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Sickness benefit: Temporary stop-gap?
Monday, 16 April 2007, 1:36 pm | New Zealand National Party
“David Benson-Pope should explain why more than half the people on the ‘temporary’ sickness benefit have been there for more than a year,” says National Party Welfare spokeswoman Judith Collins. More >>
Govt spending plays part in dollar rise
Monday, 16 April 2007, 1:32 pm | New Zealand National Party
“Labour’s spending and its plan to accelerate spending are two of the reasons behind a relentless rise in the Kiwi dollar,” says National Party Finance spokesman Bill English More >>
Come clean on apprenticeship failures, Dr Cullen
Monday, 16 April 2007, 11:39 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government continues to dodge questions on how many modern apprentices are failing, says National's Associate Education spokesman, Colin King. More >>
HNZ lets tenant debt soar
Monday, 16 April 2007, 11:32 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Housing spokesman Phil Heatley says Housing New Zealand is putting tenants with low incomes in a terrible position by allowing debt to snowball. “Everyone understands that when you’re on a low income it becomes even harder to catch up ... More >>
Ministry "obstructive" over truancy stats
Monday, 16 April 2007, 11:11 am | New Zealand National Party
The Ministry of Education has finally admitted truancy numbers are rising and very few prosecutions are being brought, says National's Education spokeswoman, Katherine Rich. More >>
Breast cancer guidelines – all Hui and no 'do-ey'?
Monday, 16 April 2007, 10:44 am | New Zealand National Party
Labour should hang their heads in shame at the disparate treatment given to women with breast cancer, says National’s Associate Health spokeswoman, Dr Jackie Blue. More >>
Arrogant ACC in denial over physios
Monday, 16 April 2007, 8:23 am | New Zealand National Party
“Ruth Dyson needs to make it clear whether she supports ACC’s arrogant dismissal of patient and physiotherapists’ concerns over contracts which some say have left the profession ‘in crisis’,” says National Party ACC spokeswoman Pansy Wong. More >>
Greens chance to show their principles
Monday, 16 April 2007, 8:22 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Deputy Leader Bill English says Labour’s tawdry attempt to railroad plans for state funding of political parties now hinges on the Greens. More >>
Affected patients more than ‘employment issue'
Monday, 16 April 2007, 8:21 am | New Zealand National Party
“When hundreds of patients suffer cancelled surgery, widespread strike action in the health sector is more than just an ‘employment issue’ that the Minister can duck,” says National’s Health spokesman Tony Ryall. More >>
Maharey seeds confusion over broadcasting role
Monday, 16 April 2007, 8:20 am | New Zealand National Party
“How come Steve Maharey can talk to the board about TVNZ’s re-branding exercise but major restructuring and redundancies don’t merit follow-up?” More >>
Right to roam still costing bundles
Monday, 16 April 2007, 12:08 am | New Zealand National Party
Rural Affairs Minister Damien O'Connor needs to reveal how much taxpayer money he has wasted on Labour's right to roam agenda, says National's Agriculture spokesman, David Carter. More >>
Same problems different day for CYF
Monday, 16 April 2007, 12:07 am | New Zealand National Party
Fifty-one critical notifications that a child was at immediate risk were not activated within the specified timeframe at Child, Youth and Family last year. More >>
Literacy giant mourned
Sunday, 15 April 2007, 2:27 pm | New Zealand National Party
The National Party is saddened by the news that Dame Marie Clay has died. National’s Education spokeswoman, Katherine Rich says, “She is a giant of education sector and her contribution to education, and particular the study of literacy, within New ... More >>
What about the rest of the mental health system?
Friday, 13 April 2007, 4:06 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Labour Government must ensure it does not resource adult and forensic mental health services at the expense of services for children and older people, says National's Associate Health Spokesman Dr Jonathan Coleman. Dr Coleman is commenting after the ... More >>
Secrecy on election laws anti-democratic
Friday, 13 April 2007, 2:43 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Deputy Leader Bill English says Labour should stop the "shadow boxing" and put its secret plans for election spending reform on the table. More >>
National backs call for emissions trading
Friday, 13 April 2007, 2:23 pm | New Zealand National Party
Emissions trading is the right way to address climate change, says National's Climate Change spokesman, Nick Smith. More >>
Sale price of Tara Hills must be revealed
Friday, 13 April 2007, 1:35 pm | New Zealand National Party
The sale of AgResearch's Omarama farm Tara Hills to Ngai Tahu is of public interest and the attempt to keep the sale price confidential is unacceptable, says National's Agriculture spokesman, David Carter. More >>
Pansy Speak - You're covered, yeah right!
Friday, 13 April 2007, 1:34 pm | New Zealand National Party
Back on February 22, when I first asked ACC Minister Ruth Dyson if she supported her department's 'Covered' advertising campaign, she was pretty gung-ho in saying she did because it was 'factually correct'. More >>
Infrastructure bonds a hoax
Friday, 13 April 2007, 1:08 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Associate Finance spokesman Craig Foss says answers to parliamentary questions reveal Labour's much-hyped infrastructure bond is an infrastructure bond in name only. More >>
Hospital crisis puts spotlight on quality
Friday, 13 April 2007, 11:35 am | New Zealand National Party
The Health and Disability Commissioner's damning criticism of Wellington Hospital adds to growing public disquiet about the current state of the health system, says National Party Health spokesman Tony Ryall. More >>
