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Cancer patients forced to wait for Cunliffe’s nod

Friday, 18 January 2008, 12:17 am | New Zealand National Party

National Party Health spokesman Tony Ryall says David Cunliffe should fast-track his approval for a new, long-delayed linear accelerator in the capital. “The nine-year process has spanned the entire life of the Labour Government. More >>

Organised crime must get high priority

Thursday, 17 January 2008, 4:46 pm | New Zealand National Party

Organised crime must receive high priority when the Organised Crime Agency replaces the Serious Fraud Office, says National's Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon Power. More >>

Iconic New Zealander - Maori to his core

Thursday, 17 January 2008, 2:43 pm | New Zealand National Party

The passing of iconic New Zealander, poet Hone Tuwhare, is a loss that traverses culture and will reverberate with all New Zealanders. More >>

Patients pay for petty politics on organ donors

Wednesday, 16 January 2008, 4:21 pm | New Zealand National Party

The Government should justify its stance against an organ donation register in light of plans by Helen Clark’s Labour UK counterpart to introduce a new regime that goes much further than that which was proposed in New Zealand. More >>

Who’s doing the misleading, Minister?

Wednesday, 16 January 2008, 3:11 pm | New Zealand National Party

National Party Welfare spokeswoman, Judith Collins, says Ruth Dyson couldn’t possibly believe anyone would accept her justification for MSD spending a fortune on salaries. More >>

Doctor shortage symptom of Labour neglect

Wednesday, 16 January 2008, 1:30 pm | New Zealand National Party

With hospitals throughout the country facing critical staff shortages, Rotorua Hospital is the latest to admit services are suffering due to a desperate shortage of junior doctors, says National Party Health spokesman Tony Ryall. More >>

Parental donations attitude dangerous

Wednesday, 16 January 2008, 12:21 am | New Zealand National Party

Chris Carter’s blasé comment that parents can blithely make ‘a call’ to pay, or not pay, their parental contributions or donations, is irresponsible and will have dire consequences for schools, says Nationals Education spokeswoman, Katherine ... More >>

Labour sets record for housing unaffordability

Tuesday, 15 January 2008, 3:49 pm | New Zealand National Party

National Party Finance spokesman Bill English says just as new records are being set for unaffordable housing, the worse news is that interest rates are set to remain higher for longer. More >>

MSD top-band salaries increase more than 546%

Tuesday, 15 January 2008, 1:13 pm | New Zealand National Party

The number of Ministry of Social Development staff earning more than $100,000 has ballooned from 54 in 2002 to an incredible 349 in 2007, says National's Welfare spokeswoman, Judith Collins. More >>

Labour’s youth crime strategy collapses

Tuesday, 15 January 2008, 12:29 am | New Zealand National Party

The Labour Government’s pledge to ‘crack down’ on youth crime is collapsing around it, says National’s Police spokesman, Chester Borrows. More >>

$245,000 DOC loo typifies culture of extravagance

Monday, 14 January 2008, 10:19 am | New Zealand National Party

Revelations that the Department of Conservation spent $245,000 on a new architecturally designed toilet in the Nelson Lakes National Park illustrates a culture of extravagance within the Government, says National’s Conservation spokesman and Nelson MP Nick ... More >>

Multi million-dollar benefit debts ‘written off’

Friday, 11 January 2008, 11:08 am | New Zealand National Party

Multi million-dollar benefit debts will never be re-paid because the Labour Government is making life too easy for benefit fraudsters, says National’s Welfare spokeswoman, Judith Collins. More >>

Meddling Labour ministers caught out again

Friday, 11 January 2008, 10:57 am | New Zealand National Party

“The High Court has slammed another Labour minister for acting in a ‘ridiculous’ way and failing to consult properly on new rules for retirement villages,” says National’s Associate Health spokeswoman (Aged Care) Jo Goodhew. More >>

Labour spends $2.5m on prisoner compo claims

Friday, 11 January 2008, 10:31 am | New Zealand National Party

The Labour Government has spent more than $2.5 million since 2003/04 to defend compensation claims by prisoners, according to figures released today by National’s Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon Power. More >>

Sir Edmund Hillary’s death mourned

Friday, 11 January 2008, 12:27 am | New Zealand National Party

Sir Edmund Hillary was a truly great New Zealand hero and his death will be mourned by the whole country, says National Party Leader John Key. “Sir Edmund was a role model for all New Zealanders. His legendary story as both a humanitarian and adventurer ... More >>

National policy on third party election ads

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

National Party Deputy Leader Bill English says that through election year National will not be endorsing any third party anti-Government advertising campaigns. More >>

Labour’s prison plan failing

Thursday, 10 January 2008, 1:22 pm | New Zealand National Party

Labour needs to admit that its policies on reducing the prison population are failing, says National’s Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon Power. “One of the key policies of the Government’s Effective Interventions initiative launched in 2006, ... More >>