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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 >>
Labour’s red tape causes mass closure of crèches
Tuesday, 18 September 2007, 4:19 pm | New Zealand National Party
Crèches at swimming pools and gyms around New Zealand are closing their doors because Labour’s out-of-control bureaucracy has deemed them unlawful, says National’s Associate Education spokeswoman, Paula Bennett. More >>
ACC hits employer with $1m bill for shoot-out
Tuesday, 18 September 2007, 4:15 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party East Coast MP Anne Tolley says it is unfair that AFFCO is being slapped with a $1 million bill for a gang shoot-out outside its premises. More >>
Labour plans tax-funded propaganda blitz
Tuesday, 18 September 2007, 4:03 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Health spokesman Tony Ryall is appalled that Labour is already planning to exploit the loop-holes it has left itself in the electoral reform bill, with a tax-funded propaganda blitz on health in election year. More >>
Ill-disciplined Ministers cost Kiwis a tax cut
Tuesday, 18 September 2007, 2:00 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Finance spokesman Bill English says the reason New Zealanders were denied a tax cut in the last Budget is because of Labour Ministers and their ill-disciplined spending. More >>
Minister hides South Auckland teacher crisis
Tuesday, 18 September 2007, 11:34 am | New Zealand National Party
Steve Maharey's blithe assurances that while teacher numbers are tight there is nothing to worry about, are coming back to haunt him, says National's Education spokeswoman, Katherine Rich. More >>
Enrolment rules frustrate special schools
Monday, 17 September 2007, 1:02 pm | New Zealand National Party
Barring special schools from entering their own school enrolment information discriminates against them and leads to frustrating delays and entry errors, says National's Education spokeswoman, Katherine Rich. More >>
114 years since suffrage - but still work to do
Monday, 17 September 2007, 9:12 am | New Zealand National Party
It is 114 years since women were given the vote, but there is still work to do, says National's Women's Affairs spokeswoman, Dr Jackie Blue. More >>
Bureaucratic bungle over climate change bid
Sunday, 16 September 2007, 5:12 pm | New Zealand National Party
It is no wonder New Zealand's greenhouse gas emissions are growing at record rates, when major budget bids to offset emissions are lost in bureaucratic bungles, says National's Climate Change spokesman, Nick Smith. More >>
Suspended cop rewarded with new car
Sunday, 16 September 2007, 5:10 pm | New Zealand National Party
News that suspended Police Commander Clint Rickards has been given a two-month-old, top-of-the-line Holden Commodore as part of his salary package, has struck a sour note with National's Police spokesman, Chester Borrows. More >>
Wood promo no substitute for carbon credits
Friday, 14 September 2007, 4:32 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government needs to do much more than run a promotional campaign on the merits of wood to reverse the massive deforestation taking place, says National's Climate Change spokesman, Nick Smith More >>
Strategy and guidelines on prostate cancer MIA
Friday, 14 September 2007, 4:25 pm | New Zealand National Party
"Health Minister Pete Hodgson must explain the lack of progress in issuing guidelines on prostate cancer testing. The long-promised guidelines are simply Missing In Action," says National Party Health spokesman Tony Ryall. More >>
The Mapp Report: Defence Of The Realm
Friday, 14 September 2007, 4:07 pm | New Zealand National Party
National recognises NZers' commitment to having an independent foreign policy and being able to express our particular views to friends and allies. John Key said, "we will have an independent foreign policy that has NZ's best interests at heart." More >>
mccully.co.nz - Zaoui and Parliamentary Rugby
Friday, 14 September 2007, 2:14 pm | New Zealand National Party
Yesterday’s decision by SIS Director Dr Tucker to lift the security risk certificate issued against Algerian refugee-status claimant Ahmed Zaoui has been greeted with predictable sanctimony by the nation’s leftie/civil liberties brigade. Some have ... More >>
IRD phone delays a symptom of culture
Friday, 14 September 2007, 12:32 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Revenue spokesman Lockwood Smith says an informal poll published today shows Inland Revenue still has much work to do when it comes to looking after public inquiries. More >>
