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Sacking confirms Govt’s failure on electricity
Wednesday, 13 September 2006, 5:13 pm | New Zealand National Party
The acrimonious sacking of Electricity Commissioner Roy Hemmingway confirms the failure of the Government’s electricity policies and its bullying style towards independent statutory officers, says National’s Energy spokesman, Nick Smith. More >>
Multimillion-dollar consultants' fee questioned
Wednesday, 13 September 2006, 3:55 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Horowhenua-based MP Nathan Guy says Labour is spending about $123,000 per house in consultancy fees as it attempts to relocate residents from the Kimberley Health Centre. “Consultants are costing the taxpayer an average of around $123,000 ... More >>
Chadwick finally wakes up to crime solution
Wednesday, 13 September 2006, 3:08 pm | New Zealand National Party
It has taken Rotorua MP Steve Chadwick six weeks to wake up and realise that the possible solution to the crime problem in the central city was in her hands the whole time, says National's Law & Order spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
Statement from Don Brash re request for privacy
Wednesday, 13 September 2006, 1:41 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader Don Brash advised today that he and Mrs Brash have been having some difficulties in their marriage and as a result he has taken leave for a couple of days to spend time with his family. More >>
Strikes: Will Labour finally take note?
Wednesday, 13 September 2006, 11:21 am | New Zealand National Party
National’s Industrial Relations spokesman, Wayne Mapp, says he hopes the radiographers’strike will make Labour finally acknowledge the dangerous path its union-centric employment legislation is leading the country down. “This latest industrial dispute has lead ... More >>
Maharey in denial over school leavers' stats
Tuesday, 12 September 2006, 6:09 pm | New Zealand National Party
Education Minister Steve Maharey is in denial of the facts surrounding NCEA failure rates as presented by his own ministry, says National's Education spokesman, Bill English. More >>
When does recruitment campaign really start?
Tuesday, 12 September 2006, 5:10 pm | New Zealand National Party
Police Minister Annette King must tell the public what the real start date for the police recruitment campaign is, says National's Law & Order spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
Absent parents should pay their way
Tuesday, 12 September 2006, 4:02 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Welfare spokeswoman Judith Collins is disappointed that Peter Dunne has been forced to follow Labour's softly softly approach to absent parents who aren't taking responsibility for their children. More >>
Hodgson relies on luck to end strike
Tuesday, 12 September 2006, 3:57 pm | New Zealand National Party
Health Minister Pete Hodgson's flippant remarks wishing the parties involved in the radiographers' industrial dispute 'every good luck' illustrate his total indifference to the thousands of patients affected, says National's Health spokesman, Tony Ryall. More >>
Cullen should explain his U-turn
Tuesday, 12 September 2006, 3:07 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Finance spokesman John Key says Michael Cullen should explain his U-turn today in which he's dumping unpopular tax rules on overseas share investments in favour of another plan he's previously rejected. More >>
The Mapp Report: What's with Parliament?
Tuesday, 12 September 2006, 10:24 am | New Zealand National Party
Parliament must, by design, always be a place of robust debate. But it does contain a level of interjection and pointed comment not seen in other public forums. Parliamentarians, by and large, are people used to giving it, and also used to taking it. More >>
Labour confirms it won't be paying money back
Tuesday, 12 September 2006, 10:06 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Deputy Leader Gerry Brownlee is astounded Helen Clark has left it to Pete Hodgson to tell taxpayers that Labour won't be paying back the money it misspent on its election pledge cards. More >>
Police recruitment drive takes another nose-dive
Tuesday, 12 September 2006, 12:59 am | New Zealand National Party
The first two months of the Government's drive to recruit 1,000 extra frontline police has resulted in a net loss of 41 sworn officers, says National's Law and Order spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
Chch second city to trial buses run on biodiesel
Monday, 11 September 2006, 2:38 pm | New Zealand National Party
Christchurch has become the second New Zealand city after Auckland to trial some of its bus fleet on cleaner-burning biodiesel, says National Associate Environment spokeswoman Nicky Wagner. More >>
Patients watch strike with chilling fear
Monday, 11 September 2006, 1:07 pm | New Zealand National Party
Thousands of New Zealanders will be watching the radiographers’ strike with a chilling fear that it will push them onto the list of Hodgson's culls, says National’s Health spokesman, Tony Ryall. More >>
Memo to Clark on pledge card: Pay it back!
Monday, 11 September 2006, 11:40 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Deputy Leader Gerry Brownlee says Helen Clark must now be in a position to say whether Labour intends to pay back the money it is alleged to have spent unlawfully at the last election. More >>
National sends condolences to Tongan Royal Family
Monday, 11 September 2006, 10:27 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader Don Brash has expressed his condolences to the Tongan Royal Family and the people of Tonga following the death of His Majesty King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV. "The King was the fourth in a lineage that began in 1845, but a Royal family ... More >>
www.mccully.co.nz 9 September 2006
Monday, 11 September 2006, 9:53 am | New Zealand National Party
A Weekly Report from the Keyboard of Murray McCully MP for East Coast Bays Apology More >>
2,000 more boys leave school without qualification
Monday, 11 September 2006, 8:47 am | New Zealand National Party
The disparity between girls’ and boys’ achievement in the classroom continues, with new figures revealing that more than 2,000 more boys than girls leave school without even a basic qualification, says National Party Education spokesman, Bill ... More >>
Misused public health money must be paid back
Monday, 11 September 2006, 8:46 am | New Zealand National Party
Doctors, pharmacists and rest-home owners who break rules and misuse taxpayers' money must pay it back, and that's a message for the Labour Government too, says National 's Health spokesman, Tony Ryall More >>
