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Kapa Haka festival secures UN support
Wednesday, 13 December 2006, 11:58 am | New Zealand National Party
Maori performing arts will be launched on to the world stage like never before, thanks to next year’s Te Matatini National Kapa Haka Festival, says National’s Maori Affairs spokeswoman, Georgina te Heuheu. More >>
Income gap between Maori and Pakeha grows
Wednesday, 13 December 2006, 11:17 am | New Zealand National Party
The income gap between Maori and Pakeha has widened under the Labour Government, says National Maori Affair’s spokeswoman, Georgina te Heuheu. “News that the number of Maori on the unemployment benefit has fallen dramatically is very welcome. More >>
Medicines Strategy disappointing
Wednesday, 13 December 2006, 10:15 am | New Zealand National Party
Labour's Medicines Strategy has failed to address access to medicines issues being faced by New Zealanders, says National's Associate Health spokeswoman, Dr Jackie Blue. More >>
Action demanded on poor Maori literacy
Wednesday, 13 December 2006, 8:46 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Maori Affairs (Education) spokesman Tau Henare has demanded action from the Government after damning new literacy statistics showed poor outcomes for Maori. More >>
Families on a diet while Government grows fat
Tuesday, 12 December 2006, 5:23 pm | New Zealand National Party
National's Finance spokesman, Bill English, says public accounts released today, show Labour continues to grow the Government’s income and assets, while middle income families struggle on incomes that haven’t changed much in 20 years. More >>
Brash: Notes for Valedictory Speech
Tuesday, 12 December 2006, 4:28 pm | New Zealand National Party
Today I come to the end of my Parliamentary career, just four and a half years after it began. I well remember telling my then press secretary at the Reserve Bank, Paul Jackman, that I was resigning from the Bank to seek election in the 2002 election. ... More >>
Noodles of trouble for NZTE Focus Store
Tuesday, 12 December 2006, 3:26 pm | New Zealand National Party
New Zealand Trade and Enterprise's Hong Kong Focus Store, designed to showcase quality Kiwi products, is in noodles of trouble, says National's Associate Economic Development spokesman, Mark Blumsky. More >>
Minister in charge of department should go
Tuesday, 12 December 2006, 3:23 pm | New Zealand National Party
It is disappointing that Damien O'Connor continues to refuse to resign despite the systemic shortfalls in Corrections that caused the death of Liam Ashley, says National's Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
Strategy can't hide Labour's poor record on energy
Monday, 11 December 2006, 4:53 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader John Key says the Government's draft energy strategy, released today, would have more credibility if Labour's "track record hadn't been a catalogue of embarrassing failures". More >>
Report strengthens call for Minister to resign
Monday, 11 December 2006, 3:23 pm | New Zealand National Party
National's Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon Power, says the report into Liam Ashley's death in a prison van strengthens his call for Corrections Minister Damien O'Connor to resign. More >>
Consumer mag: You need to be sicker to get surgery
Monday, 11 December 2006, 11:05 am | New Zealand National Party
A Consumer Magazine expose has revealed the Labour Government is making it harder and harder for New Zealanders to have elective surgery. National's Health spokesman Tony Ryall says the report confirms what New Zealanders now know. More >>
True cost of extra police doubles
Monday, 11 December 2006, 9:28 am | New Zealand National Party
Labour has hidden the real cost of its deal with NZ First to put 1,000 extra police on the beat, which is more than double the $500 million they announced in the budget, says National’s Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
Senior citizens feel chill of power price hikes
Monday, 11 December 2006, 9:26 am | New Zealand National Party
“Senior citizens representatives are already anxious about the impact of looming power price rises, “says National Party Senior Citizens spokeswoman Sandra Goudie. “As it is, many of our vulnerable older citizens are struggling to pay their bills ... More >>
Ashley report: O’Connor must go
Monday, 11 December 2006, 9:25 am | New Zealand National Party
National’s Justice and Corrections spokesman, Simon Power, says the Corrections Minister must “do the decent thing” and resign if the report into the death of 17-year-old Liam Ashley in the back of a prison van is as damning as expected. More >>
More support needed for parents of young offenders
Monday, 11 December 2006, 9:24 am | New Zealand National Party
If the Labour Government was serious about curbing youth offending it would increase support for parents of young law-breakers, says National Party Youth Affairs spokeswoman Nicky Wagner. More >>
Budget blowout on the cards
Friday, 8 December 2006, 3:29 pm | New Zealand National Party
National's Defence spokesman, Wayne Mapp, is concerned a budget blowout could be on the cards, if there are delays to the Navy's Project Protector programme. More >>
Public Access costs keep climbing
Friday, 8 December 2006, 11:41 am | New Zealand National Party
National's Agriculture spokesman, David Carter, says Labour's unpopular plan to take away private property rights for public walkways continues to hit taxpayers in the pocket. More >>
Dr Richard Worth - Counting heads
Friday, 8 December 2006, 11:32 am | New Zealand National Party
Census data has a history stretching back to China during the Han Dynasty. A census in 2AD, considered by scholars to be accurate, recorded that there were 57.5 million living in Han China. More >>
Drug rape survivors encouraged to come forward
Friday, 8 December 2006, 10:54 am | New Zealand National Party
Former Taranaki Detective and National Party Police spokesman Chester Borrows is urging Taranaki drug rape survivors to authorise the release of private information to police tracking those behind recent sex attacks. More >>
www.mccully.co.nz - 08 December 2006
Friday, 8 December 2006, 12:52 am | New Zealand National Party
An array of sanctions were unveiled against Fiji this week as the creeping coup unfolded. Some were significant and meaningful: the restrictions against senior military personnel and their families visiting New Zealand, for example. Others were more symbolic. More >>
