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High interest rates now costing jobs
Thursday, 17 April 2008, 4:07 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Finance spokesman Bill English says the shock announcement that up to 430 of Fisher and Paykel’s Dunedin-based jobs will disappear are an indictment on Labour’s economic policies. More >>
Strike to take far bigger toll than Labour admits
Thursday, 17 April 2008, 3:43 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Health spokesman Tony Ryall says the impact on patients of the junior doctors’ strike is going to be far greater than Labour has so far been prepared to admit. More >>
Picking up the pieces on prostate cancer guideline
Thursday, 17 April 2008, 2:19 pm | New Zealand National Party
The news that the Cancer Society will be taking a major role in the development of prostate cancer guidelines comes as a huge relief, says National’s Associate Health spokeswoman Jackie Blue. More >>
Labour says no thanks to millionaire investors
Wednesday, 16 April 2008, 3:30 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Immigration Minister’s ideas of grandeur are scaring investors away, says National’s Associate Immigration spokeswoman, Pansy Wong. “In November 2007, there was much fanfare and chest-beating by the then Immigration Minister, David Cunliffe, at the ... More >>
One extra violent offence every 30 minutes
Wednesday, 16 April 2008, 3:03 pm | New Zealand National Party
Violent crime in New Zealand is now at its highest level ever, says National's Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
Corrections inquiry long overdue
Wednesday, 16 April 2008, 1:14 pm | New Zealand National Party
National’s Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon Power, is delighted he has finally got the inquiry into the Corrections Department that he has been seeking for more than two years. More >>
Education gateway slammed shut for some children
Tuesday, 15 April 2008, 4:45 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Education spokeswoman Anne Tolley says public schools, as the main provider of education to Kiwi kids, have much to gain from National's commitment to provide education entitlements to all children. More >>
Labour's deportation record appalling
Tuesday, 15 April 2008, 4:01 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour's record on deporting immigrants who have committed criminal offences is appalling, says National's Immigration spokesman, Lockwood Smith. More >>
DHBs weigh up cost of doctors' strike
Tuesday, 15 April 2008, 3:58 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Health spokesman Tony Ryall says the looming junior doctors' strike is expected to force the cancellation of hundreds of operations and thousands of specialist appointments at hospitals around the country. More >>
Is it an open invitation to medal ceremony?
Tuesday, 15 April 2008, 10:40 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Veterans Affairs spokeswoman, Judith Collins, is asking Labour whether there is an open invitation to a medal presentation ceremony being held in the Labour Party caucus room this afternoon. More >>
Damning report on Labour's science record
Tuesday, 15 April 2008, 9:49 am | New Zealand National Party
The National Science Panel's report issued today is a damning indictment on Labour's record over science policy, says National's Research, Science & Technology spokesman, Dr Paul Hutchison. More >>
Needy in squalor while gangs housed 'sensitively'
Monday, 14 April 2008, 4:32 pm | New Zealand National Party
Housing New Zealand is promising to house opposing gangs in neighbouring state houses 'sensitively', while desperate families live in "squalid" boarding houses just down the road, says National Party Housing spokesman Phil Heatley. More >>
Prisoners still getting more compo than victims
Monday, 14 April 2008, 2:37 pm | New Zealand National Party
Prisoners are still getting more compensation than their victims, despite Labour's claim that this would not be the case, says National's Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
Labour pays lip service to literacy
Monday, 14 April 2008, 2:16 pm | New Zealand National Party
National's push for National Standards for literacy will puncture Labour's complacency over a generation of children who have missed out on sound teaching, says National's Education spokeswoman, Anne Tolley. More >>
Now it’s petanque and golf in our prisons
Monday, 14 April 2008, 8:15 am | New Zealand National Party
The Corrections Department remains sadly out of touch with what the public expects to be happening in our prisons, says National’s Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
Clark confirms Labour’s sidestep of election laws
Monday, 14 April 2008, 12:05 am | New Zealand National Party
“Does Labour plan to use government department publicity as part of its election campaign or not?” National Party Deputy Leader Bill English says Helen Clark wouldn’t give a straight answer to that question in media interviews today. More >>
National Selects Michael Woodhouse as Candidate
Friday, 11 April 2008, 4:37 pm | New Zealand National Party
The National Party Southern Regional Chair is proud to announce that Michael Woodhouse has been selected as the National Party candidate for Dunedin North to contest the 2008 Election. More >>
www.mccully.co.nz - 11 April 2008
Friday, 11 April 2008, 4:07 pm | New Zealand National Party
Four months into Election Year there is only one certainty about the rules under which the 2008 election will be held: they are in a complete state of uncertainty. Day after day Parliamentary Question Time demonstrates that Ministers have no understanding ... More >>
National seeks court clarity on election law
Friday, 11 April 2008, 3:48 pm | New Zealand National Party
The National Party is going to court to try to get some clarity on Labour's Electoral Finance Act, says National Party Deputy Leader Bill English. More >>
Labour puts ‘don’t invest here’ sign up
Friday, 11 April 2008, 10:47 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader John Key has slammed Labour’s blatantly political decision to scuttle the Canada Pension Plan’s bid for a stake in Auckland Airport despite the Overseas Investment Office’s recommendation that it be approved. More >>
