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Corrections spends $8,000 on role-playing

Tuesday, 23 October 2007, 9:51 am | New Zealand National Party

The Corrections Department’s spending of $8,000 on role-playing for managers while it is dogged by serious staffing issues shows what a very strange contradiction it is, says National Party Justice & Corrections spokesman Simon Power. More >>

Bureaucratic infighting costing patients

Monday, 22 October 2007, 3:30 pm | New Zealand National Party

National Party Health spokesman Tony Ryall says yet more in-fighting between District Health Boards is jeopardising co-operation within the health sector and costing patients services. More >>

Rudd puts paid to Cullen’s anti-tax cut rhetoric

Monday, 22 October 2007, 11:38 am | New Zealand National Party

Michael Cullen should be eating his words now that both major political parties in Australia are promising far-reaching tax cuts, says National’s Finance spokesman, Bill English. More >>

Government must heed osteoporosis report

Sunday, 21 October 2007, 1:10 pm | New Zealand National Party

The Government must heed a report by Osteoporosis New Zealand that reveals the disease that affects mostly women costs the country a staggering $1 billion a year, says National’s Women’s Affairs spokeswoman, Dr Jackie Blue. More >>

The Mapp Report - Dr Wayne Mapp

Friday, 19 October 2007, 4:56 pm | New Zealand National Party

Clear Choice For Taxpayers NZ vs Australia The gap between New Zealand and Australia has just got wider. The Howard government has announced a dramatic new tax package for the next three years. Inevitably, the Australian Labor opposition will also have ... More >>

Labour's high country land grab continues

Friday, 19 October 2007, 3:06 pm | New Zealand National Party

Labour has again shafted high country farmers in another ideologically driven land grab, says National's Agriculture spokesman, David Carter. More >>

ACC hikes reflected in rising employer costs

Friday, 19 October 2007, 12:48 am | New Zealand National Party

National Party ACC spokeswoman Pansy Wong says Statistics New Zealand is pointing the finger at ACC levy increases as a factor driving labour costs for Kiwi employers. More >>

NZ in the top half of OECD - for tax!

Friday, 19 October 2007, 12:40 am | New Zealand National Party

"Helen Clark has taken New Zealand into the top half of the OECD - for over-taxation," says National Party Finance spokesman Bill English. More >>

Prisons closer than ever to overflowing

Thursday, 18 October 2007, 3:47 pm | New Zealand National Party

The Labour Government's poor planning means prisons are so full that the spectre of prisoners being housed in vans on streets, as happened in 2005, may not be far away, says National's Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon Power. More >>

Public to be denied voice on 'new' election bill

Thursday, 18 October 2007, 3:41 pm | New Zealand National Party

National Party MP Chris Finlayson says New Zealanders will be alarmed to learn that Labour plans to silence debate on the controversial Electoral Finance Bill after it has been drastically rewritten at select committee level. More >>

Electric cars disconnected from reality

Thursday, 18 October 2007, 3:36 pm | New Zealand National Party

Government plans for New Zealand to be a world leader in electric cars lack credibility and are disconnected from reality, says National's Climate Change spokesman, Nick Smith. More >>

Open Tender website puts spotlight on procurement

Thursday, 18 October 2007, 1:29 pm | New Zealand National Party

National's economic development team has launched a new Open Tender website (www.opentender.co.nz) to collect insights into how the Government's procurement policies are working. More >>

Roading project at risk thanks to blind ideology

Thursday, 18 October 2007, 1:23 pm | New Zealand National Party

A vital roading project in Auckland is in jeopardy thanks to Labour's ideological hatred of the private sector, says National's Transport spokesman, Maurice Williamson. More >>

Land Transport needs to address shortcomings

Thursday, 18 October 2007, 1:18 pm | New Zealand National Party

The 2007 survey of Land Transport New Zealand highlights major problems in the organisation, says National's Associate Transport spokesman, David Bennett More >>

Public need second chance to comment on EFB

Thursday, 18 October 2007, 1:05 pm | New Zealand National Party

National Party Deputy Leader Bill English is welcoming the Human Rights Commission view that the public should get a second chance to comment on the re-worked Electoral Finance Bill (EFB). More >>

Pansy Wong: Tax, tax and more tax

Thursday, 18 October 2007, 11:03 am | New Zealand National Party

Australia is looking pretty appealing right now. Apart from the warmer weather, Australians are set for large tax cuts come election time, no matter who wins, with both major parties beating the drum. More >>

MOE's payroll increases by over 150% in five years

Thursday, 18 October 2007, 10:52 am | New Zealand National Party

Questions need to be asked over Ministry of Education figures that show a 150% rise in its payroll at a time when schools are struggling to make ends meet and some are cutting back on learning resources for children, says National’s Education spokeswoman, ... More >>