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National welcomes Govt u-turn on emissions trading
Tuesday, 24 April 2007, 3:28 pm | New Zealand National Party
The National Party is welcoming Labour's belated realisation that the answer to reducing carbon emissions is not new taxes, says National's Climate Change spokesman Nick Smith. More >>
Segregation bungle more than ‘odd’
Tuesday, 24 April 2007, 3:23 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Justice and Corrections spokesman Simon Power says the interpretation of ‘segregation’ by Corrections and its Minister was more than ‘odd’ as Helen Clark has described it. More >>
Microchipping doesn’t stop dog attacks
Tuesday, 24 April 2007, 1:48 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Associate Local Government spokeswoman Sandra Goudie says a review of dog control legislation is the least Labour can do following recent dog attacks. More >>
OECD targets 'spendaholic' Labour
Tuesday, 24 April 2007, 11:49 am | New Zealand National Party
Another official report has targeted Labour's spending binge in the lead up to the next election as a driver of interest rates, inflation and consequently the high dollar, says National Party Finance spokesman Bill English. More >>
Segregation means ‘kept apart’
Tuesday, 24 April 2007, 8:57 am | New Zealand National Party
“Corrections Minister Damien O’Connor needs to explain how someone can be ‘segregated’ with four other people,” says National Party Justice and Corrections spokesman Simon Power. More >>
Korean veterans to make history in NZ on Anzac Day
Tuesday, 24 April 2007, 12:54 am | New Zealand National Party
Returned servicemen from Korea living in Auckland will join Anzac Day parades tomorrow for the first time in New Zealand history, says National Party Ethnic Affairs spokeswoman, Pansy Wong. “The relationship between Korea and New Zealand began when the Korean ... More >>
Another strike and still no Hodgson
Tuesday, 24 April 2007, 12:45 am | New Zealand National Party
As another round of industrial action grips our hospitals the Health Minister is still nowhere to be seen, says National’s Health spokesman, Tony Ryall. Lab workers have walked off the job again today and will strike for the third time this month ... More >>
Raising school leaving age not the answer
Tuesday, 24 April 2007, 12:40 am | New Zealand National Party
Raising the school leaving age in an attempt to curb rising teenage drop out rates is doomed to fail, says National’s Education spokeswoman Katherine Rich. Education officials raised the matter after it was revealed only 60% of students are still ... More >>
Housing pressures can be tackled
Monday, 23 April 2007, 4:35 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Housing spokesman Phil Heatley says two reports out today confirm that there are tangible things the Government should be doing to ease the pressure on the housing market. More >>
TEC must commit to investigate scams
Monday, 23 April 2007, 1:45 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Associate Education spokeswoman Pansy Wong says the Tertiary Education Commission must honour its commitment to reinitiate inquiries into alleged scams being run by private education providers. More >>
Standards for teachers - but not pupils
Monday, 23 April 2007, 11:55 am | New Zealand National Party
It is bizarre that the Government is supporting national standards for teacher trainees but has dismissed national standards for students, says National's Education spokeswoman, Katherine Rich. More >>
Department of Labour to be rudderless
Monday, 23 April 2007, 9:22 am | New Zealand National Party
Two months after the resignation of Dr James Buwalda as Chief Executive of the Department of Labour, the process to appoint a replacement has not even begun, says National’s Labour and Industrial Relations spokeswoman, Kate Wilkinson. More >>
Bulging prisons bring record complaints
Monday, 23 April 2007, 8:05 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s bulging prisons are causing a huge increase in the number of prisoner complaints, says National’s Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
Unpaid child support bill still rising
Monday, 23 April 2007, 8:04 am | New Zealand National Party
“The mountain of unpaid child support debt remains unconquered, despite promises from Labour that it will deal with it,” says National Party Welfare spokeswoman Judith Collins. More >>
Labour does little to keep kids in school
Monday, 23 April 2007, 8:03 am | New Zealand National Party
The Labour Government has done little to stem a growing complacency about pupils spending time away from school, says National’s Education spokeswoman, Katherine Rich. More >>
Kids Miss Out On Penicillin For Rheumatic Fever
Monday, 23 April 2007, 8:02 am | New Zealand National Party
A report that Kiwi children are still receiving an inferior or painful treatment for rheumatic fever is disturbing, says National’s Associate Health spokeswoman (Pharmacare), Dr Jackie Blue. More >>
Facing the Post Post-Colonial Challenges
Saturday, 21 April 2007, 3:44 pm | New Zealand National Party
I appreciate this opportunity to outline the current thinking of the National Party on some foreign policy issues relevant to the focus of this conference. More >>
Show us the money
Saturday, 21 April 2007, 3:04 pm | New Zealand National Party
State funding of election campaigns is a careless way to spend taxpayer money, and thanks to pressure from National and the minor parties, it's now off Labour's agenda. More >>
Depots are no replacement for pharmacists
Friday, 20 April 2007, 2:59 pm | New Zealand National Party
There is growing evidence that DHB bosses and the Health Minister do not understand the role of rural pharmacists, says National’s Associate Health spokeswoman Jo Goodhew. More >>
Failed science experiments? No prob for NCEA pass
Friday, 20 April 2007, 11:07 am | New Zealand National Party
Under Labour, good intentions, rather than good science, are enough to get a pass in NCEA science, says National’s Education spokeswoman, Katherine Rich. “Students studying chemistry can design unworkable science experiments and still achieve Level ... More >>
