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What to expect in electricity crisis campaign
Friday, 6 June 2008, 12:19 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Energy spokesman Gerry Brownlee says with a likely electricity crisis campaign due to be announced next week, consumers can probably expect incentives for savings and televised advice on how to get through. More >>
Will Minister confirm power plant breakdown?
Thursday, 5 June 2008, 10:59 am | New Zealand National Party
Industry sources have told National Party Energy spokesman Gerry Brownlee that the Otahuhu B power station is being shut down for at least four days while repairs are carried out on a boiler tube. More >>
National need to held to account for democracy
Thursday, 5 June 2008, 9:30 am | New Zealand National Party
The National Party should fully cost the fourteen policies that its leader claims it has already publicly released so that all New Zealanders can judge the degree of that party’s financial irresponsibility, Finance Minister Michael Cullen said ... More >>
Spotlight on Govt’s poor environmental record
Thursday, 5 June 2008, 12:16 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s record on environmental protection is out of step with its hosting of World Environment Day, says National’s Environment spokesman, Nick Smith. More >>
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 >>
