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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 >>

News Worthy: The hospital saga

Friday, 11 April 2008, 10:20 am | New Zealand National Party

The hospital saga; China trade - opportunity celebrated; Putting Victims First More >>

Pansy Speak: Walking a mile in the police’s shoes

Friday, 11 April 2008, 10:16 am | New Zealand National Party

Last Friday night I got to experience what our police experience every single day. From 4pm until well after midnight, I went on the beat with the police in Howick. Even though there were times when things got a bit hairy, I always felt safe in their ... More >>

National to hold Campaign Planning Day

Friday, 11 April 2008, 12:44 am | New Zealand National Party

MPs and candidates along with their financial agents and campaign chairs, and other party officials are attending. The day will cover everything from the new legal rules for campaigning under the EFA, to hoardings and canvassing and the importance of ... More >>

Labour says child hunger is about ‘dieting’

Thursday, 10 April 2008, 4:21 pm | New Zealand National Party

In an absolute outrage, a senior Labour Minister has claimed that kids who go hungry at breakfast time do so because they want to stay ‘trim’, says National Party Education spokeswoman Anne Tolley. More >>

Cullen confirms borrowing and spending cuts

Thursday, 10 April 2008, 4:01 pm | New Zealand National Party

National Party Finance spokesman Bill English says Michael Cullen has confirmed he will be borrowing more, and spending more at a slower rate of growth to pay for tax cuts. More >>

Dyson’s claims on bush children questionable

Thursday, 10 April 2008, 4:00 pm | New Zealand National Party

Ruth Dyson’s claims that the 13 children living rough in the bush near Wairoa are being ‘properly looked after’ are questionable in the least, says National’s Associate Welfare (CYF) spokeswoman, Anne Tolley. More >>

More than a fifth of UK police recruits leave

Thursday, 10 April 2008, 1:47 pm | New Zealand National Party

More than a fifth of the police officers recruited from the United Kingdom into the New Zealand Police have left already, says National's Police spokesman, Chester Borrows. More >>

HNZ slams affordable housing bill

Thursday, 10 April 2008, 1:45 pm | New Zealand National Party

National Party Housing spokesman Phil Heatley says the Housing Minister's own department has inadvertently slammed Labour's heavy-handed plan to force developers to build 'affordable housing'. More >>

Labour in denial over midwife shortage

Thursday, 10 April 2008, 11:26 am | New Zealand National Party

"Mums-to-be can have little faith that Labour will do anything about the health workforce crisis when it is in blatant denial over the national shortage of midwives," says Wellington-based National MP Katrina Shanks. More >>

Mums-to-be caught by health workforce crisis

Thursday, 10 April 2008, 9:15 am | New Zealand National Party

"More than 4,250 mums-to-be are in limbo as a desperate shortage of midwives leaves them scrambling to find a Lead Maternity Carer (LMC)," says Wellington-based National MP Katrina Shanks. More >>

CYF abandons 13 children in bush

Wednesday, 9 April 2008, 5:28 pm | New Zealand National Party

Revelations that the Minister of Social Development has done nothing despite knowing for months about a family with thirteen children living wild in countryside near Wairoa must be cause for huge alarm, says National's Associate Welfare (CYF) spokeswoman, ... More >>

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