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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 >>
Transparency, not bigger bureaucracies
Friday, 25 May 2007, 2:37 pm | New Zealand National Party
"The recommendation in the 'Next Steps In The Land Transport Sector Review' released today, to merge Land Transport New Zealand and Transit New Zealand is just plain nonsense," says National Party Transport spokesman Maurice Williamson. More >>
NewsWorthy: The aftermath of the budget
Friday, 25 May 2007, 2:31 pm | New Zealand National Party
Many words in the media and many speeches in the debating chamber of Parliament later have seen the legislation to implement the budget enacted. The Government sees its work as a triumph; the National Party does not. More >>
www.mccully.co.nz - 25 May 2007
Friday, 25 May 2007, 1:01 pm | New Zealand National Party
A substantial increase in overseas aid was supposed to have been one of the key announcements in last week’s Budget. A special slot was identified in one of Foreign Minister Winston Peters’ increasingly brief visits to New Zealand to make a formal announcement. More >>
Kiwis leaving in droves
Friday, 25 May 2007, 11:47 am | New Zealand National Party
Kiwis are continuing to leaving New Zealand in droves, says National’s Immigration spokesman, Dr Lockwood Smith. The Labour Department’s quarterly migration update shows 32,200 New Zealanders left permanently for Australia in the year to March 2007. More >>
Anderton shouldn't be let off the hook
Thursday, 24 May 2007, 4:40 pm | New Zealand National Party
Jim Anderton needs to explain why he tried to hoodwink Labour's Maori caucus over the Fisheries Act 1996 Amendment Bill, says National MP David Carter. More >>
Charter confusion reigns
Thursday, 24 May 2007, 4:40 pm | New Zealand National Party
“TVNZ’s CEO and his political masters are now officially at odds over what constitutes a ‘charter’ programme,” says National Broadcasting spokesman Jonathan Coleman. “It’s the surest sign yet that Labour’s broadcasting policy is in tatters.” More >>
Labour shelves rural health
Thursday, 24 May 2007, 1:16 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour has been told that more than a quarter of taxpayers money intended to keep GPs in rural areas can't be accounted for, and yet it’s doing nothing about it, says National’s Associate Health spokeswoman, Jo Goodhew. More >>
National vindicated by police view on Field
Thursday, 24 May 2007, 11:28 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader John Key says the Opposition has been vindicated for demanding further inquiries into the activities of Taito Phillip Field despite Helen Clark’s protestations. More >>
Charter failure laid bare with TV comments
Thursday, 24 May 2007, 11:09 am | New Zealand National Party
The National Party says Labour needs to state whether it believes TVNZ is delivering on the Government-imposed charter. More >>
Labour messes up science funding
Thursday, 24 May 2007, 9:55 am | New Zealand National Party
Labour’s mismanagement of science funding has left New Zealand’s top scientists out in the cold, says National’s Science spokesman, Dr Paul Hutchison. “The fact that scientists are missing out on millions of dollars of funding is a huge indictment ... More >>
Corrections admits corruption widespread
Wednesday, 23 May 2007, 3:25 pm | New Zealand National Party
Corruption in prisons is clearly much more widespread than the Corrections Minister and his department have been telling the public, says National’s Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
Labour lets more bad drivers get away
Wednesday, 23 May 2007, 1:29 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Labour Government is letting more and more drivers get away with dangerous behaviour, says National’s Police spokesman, Chester Borrows. More >>
Labour fails young tradeswomen
Wednesday, 23 May 2007, 1:28 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Labour Government has done nothing to improve the lot of young women wanting to take up a trade apprenticeship, says National's Associate Education spokesman, Colin King. More >>
Bad start for Labour’s Tertiary Ed reforms
Wednesday, 23 May 2007, 10:50 am | New Zealand National Party
The Auditor-General’s report showing ITP Quality reports on 19 of 20 polytechnics were presented to the NZQA board but not reported on, is indicative of the failings in the system, says National’s Tertiary Education spokesman, Dr Paul Hutchison. More >>
