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Attacks can't hide Minister's incompetence
Friday, 17 August 2007, 9:40 am | New Zealand National Party
National's Biosecurity spokesman, Shane Ardern, says Biosecurity Minister Jim Anderton should learn that personal attacks will not disguise his appalling lack of leadership in this critical area. More >>
Mapp Report - 17 August 2007
Friday, 17 August 2007, 12:58 am | New Zealand National Party
Electoral Finance Bill; Air New Zealand : a Case of ‘Yes Minister’? More >>
Eating disorder services still being neglected
Friday, 17 August 2007, 12:00 am | New Zealand National Party
National’s Women's Affairs spokeswoman, Dr Jackie Blue, wants the Health Minister to explain what he’s done to address a chronic lack of services for people with eating disorders, a year after a highly critical report was released. More >>
Labour doesn’t understand drift-net bill
Thursday, 16 August 2007, 4:06 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Deputy Leader Bill English says it has become clear over the past two days that Labour does not understand the crucial clauses in its anti-democratic Electoral Finance Bill. More >>
Crime Ministers don't meet for four years
Wednesday, 15 August 2007, 3:59 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Labour Government is being negligent over tackling serious crime, says National Party Police spokesman Chester Borrows. More >>
Resignation highlights ongoing leaky homes debacle
Wednesday, 15 August 2007, 2:36 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Building spokesman Nick Smith says he is not at all surprised by the resignation of Auckland City Councillor Douglas Armstrong over the council's problems with leaky homes. More >>
Clark has stopped talking about Aussie exodus
Wednesday, 15 August 2007, 2:04 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Immigration spokesman Lockwood Smith says Helen Clark has gone strangely quiet about a phenomenon she was once 'shocked and ashamed' by. More >>
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 >>
