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Tara Hills sale remains shrouded in secrecy
Wednesday, 15 August 2007, 9:40 am | New Zealand National Party
National’s Agriculture spokesman, David Carter, is becoming increasingly uncomfortable with the growing secrecy surrounding the sale of AgResearch’s Omarama farm, Tara Hills, to Ngai Tahu. More >>
Carter dashes tenants home ownership dreams
Wednesday, 15 August 2007, 8:35 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Housing spokesman Phil Heatley says Chris Carter needs to explain why he is denying up to 6,000 HNZ tenants the opportunity to buy the home they live in. More >>
Home detention prisoner on run for 18 months
Tuesday, 14 August 2007, 4:29 pm | New Zealand National Party
A prisoner sentenced to Labour’s flawed home detention scheme has been on the run for at least 18 months. National’s Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon Power, is releasing an answer to a parliamentary question which shows that the prisoner ... More >>
Labour's courts log-jam gets worse
Tuesday, 14 August 2007, 3:49 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government needs to deal urgently with the rapidly worsening log-jam of court cases, says National's Associate Justice spokeswoman, Kate Wilkinson. More >>
Govt must commit to urgent action over killer high
Tuesday, 14 August 2007, 1:02 pm | New Zealand National Party
National MP Paul Hutchison is calling on the Government to pull its head out of the sand and commit to a plan to four-lane the state highway between Pokeno and Thames. “Yesterday’s serious bus crash involving three vehicles would almost certainly ... More >>
PM is responsible for electoral drift net
Monday, 13 August 2007, 5:16 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Deputy Leader Bill English says Helen Clark can't now distance herself from Labour’s latest misjudgment on electoral law reform. “Having had since the 2005 election to draft a bill that meets public expectations, Labour has once again ... More >>
What’s the plan Minister?
Monday, 13 August 2007, 4:36 pm | New Zealand National Party
Steve Maharey needs to tell the public what his plan is for switching households from analogue to digital television, says National Party Broadcasting spokesman Jonathan Coleman. More >>
Government solar water policy backfires
Monday, 13 August 2007, 2:54 pm | New Zealand National Party
A Greens-Labour climate change initiative to double the use of solar water heating systems has backfired causing the first drop in years in the number of new installations, says National's Climate Change spokesman, Nick Smith. More >>
Labour continues pass-the-parcel w vulnerable kids
Monday, 13 August 2007, 1:56 pm | New Zealand National Party
A year after the Labour Government promised action over the number of children being shunted from foster home to foster home, the situation remains very serious, says National’s Associate Welfare spokeswoman Anne Tolley. More >>
Collins Comments - 13 August 2007
Monday, 13 August 2007, 11:13 am | New Zealand National Party
I am against the proposal by Manukau City Council to introduce a Real Estate Transfer Tax.; Recently I spent time with officials from a non-government group, Mission Australia; Labour’s Electoral Finance Bill introduced in Parliament is a direct assault on ... More >>
Supermarket chain gives consumers a choice
Monday, 13 August 2007, 8:38 am | New Zealand National Party
The move by Foodstuffs to voluntarily label their fruit, vegetables, meat and seafood with a country of origin will be welcomed by consumers worried about where their food comes from, says National’s Food Safety spokesman, Dr Paul Hutchison. More >>
Review of home detention abandoned
Monday, 13 August 2007, 8:37 am | New Zealand National Party
More violent offenders may be able to serve their sentences in the community to save prison beds after Labour abandoned a promise to review home detention, says National’s Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
Investment in overseas students overdue
Friday, 10 August 2007, 4:38 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour's announcement that it is finally ready to deal with the dramatic decline in the number of overseas students wanting to study in this country is long overdue, says National's Associate Education spokeswoman, Pansy Wong. More >>
www.mccully.co.nz - 10th August 2007
Friday, 10 August 2007, 11:04 am | New Zealand National Party
The gloves came off in Parliament this week as the Government launched a full-frontal personal attack on National Leader John Key. Having waited all year for him to stumble, they finally gave up. Into August, with the next election little more than a year ... More >>
Gerry Brownlee On The House - Video Newsletter
Friday, 10 August 2007, 10:59 am | New Zealand National Party
Video Newsletter: National MP Gerry Brownlee delivers his weekly video newsletter. More >>
Young women still missing out on breast screening
Friday, 10 August 2007, 10:54 am | New Zealand National Party
National's Associate Health spokeswoman, Dr Jackie Blue, says the Government's much-touted extension to the BreastScreen Aotearoa programme is still failing young women. More >>
News Worthy - 10 August 2007
Friday, 10 August 2007, 10:05 am | New Zealand National Party
The affordability of housing; Child Abuse; Gold versus paper currency; A test of intuitive judgment More >>
Pansy Speak: Right care, first time
Friday, 10 August 2007, 10:01 am | New Zealand National Party
This week we found out that Christchurch man Bill Dalley has been on ACC for 24 years. He fell off a horse in 1981 and has not worked since. A judge in the Christchurch District Court ruled that despite chronic back pain it was ‘only Dalley's entrenched ... More >>
Mapp Report: Desperate Times For Labour
Friday, 10 August 2007, 12:09 am | New Zealand National Party
www.waynemapp.co.nz Desperate Times For Labour Labour’s desperation was fully evident this week. Phil Goff has often been known to give ‘vein popping’ speeches; the veins in his temples throb, his face is contorted in fury, he screams at the top ... More >>
Cheaper hut fees an election-year stunt
Thursday, 9 August 2007, 4:53 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour's announcement of reduced Great Walks hut and camp fees to take effect just three months prior to the next election contradicts eight years of increasing the charges, says National's Conservation spokesman, Nick Smith. More >>
