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Surplus underlines over-taxation

Wednesday, 10 October 2007, 5:28 pm | New Zealand National Party

"Labour's rapacious appetite for over-taxation has been underlined by the $7.9 billion surplus unveiled by Michael Cullen today," says National Party Finance spokesman Bill English. More >>

Cullen's tertiary reforms off to disastrous start

Wednesday, 10 October 2007, 5:23 pm | New Zealand National Party

Michael Cullen's tertiary reforms are off to a shocking start with the last minute news today that Otago University won't be receiving the funding that the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) had indicated, says National's Tertiary Education spokesman, ... More >>

Labour sounds death knell for Transmission Gully

Wednesday, 10 October 2007, 5:23 pm | New Zealand National Party

Transport Minister Annette King appears to have rammed the final nail in the coffin for Transmission Gully, says National MP Nathan Guy. More >>

Peters caught out again

Wednesday, 10 October 2007, 3:45 pm | New Zealand National Party

Helen Clark's Foreign Minister has been caught out again over the involvement of his office in the Air NZ charter flights fiasco, says National Party Foreign Affairs spokesman Murray McCully. More >>

Labour reaches new heights in hypocrisy

Wednesday, 10 October 2007, 3:33 pm | New Zealand National Party

Labour has created a new standard of hypocrisy in its stance on public-private partnerships in the transport sector, says National's Transport spokesman, Maurice Williamson. More >>

Ministers at odds over work-time, log-book rules

Wednesday, 10 October 2007, 2:34 pm | New Zealand National Party

The Government has once again contradicted itself in its renewed and paranoid defence of its controversial commercial driving-hour rules, says National’s Agriculture spokesman, David Carter. More >>

Schools go broke under Labour - Rich

Wednesday, 10 October 2007, 11:53 am | New Zealand National Party

Steve Maharey might be aspiring to sainthood by offering to ‘die in a ditch’ over who owns school buildings, but he’d be better off turning his attention to the large number of schools that, under Labour, continue to go broke, says National’s ... More >>

National leader accepts MP’s decision

Wednesday, 10 October 2007, 11:43 am | New Zealand National Party

National MP Brian Connell has indicated he does not intend seeking selection for the Selwyn seat at the next election and will leave Parliament at the end of this parliamentary term, says National Party Leader John Key. More >>

World Mental Health Day Timely Reminder

Wednesday, 10 October 2007, 11:29 am | New Zealand National Party

“Today is World Mental Health Day, and this week is Mental Health Awareness Week in New Zealand. It’s a timely reminder of the impact that mental illness has on the daily lives of individuals and families,” says National’s Associate Health ... More >>

Maharey quietly shelves much-vaunted core benefit

Wednesday, 10 October 2007, 9:46 am | New Zealand National Party

Steve Maharey has quietly shelved Labour’s much-vaunted single core benefit, says National’s Welfare spokeswoman, Judith Collins. More >>

Labour ignores pleas from struggling schools

Tuesday, 9 October 2007, 4:38 pm | New Zealand National Party

Steve Maharey is refusing to listen to pleas to give schools at least a 12-month lead-in time to make adjustments to their funding cuts caused by decile changes, says National's Education spokeswoman, Katherine Rich. More >>

Housing fraud assurance required

Tuesday, 9 October 2007, 4:32 pm | New Zealand National Party

National Party Housing spokesman Phil Heatley is calling for the Minister of Housing to give his assurance that the September backlog of 1,164 cases of alleged fraud by HNZ tenants have been properly investigated. More >>

Sickness & Invalid benefits reach all time high

Tuesday, 9 October 2007, 4:15 pm | New Zealand National Party

It will be no surprise that the number of people collecting a sickness and invalid benefit has again reached an all-time high under Labour, says National's Welfare spokeswoman, Judith Collins. More >>

Foreign Minister blustering over facts

Tuesday, 9 October 2007, 4:11 pm | New Zealand National Party

Foreign Minister Winston Peters should stop blustering and start providing some straightforward answers about the role played by his office in the Air NZ charter fiasco, says National’s Foreign Affairs spokesman, Murray McCully. More >>

Peters’ office knew about Air NZ flights

Tuesday, 9 October 2007, 2:15 pm | New Zealand National Party

Helen Clark’s Foreign Minister must explain why he told Parliament neither he nor his office received reports on the Air NZ flights to Kuwait when emails reveal his office got the information, says National Party Foreign Affairs spokesman Murray ... More >>