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Shame of 10-year-olds on party pills
Thursday, 22 June 2006, 12:36 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party MP Jacqui Dean says reports today of kids as young as 10 getting adults to buy them party pills should put fresh urgency into the push to toughen up the rules around the legal highs. More >>
HNZ resists transparency
Thursday, 22 June 2006, 12:34 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Housing spokesman Phil Heatley is disappointed with an 'ill-advised' outburst by Housing New Zealand Chairman Pat Snedden at the Social Services Select Committee. More >>
National releases terror list
Wednesday, 21 June 2006, 5:20 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Foreign Affairs and Defence spokesman Murray McCully has released a list of the 88 terrorist entities designated by the Australian Government which have not been designated as terrorist entities in New Zealand. More >>
Karori Sanctuary: vital criteria not available
Wednesday, 21 June 2006, 4:39 pm | New Zealand National Party
National MP Mark Blumsky says Karori Wildlife Sanctuary's application for funding failed because vital criteria information was not made available. More >>
ACC levy: part-timers all liars
Wednesday, 21 June 2006, 4:24 pm | New Zealand National Party
National's ACC spokesman, Paul Hutchison, wants answers as to why ACC is charging a full-time ACC levy for people who list themselves as self-employed part-timers. More >>
Appointment of Judge of the High Court
Wednesday, 21 June 2006, 4:22 pm | New Zealand National Party
Lynton Laurence Stevens QC has been appointed a Judge of the High Court, Attorney-General, Michael Cullen, announced today. More >>
Fewer, not more, cops on the beat
Wednesday, 21 June 2006, 4:15 pm | New Zealand National Party
Latest Police figures reveal there were fewer frontline police in May than at the beginning of the Government's financial year, says National's Law and Order spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
After-tax wages in Oz more than pre-tax in NZ
Wednesday, 21 June 2006, 3:34 pm | New Zealand National Party
National says the yawning chasm in after-tax incomes between New Zealand and Australia is about to get even wider. More >>
No inquiry but more questions for HNZ
Wednesday, 21 June 2006, 3:09 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Housing spokesman Phil Heatley is disappointed there won't be a formal select committee inquiry into Housing New Zealand, but is comfortable that more questions are being asked of the corporation. More >>
Chaotic Corrections pays $2m in bonuses
Wednesday, 21 June 2006, 1:47 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Corrections Department and its Minister remain in a constant state of denial over their performance, says National’s Law & Order spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
Judith Tizard must wake up
Wednesday, 21 June 2006, 10:55 am | New Zealand National Party
"Judith Tizard should stop digging and just recommend some changes to the selection criteria for the next Venice Biennale," says National Party Associate Arts, Culture and Heritage spokesman Chris Finlayson. More >>
Patients suffer at hands of squabbling bureaucrats
Wednesday, 21 June 2006, 10:44 am | New Zealand National Party
Patients are missing out on a vital cancer service while health bureaucrats continue to squabble, says National's Health spokesman, Tony Ryall. More >>
Labour drags chain on protecting investors
Wednesday, 21 June 2006, 9:47 am | New Zealand National Party
The receivership of Provincial Finance has highlighted Labour's lack of action in the financial services sector, says National's Commerce spokeswoman, Pansy Wong. More >>
Waiting list cull: a further 16,000 may go
Wednesday, 21 June 2006, 12:56 am | New Zealand National Party
Up to 16,000 more patients face being culled from hospital waiting lists, according to the Ministry of Health. More >>
Slash and burn at NZQA
Wednesday, 21 June 2006, 12:31 am | New Zealand National Party
NZQA is slashing $9 million from its $79 million budget so it can recover from a large budget blowout in the past financial year, says National's Education spokesman, Bill English. More >>
Brits poaching Kiwi social workers
Wednesday, 21 June 2006, 12:09 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Welfare spokeswoman Judith Collins says she fears many frontline social workers will be tempted to take up offers of big pay cheques in the UK and Australia. More >>
Family group conferences not working for too many
Tuesday, 20 June 2006, 5:10 pm | New Zealand National Party
Family group conferences are not working for too many young offenders, with latest figures showing some are attending up to eight meetings with little or no result, says National's Law & Order spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
Tizard 'toothless' on biennale farce
Tuesday, 20 June 2006, 4:17 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Associate Arts, Culture and Heritage spokesman Chris Finlayson says Labour has shown itself to be "utterly toothless over the farce that was our last contribution to the prestigious Venice Biennale". More >>
Bad news report withheld
Tuesday, 20 June 2006, 3:06 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Welfare spokeswoman Judith Collins says Ruth Dyson should release a CYF report on child homicides. More >>
Corrections Bill: National supports first reading
Tuesday, 20 June 2006, 2:10 pm | New Zealand National Party
The National Party is to support, to first reading, the bill of Green Party MP Sue Bradford which allows female inmates to care for and breastfeed babies in prison. More >>
