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Labour complacency on unemployment ill founded
Thursday, 8 February 2007, 4:21 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Welfare spokeswoman Judith Collins says the Labour Government’s complacency on employment is ill founded. More >>
Tribute for a Kiwi scientist
Thursday, 8 February 2007, 3:34 pm | New Zealand National Party
National’s Research, Science & Technology spokesman, Dr Paul Hutchison, has today paid tribute to Nobel Prize winner, Professor Alan MacDiarmid. “New Zealand and the scientific community around the world have lost an eminent scientist. More >>
Celebrate the life of a can-do Kiwi
Thursday, 8 February 2007, 2:47 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader John Key says all New Zealanders should celebrate the life of Professor Alan MacDiarmid, who he describes as a ‘can-do Kiwi’. More >>
Teen death highlights need for early intervention
Thursday, 8 February 2007, 2:37 pm | New Zealand National Party
The grandmother of a dead Rotorua boy has highlighted the need for high quality, co-ordinated and effective early intervention when she says he had been a problem child from the age of three, says National’s Child Policy spokesman, Dr Paul Hutchison. More >>
Steve Maharey caught out fiddling teacher numbers
Thursday, 8 February 2007, 10:46 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Education spokeswoman Katherine Rich says Steve Maharey should apologise for trying to deceive the public over the number of teacher vacancies at the beginning of the school year. More >>
‘Tory charity’ gaffe cold and out of touch
Thursday, 8 February 2007, 12:20 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader John Key says he is shocked and appalled that senior Labour Minister Steve Maharey has described a plan to feed children in our poorest schools as ‘Tory charity’. More >>
Labour’s standover tactics won’t work
Wednesday, 7 February 2007, 12:51 am | New Zealand National Party
National will not stand for bullying and will carry on with its Foods in Schools initiative by not identifying the schools involved, says National Party Leader John Key. More >>
Why wasn’t the Parole Board told?
Monday, 5 February 2007, 1:09 pm | New Zealand National Party
Questions have to be asked as to why the Corrections Department didn’t pass on all relevant information to the Parole Board which was considering parole for convicted murderer Graeme Burton, says National’s Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon ... More >>
Vehicles still noisy
Monday, 5 February 2007, 8:28 am | New Zealand National Party
The first phase of the Labour Government’s project to test excessively noisy vehicles has failed, says National MP Nicky Wagner. More >>
‘Gross professional incompetence’ at CYF
Sunday, 4 February 2007, 1:50 pm | New Zealand National Party
Ruth Dyson needs to take a long hard look at her department, says National’s Associate Welfare spokeswoman Anne Tolley. More >>
An outstretched hand in time of need
Friday, 2 February 2007, 10:55 am | New Zealand National Party
The National Party welcomes a call by Niuean MP O'Love Jacobsen to review the Niue-New Zealand relationship, says National Party Associate Foreign Affairs (Pacific Affairs) spokesman John Hayes. More >>
National confirms position on Maori seats
Friday, 2 February 2007, 8:45 am | New Zealand National Party
The National Party Caucus today moved to confirm its position on the future of the Maori seats, which involves tying their abolition to the settlement of historic Treaty claims. More >>
Survey proves ‘20 free’ empty promise
Friday, 2 February 2007, 8:36 am | New Zealand National Party
A survey showing that only one in five early childhood centres will offer the Government’s ’20 hours free’ scheme shows just how flawed the policy is, says National Party Associate Education spokeswoman, Paula Bennett. More >>
Infrastructure bonds 'a feeble effort'
Friday, 2 February 2007, 12:21 am | New Zealand National Party
The infrastructure bond tender announced by Finance Minister Michael Cullen is a disappointingly feeble effort to get private finance into public infrastructure, says National's Finance spokesman, Bill English. More >>
Immigration Minister's latest announcement a farce
Thursday, 1 February 2007, 5:23 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Auckland migrant settlement strategy, which was launched on Wednesday, is light on substance and nothing more than a photo opportunity for a Minister who is light on detail, says National's Ethnic Affairs spokeswoman, Pansy Wong. More >>
Gaps in border control highlighted
Thursday, 1 February 2007, 5:22 pm | New Zealand National Party
An investigation into last year's imported GE corn seed debacle highlights the gaps in our border controls and the Minister's inability to cope with the Biosecurity portfolio, says National's Biosecurity spokesman, Shane Ardern. More >>
National to look at Corrections’ future
Thursday, 1 February 2007, 2:08 pm | New Zealand National Party
The National Party is to investigate disestablishing the Department of Corrections and re-incorporating it into the Ministry of Justice, National Party Leader John Key announced today. More >>
Bright Wood closure a wake-up call for Anderton
Wednesday, 31 January 2007, 2:42 pm | New Zealand National Party
The closure of the Bright Wood Sawmill typifies the growing problems in the forestry sector, says National's Forestry spokesman, Shane Ardern. More >>
'Cheap shot' Peters should look in the mirror
Wednesday, 31 January 2007, 2:38 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Foreign Affairs spokesman Murray McCully has welcomed Foreign Minister Winston Peters' condemnation of New Zealanders who take 'cheap shots' at the United States, but has suggested that Mr Peters "look in a mirror if he wants to identify ... More >>
Tertiary sector bogged in bureaucracy
Wednesday, 31 January 2007, 1:27 pm | New Zealand National Party
An OECD report into New Zealand’s tertiary system has found it is overly complicated and complex, and imminent reforms are likely to fail, says National’s Tertiary Education spokesman, Dr Paul Hutchison. More >>
