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COL Payment A Shambles From Start To Finish
Friday, 7 October 2022, 3:38 pm | New Zealand National Party
New documents show the Government’s band-aid cost of living payment was a shambles from start to finish, reaching 700,000 fewer people than promised while being paid out to tens of thousands of people living overseas, says National’s Finance spokesperson ... More >>
COL Payment A Shambles From Start To Finish
Friday, 7 October 2022, 3:36 pm | New Zealand National Party
New documents show the Government’s band-aid cost of living payment was a shambles from start to finish, reaching 700,000 fewer people than promised while being paid out to tens of thousands of people living overseas, says National’s Finance spokesperson ... More >>
Government Website Tells Tourists Not To Book
Friday, 7 October 2022, 12:41 pm | New Zealand National Party
A Government website telling tourists not to book flights to New Zealand is appalling and must be fixed, National’s Tourism spokesperson Todd McClay says. “The Immigration NZ website is informing tourists that the delay in issuing visas is so bad that they ... More >>
Labour Prioritises Football Over Nurses
Friday, 7 October 2022, 9:59 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government has quietly carved out an immigration exemption for employees of FIFA, while Kiwi businesses continue to face major hurdles in their efforts to bring in the workers they desperately need, National’s Immigration spokesperson Erica ... More >>
Drug Rehabilitation Facilities Enabling Gang Activity
Thursday, 6 October 2022, 6:29 pm | New Zealand National Party
Serious questions need to be answered about why Police have raided a second drug rehabilitation centre hosting gang members on bail, National’s Police spokesperson Mark Mitchell says. “In August, Police raided a drug rehabilitation centre run ... More >>
Pro-union Bill Even Worse After Select Committee
Thursday, 6 October 2022, 9:46 am | New Zealand National Party
Labour has used its select committee majority to make the Government’s misnamed Fair Pay Agreements Bill even worse, National’s Workplace Relations & Safety spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. “National opposes the Bill which would force ... More >>
Rates Climb, With More Pain Ahead
Wednesday, 5 October 2022, 2:01 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Reserve Bank’s decision to increase the Official Cash Rate by 50 basis points today means yet more pain for anyone with a mortgage, says National Finance spokesperson Nicola Willis. “Not since the dawn of the OCR have New Zealanders experienced such ... More >>
Kiwis Deserve Relief From Record Tax Take
Wednesday, 5 October 2022, 1:11 pm | New Zealand National Party
Today’s release of financial statements show the Government is raking in more cash than ever before, says National Finance spokesperson Nicola Willis. “In just five years, tax revenue has skyrocketed 43 per cent from $76 billion to $108 billion ... More >>
Staffing Shortages Compromising Prison Safety
Wednesday, 5 October 2022, 12:42 pm | New Zealand National Party
Critical shortages of Corrections staff are causing chaos in our prisons and putting both staff and prisoners in harm's way, National’s spokesperson for Corrections Simon O’Connor says. “Figures show that the Department of Corrections currently ... More >>
Govt Must Sort Auckland’s Public Transport Chaos
Wednesday, 5 October 2022, 10:54 am | New Zealand National Party
National is calling on Transport Minister Michael Wood to step in and give confidence back to public transport users in Auckland, National’s Transport spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “This week Aucklanders have been told to expect severe rail disruption ... More >>
National Will Extend Free Breast Cancer Screening
Tuesday, 4 October 2022, 1:40 pm | New Zealand National Party
The next National Government will extend free breast cancer screening for those aged up to 74 years, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti and Women’s spokesperson Nicola Grigg say. “Breast cancer is the most common cancer for New ... More >>
Government Must Make Changes To Bring In Chefs
Tuesday, 4 October 2022, 10:38 am | New Zealand National Party
Restaurants across New Zealand are having to reduce hours or close altogether because highly qualified chefs are being turned away due to an immigration technicality, National’s Immigration spokesperson Erica Stanford says. “Staff shortages are ... More >>
Agricultural Emissions MoU A Positive Step
Monday, 3 October 2022, 3:34 pm | New Zealand National Party
The new memorandum of understanding between the Government and agribusiness leaders as part of the Centre for Climate Action on Agricultural Emissions is a step in the right direction, National’s Agriculture spokesperson Barbara Kuriger says. “The ... More >>
Armed Offenders Squad Callouts Are Skyrocketing
Monday, 3 October 2022, 12:46 pm | New Zealand National Party
Armed Offenders Squad callouts are escalating at an alarming rate under the Labour Government as criminals and gang members believe they can operate with impunity, National’s Police spokesperson Mark Mitchell says. “The Armed Offenders Squad ... More >>
No Decision On Funds For Backpedalled Bike Bridge
Sunday, 2 October 2022, 1:02 pm | New Zealand National Party
A year on from Transport Minister Michael Wood’s furious backpedalling to cancel the $785 million Auckland cycle bridge, no decisions have been made on how the funds will be reallocated, National’s Transport spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “Kiwis ... More >>
The Lights Are On But Nobody’s Home
Friday, 30 September 2022, 10:09 am | New Zealand National Party
The Ministry of Education’s headquarters has sat abandoned for four months but is still costing taxpayers thousands of dollars because the lights haven’t been turned off, National’s Education spokesperson Erica Stanford says. “Despite being ... More >>
Auckland Transport Set To Slow Auckland Down
Thursday, 29 September 2022, 4:26 pm | New Zealand National Party
Auckland Transport’s (AT) decision to reduce speed limits on more than 1600 roads around Auckland, including many busy arterial roads, will only make the city’s traffic woes worse, without providing any real benefit, National’s Transport spokesperson ... More >>
Only 77 Nurses In Three Months
Thursday, 29 September 2022, 12:23 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government is once again misleading the public on the number of offshore nurses that have applied to come to New Zealand, National’s Immigration spokesperson Erica Stanford says. “This morning Health Minister Andrew Little repeated claims that ... More >>
Govt Ban Is Cancellation Over Collaboration
Wednesday, 28 September 2022, 6:24 pm | New Zealand National Party
A future National Government will review today’s law change banning live cattle exports, National’s Animal Welfare spokesperson Nicola Grigg says. “Despite National’s opposition, Parliament has today passed the Animal Welfare Amendment Bill into law, ... More >>
Does Willie Jackson Understand His Own Merger?
Wednesday, 28 September 2022, 6:21 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government must explain why it is spending $370 million to merge TVNZ and RNZ, National’s Broadcasting and Media spokesperson Melissa Lee says. “When I asked the Minister for Broadcasting and Media Willie Jackson why he was spending taxpayers’ ... More >>
