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New Worthy: Taxing times

Friday, 4 April 2008, 9:48 am | New Zealand National Party

Taxing times; The dynamic nature of language; The demise of the finance companies ; Scams abound daily More >>

Housing Minister is on her own with denials

Friday, 4 April 2008, 12:06 am | New Zealand National Party

National Party Housing spokesman Phil Heatley says Maryan Street appears to be out on her own in denying that her department is referring vulnerable New Zealanders to ‘squalid’ South Auckland accommodation. More >>

Labour’s PC food rules prompt birthday cake ban

Friday, 4 April 2008, 12:04 am | New Zealand National Party

Labour’s draconian school food rules are to blame for an Auckland school becoming the ‘Birthday Grinch’, says National’s Education spokeswoman, Anne Tolley. More >>

So who is monitoring TVNZ’s charter?

Thursday, 3 April 2008, 4:36 pm | New Zealand National Party

National Party Broadcasting spokesman Jonathan Coleman says Labour is at sixes and sevens about who is responsible for monitoring TVNZ’s spending of charter funding. More >>

Celebrating Families: IHC Support Co-Ordination

Thursday, 3 April 2008, 3:19 pm | New Zealand National Party

IHC has recently released a briefing paper calling for better co-ordination of support for families. More >>

Poll shows up NZers’ concerns over crime

Thursday, 3 April 2008, 2:45 pm | New Zealand National Party

A poll in which the public say they are more concerned about crime and violence than anything else shows up the folly of replacing the Serious Fraud Office with an agency with fewer powers, says National’s Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon ... More >>

Biofuels bill blasted by Environment Commissioner

Thursday, 3 April 2008, 1:00 pm | New Zealand National Party

The Government must heed the message of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment that its biofuels bill is flawed and a risk to New Zealand’s clean, green brand, says National’s Environment spokesman, Dr Nick Smith. More >>

Labour breaks election laws - again

Thursday, 3 April 2008, 11:40 am | New Zealand National Party

National Party Leader John Key says New Zealanders will be disappointed but not surprised that Labour has been caught breaking its own anti-democratic election laws. More >>

Eating Disorders Plan – a plan for a plan

Thursday, 3 April 2008, 11:17 am | New Zealand National Party

After almost nine years of inaction on eating disorder services, an eating disorders report has finally appeared on the Ministry of Health’s website, says National Party Associate Health spokeswoman Jackie Blue. More >>

Maori money-go-round gets much murkier

Thursday, 3 April 2008, 10:19 am | New Zealand National Party

Labour’s move to take $35 million from the Maori Trustee to build a Maori economic development agency is getting even murkier, says National’s Maori Affairs spokesman, Tau Henare. More >>

Herceptin decision a slap in the face for Labour

Thursday, 3 April 2008, 12:46 am | New Zealand National Party

The court-ordered review of the decision not to fund 12 months of Herceptin, the internationally accepted norm, is a “well deserved slap in the face” for the Labour Government’s drug buying agency, says National’s Associate Health spokeswoman, ... More >>

Only 12% of new police going to ‘front line’

Thursday, 3 April 2008, 12:37 am | New Zealand National Party

Police Minister Annette King should tell the public the real story behind the size of increase in police on the front line, says National Party Police spokesman, Chester Borrows. More >>

Children and youth violence rockets under Labour

Wednesday, 2 April 2008, 4:38 pm | New Zealand National Party

Labour continues to fail dismally in the fight again violent youth crime, says National's Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon Power. More >>

Slippery Nats put agriculture at risk

Wednesday, 2 April 2008, 4:28 pm | New Zealand National Party

"Climate change is not a topic on which New Zealand can afford the National Party to be slippery. The issue is too important for our land-based industries and therefore to the backbone of our economy," Agriculture Minister Jim Anderton ... More >>

Minister skirts serious issues on ACC

Wednesday, 2 April 2008, 4:27 pm | New Zealand National Party

National Party ACC spokeswoman Pansy Wong says in celebrating a new report on ACC, Minister Maryan Street continues to skirt around the serious issues raised in a Government review just a year ago. More >>

Just make some arrests

Wednesday, 2 April 2008, 3:25 pm | New Zealand National Party

In a year when violent crime has increased by 12%, New Zealanders will be dismayed to see that the Government today launched 'specialist task forces' developing 'a whole-of-government approach' followed by 'a cycle of ongoing three-year strategies' ... More >>