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PM Aquaculture launch hypocritical
Thursday, 7 June 2007, 3:38 pm | New Zealand National Party
It is hypocritical of the Prime Minister to be launching Aquaculture NZ in Nelson today when her Government's policies have frozen growth in the industry, says National's Fisheries spokesman, Phil Heatley. More >>
Labour's prints all over interest rate hat-trick
Thursday, 7 June 2007, 2:07 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Reserve Bank Governor has given his strongest warning yet that Labour's increased spending will keep interest rates higher for longer says National Party Finance spokesman Bill English. More >>
Cullen must say why he dumped coroner
Thursday, 7 June 2007, 11:46 am | New Zealand National Party
“Michael Cullen must restore confidence in the judicial appointment process by declaring who he consulted before deciding to sack long-serving Wellington coroner Garry Evans,” says National’s Shadow Attorney-General Chris Finlayson. More >>
Education Minister has credibility problem
Thursday, 7 June 2007, 11:09 am | New Zealand National Party
The Education Minister’s latest outpourings on NCEA are a pinnacle of desperation, says National’s Education spokeswoman, Katherine Rich. Steve Maharey has called on educationalists to help ‘build confidence in our national qualification’ which ... More >>
National applauds Team NZ
Thursday, 7 June 2007, 9:46 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader John Key has congratulated Team New Zealand on winning the right to challenge for the America’s Cup after winning the Louis Vuitton Cup final today. More >>
Immigration policy a fix it job
Wednesday, 6 June 2007, 5:42 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Labour Government is finally taking steps to clean up its bungled Active Investor Migration policy, says National’s Immigration spokesman, Dr Lockwood Smith. More >>
Collins' Comments
Wednesday, 6 June 2007, 4:01 pm | New Zealand National Party
Counties Manukau residents can expect insufficient Police staff even after 5,503 petitioners sought an increase in Police numbers to bring them in line with the national average. In July 2006, I presented my petition, requesting that the numbers of full-time ... More >>
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 >>
