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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 >>
Cunliffe auditions for ‘Yes Minister’
Thursday, 10 January 2008, 1:21 pm | New Zealand National Party
“David Cunliffe has provided more evidence that he's auditioning for a role in a new series of ‘Yes Minister’,” says National Party Health spokesman Tony Ryall, commenting on another classic “Cunliffean” moment. More >>
Rural mums paying for empty promises
Thursday, 10 January 2008, 1:02 pm | New Zealand National Party
“Not one cent of the $2 million allocated in 2007 to help with travel and support of rural midwives has been handed out,” according to National MPs Jo Goodhew and Katrina Shanks. More >>
C-minus for teacher scholarships programme
Thursday, 10 January 2008, 1:01 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour’s scholarship scheme for would-be teachers through TeachNZ barely rates a pass mark for encouraging fresh talent to teaching, says National’s Education spokeswoman, Katherine Rich. More >>
Win for disabled despite Government
Wednesday, 9 January 2008, 3:47 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Disability Issues spokesman Paul Hutchison is thrilled a group of Marlborough people have saved a garden centre at risk of being lost due to flawed Government legislation. More >>
More stressed, depressed on sickness benefit
Wednesday, 9 January 2008, 2:24 pm | New Zealand National Party
The number of people collecting the sickness benefit for depression has increased by an astonishing 231% since 2002, says National's Welfare spokeswoman, Judith Collins. More >>
Travel costs blow out at Ministry of Fisheries
Wednesday, 9 January 2008, 1:42 pm | New Zealand National Party
Travel costs at the Ministry of Fisheries have increased by 274% since 2002, says National's Fisheries spokesman, Phil Heatley. Answers to parliamentary questions show travel costs rose from $211,000 in 2002 to $789,460 in 2006/07. More >>
Rates up an average 64.6% since 1999
Wednesday, 9 January 2008, 10:54 am | New Zealand National Party
Ratepayers across the country will again be disappointed and angry as they face huge rate hikes again this year as a result of Labour's dithering and its failure to stem a tidal wave of costs that local government is facing. More >>
Labour continues to shunt vulnerable foster kids
Wednesday, 9 January 2008, 9:20 am | New Zealand National Party
Labour is continuing to fail foster children, says National's Associate Welfare spokeswoman, Anne Tolley. More >>
Cut bureaucracy not disability funding
Wednesday, 9 January 2008, 12:14 am | New Zealand National Party
"Rather than freezing funding for some of New Zealand's most vulnerable people, the Government should be cutting back on the sky-rocketing number of health bureaucrats," says National Party Health spokesman Tony Ryall. More >>
MSD concedes ‘significantly under target'
Tuesday, 8 January 2008, 3:12 pm | New Zealand National Party
A report slamming Labour’s reform of the DPB backs up a fresh admission by the Ministry of Social Development that its performance in this area is ‘significantly under target’, says National’s Welfare spokeswoman, Judith Collins. More >>
Only a third of votes count at DHB elections
Tuesday, 8 January 2008, 2:44 pm | New Zealand National Party
Only about a third of Kiwis made their voices heard in the most recent District Health Board elections. And National is calling for a public discussion on how to stop hundreds of thousands of votes from being wasted. More >>
Bowel cancer services in poor shape
Tuesday, 8 January 2008, 1:14 pm | New Zealand National Party
A survey of the way District Health Boards deal with bowel cancer has thrown up more evidence of healthcare by postcode, says National Party Associate Health spokeswoman Jackie Blue. More >>
PR staff triple at Education Ministry
Tuesday, 8 January 2008, 11:49 am | New Zealand National Party
The number of public relations, communications, and media positions at the Ministry of Education has tripled since Labour has been in government, says National’s Education spokeswoman, Katherine Rich. More >>
Nearly 6,000 suspended drivers still on roads
Tuesday, 8 January 2008, 9:25 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Police spokesman Chester Borrows says nearly 6,000 suspended drivers are still on Kiwi roads because no-one's got around to serving them with the paperwork to revoke their licenses. More >>
Fisheries bureaucrats up, prosecutions down
Tuesday, 8 January 2008, 12:36 am | New Zealand National Party
The number of bureaucrats sitting behind desks at the Ministry of Fisheries in Wellington is growing while the number of people being nabbed for poaching is down, says National's Fisheries spokesman, Phil Heatley. More >>
National welcomes Green Acres probe
Monday, 7 January 2008, 5:06 pm | New Zealand National Party
National MPs Pansy Wong and Chester Borrows today welcomed news that the alleged Green Acres fraud case is to be investigated by the authorities. “We welcome the fact that the Serious Fraud Office is investigating this alleged scam, despite the ... More >>
Are Orions available for whaling surveillance?
Monday, 7 January 2008, 5:03 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Defence spokesman Wayne Mapp says the Government needs to say why it is not sending air force surveillance planes to monitor Japanese whaling. “The Government sent air force Orions to monitor Japanese whaling vessels in Antarctic ... More >>
ACC Minister needs to front up
Monday, 7 January 2008, 3:25 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party ACC spokeswoman Pansy Wong says the ACC Minister needs to state whether she agrees that cosmetic surgery should be awarded to a serial burglar who has spent the past 12 years behind bars in Australia and New Zealand. More >>
