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UN decision unprincipled; Clark response weak
Wednesday, 24 January 2007, 8:59 am | New Zealand National Party
The United Nations decision to deploy additional Fijian troops to Iraq totally undermines the credibility of both the New Zealand Government and the UN, says National Party Foreign Affairs spokesman Murray McCully. More >>
Child Abuse Reports Despicable
Tuesday, 23 January 2007, 3:32 pm | New Zealand National Party
A report showing almost half the students in two South Island special secondary schools have been sexually abused is despicable, says National’s Child Policy and Disability spokesman, Dr Paul Hutchison. More >>
Legal Aid Set Up To Fail Victims And Offenders
Tuesday, 23 January 2007, 2:27 pm | New Zealand National Party
“It’s just appalling that Labour is budgeting on more people to be failed by our legal aid system before it does something to fix it,” says National Party Associate Justice spokeswoman Kate Wilkinson. More >>
Labour Needs To Be Bold On Home Ownership
Tuesday, 23 January 2007, 2:08 pm | New Zealand National Party
“The Labour Government has to be far more aggressive in addressing home affordability,” says National Party Housing spokesman Phil Heatley. More >>
$140m for ‘20 hours free’ policy has no checks
Monday, 22 January 2007, 9:42 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government must immediately review how it will monitor the $140 million pot of cash it has dedicated to ‘20 hours free’ early childhood education, says National’s Associate Education spokeswoman, Paula Bennett. More >>
Maharey must explain why NZQA failed to act
Monday, 22 January 2007, 9:35 am | New Zealand National Party
Education Minister Steve Maharey must explain why the NZ Qualifications Authority failed to act on the advice of an expert report on the moderation of NCEA grading, says National's Education spokeswoman, Katherine Rich. More >>
Labour's inaction will hurt ratepayers
Monday, 22 January 2007, 9:34 am | New Zealand National Party
Auckland ratepayers in particular will be alarmed at a High Court decision ordering Waitakere City Council to pay $250,000 to replace a leaky home, says National's Local Government spokesman, John Carter. More >>
Has Minister given up on Didymo?
Friday, 19 January 2007, 4:12 pm | New Zealand National Party
Biosecurity Minister Jim Anderton must assure the public that his department is doing all it can to stop the spread of Didymo into North Island rivers and lakes, says National's Biosecurity spokesman, Shane Ardern. More >>
Labour must explain adrenaline shortage
Friday, 19 January 2007, 3:01 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Health spokesman Tony Ryall says the Labour Government must explain what it will do to stop the country's hospitals running out of important drugs. More >>
Clark turns blind eye to Jones' double-dipping
Friday, 19 January 2007, 2:39 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour list MP Shane Jones' double-dipping and duplicity has been exposed once again, says National Maori Affairs spokesman (Education & TPK) Tau Henare. More >>
‘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 >>
