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Wong welcomes PLA's love affair with rugby
Monday, 24 September 2007, 10:32 am | New Zealand National Party
National's Ethnic Affairs spokeswoman, Pansy Wong, is thrilled that China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) has fallen in love with our national game. More >>
Pull election bill, PM told as total rewrite looms
Monday, 24 September 2007, 12:01 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Deputy Leader Bill English has welcomed Helen Clark’s back-down on electoral finance reform and is urging her to scrap the bill, which is currently being slammed from all sides. More >>
Govt expects beneficiary bill to top $25 billion
Sunday, 23 September 2007, 4:14 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government is facing a $25 billion bill for sickness, invalid, and domestic purposes benefits, says National's Welfare spokeswoman Judith Collins. More >>
Emergency Department crisis hasn't gone away
Sunday, 23 September 2007, 3:09 pm | New Zealand National Party
"Patients will continue to languish on trolleys in hospital corridors, because New Zealand's major hospital emergency departments are still failing to see emergency patients soon enough," says National Party Health spokesman Tony Ryall. More >>
John Key Speech To Maori Women’s Welfare League
Saturday, 22 September 2007, 6:31 pm | New Zealand National Party
Greetings to you, the flowers of the Maori Women’s Welfare League. My tribute to you the mothers, the female leaders, of the days gone by, including Dame Whina Cooper, Dame Mira Szaszy, and Dame Te Atairangikaahu, who had the dreams for this organisation. ... More >>
Exodus to Australia worst since 2001
Friday, 21 September 2007, 4:56 pm | New Zealand National Party
More and more Kiwis are continuing to leave our shores, with increasing numbers looking to Australia to set up shop and home, says National's Immigration spokesman, Lockwood Smith. More >>
Worrying secrecy exposed in Govt agencies
Friday, 21 September 2007, 4:35 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party State Services spokesman Gerry Brownlee says the Office of the Ombudsmen has exposed a worrying trend in government agency secrecy that needs to be remedied. More >>
Pansy Speak: Qian Xun – Thousands Search
Friday, 21 September 2007, 3:49 pm | New Zealand National Party
Who will ever forget the endearing and adorable picture of little Qian Xun that was published around the world after she was abandoned at the Melbourne railway station? I refute the claim made by some critics who have said that the media fuss over ... More >>
www.mccully.co.nz - 21 September 2007
Friday, 21 September 2007, 3:18 pm | New Zealand National Party
The dose of distilled wisdom from the worldwide headquarters of mccully.co this week is necessarily brief. The humble Member for East Coast Bays is on the road in Samoa – accompanying National Party Leader John Key on a two day visit. All part of a ... More >>
Wayne Mapp: Climate Change Consensus
Friday, 21 September 2007, 2:39 pm | New Zealand National Party
Much of politics is about the immediate. But some issues cover decades. Superannuation is certainly in that category. So is climate change. That is why a national consensus is so important. Any sustainable policy will cover the lifetime of many different ... More >>
News Worthy: The entanglement of Kyoto
Friday, 21 September 2007, 9:50 am | New Zealand National Party
Increasingly New Zealand is drawn into the mire of the Kyoto Protocol and the complexities and costs of compliance with its obligations... On Thursday the Government announced its plan which has significant cost consequences for all New Zealanders, not the ... More >>
Ministers must explain how custody alert failed
Thursday, 20 September 2007, 3:29 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Ministers of Justice, Courts, Customs, and Police must urgently explain how the father of three-year-old Qian Xun Xue was able to take her out of the country when there was a custody order in place, says National’s Justice & Corrections spokesman, ... More >>
National welcomes policy change on forestry
Thursday, 20 September 2007, 1:19 pm | New Zealand National Party
National welcomes the Government’s announcement today to reverse its decision on the allocation of carbon credits on forests, says National’s Climate Change spokesman, Nick Smith. More >>
Emissions regime proposals look sound
Thursday, 20 September 2007, 1:18 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Deputy Leader Bill English says the climate change framework announced by the Government today is in line with National’s proposals in this area. More >>
OECD – dropout numbers increasing
Thursday, 20 September 2007, 9:37 am | New Zealand National Party
Steve Maharey needs to explain the disturbing downward trend in the numbers of students finishing high school, says National’s Education spokeswoman, Katherine Rich. More >>
Dark cloud remains over Niwa-MetService stoush
Wednesday, 19 September 2007, 5:31 pm | New Zealand National Party
National's Research, Science & Technology spokesman, Dr Paul Hutchison, has been forced to go to the Ombudsmen to find out what the Government has done to resolve the long-running stoush between Niwa and MetService. More >>
Hui Junkets Reveal Aquaculture Apathy
Wednesday, 19 September 2007, 4:35 pm | New Zealand National Party
In the 2004 Aquaculture settlement, Maori were promised 20% of existing aquaculture space, and 20% of future space. Two-and-a-half years later, not a single hectare of the marine farming space promised to them has materialised. More >>
Cullen cuts down his own tax argument
Wednesday, 19 September 2007, 1:38 pm | New Zealand National Party
"Finance Minister Michael Cullen has shot down his own argument against tax cuts with his belated admission today that they are affordable," says National Party Finance spokesman Bill English. More >>
Climate change policies must safeguard agriculture
Wednesday, 19 September 2007, 11:19 am | New Zealand National Party
Labour must recognise the importance of the agricultural sector in its upcoming climate change package, says National's Agriculture spokesman, David Carter. More >>
King should come clean on Rickards sign-off
Tuesday, 18 September 2007, 5:08 pm | New Zealand National Party
Police Minister Annette King must come clean and say if any employment settlement with Assistant Commissioner Clint Rickards would require sign-off by the Cabinet, the Prime Minister, or herself, says National’s Police spokesman, Chester Borrows More >>
