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News Worthy - 30 June 2006
Friday, 30 June 2006, 11:12 am | New Zealand National Party
The understandable public anger at the reluctance of the family members of the 3 month old twins killed 18 June 2006 to assist the Police in their inquiries obscures a key element o four justice system. That is the right enshrined in the New Zealand ... More >>
Prison communication fails again
Friday, 30 June 2006, 10:23 am | New Zealand National Party
Communications between management and staff at Manawatu Prison are clearly in a mess, says National’s Law & Order spokesman, Simon Power. He is commenting on a report that prison bosses refused to tell staff that dangerous prisoners were plotting an ... More >>
DHB insider bails out from red tape
Friday, 30 June 2006, 9:56 am | New Zealand National Party
Red tape and bureaucracy in health will only get worse as the pressure grows on the Labour Government, says National’s Health spokesman, Tony Ryall. He is commenting after Waitemata DHB boss Dwayne Crombie announced he was resigning to go private, ... More >>
Don Brash Writes: 30 June 2006
Friday, 30 June 2006, 12:29 am | New Zealand National Party
Last week I made a special visit to families, farmers and community leaders who have been seriously affected by the recent snowstorm in Canterbury. More >>
Prison floor heating excuse beggars belief
Thursday, 29 June 2006, 4:54 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s explanation that it has under-floor heating in its four new prisons because it has to keep the temperature at 16 degrees Celsius beggars belief, says National’s Law & Order spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
Calling Sir Humphrey
Thursday, 29 June 2006, 4:28 pm | New Zealand National Party
No wonder Labour is losing touch with New Zealand - they and their officials are caught up in 'strategic conversations'. Unless you learn how to decipher this chatter you are unlikely to understand what's going on or get a fair hearing when dealing ... More >>
Comment on initial family violence discussions
Thursday, 29 June 2006, 9:37 am | New Zealand National Party
The National Party says it is approaching the initial discussions about a cross-party forum on family violence with an open mind. More >>
People re-offend to go back to warm prisons
Thursday, 29 June 2006, 12:47 am | New Zealand National Party
We know the deterrent value of our prisons is dropping when people are re-offending in the hope that they will be sent back inside, says National’s Law & Order spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
Prisoners get under-floor heating
Wednesday, 28 June 2006, 6:21 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Labour Government has installed under-floor heating in the four new prisons, according to information received by National's Law & Order spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
Video phone giveaway wasteful
Wednesday, 28 June 2006, 4:57 pm | New Zealand National Party
A cell phone giveaway used to entice young people into a smoking cessation programme is wasteful and will be milked for all it’s worth, says National’s Health spokesman, Tony Ryall. More >>
Prostitute breaks into prison
Wednesday, 28 June 2006, 9:56 am | New Zealand National Party
The Corrections Department seem to have as much trouble keeping people out of prison as they do keeping them in, says National's Law & Order spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
Blackout reports raise more questions than answers
Wednesday, 28 June 2006, 9:12 am | New Zealand National Party
National's Energy spokesman, Nick Smith, says Transpower's report into the Auckland blackout leaves many unanswered questions and shows the urgent need to upgrade the grid now. More >>
Concern at funding cuts for new parents
Wednesday, 28 June 2006, 12:53 am | New Zealand National Party
National MP Tau Henare says the decision to cut funding for home-based care for new parents is “remarkable” amid growing concerns about the safety of some children at home. More >>
Labour should come clean over Industrial Research
Tuesday, 27 June 2006, 5:32 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour should come clean over Industrial Research More >>
Report shows Govt needs to learn fiscal discipline
Tuesday, 27 June 2006, 4:32 pm | New Zealand National Party
Treasury's report on long-term fiscal trends out today shows the need to prepare now so we have a stronger economy in the future, says National Finance spokesman John Key. More >>
Ministers conflicted over secret Air NZ meeting
Tuesday, 27 June 2006, 3:41 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Finance spokesman John Key is questioning Finance Minister Michael Cullen's judgment in holding a secret dinner meeting with Air NZ executives a month before the Air NZ-Qantas codeshare plan was revealed. More >>
Horomia roped in on cross-party talks?
Tuesday, 27 June 2006, 9:53 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Maori Affairs spokesman Gerry Brownlee says Parekura Horomia's confusing answers to questions today give rise to speculation that he has been roped in on his call for cross-party talks on child abuse. More >>
Disability inquiry must be thorough
Tuesday, 27 June 2006, 9:49 am | New Zealand National Party
A select committee inquiry into the provision of services to the disabled, including the terms of reference released today, was a consensus unanimously agreed upon, says National’s Disability Issues spokesman, Paul Hutchison. More >>
PlunketLine deserves our support
Tuesday, 27 June 2006, 12:25 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader Don Brash says it’s not too late for Helen Clark to “do the right thing for PlunketLine”. “Helen Clark said she’d fund PlunketLine as a 24-hour-a-day, seven-day-a-week service. Labour’s cruel decision to axe funding is a betrayal of ... More >>
Government should support PlunketLine
Monday, 26 June 2006, 3:28 pm | New Zealand National Party
It's not too late for the Labour Government to restore funding to Plunket's telephone service for Kiwi parents, says National’s Health spokesman, Tony Ryall. More >>
