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How Did Man Stalk Woman From Prison?
Tuesday, 24 July 2007, 5:04 pm | New Zealand National Party
Corrections Minister Damien O'Connor should explain how a convicted stalker was allegedly able to continue to harass a woman despite her asking the prisons where he was held to put a stop to his mail, says National's Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon ... More >>
Economy Pays The Price For Mismanagement
Tuesday, 24 July 2007, 3:12 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader John Key says homeowners and exporters are now paying the price for the years that Labour has mismanaged economic growth. More >>
Labour screws electoral scrum
Tuesday, 24 July 2007, 12:56 am | New Zealand National Party
"Labour's election finance reform should be renamed the 'Save Labour Bill' because it is so heavily weighted in favour of the Labour Government," says National Party Deputy Leader Bill English. More >>
Clark cuts down Cullen’s credibility
Monday, 23 July 2007, 5:18 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Finance spokesman Bill English says comments from Helen Clark that Michael Cullen ‘never even said he was considering’ intervention in monetary policy is a further dent in the Finance Minister’s credibility. More >>
Clark declares war on public service neutrality
Monday, 23 July 2007, 1:12 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader John Key says he is alarmed by comments by Helen Clark that sacked communications manager Madeleine Setchell should never have been hired by the Environment Ministry. More >>
Hodgson must declare agenda on contractors
Monday, 23 July 2007, 8:32 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Health spokesman Tony Ryall says the Health Minister must say whether he supports the Service and Food Workers Union reported agenda to drive private enterprise from the public hospital service. More >>
Interest rates Expect them to be higher for longer
Monday, 23 July 2007, 8:31 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Finance spokesman Bill English says regardless of this week’s interest rate announcement from the Reserve Bank, all the signs are that mortgage rates will stay higher for longer. More >>
Key questions for Clark on Benson-Pope
Monday, 23 July 2007, 8:30 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader John Key says Helen Clark needs to answer some straightforward questions on David Benson-Pope’s handling of the politically motivated sacking of Madeleine Setchell. More >>
Another day, another appalling systems failure
Monday, 23 July 2007, 8:29 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Justice and Corrections spokesman Simon Power says he is alarmed by reports of an “appalling systems breakdown” which implicates both Corrections and the Justice Ministry. More >>
Concern over capital’s child cancer care
Monday, 23 July 2007, 8:28 am | New Zealand National Party
The staffing crisis at the Wellington children's hospital may be a sign of things to come, says National Party Health spokesman Tony Ryall. More >>
Health unions using members as political pawns
Sunday, 22 July 2007, 1:29 pm | New Zealand National Party
Unions should not use their members as pawns in some sort of ideological battle to push independent businesses out of the health system, says National’s Health spokesman, Tony Ryall. More >>
Benson-Pope did know about political sacking
Friday, 20 July 2007, 5:19 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader John Key says Helen Clark is setting a new low in Ministerial standards if she still retains confidence in David Benson-Pope. More >>
Corrections spends $1m a month on staff
Friday, 20 July 2007, 2:00 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Corrections Department spent $9.4 million on consultants and contractors in the first 10 months of the last financial year, or nearly $1 million a month, says National’s Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon Power. The information is contained in ... More >>
Cullen’s threat will keep interest higher longer
Friday, 20 July 2007, 1:54 pm | New Zealand National Party
“Michael Cullen’s threat this week that he might override the Reserve Bank on monetary policy will make interest rates stay higher for longer,” says National Party Finance spokesman Bill English. More >>
News Worthy - 20 July 2007
Friday, 20 July 2007, 11:55 am | New Zealand National Party
Victor Ludorum; Successful prisoner reintegration – what works; Local Government reform; The diddle kingdom; India Trade Exhibition Auckland - 10 & 11 August 2007; Political Quote of the Week More >>
www.mccully.co.nz - 20 July 2007
Friday, 20 July 2007, 12:34 am | New Zealand National Party
A Weekly Report from the Keyboard of Murray McCully MP for East Coast Bays More >>
$85 million climate change Treaty stuff-up
Thursday, 19 July 2007, 5:09 pm | New Zealand National Party
Taxpayers will have to pick up an $85 million bill for a stuff-up between the Office of Climate Change and the Office of Treaty Settlements over the Te Arawa Settlement, says National Party Climate Change Spokesman Nick Smith. More >>
HNZ saves $1 million per tenant shifted – really?
Thursday, 19 July 2007, 5:01 pm | New Zealand National Party
“Housing Minister Chris Carter needs to explain how Labour is saving nearly $1 million for every tenant it is shifting out of state homes,” says National’s Housing spokesman Phil Heatley. More >>
Minister ignores maths under-achievement
Thursday, 19 July 2007, 4:46 pm | New Zealand National Party
Steve Maharey's eagerness to crow about improving numeracy rates has made him forgetful about the large number of students who leave primary school and still don't have even basic maths skills, says National's Education spokeswoman, Katherine Rich. More >>
Cullen confirms threat of intervention on dollar
Thursday, 19 July 2007, 4:46 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Finance spokesman Bill English says Michael Cullen has upped the ante in his threats to change the rules the Reserve Bank operates under to ease pressure on the currency. More >>
