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National Welcomes Covid-19 Royal Commission
Monday, 5 December 2022, 5:40 pm | New Zealand National Party
After first calling for a Royal Commission into the Government’s response to Covid-19 more than a year ago, National welcomes today’s announcement, National’s Covid-19 spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. “Covid-19 has affected every New Zealander and ... More >>
Government Dithering On Partner Work Rights
Monday, 5 December 2022, 4:12 pm | New Zealand National Party
Instead of deferring the removal of open work rights for partners of skilled migrants until April, the Government should ditch the changes entirely, National’s Immigration spokesperson Erica Stanford says. “National has consistently opposed Labour’s ... More >>
Govt’s Embarrassing U-Turn On Three Waters Bill
Sunday, 4 December 2022, 2:51 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour was today shamed into an embarrassing U-turn after the Government and the Greens were caught out trying to make the unpopular Three Waters legislation harder to overturn, National’s Shadow Leader of the House Chris Bishop says. “It’s ... More >>
Minister Jackson Gives No Reassurance On Merger
Sunday, 4 December 2022, 2:43 pm | New Zealand National Party
New Zealanders worried about the TVNZ and RNZ merger won’t be reassured by Broadcasting Minister Willie Jackson’s wild display on Q&A today, National’s Broadcasting and Media spokesperson Melissa Lee says. “Minister Jackson’s interview was a ... More >>
Law Society Investigates Entrenchment Debacle
Friday, 2 December 2022, 10:12 am | New Zealand National Party
Two committees of the New Zealand Law Society are now investigating the Three Waters entrenchment debacle, National Justice spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. “Law Points, the NZ Law Society weekly newsletter, today reported that the Public & Administrative ... More >>
54 Contractors, One Employee Working On Light Rail
Thursday, 1 December 2022, 12:11 pm | New Zealand National Party
After five years of Labour failing to deliver a single metre of light rail in Auckland, figures show that 54 highly-paid contractors are working on the project and just a single full-time employee, National’s Transport spokesperson Simeon Brown says. ... More >>
Govt Climate U-turn Better Late Than Never
Thursday, 1 December 2022, 11:12 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s decision to allow full recognition of carbon sequestration in agriculture is overdue and a victory for farmers, National’s Agriculture spokesperson Todd Muller says. “This is a U-turn that took far too long. It should never have ... More >>
PM Dissembles Over Entrenchment Debacle
Tuesday, 29 November 2022, 3:06 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Prime Minister is deliberately dissembling over the Three Waters entrenchment debacle and should simply admit Labour’s mistake and fix it, Shadow Leader of the House Chris Bishop says. “After constitutional law experts publicly admonished ... More >>
More Money, More Talk, No Consequences
Monday, 28 November 2022, 4:56 pm | New Zealand National Party
More money for retail crime is welcome, but today’s announcement fails to address the core of the issue, that criminals believe that they can operate with impunity under this Government, National's Police spokesperson Mark Mitchell says. “On Saturday, ... More >>
Prime Minister Misleads On Crime
Monday, 28 November 2022, 12:05 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government must acknowledge the key role it has played in the current crime wave before it can fix it, National’s Justice spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. "The Prime Minister constantly sounds surprised by the increase in violent retail ... More >>
Labour Must Reverse Three Waters Skulduggery
Saturday, 26 November 2022, 2:08 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government has been caught sneaking a rarely-used legal provision into the proposed Three Waters legislation which will make it harder for Parliament to overturn, National Justice Spokesperson Paul Goldsmith and Local Government spokesperson Simon Watts ... More >>
Almost $5m Spent Advertising Failed Road To Zero
Friday, 25 November 2022, 12:18 pm | New Zealand National Party
Figures released to National show that the Government has spent almost $5 million promoting its Road to Zero campaign which has failed to meet four out of five targets in the last financial year, National’s Transport spokesperson Simeon Brown says. ... More >>
Benefit Numbers Remain Extremely High
Friday, 25 November 2022, 11:39 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government is failing to address benefit dependency, with new data revealing the number of Kiwis on a main benefit has barely budged in the last six months, National’s Social Development and Employment spokesperson Louise Upston says. Data released ... More >>
National MPs Hold Infrastructure Meetings In NSW
Friday, 25 November 2022, 10:05 am | New Zealand National Party
National MPs Chris Bishop, Simeon Brown and Simon Watts will travel to Sydney on Sunday for infrastructure and housing meetings, National’s Infrastructure spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “Infrastructure will be a critical focus of the next National-led ... More >>
Prime Minister Urged To Take Action For Iran
Thursday, 24 November 2022, 5:58 pm | New Zealand National Party
National calls for the Prime Minister to designate the Iranian Revolution Guard Corps as a terrorism organisation, National’s Foreign Affairs spokesperson Gerry Brownlee says. “The National Party has signed a letter alongside all opposition ... More >>
Kiwis Paying For Immigration Failures
Thursday, 24 November 2022, 3:21 pm | New Zealand National Party
Chronic worker shortages due to Labour’s flawed immigration settings are driving inflation and pushing interest rates even higher, National’s Immigration spokesperson Erica Stanford says. “Labour shortages have been referred to as a key driver of ... More >>
Hospital Upgrade Long Overdue After Labour Delays
Thursday, 24 November 2022, 2:58 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Whangarei hospital upgrade is simply a rehash of what was already announced earlier this year, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. “The people of Whangarei will be pleased to hear their hospital will finally get the long overdue ... More >>
More U-turns Needed From Labour On Three Waters
Wednesday, 23 November 2022, 2:43 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government is ramming through its Three Waters reforms under urgency against overwhelming public opposition, National’s Local Government spokesperson Simon Watts says. “Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta has tabled an 11th hour amendment ... More >>
Labour Has Lost Control Of The Economy
Wednesday, 23 November 2022, 2:21 pm | New Zealand National Party
Much more pain is on the way for Kiwis as out of control inflation has forced the Reserve Bank into New Zealand’s first ever 75 basis point Official Cash Rate hike, National’s Finance spokesperson Nicola Willis says. “Never before in the history ... More >>
Te Pūkenga Executive Spend-up A Low Blow For Staff
Wednesday, 23 November 2022, 8:56 am | New Zealand National Party
Te Pūkenga’s latest moves to employ highly paid co-leaders while polytechnic teaching and support staff face the chop is offensive, National’s Tertiary Education spokesperson Penny Simmonds says. “I’m astonished that in the wake of Te Pūkenga’s ... More >>
