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Patients face unacceptable waits

Tuesday, 25 July 2006, 1:49 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 >>

Unacceptable waits for clinic follow-ups

Tuesday, 25 July 2006, 1:37 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 >>

Govt meddling in Medical Council elections

Tuesday, 25 July 2006, 10:17 am | New Zealand National Party

The Government's relationship with the medical profession has hit a new low with the Health Minister vetoing the results of the Medical Council's recent elections, says National’s Health spokesman, Tony Ryall. More >>

Maharey bullies teachers into silence

Monday, 24 July 2006, 4:42 pm | New Zealand National Party

Teachers will be scared to speak out about the problems they have managing severe behavioural problems in the classroom because of the Education Minister's blind adherence to political correctness, says National Party Education spokesman Bill English. More >>

Field agitates for return to ministerial job

Monday, 24 July 2006, 1:25 pm | New Zealand National Party

National Party Deputy Leader Gerry Brownlee says disgraced Labour MP Taito Phillip Field wants his ministerial job back and the Prime Minister should clarify if he will ever get that chance. More >>

$2.6m cost of Labour's prisons ideology

Monday, 24 July 2006, 12:40 am | New Zealand National Party

The Labour Government needlessly spent $2.6 million of taxpayers’ money just so it could satisfy its ideological opposition to private prisons, says National’s Law & Order spokesman, Simon Power. More >>

PATHS helps just 0.1% off welfare

Sunday, 23 July 2006, 7:03 pm | New Zealand National Party

National’s Welfare spokeswoman, Judith Collins, is questioning the effectiveness of Labour’s flagship PATHS (Providing Access to Health Solutions) programme after official figures reveal just 0.1% of participants rejoin the workforce. Answers to ... More >>

Agent Orange: Nats want to be consulted

Sunday, 23 July 2006, 7:00 pm | New Zealand National Party

Agent Orange: Nats want to be consulted National’s Veterans Affairs spokeswoman, Judith Collins, has written to the Minister asking that the National Party be consulted as the Government looks to act on the recommendations of the Agent Orange Joint Working ... More >>

Brash: Address to the National Party Conference

Sunday, 23 July 2006, 2:08 pm | New Zealand National Party

Four years ago this week I was elected to serve my country as a National Party Member of the New Zealand Parliament. More >>

A future with choices: Power

Sunday, 23 July 2006, 2:05 pm | New Zealand National Party

The problem facing law and order in this country, as in other areas of government, is a lack of leadership. Issues have been managed, not led. More >>

Keeping agriculture competitive: Carter

Sunday, 23 July 2006, 2:02 pm | New Zealand National Party

The ever-present threat to any export industry is that new, lower-cost producers will compete their way into our markets, driving down prices for all producers. More >>

John Key MP: The pathway to prosperity

Sunday, 23 July 2006, 1:19 pm | New Zealand National Party

For a child, a year is an endlessly long time, but for adults the years seem to flash by at a frightening rate. More >>

Judy Kirk: Address to National70th Conference

Sunday, 23 July 2006, 1:17 pm | New Zealand National Party

This year marks the 70th anniversary of the birth of our great party. I want to commence this 70th annual address by the President by paying tribute to the foundation members of the party, to my predecessor, Sir George Wilson, and Don Brash’s predecessor ... More >>