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National’s Candidate Shortlist For Hamilton West
Monday, 31 October 2022, 5:49 pm | New Zealand National Party
National’s campaign for the Hamilton West by-election is forging ahead, with a shortlist of nominees finalised today. On Sunday, local National Party members will select a candidate from the following shortlist: Rachel Afeaki-Taumoepeau Frances ... More >>
It’s Time For An Autonomous Sanctions Bill
Monday, 31 October 2022, 5:48 pm | New Zealand National Party
New Zealand should legislate our own Autonomous Sanctions Bill, National’s Foreign Affairs spokesperson Gerry Brownlee says. “It is becoming abundantly clearer that there are rogue governments that New Zealand will want nothing to do with, and we ... More >>
Councils’ Plan Leaves Government Dead In The Water
Monday, 31 October 2022, 2:55 pm | New Zealand National Party
National has welcomed today’s contribution to the Three Waters debate by Auckland, Christchurch and Waimakariri councils, National’s Local Government spokesperson Simon Watts says. “This is a wholesale rejection of the Government’s Three Waters ... More >>
Labour’s Biggest Fails: Students Can’t Do The Basics
Monday, 31 October 2022, 2:32 pm | New Zealand National Party
After five years of a Labour Government that promised to ‘revolutionise education’, achievement has never been lower, National’s Education spokesperson Erica Stanford says. “A recent report saying that only a third of students could do the basic ... More >>
Govt Set To Slash Speed Limits Across New Zealand
Sunday, 30 October 2022, 7:11 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour is planning to slash speed limits on State Highways across New Zealand, says National’s Transport spokesperson Simeon Brown. “Maps provided to the National Party reveal that the Government has marked almost the entire state highway network ... More >>
Hamish Campbell Selected As National’s Ilam Candidate
Sunday, 30 October 2022, 7:10 pm | New Zealand National Party
Dr Hamish Campbell has been selected by local party members as National’s Ilam candidate for the 2023 General Election. Dr Campbell has built his career as a medical researcher and is currently the Deputy Head of Research for an Australian-based not-for-profit More >>
Labour’s Biggest Fails: Zero Metres Of Light Rail
Sunday, 30 October 2022, 2:41 pm | New Zealand National Party
Five years after promising to build light rail in Auckland by 2021, Labour has failed to deliver even one metre of track, National’s Transport spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “Labour’s flagship election promise back in 2017 was to build light rail ... More >>
Minister Admits Justice System Is ‘Ridiculous’
Sunday, 30 October 2022, 2:33 pm | New Zealand National Party
Kiwis waiting years for justice won’t be reassured by a Minister who freely admits the system is ‘ridiculous’ five years into her Government’s time in office, National’s Justice spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. Justice Minister Kiri Allan ... More >>
Labour’s Biggest Fails: A Ram Raid Every 15 Hours
Saturday, 29 October 2022, 12:54 pm | New Zealand National Party
After five years of soft-on-crime policies, ram raids have increased by 500 per cent and Labour has no plan to restore law and order in New Zealand, National’s Police spokesperson Mark Mitchell says. “Sleepless nights for small business owners ... More >>
National Rejects Anti-democratic Council Proposals
Friday, 28 October 2022, 2:46 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s Future for Local Government report released today is yet another attack on local democracy from Labour, say National’s Paul Goldsmith and Simon Watts. “This is just more of the same from Labour – a whole lot of ideological ... More >>
$100k Wasted On A Cancelled Website
Friday, 28 October 2022, 11:32 am | New Zealand National Party
The Ministry of Education spent more than $100,000 building a wellbeing website that it later decided to scrap, National’s Education spokesperson Erica Stanford says. “The fact that $100,000 was wasted on a now-cancelled ‘Curriculum Wellbeing ... More >>
Labour’s Biggest Fails: Waiting Forever In Health
Friday, 28 October 2022, 11:07 am | New Zealand National Party
Since Labour came to office five years ago, New Zealand has broken record after broken record in the health sector – but none of them should be celebrated, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. “Many New Zealanders would have seen the ... More >>
Labour’s Excuses On Education Don’t Add Up
Thursday, 27 October 2022, 4:49 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government's excuses for the appalling literacy and numeracy results simply don’t add up, National's Education spokesperson Erica Stanford says. “This week the Associate Minister of Education Jan Tinetti tried to defend the abysmal results ... More >>
Farmers Taxed To Buy Audis, BMWs And A Porsche
Thursday, 27 October 2022, 4:30 pm | New Zealand National Party
Teslas aren’t the only flash cars farmers and tradies are being made to subsidise, with people buying luxury brands like Audi, BMW and even a Porsche Cayenne receiving handouts, National’s Transport spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “Data from NZTA ... More >>
Labour’s Biggest Fails: Wages Going Backwards
Thursday, 27 October 2022, 11:10 am | New Zealand National Party
Labour’s economic mismanagement has taken New Zealanders backwards, with real wages lower today than they were when National left office, National’s Finance spokesperson Nicola Willis says. Official data shows that since Labour came to office ... More >>
National Would Repeal Fair Pay Agreements
Wednesday, 26 October 2022, 3:14 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour’s misnamed ‘Fair’ Pay Agreements Bill will be repealed by a future National Government, National’s Workplace Relations & Safety spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. “This mandatory union Bill is an ideological overreach that ... More >>
Letter Exposes Wait Time Disaster For Cancer Patients
Wednesday, 26 October 2022, 10:31 am | New Zealand National Party
A leaked letter shows the effects of this Government’s wait lists as people with bowel cancer are waiting so long that it is too late to cure them, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. A letter signed by every specialist in the previous ... More >>
National Congratulates Rishi Sunak
Wednesday, 26 October 2022, 10:26 am | New Zealand National Party
On behalf of the New Zealand National Party, Christopher Luxon has congratulated Rishi Sunak on his election as Leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. “Our two countries have long shared a strong relationship ... More >>
What Is Labour’s Biggest Fail?
Wednesday, 26 October 2022, 7:28 am | New Zealand National Party
National has today launched a new website outlining Labour’s extensive record of failure over the past five years, says National Party Campaign Chair Chris Bishop. “Today is the fifth anniversary of Labour coming to power and Kiwis are frustrated ... More >>
Just 2 Per Cent Of Decile 1 Students Pass Writing Test
Tuesday, 25 October 2022, 3:11 pm | New Zealand National Party
Students from the lowest income households are failing the basics of reading, writing and maths at a truly alarming rate under Labour, National’s Education spokesperson Erica Stanford says. “The overall pass rates for the new NCEA literacy and numeracy ... More >>
