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No political leadership in Treaty negotiations
Thursday, 21 June 2007, 4:23 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Minister of Treaty Negotiations and the Prime Minister must show real commitment and leadership to stop the settlement process from going off the rails, says National's Treaty Negotiations spokesman, Christopher Finlayson. More >>
Even more uniform tweaking for police
Thursday, 21 June 2007, 3:26 pm | New Zealand National Party
“Another chapter’s been added to the book on the bumbling roll-out of stab-resistant vests to our frontline police,” says National Party Police spokesman Chester Borrows. More >>
Cullen breaks promise on property tax
Thursday, 21 June 2007, 2:25 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Finance spokesman Bill English says Michael Cullen has deceived homeowners about his intentions on taxation around property investment. More >>
Dept flouts rules on five contracts, $500,000
Thursday, 21 June 2007, 1:15 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Associate Labour and Industrial Relations spokeswoman Paula Bennett says the Department of Labour has confirmed that it flouted the rules on five contracts worth more than $500,000. More >>
Mallard unveils Kiwi tax cuts in Oz
Thursday, 21 June 2007, 11:28 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Finance spokesman Bill English is surprised that Trevor Mallard has chosen Australia as the venue to announce that there'll be tax cuts in New Zealand during next year's Budget. More >>
No silver bullet to cool housing market
Thursday, 21 June 2007, 11:07 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Finance spokesman Bill English says an international comparison of house prices and the tax treatment of housing in different countries shows there is no single answer to cool the property market. More >>
Red tape an ‘after thought’ in broad regulation
Thursday, 21 June 2007, 10:43 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Commerce spokesman Simon Power says the Government should move to reassure borrowers that they will not end up paying for the sweeping new regulation targeting loan sharks. More >>
Key to meet Canadian PM, US Dep Secretary of State
Wednesday, 20 June 2007, 5:07 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader John Key is due to meet Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and United States Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte when he visits North America next week. More >>
Kids suffer as subsidy on Ritalin dropped
Wednesday, 20 June 2007, 4:47 pm | New Zealand National Party
Pharmac has ditched its Ritalin subsidy and Kiwi kids are being left to suffer the consequences, says National's Associate Health spokesman, Jonathan Coleman. More >>
Home equity scheme unveiled at least 10 times
Wednesday, 20 June 2007, 3:54 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Housing spokesman Phil Heatley says the public should be deeply suspicious about future announcements from Labour on its shared equity programme for housing. More >>
Universities fear Crown control
Wednesday, 20 June 2007, 3:40 pm | New Zealand National Party
There are grave fears that the recently introduced Education (Tertiary Reforms) Amendment Bill will allow the Labour Government to control all university activities, says National’s Tertiary Education spokesman, Dr Paul Hutchison. More >>
English turns tables on Cullen over tax
Wednesday, 20 June 2007, 11:32 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Finance spokesman Bill English says Michael Cullen's interpretation of the tax laws around housing is wrong. More >>
National will fix smacking law if it's broken
Wednesday, 20 June 2007, 10:05 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader John Key says a National-led Government will change the smacking law if the spirit of the compromise thrashed out with Labour is broken. More >>
Diabetes ‘Get Checked’ scheme panned
Tuesday, 19 June 2007, 5:13 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government is struggling to get even the basics right in its ‘Diabetes Get Checked’ programme, says National’s Health spokesman Tony Ryall. The annual check-up for people with diabetes has been severely criticised in an Auditor General's report ... More >>
Class size policy - slip sliding away
Tuesday, 19 June 2007, 4:57 pm | New Zealand National Party
While the Education Minister continues to pretend there has been no shift in Labour's policy on class sizes for new entrants, official information documents released by National clearly show the opposite, says National's Education spokeswoman, Katherine ... More >>
UK experts say Work & Income actions 'dangerous'
Tuesday, 19 June 2007, 4:00 pm | New Zealand National Party
"Visiting UK experts on welfare have gone home and described practices at Work and Income as 'dangerous'," says National Party Welfare spokeswoman Judith Collins. More >>
Maori welcome Nats trades training policy
Tuesday, 19 June 2007, 2:21 pm | New Zealand National Party
Maori will be among the big winners from National's trades training policy, says National Party Maori Affairs spokesman, Tau Henare. More >>
Treaty process degenerates into farce
Monday, 18 June 2007, 4:58 pm | New Zealand National Party
There is no excuse for yet another botched Treaty of Waitangi settlement process by the Crown, says National’s Treaty Negotiations Minister, Christopher Finlayson. More >>
Key flies the flag for trades in schools
Monday, 18 June 2007, 1:18 pm | New Zealand National Party
National’s Leader John Key has announced his Party’s commitment to putting trades and industry training back into the heart of New Zealand’s school system, during a speech to the Employers and Manufacturers Association. More >>
Key: Putting Trades and Industry Back Into Schools
Monday, 18 June 2007, 1:17 pm | New Zealand National Party
Thank you for this opportunity to speak to you today. My particular thanks go to the Employers and Manufacturers Association Northern which has made this event happen. It’s great to be here. I’d like to acknowledge my parliamentary colleagues, National’s ... More >>
