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Wheels start falling off fragile coalition
Monday, 15 January 2007, 9:40 am | New Zealand National Party
Prime Minister Helen Clark needs to clearly spell out how she intends to resolve the warring factions that have been laid bare in her fragile coalition, says National Party Leader John Key. More >>
Does Steve Maharey Agree?
Monday, 15 January 2007, 9:39 am | New Zealand National Party
The Education Minister needs to tell kiwis whether he backs the Teachers Council decision to allow an early childhood teacher involved in hitting toddlers and force-feeding them to the point of vomiting, to work again in the sector, says National’s Education ... More >>
Education Minister Must Front For Parents
Monday, 15 January 2007, 12:06 am | New Zealand National Party
Education Minister Steve Maharey must give parents an assurance that children attending an early childhood centre where a teacher force-fed, hit and ignored distressed toddlers are now safe from such unacceptable treatment, says National’s Education spokeswoman, ... More >>
School Reports Withheld Under Privacy Act
Friday, 12 January 2007, 11:04 am | New Zealand National Party
Some schools are citing the Privacy Act as an excuse to withhold school reports from parents, National Education spokeswoman, Katherine Rich says More >>
Govt Starts Year With Foreign Policy Shambles
Friday, 12 January 2007, 10:33 am | New Zealand National Party
The Labour-led Government has started the year with a foreign policy shambles, as Duty Minister Jim Anderton publicly disagrees with the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister over Iraq, says National Party Leader John Key. More >>
Teachers Council crackdown welcomed
Friday, 12 January 2007, 10:01 am | New Zealand National Party
A crackdown on teachers who flout registration rules has been welcomed by National’s Education spokeswoman, Katherine Rich. The New Zealand Teachers Council estimates hundreds of teachers are working illegally and yesterday announced a three month ... More >>
Labour Cavalier With Civil Defence
Thursday, 11 January 2007, 4:21 pm | New Zealand National Party
Civil Defence needs more than just lip service from Labour, says National’s Civil Defence spokesman, John Carter. More >>
Support schools: Give them five
Thursday, 11 January 2007, 1:16 pm | New Zealand National Party
Parents should take on the challenge of volunteering for five hours each year at their children’s schools, says National’s Education spokeswoman, Katherine Rich. More >>
UN Should Remove Fijian Peacekeepers
Wednesday, 10 January 2007, 3:02 pm | New Zealand National Party
National supports the firm line being taken by the New Zealand and Australian Governments with the interim government of Fiji, but wants a tougher stance taken on removing Fijian troops from United Nations peacekeeping roles. More >>
Warning system works ‘to a point’
Wednesday, 10 January 2007, 2:32 pm | New Zealand National Party
New Zealanders should be horrified at Jim Anderton’s admission the current tsunami warning system only works ‘up to a point’, says National’s Civil Defence spokesman, John Carter. More >>
Fish and Game Councils need Financial Oversight
Wednesday, 10 January 2007, 11:35 am | New Zealand National Party
The financial control of Fish and Game New Zealand and its twelve regional Councils needs some urgent oversight, says National’s Agriculture spokesman David Carter. More >>
O’Connor Must Confront Failures in Burton Case
Wednesday, 10 January 2007, 10:57 am | New Zealand National Party
“Damien O’Connor must cut his holiday short to confront the serious failings exposed in his Department by the Graeme Burton case,” says National Party Justice and Corrections spokesman Simon Power. More >>
Warning System A Disaster In The Making
Wednesday, 10 January 2007, 10:16 am | New Zealand National Party
New Zealand’s civil defence warning system is a mess, and the project to upgrade it is floundering, says National’s Civil Defence spokesperson John Carter. More >>
Bureaucracy Trumps Cancer Sufferers
Wednesday, 10 January 2007, 12:11 am | New Zealand National Party
While District Health Boards squabble over $150,000 to end the radiation therapists strikes, Ministry of Health mandarins have spent $6 million moving to grand new premises in central Wellington, says National’s Health spokesman, Tony Ryall. More >>
Cancer Waiting Times Set to Blow Out
Tuesday, 9 January 2007, 11:39 am | New Zealand National Party
Cancer waiting times are set to blow out even further as radiation therapists begin new strike action this week, says National's Health spokesman Tony Ryall. More >>
Convicted killer shouldn’t get ACC
Monday, 8 January 2007, 4:49 pm | New Zealand National Party
The public needs an assurance that convicted killer Graeme Burton will not receive compensation from ACC, says National’s ACC spokeswoman, Pansy Wong. More >>
Adoption Numbers Concerning
Monday, 8 January 2007, 2:43 pm | New Zealand National Party
National's Associate spokeswoman for Welfare, Anne Tolley, is concerned New Zealanders are choosing to adopt Chinese or Russian babies rather than other New Zealanders. More >>
Corrections bonuses climb even higher
Monday, 8 January 2007, 9:45 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Justice and Corrections spokesman Simon Power is questioning why bonus payments to Corrections Department staff are on track to double this year. “I don’t even think the Minister would be silly enough to claim Corrections has had a good ... More >>
DoL indicative of bloating bureaucracy
Monday, 8 January 2007, 8:44 am | New Zealand National Party
The National Party is releasing figures that show “rampant growth” in the bureaucracy at the Department of Labour under Helen Clark’s leadership. More >>
Nats offer support to police in difficult time
Monday, 8 January 2007, 8:42 am | New Zealand National Party
Former detective and National Party Police spokesman Chester Borrows is offering his support to police caught up in the Graeme Burton shooting rampage. More >>
