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NCEA botch-up needs explanation
Wednesday, 14 February 2007, 3:46 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Education spokeswoman Katherine Rich says the Education Minister must front up and explain the latest NCEA botch-up, after nine Avondale College history students had their Level 3 NCEA papers returned unmarked. More >>
Party pills put life on the line
Wednesday, 14 February 2007, 3:43 pm | New Zealand National Party
While Jim Anderton is content to sit back and relax, a young man is fighting for his life after combining party pills with alcohol, says National MP Jacqui Dean. More >>
Bureaucracy adds to soaring building costs
Wednesday, 14 February 2007, 2:55 pm | New Zealand National Party
“Red tape and bureaucracy are fuelling soaring building costs in New Zealand and the Labour Government must wake up and smell the coffee,” says National Party Associate Housing spokesman Bob Clarkson. More >>
Don't leave town 'til you've seen the country
Wednesday, 14 February 2007, 1:46 pm | New Zealand National Party
"Families Commissioner Rajen Prasad needs to get off his business class seat and come down to the coalface with me," says National Party Welfare spokeswoman Judith Collins. More >>
Waverley teachers babysit empty classrooms
Wednesday, 14 February 2007, 1:15 pm | New Zealand National Party
Forcing teachers from Waverley High School to turn up and sit in empty classrooms is ridiculous, and the Education Minister must act on what has become a farcical situation, says National Party Education spokeswoman Katherine Rich. More >>
More Maori wagging school
Wednesday, 14 February 2007, 11:29 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Maori Affairs spokesman Tau Henare says figures showing a jump in the number of Maori students wagging school are unacceptable and must be addressed by the Labour-led Government. More >>
New jobs to sell climate change policy
Wednesday, 14 February 2007, 11:11 am | New Zealand National Party
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry is searching for three new staff in a bid to help sell the Labour Government's climate change policy, says National's Associate Agriculture spokesman, Nathan Guy. More >>
New mums pay the price for planning blunder
Wednesday, 14 February 2007, 12:34 am | New Zealand National Party
National's Health spokesman, Tony Ryall, wants to know who is responsible for an apparent planning blunder that is forcing new mums away from their homes and families to have their babies. More >>
Green influence should make motorists afraid
Wednesday, 14 February 2007, 12:33 am | New Zealand National Party
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What else could Feilding High School do?
Wednesday, 14 February 2007, 12:32 am | New Zealand National Party
Rather than condemn Feilding High School, Education Minister Steve Maharey should offer schools some alternative to solving the issue of recovering unpaid compulsory fees, says National Party Education spokeswoman Katherine Rich. More >>
Project Protector – taking on water
Wednesday, 14 February 2007, 12:03 am | New Zealand National Party
Delays to the Navy’s new multi role vessel may be acceptable to the Labour Government, but who’s going to pay to fix it, asks National’s Defence spokesman, Wayne Mapp. More >>
Field defiant, Clark exposed as weak
Tuesday, 13 February 2007, 7:59 pm | New Zealand National Party
Helen Clark’s leadership has been exposed as weak over Taito Phillip Field, says National Party Leader John Key. More >>
Maori Affairs Minister must front
Tuesday, 13 February 2007, 7:54 pm | New Zealand National Party
Maori Affairs Minister Parekura Horomia must front up and tell New Zealanders what he intends to do about the appallingly high rate of young Maori leaving school without qualifications, says National Party Maori Affairs spokesman, Tau Henare. More >>
Government's biofuels target too little, too late
Tuesday, 13 February 2007, 4:36 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government's 3.4% biofuels target by 2012 is too little, too late and will make negligible difference to the vacuum in New Zealand's climate change policy, says National's Environment spokesman, Dr Nick Smith. More >>
Clark loses confidence in Corrections
Tuesday, 13 February 2007, 4:21 pm | New Zealand National Party
Prime Minister Helen Clark has lost confidence in the Corrections Department, says National’s Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon Power. He is commenting after Helen Clark’s statement in Parliament today indicates police will get the power ... More >>
Labour runs out of ideas, energy, and time
Tuesday, 13 February 2007, 3:53 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Prime Minister’s statement to Parliament today shows the Labour Government has run out of ideas and energy, and is rapidly running out of time, says National Party Leader John Key. More >>
Focus 2000 funding must be well managed
Tuesday, 13 February 2007, 2:39 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Labour Government must ensure that taxpayer funding that goes to Focus 2000, the provider arm of the Cerebral Palsy Society, is properly managed, says National’s Disability spokesman, Dr Paul Hutchison. More >>
Bullying of community sector must stop
Tuesday, 13 February 2007, 11:58 am | New Zealand National Party
“The Labour Government must stop bullying the community and volunteer sector,” says National’s newly appointed spokeswoman on the Community and Voluntary Sector. More >>
Clark’s stoush with media shows Govt is shaky
Tuesday, 13 February 2007, 9:41 am | New Zealand National Party
Helen Clark’s stoush with the media today over reporting of Michael Cullen’s mortgage levy idea shows the Labour Government is becoming increasingly shaky, says National Party Leader John Key. More >>
No confidence, no reporting
Tuesday, 13 February 2007, 9:40 am | New Zealand National Party
National’s Ethnic Affairs spokeswoman, Pansy Wong is concerned about the Asian community’s lack of confidence when it comes to reporting crimes to police. More >>
