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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 >>
Maharey rearranges the deck chairs
Thursday, 5 July 2007, 12:40 am | New Zealand National Party
The review of the TVNZ Charter is going to do nothing to disguise the abysmal failure of Steve Maharey's broadcasting policy, says National Party Broadcasting spokesman Jonathan Coleman. More >>
10,000 'lost' pre-schoolers still miss out on ECE
Wednesday, 4 July 2007, 2:29 pm | New Zealand National Party
There are approximately 10,000 three and four-year-olds who still get absolutely no early childhood education, let alone the supposedly 'free' ECE being promoted by Labour, says National's Early Childhood spokeswoman, Paula Bennett. More >>
Slack prison system lets man walk early
Wednesday, 4 July 2007, 1:09 pm | New Zealand National Party
Corrections Minister Damien O’Connor must explain how a man once reportedly described as an ‘extremely violent Black Power gang associate’ was released from prison by mistake, 10 days into a six-month sentence, says National’s Justice & Corrections ... More >>
Benson-Pope confuses on MSD staff
Wednesday, 4 July 2007, 1:07 pm | New Zealand National Party
“David Benson-Pope must clear up the confusion he’s created about the number of extra staff at Work and Income after accusing me of getting it wrong,” says National Party Welfare spokeswoman Judith Collins. More >>
Papers confirm higher tax and bigger spending
Wednesday, 4 July 2007, 11:21 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader John Key says Cabinet papers confirm in stark terms the high tax, big spending choices that the Helen Clark-led Government has made over the past eight years. More >>
Groser - The WTO: Prospects for Reform
Wednesday, 4 July 2007, 9:30 am | New Zealand National Party
The WTO: Prospects for Reform Speech to Tasman Transparency Group, Sydney Australian Minister Warren Truss, Indonesian Trade Minister Mari Pengestu, ladies and gentlemen. More >>
HNZ to blame for botched eviction bid
Tuesday, 3 July 2007, 4:42 pm | New Zealand National Party
Housing New Zealand and its Minister, Chris Carter, need to take responsibility for the botched bid to evict tenants of the HNZ property in Auckland's Range View Rd, says National's Housing spokesman, Phil Heatley. More >>
Record Govt spend-up one reason for high dollar
Tuesday, 3 July 2007, 1:40 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Labour Government's record Budget spend-up is one of the reasons for the record high levels of the New Zealand dollar, says National Party Finance spokesman Bill English. More >>
You want to do those ECE numbers again, Minister?
Tuesday, 3 July 2007, 11:33 am | New Zealand National Party
Labour’s assertion that 65,000 children will get free early childhood education is just a ‘guesstimate’ and may well be a vastly inflated figure, says National’s Early Childhood spokeswoman, Paula Bennett. More >>
Benefits versus bureaucrats
Tuesday, 3 July 2007, 9:58 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Welfare spokeswoman Judith Collins says Labour should explain the ballooning number of new bureaucrats being employed to deal with a shrinking number of benefits. More >>
Poor uptake of ‘free’ fraud unsurprising
Monday, 2 July 2007, 3:47 pm | New Zealand National Party
The appalling uptake for Labour’s ludicrously-named ’20 hours free’ scheme can hardly come as a surprise given the chorus of criticism of the policy from the early childhood sector, says National’s Early Childhood spokeswoman, Paula Bennett. More >>
Troops should be proud of Bosnia work
Monday, 2 July 2007, 8:26 am | New Zealand National Party
All New Zealand troops who served in Bosnia can be rightfully proud of the difference they have made to the peacekeeping effort there, says National’s Defence spokesman, Wayne Mapp. More >>
Housing Minister must come clean on credit cards
Monday, 2 July 2007, 8:25 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Housing spokesman Phil Heatley is calling for Housing Minister Chris Carter to release full details of all corporation charge-card spending by Housing New Zealand employees for the past five years. More >>
