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Herceptin decision based on dollars not sense
Tuesday, 20 March 2007, 12:59 am | New Zealand National Party
It comes as no surprise that DHBs have agreed provisionally to fund nine weeks of combination Herceptin treatment, says National’s Associate Health spokeswoman, Dr Jackie Blue. More >>
Plastic Tiki and Economic Transformation
Monday, 19 March 2007, 4:22 pm | New Zealand National Party
"Why is state-owned NZ Post setting itself up as a player in the highly competitive souvenir business?" More >>
Key: NZ-Europe Business Council Seminar
Monday, 19 March 2007, 3:55 pm | New Zealand National Party
Speech to NZ-Europe Business Council Seminar: In the 50 years that have passed since the Treaty of Rome, we have seen a great coming-together of the peoples and institutions of Europe. Today I want to make some reflections on Europe and New Zealand. But first ... More >>
NZQA handout far cry from glowing NCEA reports
Monday, 19 March 2007, 3:53 pm | New Zealand National Party
Information being handed out by NZQA is making some Auckland Principals feel like they are in the business of credit farming, not giving kids an education, says National’s Education spokeswoman, Katherine Rich. More >>
BZP – not a flippant issue
Monday, 19 March 2007, 8:04 am | New Zealand National Party
Jim Anderton is making jokes instead of taking action on the party pill issue, says National MP Jacqui Dean. More >>
Labour fails again on youth justice
Sunday, 18 March 2007, 2:40 pm | New Zealand National Party
Youth Justice continues to be the forgotten cousin at Child, Youth and Family, says National’s Associate Welfare spokeswoman, Anne Tolley. More >>
Steve Maharey needs to face concerns about NCEA
Sunday, 18 March 2007, 2:39 pm | New Zealand National Party
While the Education Minister refuses to think there is a problem with NCEA, concerns about the qualification grow louder and show no sign of dissipating, says National’s Education spokeswoman Katherine Rich. More >>
Labour policies fail to deliver on productivity
Saturday, 17 March 2007, 3:29 pm | New Zealand National Party
Household incomes will stagnate if record low productivity growth continues, says National Party Finance spokesman Bill English. More >>
Why was Rimutaka Prison left with novice staff?
Friday, 16 March 2007, 3:38 pm | New Zealand National Party
Corrections’ admission that Rimutaka Prison’s staff are very inexperienced will only further dent public confidence in the Department’s abilities, says National Party Justice & Corrections spokesman Simon Power. More >>
Drugs policy all talk
Friday, 16 March 2007, 2:22 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Labour Government's new Drugs Policy is long on strategies but extremely short on action, says National MP Jacqui Dean. More >>
www.mccully.co.nz - 16 March 2007
Friday, 16 March 2007, 2:01 pm | New Zealand National Party
The murder of Karl Kuchenbecker by previously convicted murderer Graeme Burton prompted three reviews of the actions of Corrections and Parole services. Unsurprisingly, none found serious fault with the system, merely improvement that could be made in ... More >>
Commonsense should prevail in parental rights
Friday, 16 March 2007, 1:13 pm | New Zealand National Party
This week’s big political issue has been the debate on Sue Bradford’s anti-smacking Bill. The e-mails and letters have been pouring into my office, all pretty clearly in one direction. People do not want to be told by the state how to bring up their ... More >>
Newsworthy - Dr Richard Worth
Friday, 16 March 2007, 11:20 am | New Zealand National Party
Parliament has been consumed as has the media by the tortuous debate on child smacking. The issue is a very simple one and revolves around section 59 of the Crimes Act which currently reads: More >>
Minister should listen to NCEA concerns
Friday, 16 March 2007, 10:20 am | New Zealand National Party
National's Education spokeswoman, Katherine Rich is concerned about NCEA's ability to motivate and extend the country's top academic students. More >>
Wellington staffing crisis may hit other hospitals
Friday, 16 March 2007, 9:38 am | New Zealand National Party
The staffing crisis at Wellington Hospital could have dramatic flow-on effects for the rest of the New Zealand health system, says National's Health spokesman Tony Ryall. More >>
Half of Northland’s pre-schoolers will miss out
Friday, 16 March 2007, 8:17 am | New Zealand National Party
More than half of the early childhood centres north of Auckland will not be eligible for the Government’s ’20 free hours’ scheme, says National’s Associate Education spokeswoman, Paula Bennett. More >>
Drug policy light on substance
Thursday, 15 March 2007, 5:13 pm | New Zealand National Party
Once again Jim Anderton has nothing new to add on the issue of party pills, says National MP, Jacqui Dean. More >>
Labour MP Shane Jones slams ECE sector
Thursday, 15 March 2007, 5:05 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour MP Shane Jones has slammed commercial operators in the early childhood sector as money hungry profit-seekers, says National's Associate Education spokeswoman, Paula Bennett. More >>
Commissioner should stay out of politics
Thursday, 15 March 2007, 5:02 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Children's Commissioner, Cindy Kiro, should stop promoting Labour Party propaganda and get on with her main job of dealing with complaints relating to children, and the monitoring of Child Youth and Family, says National's Welfare spokeswoman, Judith ... More >>
Dyson backdown not enough
Thursday, 15 March 2007, 4:33 pm | New Zealand National Party
Ruth Dyson’s backdown over the Disabled Person Promotion Act does not go far enough, says National’s Disability Issues spokesman Dr Paul Hutchison. “Labour has tried to push through the repeal for years, despite serious flaws. More >>
