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Farewell to the Year of the Pig

Friday, 14 December 2007, 2:37 pm | New Zealand National Party

The lunar Year of the Pig will officially end on February 6, and there can be no better description for 2007 under a Labour Government that has grown fat by overtaxing hard-working Kiwis. They’ve been laughing all the way to the bank with a surplus ... More >>

The Mapp Report

Friday, 14 December 2007, 2:35 pm | New Zealand National Party

Following last week’s Mapp Report, I received numerous e-mails and comments on cycleways, as well as the busway. I have questioned the idea of using existing lane width on the harbour bridge to create cycle lanes. The lanes are already narrow ... More >>

Clarification needed for dairy ‘boom time’

Friday, 14 December 2007, 1:15 pm | New Zealand National Party

Media reports of boom times down on the farm fail to distinguish between the sheep farming and dairy sectors, says National’s Agriculture spokesman, David Carter. More >>

Truancy out of control – despite promises

Friday, 14 December 2007, 12:28 am | New Zealand National Party

Labour has presided over the biggest blowout in truancy ever seen in this country, despite repeated promises to fix the problem, says National’s Education spokeswoman, Katherine Rich. More >>

Labour’s home detention fails again

Friday, 14 December 2007, 12:27 am | New Zealand National Party

The Labour Government’s decision to not review home detention may be coming home to roost, after a woman was allegedly viciously attacked again by the same man, says National’s Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon Power. More >>

Hodgson still silent on open uni access

Friday, 14 December 2007, 12:25 am | New Zealand National Party

National’s Tertiary Education spokesman, Paul Hutchison, says Pete Hodgson must come clean over his stand on open entrance to universities. More >>

Patients still waiting in long lines for attention

Friday, 14 December 2007, 12:24 am | New Zealand National Party

The crisis in the country’s emergency departments is getting worse, despite trumpeting from Labour today that it is improving, says National’s Health spokesman, Tony Ryall. More >>

Culture change needed at Capital Coast

Thursday, 13 December 2007, 5:14 pm | New Zealand National Party

“More than half of the new Capital and Coast District Health Board will be the same old faces,” says National Party Health spokesman Tony Ryall. More >>

Nearly one year to ban gaming consoles in prisons

Thursday, 13 December 2007, 4:29 pm | New Zealand National Party

The Corrections Department has finally developed a policy that bans gaming consoles from prisons – the best part of a year after National exposed that it was buying them, says National’s Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon Power. More >>

Labour fails teenage beneficiaries

Thursday, 13 December 2007, 4:01 pm | New Zealand National Party

Labour has broken its promise to get teenagers into some form of education or work, says National’s Welfare spokeswoman, Judith Collins. More >>

Practise what you preach on deforestation

Thursday, 13 December 2007, 3:20 pm | New Zealand National Party

Climate Change Minister David Parker’s calls in Bali for an end to global deforestation ring hollow, when at home deforestation is at an all-time high, says National’s Climate Change spokesman, Nick Smith. More >>

Minister refuses to answer basic questions

Thursday, 13 December 2007, 2:42 pm | New Zealand National Party

Education Minister Chris Carter’s stubborn refusal to answer parliamentary questions on the way his Ministry and the Hato Paora school board handled allegations of serious sexual abuse against its principal speaks volumes about the mess he’s got himself ... More >>

Skyhawk sale done and dusted – yeah, right

Thursday, 13 December 2007, 2:13 pm | New Zealand National Party

The ongoing Skyhawk sale fiasco looks set to make history as one of the most embarrassing and costly blunders of this Labour Government, says National’s Defence spokesman, Wayne Mapp. “After all the hoopla surrounding the announcement of the sale by then ... More >>

Shadbolt right, TEC wrong on tertiary reforms

Thursday, 13 December 2007, 11:42 am | New Zealand National Party

National’s Tertiary Education spokesman, Paul Hutchison, says Invercargill Mayor Tim Shadbolt is absolutely right that the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) will be punishing success if it removes $8 million of funding from the Southern Institute ... More >>

Henare calls for more respect over body-napping

Thursday, 13 December 2007, 11:35 am | New Zealand National Party

National’s Maori Affairs spokesman, Tau Henare, is calling for both Maori and Pakeha to have more respect for each other’s cultural issues. “The recent body-napping incidents have highlighted a lack of respect for the wishes of families, and of individual ... More >>