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Govt hides literacy and numeracy results
Thursday, 19 October 2006, 12:31 am | New Zealand National Party
Labour’s attitude towards the release of information pertaining to the effectiveness of $70 million literacy and numeracy projects is a “flagrant abuse of the democratic process”, says National’s Education spokesman, Bill English. More >>
State house fraud not isolated - so how many?
Wednesday, 18 October 2006, 5:41 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Housing spokesman Phil Heatley is delighted that after seven long years Labour has decided to take an interest in the fraud taking place within HNZ at the taxpayer expense. More >>
Peters has no faith in Tokelauans
Wednesday, 18 October 2006, 5:21 pm | New Zealand National Party
Winston Peters' decision to appoint a non-Tokelauan as Administrator of Tokelau is a vote of no confidence in Pacific people, says National Party Associate Foreign Affairs spokesman John Hayes. More >>
JPs must face their responsibilities
Wednesday, 18 October 2006, 2:21 pm | New Zealand National Party
The decision of two Justices of the Peace to suppress their own names over fears for their safety is completely unacceptable, says National’s Justice spokesman, Richard Worth. More >>
Tax-grabbing Labour puts NZ in bottom half of OECD
Wednesday, 18 October 2006, 1:37 pm | New Zealand National Party
New Zealand has fallen to the bottom half of the OECD rankings on the back of continual increases in the amount of tax collected, says National Party Finance spokesman John Key. More >>
Govt tapped firm for interest-free loan
Wednesday, 18 October 2006, 10:00 am | New Zealand National Party
Trevor Mallard has revealed that the Labour Government sought out computer graphics firm Right Hemisphere to offer it taxpayer-funded assistance - not the other way around. More >>
Condemn whaling in strongest terms - McCully
Wednesday, 18 October 2006, 9:06 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Conservation spokesman Murray McCully says New Zealand must condemn Iceland's plans to resume commercial whaling in the strongest possible terms. More >>
Charities could be in for more bad news
Wednesday, 18 October 2006, 8:58 am | New Zealand National Party
Charities could be in for more bad news in three years’ time when the Charities Commission will be focusing on monitoring their activities, says National’s Internal Affairs spokeswoman, Sandra Goudie. More >>
Strikes continue to increase
Tuesday, 17 October 2006, 5:12 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour’s union-centric industrial relations legislation has led to an increasing number of strikes at the expense of economic growth, says National’s Industrial Relations spokesman, Wayne Mapp. More >>
Doubts over prisons contracting method
Tuesday, 17 October 2006, 5:06 pm | New Zealand National Party
A report to Treasury shows there was great unease at the use of an untested contracting methodology to build New Zealand's four newest prisons, says National's Law & Order spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
Truancy operation needs more teeth
Tuesday, 17 October 2006, 5:05 pm | New Zealand National Party
Truancy officers need more teeth to drive home parents' legal obligation to make sure their children attend school, says National Party Education spokesman Bill English. More >>
Defence spend-up exercise in 'damage limitation'
Tuesday, 17 October 2006, 2:41 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Defence spokesman Murray McCully says Labour's defence announcements today are little more than a "transparent exercise in damage limitation after damning criticism in successive annual reports". More >>
Clark's clean slate bill 'cynical self interest'
Tuesday, 17 October 2006, 11:56 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader Don Brash says the National Party will oppose the bill being introduced to validate expenditure found by the Auditor-General to be unlawful. More >>
Goodhew: Elderly couples should not be split up
Tuesday, 17 October 2006, 12:11 am | New Zealand National Party
National will put forward amendments to the Social Security (Long-term Residential Care) Amendment Bill that would stop couples in aged-care facilities being unnecessarily split up, says National's Associate Health spokeswoman (Aged Care), Jo Goodhew. More >>
National yet to see validating legislation
Monday, 16 October 2006, 5:32 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader Don Brash says National has yet to see legislation that validates the unlawful spending of taxpayers' money by Labour and other parties during the election campaign. More >>
Hodson says cancer sufferers not worth it
Monday, 16 October 2006, 3:05 pm | New Zealand National Party
Today's announcement by Pharmac's clinical advisory committee not to fund Herceptin comes as no surprise, says National's Associate Health spokeswoman (Pharmacare), Dr Jackie Blue. More >>
National Education, 16 October 2006
Monday, 16 October 2006, 1:51 pm | New Zealand National Party
A Christchurch-based longitudinal study on 1265 children from birth confirms that good management of severe behavioural children has big payoffs for the wider community. The subjects in this study are now 30 years old. Dr David Ferguson who runs the study ... More >>
Inland Revenue funds tv tax show flop
Sunday, 15 October 2006, 6:40 pm | New Zealand National Party
Inland Revenue funds tv tax show flop Inland Revenue spent $864,000 on a tv show aimed at small and medium-sized businesses that attracted woefully tiny audiences, says National Associate Economic Development spokesman Chris Tremain. NBR has reported ... More >>
Junior doctor shortage worsens
Sunday, 15 October 2006, 6:39 pm | New Zealand National Party
Hospitals around the country are facing huge increases in the cost of locums as the shortage of junior doctors worsens, says National Party Health spokesman Tony Ryall. "Not only is the country facing a GP shortage, there's now a very real risk ... More >>
AG’s report throws doubt on fairness of election
Sunday, 15 October 2006, 6:38 pm | New Zealand National Party
Don Brash MP National Party Leader 15 October 2006 AG’s report throws doubt on fairness of election Helen Clark’s belated decision to pay back the taxpayers’ money the Labour Party illegally spent on advertising won’t remedy Labour’s deliberate ... More >>
