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Benson-Pope fudges on 'clusters'

Thursday, 12 April 2007, 5:06 pm | New Zealand National Party

"David Benson-Pope needs say whether it is him or his department that is misleading the public over the long promised work on 'beneficiary clusters'," says National's Welfare spokeswoman Judith Collins. More >>

Groundhog day for staff at TVNZ

Thursday, 12 April 2007, 3:58 pm | New Zealand National Party

National Party Broadcasting spokesman Jonathan Coleman says Labour must shoulder its fair share of the blame for the redundancies at state television today. More >>

Public does not believe Labour over crime

Thursday, 12 April 2007, 2:00 pm | New Zealand National Party

A public opinion survey shows the public does not believe the Labour-NZ First Government's claims that it is on top of crime. More >>

Police recruitment target under threat

Thursday, 12 April 2007, 1:16 pm | New Zealand National Party

The Labour-NZ First deal to increase the number of sworn police by 1,000 appears to be falling short in its first year, according to National’s Police spokesman, Chester Borrows. More >>

Restriction on political ads anti-democratic

Thursday, 12 April 2007, 11:18 am | New Zealand National Party

Instead of attacking those calling for details of Labour's election spending proposals, Mark Burton should reveal why it plans to extend the period that political advertising is restricted, says National Party Deputy Leader Bill English. More >>

Clark's 'cluster' crackdown empty rhetoric

Thursday, 12 April 2007, 11:13 am | New Zealand National Party

National Party Welfare spokeswoman Judith Collins says reports today confirm that Helen Clark's promise of a crackdown on 'beneficiary clusters' was just empty rhetoric. More >>

Minister wriggles out of pregnancy teen comments

Thursday, 12 April 2007, 10:54 am | New Zealand National Party

The Education Minister is desperately trying to retreat from his comments that it’s practical for pregnant teens to remain in mainstream schools right up to the birth of their baby, says National’s Education spokeswoman, Katherine Rich. More >>

Productivity? Labour doesn’t care

Thursday, 12 April 2007, 9:53 am | New Zealand National Party

National Party Associate Finance spokesman Craig Foss says Labour should be measuring the quality of its public spending by collecting productivity data. More >>

Truants risk little chance of prosecution

Thursday, 12 April 2007, 9:52 am | New Zealand National Party

“About 30,000 students are wagging school each week but fewer than 35 parents were prosecuted for breaching the Education Act during all of 2006, according to National’s Education spokeswoman, Katherine Rich. More >>

Con Air costs taxpayers plenty

Thursday, 12 April 2007, 9:40 am | New Zealand National Party

The Government is spending increasing amounts of taxpayers’ money shuffling prisoners from prison to prison, often by charter aircraft, says National’s Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon Power. More >>

$15.8m to keep prisoners in police cells

Thursday, 12 April 2007, 9:02 am | New Zealand National Party

Taxpayers are paying for the Government’s lack of planning, says National’s Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon Power. He is releasing answers to written questions which show that in 2005/06, Corrections inmates spent 57,023 bed nights in police ... More >>

Docs pressured over benefits

Thursday, 12 April 2007, 12:17 am | New Zealand National Party

National Party Welfare spokeswoman Judith Collins says Labour should fast-track long promised changes to the criteria for the sickness benefit in light of new figures showing the numbers on that benefit continue to rise. More >>

Shock 'P' ads should be adopted in NZ

Thursday, 12 April 2007, 12:16 am | New Zealand National Party

National Party MP Jacqui Dean says 'P' advertisements like those run by the Montana Methamphetamine Project should be introduced in New Zealand. More >>

20 free hours - the bureaucratic nightmare begins

Wednesday, 11 April 2007, 4:30 pm | New Zealand National Party

The Education Minister's introduction of the enrolment form parents will need to fill out to get 20 free hours of early childhood education is just the start of what will become a bureaucratic nightmare, says National's Associate Education spokeswoman, ... More >>