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Weak climate change announcement fails to impress
Tuesday, 8 May 2007, 2:08 pm | New Zealand National Party
Today’s announcement that the Government will make ‘important decisions’ on climate change policy in the next three months is too little too late, says National’s Climate Change spokesman, Nick Smith. More >>
Red Cross food scheme shows Labour was wrong
Tuesday, 8 May 2007, 1:20 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Red Cross’s announcement today of a breakfast in schools programme shows how wrong Labour was to criticise National’s drive to make sure children in low decile schools don’t go hungry, says National Party Leader John Key. More >>
Child support debt out of control
Tuesday, 8 May 2007, 9:30 am | New Zealand National Party
More than 40,000 New Zealand parents with a child support debt are being asked to contribute only $14.03 per week, and half of them failed to pay even that, says National's Welfare spokeswoman, Judith Collins. More >>
Kindy fees skyrocket - listening now, Minister?
Monday, 7 May 2007, 4:46 pm | New Zealand National Party
The first proof that the Government’s ’20 hours free’ policy will hit parents squarely in the pocket or drive early childhood education centres (ECE) to the wall has arrived, says National’s Associate Education spokeswoman, Paula Bennett. More >>
Cullen’s Budget under pressure from pay claims
Monday, 7 May 2007, 3:41 pm | New Zealand National Party
Michael Cullen needs to outline in his Budget exactly how Labour plans to deal with the widespread and significant pay claims coming from the public sector, says National Party Finance spokesman Bill English. More >>
Moratorium on early childhood education outrageous
Monday, 7 May 2007, 1:50 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Education Minister must immediately assure New Zealand parents that a moratorium on private early childhood education centres (ECE) is not on the cards, says National's Associate Education spokeswoman Paula Bennett. More >>
National’s Economic Agenda - John Key
Sunday, 6 May 2007, 2:51 pm | New Zealand National Party
It's a real pleasure to be addressing the Lower North Island Regional Conference as Leader of the National Party. More >>
National’s Economic Agenda
Sunday, 6 May 2007, 2:18 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader John Key has offered a glimpse of a future National budget. Speaking at the National Party’s Lower North Island conference in Palmerston North, Mr Key said National’s first budget would focus on 10 points which clearly ... More >>
Corrections must take action
Sunday, 6 May 2007, 2:17 pm | New Zealand National Party
Corrections CEO Barry Matthews must stop burying his head in the sand over corruption and contraband issues in his prisons, says National’s Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
Govt negligent over college collapse
Sunday, 6 May 2007, 2:16 pm | New Zealand National Party
Continuing to dish out taxpayers’ cash to struggling company Case Boreham Associates in spite of clear warning signals about course quality and potential misuse of funds, is Government negligence in the extreme, says National’s Education spokeswoman, ... More >>
Secret plans to slash special education funding
Sunday, 6 May 2007, 2:14 pm | New Zealand National Party
Education Minister Steve Maharey must explain why after searching for ideas to cut education funding, officials have made a bee line to slash special education, says National’s Education spokeswoman, Katherine Rich. Education Ministry papers show ... More >>
The Mapp Report
Saturday, 5 May 2007, 3:31 pm | New Zealand National Party
This week Jim Rolfe of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute published a report on the state of New Zealand’s Defence Force. It was very much brickbats and bouquets. Everyone recognises that the New Zealand Defence Force have been heavily deployed ... More >>
Labour shows agriculture ignorance
Saturday, 5 May 2007, 3:28 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour’s lack of knowledge of agriculture has again been demonstrated by increases in high country rentals in excess of 600%, which were announced yesterday, says National’s Agriculture spokesman, David Carter. More >>
Emissions increase exposes failure of Govt
Friday, 4 May 2007, 4:57 pm | New Zealand National Party
The release today of figures showing large increases in New Zealand greenhouse gas emissions exposes just how much hot air the Government has been spouting on climate change, says National Party Climate Change spokesman Nick Smith. More >>
Pansyspeak - Finding a way forward
Friday, 4 May 2007, 4:15 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader John Key had a few strong reasons in mind when he agreed to amending the anti-smacking bill. More >>
Former Kimberley residents let down by Labour
Friday, 4 May 2007, 2:12 pm | New Zealand National Party
Further revelations of abuse of former Kimberley Centre residents shows just how badly some of them have been let by the Labour Government, says National's Disability spokesman, Dr Paul Hutchison. More >>
Labour's plan to reduce prison numbers set to fail
Friday, 4 May 2007, 2:03 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour's plans to reduce prisoner numbers by using home detention and electronic monitoring will be cancelled out by an increase in arrests resulting from extra police, says National's Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
News Worthy - 4 May 2007
Friday, 4 May 2007, 10:20 am | New Zealand National Party
The smacking debate; Electorate boundaries; Seven Largest Asian Ethnic Groups; The rapacity of the tax gatherers More >>
Benefit debt now $750 million
Friday, 4 May 2007, 9:44 am | New Zealand National Party
Total benefit debt has now reached a staggering $750 million, says National’s Welfare spokeswoman, Judith Collins. More >>
www.mccully.co.nz - 4 May 2007
Friday, 4 May 2007, 12:48 am | New Zealand National Party
The unheated gymnasium at Ohakea Airbase is cold and unwelcoming this time of year, especially after 9.00 pm in the evening. It was the last place the passengers on Air New Zealand flight NZ 476 had expected to find themselves late this Thursday ... More >>
