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Health scandal: AG derails plans for cover-up
Wednesday, 11 July 2007, 11:35 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Deputy Leader Bill English is relieved the Auditor General’s office has signalled it will conduct its own inquiry into allegations of conflicts of interest at the Hawke’s Bay District Health Board. More >>
Minister shrugs over rejection of fire reforms
Wednesday, 11 July 2007, 11:16 am | New Zealand National Party
Internal Affairs Minister Rick Barker appears not to give a damn that every single rural fire authority in the country has rejected his fire reforms out of hand, says National’s Internal Affairs spokeswoman, Sandra Goudie. More >>
Health scandal: Cosy cook-up underway
Wednesday, 11 July 2007, 9:25 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Deputy Leader Bill English says as predicted, a Labour appointee has been named as the person to lead the probe into serious allegations of conflicts of interest at Hawke’s Bay Health. More >>
ACC board chair has work to do
Wednesday, 11 July 2007, 12:07 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party ACC spokeswoman Pansy Wong says the new ACC board chairman has some work to do to assure levy payers that he is not anti-employer. “Ross Wilson’s politics are a secret to no one. He will have to work hard with employers to break ... More >>
Rural fire teams fear for future
Tuesday, 10 July 2007, 12:58 am | New Zealand National Party
The proposed restructuring of the fire service is causing nervous jitters among the volunteer mainstay of the sector who fear rural services will be degraded, says National's Internal Affairs spokeswoman, Sandra Goudie. More >>
Health scandal: Govt hides the evidence?
Tuesday, 10 July 2007, 12:19 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Deputy Leader Bill English says the Government appears to be attempting to hide and delay the release of Health Ministry reports on the reported conflict of interest scandal at Hawke's Bay Health. More >>
North Shore Hospital needs help
Tuesday, 10 July 2007, 12:00 am | New Zealand National Party
Two North Shore-based National MPs are labelling the reported staff shortages and overcrowding at North Shore Hospital as a tragedy waiting to happen and they’re organising a public meeting to hear concerns. More >>
Health scandal: Hodgson and Clark clairvoyants
Monday, 9 July 2007, 10:51 am | New Zealand National Party
Helen Clark and Pete Hodgson are showing remarkable powers of clairvoyance by deciding the outcome of an inquiry into alleged conflicts of interest and a sacked whistleblower at Hawke’s Bay Health before the investigators are even appointed. More >>
Auditor-General needs to probe DHB stoush
Monday, 9 July 2007, 9:50 am | New Zealand National Party
The Auditor-General should immediately launch an investigation into the conflict of interest issues at the Hawke’s Bay DHB involving failed contracts worth up to $50 million, says National Party Deputy Leader Bill English. More >>
Adrenaline stocks – when will Pharmac learn?
Monday, 9 July 2007, 9:38 am | New Zealand National Party
News that Pharmac will de-list an alternative adrenaline from next month to rely on the original sole supplier - who was unable to supply this life-saving drug late last year - is extremely worrying, says National Party Associate Health spokeswoman ... More >>
Smarten up compo for pylon properties
Friday, 6 July 2007, 1:11 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Energy spokesman Gerry Brownlee says Transpower "needs to become more realistic about the cost of access" as it seeks to progress its pylon plan from the Waikato to Auckland. More >>
National to propose change to satire ban
Friday, 6 July 2007, 1:00 pm | New Zealand National Party
A new rule that bans use of images from the parliamentary debating chamber for satire should be revisited, and National will raise the issue with the relevant parliamentary committee, says National Party Leader John Key. More >>
www.mccully.co.nz - 6 July 2007
Friday, 6 July 2007, 11:53 am | New Zealand National Party
Last week’s visit to Washington by National Party leader John Key set the scene for a serious consolidation of what has been a sub-optimal NZ/US relationship for some time. More >>
The Mapp Report - Strenthening Auckland
Friday, 6 July 2007, 11:26 am | New Zealand National Party
The scene for Auckland’s future was being set this week. Over the next few years, the waterfront will be transformed, and the security of Auckland’s power supply will be strengthened. The Waterfront Redevelopment The proposals to redevelop Wynyard ... More >>
What’s in a name? Quite a lot it seems!
Friday, 6 July 2007, 10:10 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Health spokesman Tony Ryall is calling for a shake-up in the way some District Health Boards put together their ballot papers for elections. “Analysis by the Otago District Health Board shows that where DHB candidates are listed alphabetically, ... More >>
Benefit debt recovery unchanged despite spending
Friday, 6 July 2007, 9:49 am | New Zealand National Party
"The Ministry of Social Development is failing to recover any more beneficiary debt than it was five years ago, despite increased staff and a big boost to funding for Benefit Integrity Services," says National Party Welfare spokeswoman Judith Collins. More >>
Give us the numbers on Freeview
Friday, 6 July 2007, 12:33 am | New Zealand National Party
“Steve Maharey should be up front about digital television and tell the public how many New Zealand households have signed up for Freeview,” says national Party Broadcasting spokesman Jonathan Coleman. "It has now been two months since Freeview ... More >>
More millions thrown at flawed policy
Thursday, 5 July 2007, 4:43 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour’s self-proclaimed ‘visionary and historic’ ’20 hours free’ policy will not work any better even though an extra $10 million is being chucked at the sector, says National’s Associate Education (Early Childhood) spokeswoman, Paula ... More >>
Enrolled nurses must be reinstated
Thursday, 5 July 2007, 10:12 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government must reinstate the name and status of the Enrolled Nurse says National's Associate Health spokeswoman Jackie Blue. Dr Blue is commenting on a recommendation by Parliament's Regulation Review Committee. It has considered a New Zealand Nurses ... More >>
Quality of MSD policy advice questioned
Thursday, 5 July 2007, 10:09 am | New Zealand National Party
An external report on the Social Development Ministry’s policy unit, which has doubled in size, reveals half the papers it is producing are only of average or below average quality. More >>
