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Labour Cabinet split over law changes
Wednesday, 6 December 2006, 4:42 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Labour Cabinet is split over its proposed changes to sentencing laws, says National's Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
PM's office denies Ingram Inquiry crucial evidence
Wednesday, 6 December 2006, 4:40 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour's refusal to pay for legal advice for the original Taito Phillip Field whistleblower has ensured the Ingram Inquiry missed out on crucial evidence, says National's Immigration spokesman, Lockwood Smith. More >>
Minister admits limited progress in healthcare
Wednesday, 6 December 2006, 4:21 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour's Primary Health Care Strategy is in desperate need of re-focusing, after the Minister of Health admitted little progress in meeting many key objectives, says National's Health spokesman, Tony Ryall. In Parliament today, Mr Ryall questioned ... More >>
National will fight new taxes on investment
Wednesday, 6 December 2006, 4:20 pm | New Zealand National Party
The National Party will be voting against the Taxation (Annual Rates, Savings Investment, and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill recently reported back to Parliament, says National's Revenue spokesman, Lockwood Smith. More >>
Early childhood education policy lets down kids
Wednesday, 6 December 2006, 2:48 pm | New Zealand National Party
Many playcentres and kohanga reo will be forced to close under the Government's policy on early childhood education, says National's Associate Education spokeswoman, Paula Bennett. More >>
Don Brash Writes: Nicky Hager's book
Wednesday, 6 December 2006, 2:23 pm | New Zealand National Party
As most of you know, some weeks before last year's election some emails sent to me were leaked to the media, allegedly from a National Party source. This was irritating, and even a bit embarrassing, but I took no serious action to find the source of this ... More >>
Ministry must add value to policy debate
Wednesday, 6 December 2006, 11:41 am | New Zealand National Party
The National Party’s new Women’s Affairs spokeswoman says the Ministry of Women’s Affairs needs to start making a real difference for Kiwi women – and be seen to do so. More >>
Ethnic communities deserve more than tokenism
Wednesday, 6 December 2006, 11:35 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Ethnic Affairs spokeswoman Pansy Wong welcomes the latest statistics from the 2006 Census which show that the ethnic population is now at more than 10%. “Ethnic communities enrich our society. They bring vibrancy, diversity, enterprise ... More >>
National wants bi-partisan Electoral Law Reform
Wednesday, 6 December 2006, 11:01 am | New Zealand National Party
The National Party will support moves announced by Helen Clark yesterday to reform electoral law, and it wants to take the plans further, says National’s Deputy Leader, Bill English. More >>
Biosecurity NZ ignored by Minister
Wednesday, 6 December 2006, 8:56 am | New Zealand National Party
National’s Biosecurity spokesman, Shane Ardern, says the latest GE corn incident shows the Minister has done nothing to improve border control since the Auditor General’s highly critical report in May this year. More >>
Justice bill doesn’t tackle causes of crime
Tuesday, 5 December 2006, 4:42 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s Criminal Justice Reform Bill is more about stopping the increase in the prison population than it is about preventing crime in the first place, says National’s Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
Carbon neutrality goal is all hot air
Tuesday, 5 December 2006, 4:35 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Labour Government’s plan to make New Zealand ‘carbon neutral’ has been shown up as hot air even before it starts, says National Party Leader John Key. Statistics New Zealand data out today shows hydro and wind generation provided the lowest proportion ... More >>
Fiji coup condemned
Tuesday, 5 December 2006, 4:14 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader John Key has condemned the military coup underway in Fiji and welcomed initial steps by the New Zealand Government in response. “We join with the Government in expressing our deep concern at what has happened in Fiji,” says ... More >>
Paying for copy of school report outrageous
Tuesday, 5 December 2006, 4:12 pm | New Zealand National Party
It is outrageous that some schools are demanding that parents pay for a second copy of their child’s school report, says National’s Education spokeswoman, Katherine Rich. More >>
Power hikes – killer for small business
Tuesday, 5 December 2006, 4:02 pm | New Zealand National Party
The National Party’s Associate spokesman for Small Business, Chris Tremain, says relentless year-on-year energy price rises are killing the small and medium enterprises that our economy is built on. “Labour’s policy vacuum in the energy sector is ... More >>
National whips confirmed
Tuesday, 5 December 2006, 11:56 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Deputy Leader Bill English says the caucus voted this morning to confirm its Parliamentary whips. More >>
Labour set on squeezing out PTEs
Tuesday, 5 December 2006, 10:18 am | New Zealand National Party
Labour is continuing to squeeze out Private Training Establishments (PTE) after approving student subsidy funding for only 8 out of 43 providers, says National’s Associate Education spokesman, Colin King. More >>
Labour bureaucracy fails to halt power price hikes
Tuesday, 5 December 2006, 8:43 am | New Zealand National Party
The bureaucracy established by Labour around energy policy is failing to halt the spiralling price of electricity if the latest Transpower increase is anything to go by, says National Party Energy spokesman Gerry Brownlee. More >>
Midwives funding move a Band-Aid
Monday, 4 December 2006, 3:32 pm | New Zealand National Party
National’s Health spokesman, Tony Ryall, says Labour's $2 million a year on the rural midwife workforce is a band-aid. “The announcement fails to provide any leadership or direction for the future. It is a band-aid that will not provide a lasting solution ... More >>
Collins Comments - 4 December 2006
Monday, 4 December 2006, 2:53 pm | New Zealand National Party
National MPs support Diabetes Awareness and walk the talk More >>
