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Maharey delivers less local content
Wednesday, 9 May 2007, 9:50 am | New Zealand National Party
Labour's broadcasting policy is delivering less local content on Television New Zealand with each passing year, says National Party Broadcasting spokesman Jonathan Coleman. More >>
Thousands of dole beneficiaries get 'sick'
Wednesday, 9 May 2007, 9:50 am | New Zealand National Party
Some 8,657 working-age people have been shunted from the unemployment benefit to the sickness benefit in the past year alone, says National Party Welfare spokeswoman Judith Collins. More >>
Third delay in stab-resistant vests unacceptable
Tuesday, 8 May 2007, 5:31 pm | New Zealand National Party
A third delay in the rollout of stab-resistant vests to all frontline police is unacceptable, says National's Police spokesman, Chester Borrows. More >>
IMF blames Govt spending for keeping rates high
Tuesday, 8 May 2007, 5:14 pm | New Zealand National Party
The latest international report on the New Zealand economy confirms Labour's failure to slow spending will push up interest rates higher for longer, says National Party Finance spokesman Bill English. More >>
Labour lacks will to deal to gangs
Tuesday, 8 May 2007, 5:09 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Labour Government lacks the will to deal to gangs because it seems to care more about their civil liberties than the rights of the public to live without fear, say National MPs Simon Power and Chester Borrows. More >>
Privately run centres critical to 20 hours free
Tuesday, 8 May 2007, 5:07 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Education Minister's obvious distaste for privately run early childhood education centres (ECE) is ironic, given their utmost importance to the delivery of '20 hours free', says National's Education spokeswoman, Katherine Rich. More >>
130 youth sex offenders - has CYF told police?
Tuesday, 8 May 2007, 4:13 pm | New Zealand National Party
National's Associate Welfare (CYF) spokeswoman, Anne Tolley wants to know if Child Youth and Family have told police about the 130 young sex offenders living in communities around New Zealand. More >>
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 >>
