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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 >>
Govt leaves teeth to rot while community acts
Thursday, 1 March 2007, 2:37 pm | New Zealand National Party
The community and private sector have come to the rescue of under-five-year-olds while the Government leaves children’s teeth to rot, says National Party Associate Health spokeswoman Jo Goodhew. More >>
Fair process most important in rates review
Thursday, 1 March 2007, 1:54 pm | New Zealand National Party
Fair process most important in rates review More >>
Housing affordability inquiry gets green light
Thursday, 1 March 2007, 1:53 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Housing spokesman Phil Heatley is pleased his push for an inquiry into the issues driving up house prices has passed the first hurdle with unanimous support. More >>
Rural community shut out of rates inquiry
Thursday, 1 March 2007, 10:52 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Local Government spokesman John Carter wants to know why Labour's inquiry into rates is shutting out rural communities. More >>
Botched Treaty process sees Labour cave to protest
Thursday, 1 March 2007, 10:06 am | New Zealand National Party
The Labour Government's botched Treaty settlement process has resulted in it caving in to pressure from land protesters, says National Party Leader John Key. More >>
Sickness Benefit numbers rise (again) under Labour
Wednesday, 28 February 2007, 5:20 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Welfare spokeswoman Judith Collins says Labour can’t keep claiming credit for the prevailing economic conditions without taking responsibility for its failure to deal with an explosion in sickness and invalids’ beneficiaries. More >>
When is a cut not a cut?
Wednesday, 28 February 2007, 4:44 pm | New Zealand National Party
"When is a cut not a cut? When it's a transfer. That's the argument Ruth Dyson appears to be running about Family Wellbeing Services," says National Party Associate Welfare spokeswoman Anne Tolley. More >>
Sheltered workshops preparations a mess
Wednesday, 28 February 2007, 4:31 pm | New Zealand National Party
Poor and impractical preparation by the Labour Government means difficult times ahead for disabled workers in sheltered workshops, says National's Disability spokesman, Dr Paul Hutchison. More >>
Anderton embarrassed over carbon credit fiasco
Wednesday, 28 February 2007, 3:53 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government cannot arrogantly dismiss claims by landowners for carbon credits from their forests when official papers show that MAF encouraged new plantings on this very premise, says National Party Climate Change spokesman Nick Smith. More >>
New Zealand’s most expensive job agency
Wednesday, 28 February 2007, 3:51 pm | New Zealand National Party
“I am astounded that Immigration New Zealand has spent more than $1 million to set up a job website for migrants which currently features only two vacancies,” says National Party Associate Immigration spokeswoman Pansy Wong. More >>
Blood money law costs taxpayers $1.3m
Wednesday, 28 February 2007, 3:50 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government has spent nearly $1.3 million defending prisoners’ compensation claims against the Corrections Department, says National’s Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
Questions raised over breast cancer surgery
Wednesday, 28 February 2007, 3:48 pm | New Zealand National Party
A survey on breast cancer surgical practice in New Zealand has raised some disturbing questions, says National’s Associate Health spokeswoman, Dr Jackie Blue. More >>
Blood products must remain self-sufficient
Wednesday, 28 February 2007, 2:37 pm | New Zealand National Party
New Zealand must retain self-sufficiency in the supply of human blood products, says National's Health spokesman Tony Ryall. More >>
Half of all trades trainees fail exams
Wednesday, 28 February 2007, 2:04 pm | New Zealand National Party
The number of trainees failing gas-fitting exams has increased since the Government dumped the industry exam board last year, says National’s Associate Education spokesman, Colin King. More >>
Chainsaw massacre bad for climate change
Wednesday, 28 February 2007, 11:47 am | New Zealand National Party
MAF figures showing record high rates of deforestation are a climate change disaster, says National’s Climate Change spokesman Nick Smith. More >>
