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Time for Hodgson to focus on health
Friday, 27 October 2006, 11:41 am | New Zealand National Party
National is calling on Health Minister Pete Hodgson to focus less on his party's political problems and more on the pressing issues in the health system. More >>
Newsworthy 27 October 2006
Friday, 27 October 2006, 11:19 am | New Zealand National Party
Light fingered crooks In a hard hitting article published in the Parnell Business Association newsletter, the author noted that up to $1.9 million is shoplifted every day in New Zealand. Amongst the statistics: More >>
Justice crisis deserves better than personal abuse
Thursday, 26 October 2006, 5:08 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Associate Welfare spokeswoman Anne Tolley is amazed that rather than face up to the realities of the critical shortage in youth justice beds Ruth Dyson has resorted to petty mud slinging. More >>
Hodgson dodgy on Lake Alice payout
Thursday, 26 October 2006, 2:34 pm | New Zealand National Party
Continued delays in paying out compensation to Paul Zentfeld, a claimant in the Lake Alice compensation case, are completely unsatisfactory, says National's Associate Health spokesman (Mental Health), Dr Jonathan Coleman. More >>
Labour backtracks on universal benefit
Thursday, 26 October 2006, 2:09 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Welfare spokeswoman Judith Collins says David Benson-Pope has sent the clearest signal yet that the Government's pledge to deliver a universal benefit to welfare recipients has hit the rocks. More >>
ACC fails in key areas
Thursday, 26 October 2006, 1:19 pm | New Zealand National Party
ACC’s Annual Report, released late yesterday, is an indictment on the Labour Government’s monopoly model as both injury claims and costs continue to grow, says National’s ACC spokesman, Dr Paul Hutchison. More >>
Bed shortage at crisis point for at-risk youth
Thursday, 26 October 2006, 10:31 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Associate Welfare spokeswoman Anne Tolley says Labour’s been well aware about the looming crisis in safe beds for at-risk youth, but has done virtually nothing to stop it happening. More >>
Ministry U-turn on meningococcal vaccine
Thursday, 26 October 2006, 10:21 am | New Zealand National Party
Parents are entitled to be fully informed of the risks and benefits of the meningococcal vaccination, says National’s Health spokesman, Tony Ryall. "The Government should not be sanitising the information it gives parents. This is an issue of informed ... More >>
Copeland: Nats must discipline Power
Thursday, 26 October 2006, 12:30 am | New Zealand National Party
United Future whip Gordon Copeland today called on the National Party caucus to discipline Rangitikei MP Simon Power for orchestrating the collapse of a select committee hearing yesterday even though submitters from all around the country were present to give ... More >>
Contract collusion at Corrections
Wednesday, 25 October 2006, 4:05 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Corrections Department allowed two consultants among those responsible for overseeing the building of four regional prisons to write each other's job description and set each other's remuneration range, says National's Law & Order spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
Ministry mad to suggest higher shellfish takes
Wednesday, 25 October 2006, 3:56 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Fisheries spokesman Phil Heatley says it is madness to advocate increasing shellfish harvesting takes in greater Auckland just because the Ministry of Fisheries is failing to police current rules properly. More >>
Ratepayers set for another clobbering
Wednesday, 25 October 2006, 3:53 pm | New Zealand National Party
"Rural areas will have to pay millions to comply with Labour’s heavy-handed proposed Health (Drinking Water) Amendment Bill,” says National Party Associate Health (Rural) spokeswoman Jo Goodhew. More >>
Judith Collins Clevedon MP Newsletter
Wednesday, 25 October 2006, 3:32 pm | New Zealand National Party
Our Charities are facing unfair scrutiny. As of 1 February 2007, the Charities Commission will have the power to de-register organisations that are becoming too “political”. This means charities that lobby for law changes and advocate for others could face ... More >>
Charging for private pathology tests flawed
Wednesday, 25 October 2006, 2:41 pm | New Zealand National Party
The proposed rollout of private pathology charges will put further pressure on public waiting lists, says National's Associate Health spokeswoman, Jackie Blue. More >>
30% of schools in the dark
Wednesday, 25 October 2006, 2:05 pm | New Zealand National Party
Almost 30 percent of schools have no useful information about which of their students are failing, says National’s Education spokesman, Bill English. More >>
National Party announces new General Manager
Wednesday, 25 October 2006, 11:08 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party President Judy Kirk has today named Chris Simpson as the Party’s new General Manager. “I am delighted to announce Mr Simpson’s appointment to replace Greg Sheehan,” says Mrs Kirk. More >>
Teachers’ Council must lift its game
Wednesday, 25 October 2006, 9:10 am | New Zealand National Party
The Teachers’ Council must lift its game to meet the expectations of parents and the standards of the profession, says National Party Education spokesman Bill English. More >>
Seasonal permits must be faithfully policed
Wednesday, 25 October 2006, 12:26 am | New Zealand National Party
The National Party is seeking an assurance that a programme allowing Pacific Islanders into New Zealand on short-term work permits will be faithfully policed. Immigration Minister David Cunliffe announced today that Pacific Island workers will be eligible ... More >>
Anti-private patient ideology means waiting lists
Tuesday, 24 October 2006, 4:48 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour’s new anti-private healthcare move will see waiting lists grow as patients who use private specialists move back to the public system, says National Party Health spokesman Tony Ryall. More >>
Labour again refuses to help small business
Tuesday, 24 October 2006, 3:01 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Labour Government's response to the Small Business Advisory Group's second report shows it is paying only lip service to the needs of business, says National Economic Development spokeswoman Katherine Rich. More >>
