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Five Years Of Failure For Light Rail
Friday, 5 August 2022, 11:14 am | New Zealand National Party
Construction of light rail in Auckland might not begin until 2025 despite tomorrow marking five years since Jacinda Ardern announced it would be delivered to Mt Roskill by 2021, National’s Transport spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “Not only have ... More >>
Labour's Cash For Dead People
Thursday, 4 August 2022, 3:49 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government has today confirmed that its cost of living payment was so poorly designed it went to individuals who have died, National’s Finance Spokesperson Nicola Willis says. “The cost of living payment debacle keeps getting worse and ... More >>
Labour Fires Up The Spin Machine
Thursday, 4 August 2022, 1:05 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour’s desperate spin to distract attention from its incompetent management of the cost of living crisis should be seen for what it is, says National MP Chris Bishop. “Labour is far more interested in dirty political games than on real solutions ... More >>
Where Are The Fog Cannons, Minister?
Thursday, 4 August 2022, 12:11 pm | New Zealand National Party
It is shocking that while ram raids continue on an almost nightly-basis, some victims are still waiting for support nearly three months after Labour announced its $6 million preventative fund, National’s Police spokesperson Mark Mitchell says. “Only five ... More >>
Building Recommendations Don’t Go Far Enough
Thursday, 4 August 2022, 11:37 am | New Zealand National Party
The Commerce Commission’s draft report on the building supply market defined the problems, but doesn’t go far enough with their recommendations, National’s Building and Construction spokesperson Andrew Bayly says. “We are surprised that the Commerce ... More >>
New Visa Delivers Just One Migrant Worker
Thursday, 4 August 2022, 9:30 am | New Zealand National Party
The Labour Government’s highly touted Accredited Employer Work Visa has had a disastrous start with only one application processed in the four weeks since it opened, National’s Immigration spokesperson Erica Stanford says. “This visa is the centrepiece ... More >>
88,324 Submissions And Labour Still Isn’t Listening
Wednesday, 3 August 2022, 3:09 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour doesn’t care what the public has to say and will rush through its Three Waters legislation despite intense public opposition, National’s Local Government spokesperson Simon Watts says. “Parliament received an overwhelming 88,324 public ... More >>
Prices Run Laps Around Wage Growth
Wednesday, 3 August 2022, 11:12 am | New Zealand National Party
New wage data is more grim news for Kiwi families grappling with the cost of living crisis, National’s Finance Spokesperson Nicola Willis says. Wage inflation, measured by the labour cost index (LCI) was 3.4 per cent in the year ended June 2022, meaning ... More >>
Low Unemployment Hiding Benefit Dependency
Wednesday, 3 August 2022, 11:08 am | New Zealand National Party
New Zealand’s low unemployment rate is masking the explosion in benefit dependency overseen by Labour, National’s Social Development & Employment Spokesperson Louise Upston says. “Under Labour, 55 per cent more people are on the Jobseeker ... More >>
Labour Misleads Over Cost Of Living Payment
Wednesday, 3 August 2022, 5:50 am | New Zealand National Party
The Labour Party is using incorrect and misleading information about the cost of living payment to try to raise funds, National Party Finance Spokesperson Nicola Willis says. “Inland Revenue confirmed this morning that a total of 1.3 million ... More >>
Farmers, There’s Plenty To Celebrate
Tuesday, 2 August 2022, 10:29 pm | New Zealand National Party
“Despite yesterday’s Federated Farmers Confidence Survey results, there are many positives for the agricultural and horticultural sectors right now,” says National’s Agriculture Spokesperson Barbara Kuriger. The survey conducted last ... More >>
Uffindell Targets Gang Convoys On First Day As MP
Tuesday, 2 August 2022, 4:50 pm | New Zealand National Party
National’s new MP for Tauranga Sam Uffindell submitted his first Member’s Bill, which aims to prevent gang convoys in the city, just minutes after being sworn in at Parliament today. “Gang convoys are far too prevalent on Tauranga’s streets ... More >>
Labour Needs To Face Up To Kids Living In Cars
Tuesday, 2 August 2022, 4:02 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government continues to bury its head in the sand over families and kids living in cars, National’s Housing Spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “Housing Minister Megan Woods said in June 2021 that ‘what we don’t have is people living on the ... More >>
Gerry Brownlee To Go List Only In 2023
Tuesday, 2 August 2022, 4:01 pm | New Zealand National Party
Hon Gerry Brownlee has today announced that he will stand for National in 2023 as a board-nominee to the party list, and he won’t be contesting the Ilam seat. “It has been a privilege to represent the people of Ilam as their MP from 1996 to 2020, ... More >>
Removing Children’s Commissioner Will Be Harmful
Tuesday, 2 August 2022, 3:47 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour’s plan to remove the Children’s Commissioner will put an increasing number of young people in harm's way, National's Children spokesperson Harete Hipango says. “A new report has found that the Government’s plan to incorporate the Independent ... More >>
Health Announcement Rushed And Incomplete
Tuesday, 2 August 2022, 2:26 pm | New Zealand National Party
Health Minister Andrew Little’s stubborn refusal to get nurses the same immigration treatment as multimedia specialists and surveyors means New Zealanders are missing out on health care, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. “Minister ... More >>
Auditor-General Should Probe COL Payments
Tuesday, 2 August 2022, 1:04 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Auditor-General should investigate the nature and scale of cost of living payments the Government has made to supposedly ineligible recipients, and determine whether taxpayer funds have been used without the proper authority of Parliament, National’s ... More >>
Cost Of Living Payment Going To Foreign Taxpayers
Sunday, 31 July 2022, 7:38 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour’s Band Aid cost of living payment is so badly designed that people living and paying tax in other countries woke up this morning to a letter from IRD saying Kiwis’ cash is on its way, National’s Finance spokesperson Nicola Willis says. ... More >>
People Living In Cars Has Quadrupled Under Labour
Sunday, 31 July 2022, 7:36 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour’s housing policy failures have led to a huge increase in the number of Kiwis living in their cars, National’s Housing Spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “Despite claiming they would fix New Zealand’s housing crisis, the number of ... More >>
People Living In Cars Has Quadrupled Under Labour
Sunday, 31 July 2022, 7:35 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour’s housing policy failures have led to a huge increase in the number of Kiwis living in their cars, National’s Housing Spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “Despite claiming they would fix New Zealand’s housing crisis, the number of ... More >>
