand National Party
National’s Finance spokesman Bill English says Michael Cullen’s latest justification for smaller tax cuts - the effect on interest rates - makes it clear that he is doubly responsible for Labour’s lack of tax relief, and the size of whatever cuts he serves ... More >>
Recycled policy gets reheated - again
Friday, 16 May 2008, 12:21 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Housing spokesman Phil Heatley says Labour’s pre-Budget ‘shared equity’ announcement is a “recycled policy reheated” for election year. “Labour campaigned strongly on shared equity ahead of the 2005 election. This is taking recycling ... More >>
Immigration probe had focus on policy
Thursday, 15 May 2008, 4:19 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Immigration spokesman Lockwood Smith says Labour's claim that the inquiry into unlawful decisions at the Immigration Service was just an employment matter has been shot to bits. More >>
Nearly $1 mil worth of antibiotics wasted
Thursday, 15 May 2008, 4:01 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Health spokesman Tony Ryall says the Labour Government's legacy of waste in the health sector has been laid bare with figures showing nearly $1 million worth of antibiotics have been poured down the drain. More >>
Anderton u-turn on meat mega-merger rank hypocrisy
Thursday, 15 May 2008, 1:06 pm | New Zealand National Party
Jim Anderton’s new-found status as promoter of a mega-merger for the meat industry reeks of breathtaking hypocrisy, says National’s Agriculture spokesman, David Carter. More >>
Immigration: Release the terms of probes
Thursday, 15 May 2008, 11:13 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Immigration spokesman Lockwood Smith says the Government must release the terms of reference for the probes that have been conducted and are currently being conducted into the Immigration Service. More >>
Australia ups ante in competition for Kiwi talent
Thursday, 15 May 2008, 9:18 am | New Zealand National Party
"Australia has significantly upped the ante in the global competition to attract talented and skilled Kiwis," says National Party Finance spokesman Bill English. More >>
Another road to Damascus conversion for Anderton
Thursday, 15 May 2008, 9:16 am | New Zealand National Party
Jim Anderton's sudden support for a meat industry mega-merger is a complete about-face and will come as a surprise to sheep farmers, says National's Agriculture spokesman, David Carter. More >>
If Cosgrove knew - how come Cunliffe didn't?
Thursday, 15 May 2008, 9:14 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Immigration spokesman Lockwood Smith wants to know why Clayton Cosgrove knew all about a secret report into allegations levelled at Mary-Anne Thompson but the man who preceded him as Immigration Minister did not. More >>
Toll leaks must alarm Michael Cullen
Wednesday, 14 May 2008, 10:28 am | New Zealand National Party
“In the run up to the Budget, Michael Cullen must be alarmed by the information which appears to be leaking out of his office about the deal to buy Toll’s rail business,” says National Party Finance spokesman Bill English. More >>
Nats want inquiry into medicine bungle
Tuesday, 13 May 2008, 4:42 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Health spokesman Tony Ryall is demanding a full investigation into why overseas visitors have been receiving subsidised medicines which they are not entitled to. More >>
