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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 >>
Stabbed officer was only weeks from getting vest
Wednesday, 30 May 2007, 3:42 pm | New Zealand National Party
The police officer who suffered a punctured lung three weeks ago after being stabbed was only weeks from getting his stab-resistant vest after earlier being incorrectly measured, says National’s Police spokesman, Chester Borrows. More >>
UK paper says ‘don’t buy NZ’
Wednesday, 30 May 2007, 2:17 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Horticulture spokesman Craig Foss says the latest campaign in the UK against New Zealand produce is a very serious threat to our exports. “The risk to our economy of such anti-New Zealand trade campaigns is massive. We have made ... More >>
Mallard must answer on SOE's role in death
Wednesday, 30 May 2007, 11:15 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party State-Owned Enterprises spokesman Gerry Brownlee says Trevor Mallard must answer to the public of New Zealand about the death of an Auckland woman after a state-owned energy retailer turned off her power. More >>
Cullen fails to act after inflation sabre rattling
Tuesday, 29 May 2007, 5:04 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Finance spokesman Bill English is surprised Michael Cullen signalled no change at all to the Reserve Bank’s Policy Targets Agreement when he re-appointed Allan Bollard as Governor today. More >>
Why the secret ACC review of fraud unit?
Tuesday, 29 May 2007, 5:00 pm | New Zealand National Party
ACC is undertaking yet another review, this time into its fraud unit, but isn’t telling us why, says National Party ACC spokeswoman Pansy Wong. “I understand ACC is conducting an under the radar review of the fraud unit, supposedly because the ... More >>
Compulsory unionism by stealth
Tuesday, 29 May 2007, 4:03 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Labour Government is pushing compulsory unionism on aged care workers at the expense of older New Zealanders, says National’s Associate health spokeswoman, Jo Goodhew. She is commenting on DHBs demanding aged care employers to promote collective ... More >>
National considers real estate proposal
Tuesday, 29 May 2007, 2:19 pm | New Zealand National Party
The protection of consumers and avoiding extra costs for home buyers must be the main thrust of any changes to legislation regarding the real estate industry, says National's Justice spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
The Mapp Report: It’s Time for a Change
Tuesday, 29 May 2007, 11:27 am | New Zealand National Party
The public’s verdict is in – they don’t like the budget! After 13 years of continuous surpluses, people want a cut in their taxes. The last tax cut was in 1996, 11 long years ago. Labour’s only change in this year’s budget was to actually ... More >>
NCEA changes hypocritical politicking
Tuesday, 29 May 2007, 12:36 am | New Zealand National Party
The Education Minister’s changes to NCEA are nothing but a cynical and calculated move to dampen criticism of the qualification and get it off the political agenda, says National’s Education spokeswoman Katherine Rich. “For six years Labour has ... More >>
Training standards going down the drain
Monday, 28 May 2007, 3:36 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour is moving at a snail’s pace to fix training standards around the Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers registration exams, says National’s Associate Education spokesman Colin King. More >>
Let’s get behind our young people
Monday, 28 May 2007, 8:38 am | New Zealand National Party
This week is the perfect time for New Zealanders to put aside the negative and celebrate the positive side of our young people, says National's Youth Affairs spokeswoman, Nicky Wagner. More >>
Evasive ACC has Minister’s backing
Monday, 28 May 2007, 8:37 am | New Zealand National Party
ACC Minister Ruth Dyson must move to clear up confusion over the $2 million worth of contracts her department has spent on hiring private investigators over the past two years, says National’s ACC spokeswoman, Pansy Wong. More >>
Attrition problems loom as police get older
Monday, 28 May 2007, 8:36 am | New Zealand National Party
The police are likely to face problems with attrition in the future as the growing number of older officers retire, warns National’s Police spokesman, Chester Borrows. More >>
Corrections must investigate parole payoff claims
Monday, 28 May 2007, 8:35 am | New Zealand National Party
Corrections must not sit back and wait for people to come forward over claims that guards have been accepting money from prisoners to write positive reports to the Parole Board, says National’s Justice and Corrections spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
Immigration Minister should do his homework
Monday, 28 May 2007, 8:33 am | New Zealand National Party
Immigration Minister David Cunliffe should do his homework before making half-baked statements about National's use of immigration numbers, says National's Immigration spokesman, Lockwood Smith. More >>
National Says Solid Energy Should Explain
Sunday, 27 May 2007, 3:15 pm | New Zealand National Party
Taxpayers need to be reassured that their money is not being used to infiltrate protest groups, as has been claimed today, says National’s State-Owned Enterprises spokesman, Gerry Brownlee. More >>
John Key Speech To Regional Conference
Sunday, 27 May 2007, 1:21 pm | New Zealand National Party
It's a real pleasure to be addressing the Central North Island Regional Conference as Leader of the National Party. More >>
Internet drug sales a potential danger
Friday, 25 May 2007, 4:30 pm | New Zealand National Party
There urgently needs to be greater consumer awareness around the dangers of illegally purchasing online medicines says National’s Associate Health spokeswoman, Dr Jackie Blue. More >>
New data highlights chainsaw massacre
Friday, 25 May 2007, 3:30 pm | New Zealand National Party
A record 13,000 hectares of deforestation last year, amounting to the felling of over 3 million trees is an environmental disaster, says National's Climate Change spokesperson Dr Nick Smith. More >>
