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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 >>
More Than 200,000 Kiwis On A Health Wait List
Wednesday, 28 September 2022, 4:16 pm | New Zealand National Party
A staggering number of New Zealanders are languishing on health-related wait lists, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. “Health Minister Andrew Little recently revealed that at the end of July, there were 69,874 people on the national ... More >>
More Light Rail Consultants, Still No Light Rail
Wednesday, 28 September 2022, 3:30 pm | New Zealand National Party
After five years of failure, Transport Minister Michael Wood is still pouring millions of dollars into consultants for Auckland light rail with no end in sight, National’s Transport spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “Labour promised in 2017 that they would ... More >>
Govt Policy Is Fuelling Electricity Price Surges
Wednesday, 28 September 2022, 12:39 pm | New Zealand National Party
Year-on-year increases in industrial electricity prices since Labour came to office are making the cost of living crisis worse, National’s spokesperson for Energy and Resources Stuart Smith says. “Figures from the Ministry of Business, Innovation ... More >>
Govt Policy Is Fuelling Electricity Price Surges
Wednesday, 28 September 2022, 12:39 pm | New Zealand National Party
Year-on-year increases in industrial electricity prices since Labour came to office are making the cost of living crisis worse, National’s spokesperson for Energy and Resources Stuart Smith says. “Figures from the Ministry of Business, Innovation ... More >>
Labour Misleads On State House Builds
Wednesday, 28 September 2022, 11:37 am | New Zealand National Party
It’s time for the Government to front up to their housing disaster and stop misleading New Zealanders, National’s Housing spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “Labour MP Kiri Allan claimed on radio this morning that the Government has built 10,000 public ... More >>
New Record Stays In Emergency Housing
Tuesday, 27 September 2022, 1:04 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour has broken its own record for the consecutive number of weeks people spend in emergency housing, National’s Housing spokesperson Chris Bishop says. The latest data shows that since Labour came to office, the average number of consecutive weeks ... More >>
National Launches Campaign To Stop Jobs Tax
Tuesday, 27 September 2022, 9:58 am | New Zealand National Party
National has launched a campaign to stop Labour’s planned Jobs Tax, National’s Finance spokesperson Nicola Willis says. “New Zealanders struggling with the cost of living crisis need to speak up now to stop Labour’s tax grab on their hard-earned ... More >>
Unenrolled Kids More Than Double Under Labour
Friday, 23 September 2022, 11:02 am | New Zealand National Party
The number of children unenrolled from school has more than doubled under Labour, National’s Education spokesperson Erica Stanford says. “After five years of Labour and an extra $5 billion in education spending every year, the number of children ... More >>
Russian Ambassador Must Be Expelled
Thursday, 22 September 2022, 6:12 pm | New Zealand National Party
National is reiterating its call for the Government to expel the Russian Ambassador, National’s Foreign Affairs spokesperson Gerry Brownlee says. “I have been calling for the expulsion of the Russian Ambassador since February this year, and I am reiterating ... More >>
Rural New Zealand Is Being Digitally Excluded
Thursday, 22 September 2022, 6:00 pm | New Zealand National Party
Today’s Federated Farmers Rural Connectivity Survey shows that rural New Zealand is being digitally excluded, National’s Digital Economy and Communications spokesperson Melissa Lee and Rural Communities spokesperson Nicola Grigg say. “It is unacceptable ... More >>
Bill Drawn To Help Cellar Door Wine Tasting
Thursday, 22 September 2022, 2:36 pm | New Zealand National Party
A law change that will help streamline the process required for wineries to sell samples at the cellar door has been drawn from the Member’s Bill Ballot today, MP for Kaikoura and National’s Viticulture spokesperson Stuart Smith says. “The ... More >>
Speech To Financial Services Council Conference
Thursday, 22 September 2022, 9:01 am | New Zealand National Party
It’s my pleasure to be speaking with you today, leaders of New Zealand’s financial service providers. Since I became National’s Finance Spokesperson I’ve really enjoyed meeting many of you and I’m looking forward to getting to know more of ... More >>
Public Service Commissioner To Probe Mahuta Links
Wednesday, 21 September 2022, 2:24 pm | New Zealand National Party
Contracts between Nanaia Mahuta’s husband Gannin Ormsby and the Crown will be investigated by the Public Service Commissioner, National’s Public Service spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “I wrote to the Public Service Commissioner on two occasions ... More >>
Documents Reveal Cost Of Living Payment Mess
Wednesday, 21 September 2022, 11:08 am | New Zealand National Party
New information obtained by National reveals just how sloppy the design and delivery of Labour’s cost of living payment was, National’s Finance spokesperson Nicola Willis says. “Documents released to my office under the Official Information Act ... More >>
NZTA Reprimanded For Political Ads
Wednesday, 21 September 2022, 10:11 am | New Zealand National Party
The Transport Minister has allowed the NZ Transport Agency to become politicised, forcing the Public Service Commissioner to reprimand the agency for running ads with Labour and Green local election candidates, National’s Transport spokesperson Simeon ... More >>
Sam Uffindell Rejoins National Caucus
Monday, 19 September 2022, 2:15 pm | New Zealand National Party
The National Party caucus met today and reinstated Tauranga MP Sam Uffindell, following an independent investigation which found that Mr Uffindell did not engage in the serious behaviour alleged in the media, National Leader Christopher Luxon says. Mr ... More >>
James Meager Selected As National’s Rangitata Candidate
Sunday, 18 September 2022, 5:21 pm | New Zealand National Party
James Meager has been selected by local party members as National’s Rangitata candidate for the 2023 General Election. Mr Meager (Ngāi Tahu) lives in Ashburton where he runs a small consultancy business, servicing organisations in Mid and South ... More >>
Three Waters Consultants’ Fees Break The Bank
Friday, 16 September 2022, 12:36 pm | New Zealand National Party
Over $16 million has been spent on Three Waters consultant fees, National’s Local Government spokesperson Simon Watts says. For the 2021/22 financial year a total of $16,294,146 was spent on consultations for the Three Waters agenda. This included ... More >>
Bishop Appointed National’s Campaign Chair
Thursday, 15 September 2022, 1:53 pm | New Zealand National Party
The National Party’s 2023 campaign is taking shape with the selection of senior MP Chris Bishop as Campaign Chair for the next General Election, says National Party Leader Christopher Luxon. “Chris Bishop is a formidable talent and has the right ... More >>
