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National supports call for NCEA review
Wednesday, 21 March 2007, 11:29 am | New Zealand National Party
Once again, Education Minister Steve Maharey is showing he has his head in the sand by ruling out an independent review of NCEA, says National Party Education spokeswoman Katherine Rich. More >>
Address to NZ Large Herds Association Conference
Wednesday, 21 March 2007, 11:28 am | New Zealand National Party
It is often said on sports talkback that when the Auckland rugby team is strong the All Blacks are strong. As an ardent Auckland and Blues supporter I think that’s absolutely correct! More >>
Minister blames parents for NCEA confusion
Tuesday, 20 March 2007, 4:56 pm | New Zealand National Party
Education Minister Steve Maharey is now trying to blame parents for the confusion and concern over NCEA, says National's Education spokeswoman, Katherine Rich. More >>
Pharmacy too valuable to be pushed out
Tuesday, 20 March 2007, 4:53 pm | New Zealand National Party
The plan to reduce community pharmacy numbers is ill-conceived, say National’s Associate Health spokeswomen Jo Goodhew and Dr Jackie Blue. More >>
Who is accountable for the Auckland lab mess?
Tuesday, 20 March 2007, 4:53 pm | New Zealand National Party
Urgent action is needed to assure Aucklanders that their medical testing services will be maintained, says National's Health spokesman, Tony Ryall. More >>
Digital TV Facts - Don't Ask Maharey
Tuesday, 20 March 2007, 4:06 pm | New Zealand National Party
Digital TV Facts - Don't Ask Maharey “The Labour Government simply doesn't know how many households will be watching digital television when the Freeview TV service launches on May 2,” says National Party Broadcasting spokesman Dr Jonathan Coleman. More >>
O’Connor slapped with another ‘no confidence’ vote
Tuesday, 20 March 2007, 8:43 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Justice and Corrections spokesman Simon Power says Helen Clark has delivered yet another vote of no confidence in Damien O’Connor by announcing plans for a review of the split between Justice and Corrections. More >>
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 >>
