New Zealand National Party

New Zealand National Party - Latest News [Page 358]

Ratepayers will pick up tab for Public Health Bill

Wednesday, 19 March 2008, 2:22 pm | New Zealand National Party

Look out ratepayers, your rates will rise yet again if the Public Health Bill is implemented without significant amendment, says National Party Associate Health spokeswoman Jo Goodhew. More >>

TEC turnover tops 25% on the brink of change

Wednesday, 19 March 2008, 2:13 pm | New Zealand National Party

Revelations today that the turnover at the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) was a massive 25.5% in the 2006/07 year does not auger well for the implementation of Labour's tertiary reforms, says National's Tertiary Education spokesman, Dr Paul ... More >>

Principals strangled in red tape war with Ministry

Wednesday, 19 March 2008, 12:58 am | New Zealand National Party

School principals are so fed up with increased compliance demands and bureaucratic bungling from the Ministry of Education that they say the core job of teaching is being affected, says National’s Education spokeswoman, Anne Tolley. More >>

Chainsaw massacre continues unabated

Tuesday, 18 March 2008, 5:04 pm | New Zealand National Party

Figures released today on deforestation are nothing short of an environmental disaster, says National's Climate Change spokesman, Dr Nick Smith. More >>

Corrections could stop stalker writing to victims

Tuesday, 18 March 2008, 5:01 pm | New Zealand National Party

Corrections could stop a serial stalker harassing his victims from behind bars by either using the existing law to check all mail from his unit - or by just taking the pen and paper off him, says National's Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon ... More >>

Pansy Speak: Whistleblowers

Monday, 17 March 2008, 4:59 pm | New Zealand National Party

A few eyebrows were raised at the commotion going on first thing in the morning at the To Fu Shop in Torrens Rd, Botany, last Friday. A crowd had gathered at the shop and several police cars were parked out front. Passers-by wanted to know if there ... More >>

National ‘alarmed and troubled’ on Tibet

Monday, 17 March 2008, 1:25 pm | New Zealand National Party

“While there is uncertainty around the detail of casualties, it is clear that recent events there have been most unwelcome. Firm messages of international sentiment are required,” says National’s Foreign Affairs spokesman, Murray McCully. More >>

‘Sir Humphrey’ in public sector productivity study

Sunday, 16 March 2008, 4:54 pm | New Zealand National Party

National Party State Services spokesman Gerry Brownlee says there are “definite shades of Sir Humphrey” in a study to determine whether it is possible to measure public sector productivity. More >>

Child support debt mountain reaches record heights

Sunday, 16 March 2008, 4:53 pm | New Zealand National Party

Total child support debt has topped $1.2 billion, an all-time high, says National’s Welfare spokeswoman, Judith Collins. More >>

'Fast-forward' fund - all show, no pony

Friday, 14 March 2008, 5:13 pm | New Zealand National Party

National Party Finance spokesman Bill English says a day after National revealed the real payouts from the so-called fast-forward fund would be less than half of what was promised, Labour has confirmed it's even worse than that. More >>

www.mccully.co.nz - 14 March 2008

Friday, 14 March 2008, 2:48 pm | New Zealand National Party

www.mccully.co.nz - 14 March 2008 (#322) A Weekly Report from the Keyboard of Murray McCully MP for East Coast Bays More >>

The Mapp Report: Getting Bureaucracy Under Control

Friday, 14 March 2008, 10:01 am | New Zealand National Party

Just about everyday, people say to me they want the bureaucrats back under control. This week, John Key announced that a National Government will halt the growth of the core government bureaucracy. Instead, National will direct government spending ... More >>

New Worthy: The burgeoning bureaucracy

Friday, 14 March 2008, 12:17 am | New Zealand National Party

The growth in the core bureaucracy in New Zealand is on any measure stupendous under the present Government. More >>

Commission told 'focus on families - not on selves

Thursday, 13 March 2008, 4:36 pm | New Zealand National Party

National's Welfare spokeswoman, Judith Collins, says Labour should spend more time supporting New Zealand families and less time defending the Families Commission. More >>

Labour steals Maori money for Fox fighting fund

Thursday, 13 March 2008, 4:35 pm | New Zealand National Party

Labour's move to take $35 million from the Maori Trustee to build a Maori economic development agency is nothing more than a cynical, politically-motivated way to fund the pursuit of Maori votes, says National's Maori Affairs spokesman Tau Henare. More >>

New Zealand National Party