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‘Cheap & nasty’ not good enough for Kiwi women

Friday, 19 January 2007, 10:13 am | New Zealand National Party

"Pharmac needs to come clean on its plans to fund a short, unproven, unsafe and cheap course of Herceptin," says National Party Associate Health spokeswoman Jackie Blue. More >>

Business as usual not good enough

Thursday, 18 January 2007, 5:14 pm | New Zealand National Party

NZQA needs to offer a better explanation to the students of Logan Park High School who are still waiting on results from NCEA exams, says National's Education spokeswoman, Katherine Rich. More >>

Policy wrinkles need more than an iron

Thursday, 18 January 2007, 4:43 pm | New Zealand National Party

Education Minister Steve Maharey's plea for more time to sort out the issues of under-capacity for the Government's "20 hours free" early childhood education policy is too little too late, says National's Associate Education spokeswoman, Paula Bennett. More >>

Party pills not a prize

Thursday, 18 January 2007, 1:32 pm | New Zealand National Party

National MP Jacqui Dean is appalled a Bay of Plenty radio station gave away alternative party pills to children as a prize. More >>

Electronic bail: Labour ignores public safety

Thursday, 18 January 2007, 11:24 am | New Zealand National Party

The Labour-led Government is giving prison overcrowding a higher priority than public safety when it comes to electronic bail, says National's Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon Power. More >>

NZQA marking glitch needs investigation

Thursday, 18 January 2007, 10:32 am | New Zealand National Party

Claims by a Dunedin school principal that NCEA results are still not available for almost a third of subjects offered at the school must be investigated, says National's Education spokeswoman, Katherine Rich. More >>

Labour's 20-hours-free policy a myth

Thursday, 18 January 2007, 9:30 am | New Zealand National Party

The Government knew that almost half of early childhood education services would not be able to meet demand for the 20-hours-free policy when it was promised to parents in 2005, says National's Associate Education spokeswoman, Paula Bennett. More >>

Still Too Early to Claim NCEA Success

Wednesday, 17 January 2007, 3:55 pm | New Zealand National Party

The release of the 2006 NCEA results to 136,000 New Zealand school students today should be a day of celebration or at least relief, says National’s Education spokeswoman, Katherine Rich. More >>

Pipi Poaching Bust Runs Against The Tide

Wednesday, 17 January 2007, 3:31 pm | New Zealand National Party

National Party Fisheries spokesman Phil Heatley says a pipi poaching bust in the western Bay of Plenty which landed three men in court is just the sort of reason why Labour shouldn’t be slashing honorary fisheries officer numbers. More >>

Electronic Bail Dangerous In Present Form

Wednesday, 17 January 2007, 10:59 am | New Zealand National Party

Electronic bail is a dangerous way of relieving pressure on the prison muster and should be stopped immediately except for low-level, non-violent accused, says National’s Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon Power. More >>

Another Government strategy fails

Wednesday, 17 January 2007, 8:22 am | New Zealand National Party

An increase in the number of threatened species in New Zealand signals a failure of Labour’s environmental policies, says National’s Conservation spokesman, Dr Nick Smith. More >>

New research a wake-up call for Labour

Wednesday, 17 January 2007, 12:49 am | New Zealand National Party

"New research showing children who experience violence and abuse in their early years are at greater risk of heart problems in later life must serve as a wake-up call to the Labour Government," says National Party Associate Welfare spokeswoman (CYF) ... More >>

HB suffers while Government on holiday

Tuesday, 16 January 2007, 3:44 pm | New Zealand National Party

National’s Horticulture spokesman, Craig Foss, is furious about the delay in finally declaring Hawke’s Bay as having a seasonal labour shortage under the Seasonal Work Permit Scheme. “In November, I called for a shortage to be declared. I knew, growers ... More >>