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NZQA computer sell-off raises privacy issues
Wednesday, 6 June 2007, 2:24 pm | New Zealand National Party
The sale of dozens of New Zealand Qualifications Authority computers on Trade Me, allegedly by an NZQA employee, could pose serious confidentiality issues, says National's Education spokeswoman, Katherine Rich. More >>
Labour has precedent to honour Nancy Wake
Tuesday, 5 June 2007, 2:29 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour has a precedent for giving New Zealand-born war hero Nancy Wake the honour that she deserves, says National Party Veterans Affairs spokeswoman Judith Collins. More >>
National calls for Arbour Day rethink
Tuesday, 5 June 2007, 11:48 am | New Zealand National Party
New Zealand must reverse the record rates of deforestation to control climate change emissions and to prevent erosion, says National’s Environment and Climate Change Spokesman, Nick Smith. More >>
Employee sells NZQA computers on Trade Me?
Tuesday, 5 June 2007, 11:24 am | New Zealand National Party
NZQA has launched an investigation into serious allegations that a staff member has been selling approximately 30 ex-NZQA computers on Trade Me, says National's Education spokeswoman Katherine Rich. More >>
Labour shouldn’t let Mercury off hook
Tuesday, 5 June 2007, 12:32 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party State-Owned Enterprises spokesman Gerry Brownlee says Labour shouldn’t be rushing regulation about power disconnection and should make considered changes if necessary. “Helen Clark herself has said that Mercury Energy was in breach of ... More >>
Public sick of industrial strife in health sector
Monday, 4 June 2007, 3:56 pm | New Zealand National Party
The public is completely sick of never-ending industrial disputes in the country's hospitals, says National Party Health spokesman Tony Ryall. More >>
Nancy Wake still not honoured
Monday, 4 June 2007, 3:36 pm | New Zealand National Party
In the same year Parliament let women fight on the frontline with their male colleagues, Helen Clark's Labour Government has yet again failed to formally honour war hero Nancy Wake, says National Party Veterans Affairs spokeswoman Judith Collins. More >>
Labour could have avoided prison bed crisis
Monday, 4 June 2007, 3:34 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Labour Government could have avoided the crisis which has resulted in 150 prisoners being held in police cells had the new Otago Regional Prison had been built on time, says National’s Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
Anderton hangs GM-affected farmers out to dry
Monday, 4 June 2007, 3:33 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Associate Agriculture Spokesman Nathan Guy says Biosecurity Minister Jim Anderton is hanging out to dry a group of farmers caught up in last year’s GM corn debacle. More >>
More industrial strife looms in health sector
Sunday, 3 June 2007, 4:17 pm | New Zealand National Party
News of the pending lockout of 2000 public hospital cleaners, orderlies and kitchen staff shows the level of industrial disarray in the health sector, says National Party Health spokesman Tony Ryall. More >>
Racist remark undermines police efforts
Sunday, 3 June 2007, 3:59 pm | New Zealand National Party
Racist remark undermines police efforts with Asians Racist comments by a senior detective do nothing to encourage Asians to come forward to report crime, and undermine police efforts to engage with the Asian community, says National’s Ethnic Affairs spokeswoman, ... More >>
Key Notes - Tough On Crime
Saturday, 2 June 2007, 4:07 pm | New Zealand National Party
At the start of the year, I spoke up about the growing underclass in New Zealand, and how living with crime is a reality for far too many Kiwis. It seems that just about every week we get a reminder of this. More >>
The Mapp Report
Friday, 1 June 2007, 4:04 pm | New Zealand National Party
New Zealand’s Relationship With Our Pacific Neighbours This week I was part of a Parliamentary delegation to Canberra to discuss the situation in the Pacific. One of the major jobs of the Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade Select Committee this ... More >>
Steve Maharey backtracks from broken Promise
Friday, 1 June 2007, 3:19 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Education Minister has finally conceded that Labour's Budget announcement of a maximum of 18 children for junior primary school classes was a major shift from what was originally promised says National's Education spokeswoman, Katherine Rich. More >>
www.mccully.co.nz - 1 June 2007
Friday, 1 June 2007, 3:10 pm | New Zealand National Party
The facts surrounding the death of Folole Muliaga remain in serious dispute. Even the extent to which the disconnection of the electricity supply contributed to her death is uncertain. More >>
Contraband problem? What problem?
Friday, 1 June 2007, 1:43 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Labour Government has taken nearly eight years to do anything about the corruption and contraband problem in prisons, says National’s Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
Spending on hospital locums doubles in 6 years
Friday, 1 June 2007, 9:45 am | New Zealand National Party
“Labour is spending a record amount on locum doctors to fill the huge gaps that are emerging in the health workforce,” says National Party Health spokesman Tony Ryall “You can’t run a health system on temporary staff. Yet the Government is ... More >>
Pansy Wong: Minister, your ship is sinking!
Thursday, 31 May 2007, 3:58 pm | New Zealand National Party
Minister, your ship is sinking! Fact: More Kiwis than ever are heading across to live in Australia Fact: We are losing people who were born, and migrated, here Labour’s Immigration Minister needs to rethink his opinion that our current immigration situation ... More >>
Outstanding fines up, collections down
Thursday, 31 May 2007, 1:59 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour is failing dismally to control the number of outstanding fines and then to collect them, says National's Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
When will we see action on BZP?
Thursday, 31 May 2007, 9:38 am | New Zealand National Party
What recommendations on banning BZP, if any, has Jim Anderton taken to Cabinet? That’s the question being asked by National MP Jacqui Dean. “First the Associate Health Minister was going to take his recommendations to Cabinet by March and then it was ... More >>
