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Nancy Lu To Stand As A List-Only Candidate In 2026

Friday, 19 June 2026, 6:09 pm | New Zealand National Party

There is still more work to do, which is why I’m looking forward to campaigning around New Zealand to make sure National can continue to fix the basics and build the future during another term in Government, National MP Nancy Lu says. More >>

Gerry Brownlee To Stand As A List-Only Candidate In 2026

Friday, 19 June 2026, 6:07 pm | New Zealand National Party

National MP Gerry Brownlee has been reconfirmed as a List-Only candidate for the 2026 General Election. “After the House rises, I will continue to be the Speaker of the House in all non-parliamentary matters. “At the same time, I will work with ... More >>

Labour’s Hidden Bill Keeps Growing

Thursday, 18 June 2026, 2:52 pm | New Zealand National Party

"What’s most concerning is where Labour will find the extra money to pay for its promises, given how stretched Labour’s Capital Gains Tax is already looking", says National’s Campaign Chair Simeon Brown. More >>

Labour Confirms Fiscal Gap But Silent On How To Fill It

Monday, 15 June 2026, 1:47 pm | New Zealand National Party

Labour has not disputed its commitment to any of the spending policies outlined in the document released yesterday but still refuses to tell New Zealanders how it will pay for them, whether it’s by increasing taxes, ramping up borrowing, or both. More >>

Backing Rangitīkei’s Young Farmers

Monday, 15 June 2026, 12:34 pm | New Zealand National Party

The initiatives include a Rural Wellbeing Champions’ Programme, study scholarships and grants for sixty Young Farmers clubs across the country. More >>

Labour Challenged To Come Clean On $18.2b Bill

Sunday, 14 June 2026, 3:04 pm | New Zealand National Party

It is now just five months until the election and New Zealanders still have no idea how Labour would meet its commitments or whether it will reverse Government decisions it has disagreed with, Nicola Willis says. More >>

Rangitīkei Landowners To Benefit From Funding To Tackle Wild Deer

Friday, 12 June 2026, 1:39 pm | New Zealand National Party

The funding is part of three pilot projects across Rangitīkei, Wairarapa, and North Canterbury to trial more coordinated and practical approaches to wild deer management on privately owned productive farmland. More >>

New Labour Policy, Same Labour Maths

Thursday, 11 June 2026, 11:39 am | New Zealand National Party

Labour is asking New Zealanders to trust them again, but the numbers in their own policy are already falling to pieces, Mr Brown says. More >>

Same Old Labour

Wednesday, 10 June 2026, 11:47 am | New Zealand National Party

“Labour is once again trying to bribe New Zealanders with their own money. This is yet another spending promise from the Labour Party with no plan for how they’ll pay for it." More >>

National Backs Farmers - QEII National Trust Funding Added To List

Monday, 8 June 2026, 2:50 pm | New Zealand National Party

QEII is a unique conservation model: voluntary, practical, landowner-led, and offers some of the best-value conservation in the country. Every dollar the government puts in, farmers match many times over. More >>

National Backs Farmers And Conservation - Doubles QEII National Trust Funding

Monday, 8 June 2026, 2:40 pm | New Zealand National Party

If National becomes government, the baseline funding for the Queen Elizabeth QEII Trust will lift from approximately $4.2 million to approximately $8.5 million per year. More >>

Bill Drawn To Recognise Humanitarian And Disaster Relief Service

Monday, 25 May 2026, 10:25 am | New Zealand National Party

Unlike Australia, no universal medallic recognition currently exists for New Zealanders who serve in crisis and relief operations. More >>

Commuters To Be Protected Against Illegal Roadblock Action

Thursday, 21 May 2026, 7:45 pm | New Zealand National Party

The bill would create a clear and specific offence for damaging or obstructing a major road, tunnel, or bridge. The maximum penalty would be either two years’ imprisonment, a $20,000 fine, or both. More >>

Local Government Bill To Strengthen Governance And Accountability

Thursday, 21 May 2026, 5:01 pm | New Zealand National Party

The purpose of this Bill is to provide elected mayors and councillors with the mandate to more effectively govern and control the activities of their local authority. More >>

Local Government Bill To Strengthen Governance And Accountability

Thursday, 21 May 2026, 5:01 pm | New Zealand National Party

The purpose of this Bill is to provide elected mayors and councillors with the mandate to more effectively govern and control the activities of their local authority. More >>

Labour Hiding $3B Fiscal Hole, Blames The Treaty

Tuesday, 19 May 2026, 5:05 pm | New Zealand National Party

Labour’s Future Fund relies on diverting dividends from state-owned enterprises into the fund. Those dividends currently help pay for frontline public services like schools and hospitals. More >>

New Homes Delivered For Defence Families

Monday, 18 May 2026, 7:31 pm | New Zealand National Party

It’s great to see these homes completed as they will make a real difference for hardworking Defence Force personnel and their families in our community, Rangitīkei MP Suze Redmayne says. More >>

Tougher Sentences For Sexual Offending

Sunday, 17 May 2026, 4:35 pm | New Zealand National Party

A vote for National is a vote for real consequences for crime, National’s Justice Spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. More >>

A Capital Gains Tax Always Grows

Wednesday, 13 May 2026, 12:25 pm | New Zealand National Party

“A capital gains tax would hit New Zealanders who have done the right thing and worked hard, saved carefully, invested for their future, bought a family bach or rental property, and built up their KiwiSaver. More >>

Judith Collins’ Valedictory Speech

Tuesday, 12 May 2026, 6:08 pm | New Zealand National Party

I now leave politics behind and move into an apolitical world with gusto and … even relish. I’m over politics and looking forward to going back to my first loves … my family and the law. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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