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Employment shortage rotten news

Tuesday, 6 March 2007, 2:58 pm | New Zealand National Party

News that Hawke's Bay fruit growers are facing the worst employment shortage in years is of little surprise to National's Horticulture spokesman, Craig Foss. More >>

Clark’s ‘new era’ of accountability fails

Tuesday, 6 March 2007, 2:20 pm | New Zealand National Party

New Zealanders deserve more than another whitewash like the one served up over management of Graeme Burton’s parole, says National Party Leader John Key. “Two internal Corrections reports and an independent report on the Parole Board, have absolved ... More >>

Kids should be safe at school

Tuesday, 6 March 2007, 1:45 pm | New Zealand National Party

National Party Education spokeswoman Katherine Rich is calling for an independent investigation into how an eight year old Christchurch girl was able to wander from her classroom and out of school grounds where she was then indecently assaulted. More >>

No one believes decision to free Burton was reason

Tuesday, 6 March 2007, 11:09 am | New Zealand National Party

No one in New Zealand will believe that the decision to free convicted killer Graeme Burton on parole was reasonable, says National’s Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon Power. More >>

Rural communities deserve supply certainty

Tuesday, 6 March 2007, 9:23 am | New Zealand National Party

Rural communities deserve certainty about the Government’s commitment to ongoing electricity supply after 2013, says National Party Energy spokesman Gerry Brownlee. More >>

www.mccully.co.nz - 2 March 2007

Friday, 2 March 2007, 3:17 pm | New Zealand National Party

Mystery surrounds the decision of the chief executive of the Department of Labour (DOL), Dr James Bewildered, to resign last week, over a year before his contract was due to expire in July 2008. Having presided over a disastrous period for the ... More >>

Govt under pressure from Ak Kindergartens Assoc

Friday, 2 March 2007, 2:54 pm | New Zealand National Party

Reports that Auckland Kindergartens are considering opting out of the Government's '20 free hours' scheme show how flawed the policy is, says National Party Associate Education spokeswoman Paula Bennett. More >>

Dr Richard Worth MP. Newsletter

Friday, 2 March 2007, 11:40 am | New Zealand National Party

With fanfare the Government announced Export Year 2007. It is an important initiative but its success is threatened by two factors – the apparent increasing value of the New Zealand dollar and aspects of systemic failure in New Zealand Trade & ... More >>

The Mapp Report 2 March 2007

Friday, 2 March 2007, 11:31 am | New Zealand National Party

A National led government will provide provide better business solutions, and what better way to develop better business solutions than by listening to the business community? On Monday night, in Takapuna, I hosted a panel of leading business people ... More >>

Police have to investigate smacking claims

Friday, 2 March 2007, 11:28 am | New Zealand National Party

Police will be forced to investigate every case where it is claimed parents have smacked their children, says National MP Chester Borrows. More >>

Pansy Speak: Charitable vs Wasteful

Friday, 2 March 2007, 12:44 am | New Zealand National Party

By now you may have heard about the million-dollar website from Immigration NZ that has only two job offers, or that the new ACC campaign is costing $5.1 million and is nothing more than a branding exercise for a state monopoly. If you feel outraged ... More >>

Ministry must protect vacant schools

Friday, 2 March 2007, 12:43 am | New Zealand National Party

The Ministry of Education must take steps to better manage schools that have been closed and left vacant as a result of education reviews, says National Party Education spokeswoman Katherine Rich. More >>

Minister admits 20 hours free just a 'discount'

Thursday, 1 March 2007, 4:02 pm | New Zealand National Party

The Government continues to slip and slide on it's '20 hours free' policy, with former Education Minister Trevor Mallard confirming in the House that the policy offers only a 'discount', not '20 hours free', says National Party Education spokeswoman ... More >>

Legal aid changes will disadvantage some

Thursday, 1 March 2007, 3:20 pm | New Zealand National Party

“Labour’s changes to legal aid will make things worse for some of the most vulnerable members of our communities,” says National Party Associate Justice spokeswoman Kate Wilkinson. More >>

Labour failing to cut unpaid fines

Thursday, 1 March 2007, 2:40 pm | New Zealand National Party

The Labour Government is failing to make any inroads into the number of fines owed, says National’s Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon Power. He is releasing figures which show that at June 30 last year, 184,572 people owed fines that are more than ... More >>