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More paper, more bureaucrats, no more money
Thursday, 27 July 2006, 2:19 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Education spokesman Bill English says students will lose out from Labour’s new tertiary education reforms. “Labour’s move to drop student-centred tertiary funding hands tertiary education back to the bureaucrats and Labour politicians ... More >>
Nat MP supports action on teen pregnancy
Thursday, 27 July 2006, 1:18 pm | New Zealand National Party
National MP Paula Bennett has thrown her support behind the Family Planning Association as it lobbies the Government for a teen pregnancy strategy. More >>
National disappointed with CYF report
Thursday, 27 July 2006, 1:17 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Associate Welfare spokeswoman Anne Tolley says she is both disappointed with and curious about the long awaited CYF report into the maltreatment of Kiwi kids. More >>
Legal aid survey won't solve immediate crisis
Thursday, 27 July 2006, 10:33 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Associate Justice spokeswoman Kate Wilkinson says Labour’s ‘survey’ on legal aid won’t solve the immediate crisis facing the service. “Labour has been unable to offer any explanation about why, for instance, battered women in Blenheim ... More >>
Senior doctors say culling of patients 'dishonest'
Thursday, 27 July 2006, 9:51 am | New Zealand National Party
Labour’s failing leadership of the health sector has been exposed again, this time with damning criticism from senior doctors at Christchurch Hospital, says National’s Health spokesman, Tony Ryall. More >>
Local Government rises to National Party challenge
Thursday, 27 July 2006, 12:19 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Local Government spokesman John Carter is heaping praise on Local Government New Zealand for "rising to the National Party challenge for them to quantify Labour Government buck-passing". More >>
Field: Mapp complains to Labour Department
Wednesday, 26 July 2006, 5:19 pm | New Zealand National Party
National's Industrial Relations spokesman, Wayne Mapp, has today lodged an official complaint with the Department of Labour relating to Taito Phillip Field's alleged breach of the Minimum Wage Act. More >>
Unacceptable waits for clinic follow-ups
Wednesday, 26 July 2006, 4:34 pm | New Zealand National Party
Patients are not getting access to the outpatient follow-up they need at North Shore Hospital, says National Party Associate Health spokesman Dr Jonathan Coleman. More >>
Battered women forced to represent themselves
Wednesday, 26 July 2006, 4:26 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Associate Justice spokeswoman Kate Wilkinson says the legal aid crisis has become so bad that battered women in Blenheim are being forced to represent themselves in domestic disputes. More >>
Why is Labour hiding apprenticeship numbers?
Wednesday, 26 July 2006, 4:24 pm | New Zealand National Party
National's Associate Education spokesman, Colin King, says Labour should come clean and reveal how many young people who enrol in the Modern Apprenticeship programme actually complete an apprenticeship. More >>
Speaker's decision on Field astonishing
Wednesday, 26 July 2006, 3:32 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Deputy Leader Gerry Brownlee is astonished at the decision by Parliament's Speaker Margaret Wilson not to refer the Taito Phillip Field case to the Privileges Committee. More >>
Judith Collins – Column Round Up 26 July 2006
Wednesday, 26 July 2006, 2:56 pm | New Zealand National Party
Thank you to all who signed my petition for more police for Counties Manukau. I am delighted that just over 5,500 people in my Electorate support my call for more police officers in Counties Manukau. More >>
Ratepayers carry cost of Government buck-passing
Wednesday, 26 July 2006, 11:10 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Local Government spokesman John Carter has released a list of 67 laws passed by Labour that have had an impact, either directly or indirectly, on rates. More >>
Ardern: NZ Biosecurity Institute Conference
Wednesday, 26 July 2006, 10:13 am | New Zealand National Party
Thank you for the invitation to speak to you today. I have always been passionate about New Zealand and in particular our countryside. As a Taranaki dairy farmer, I understand the need to protect our primary industries against incursions. More >>
Smith defers bill while court decision challenged
Wednesday, 26 July 2006, 12:51 am | New Zealand National Party
National’s Environment spokesman, Nick Smith, has deferred consideration by Parliament of his Resource Management (Restricted Coastal Activities) Amendment Bill because of an appeal of the High Court’s refusal to release papers to MPs on the Conservation ... More >>
Walking access panel costing a packet
Wednesday, 26 July 2006, 12:26 am | New Zealand National Party
Taxpayers are forking out hundreds of thousands of dollars for the Walking Access Panel as Labour has another go at changing the law on public access across private land, says National’s Associate Agriculture spokesman, Nathan Guy. More >>
Field: Labour turns blind eye to own labour laws
Tuesday, 25 July 2006, 4:36 pm | New Zealand National Party
When it comes to employment law, it seems there is one set of rules for Labour MPs and another for everyone else, says National Party Industrial Relations spokesman Wayne Mapp. More >>
Too little too late for leaky-home owners
Tuesday, 25 July 2006, 4:35 pm | New Zealand National Party
Government changes to the failed Weathertight Homes Resolution Service are too little too late for owners of leaky homes, says National’s Building and Construction spokesman, Nick Smith. “The changes are minor and will not come into affect for yet another ... More >>
Minister allows DHB to cut electives, forgets
Tuesday, 25 July 2006, 4:34 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Minister of Health has accepted a DHB cutting elective services in order to reduce costs, though he doesn’t appear to even know about it, says National’s Health spokesman, Tony Ryall. In Parliament today, Health Minister Pete Hodgson denied that ... More >>
Immigration Minister ducks bullets on Field
Tuesday, 25 July 2006, 3:40 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Immigration spokesman Lockwood Smith says the Labour Government has “stooped to a new low” with its efforts to avoid accountability over the Taito Phillip Field fiasco. More >>
