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Waste bill for Waste Bill huge
Friday, 16 June 2006, 10:23 am | New Zealand National Party
The waste bill arising from Nandor Tanzcos’s Waste Bill will cost New Zealand hundreds of millions of dollars, says National’s Environment spokesman, Nick Smith. More >>
Anderton misleads over Nancy Wake
Friday, 16 June 2006, 9:40 am | New Zealand National Party
Judith Collins MP National Party Veterans Affairs Spokeswoman 15 June 2006 Anderton misleads over Nancy Wake Progressive Leader Jim Anderton has misled the public by claiming that no National MP has ever sought an honour for war hero Nancy Wake, says ... More >>
Barker being bloody-minded over Karori sanctuary
Friday, 16 June 2006, 9:38 am | New Zealand National Party
Internal Affairs Minister Rick Barker’s refusal to review a departmental decision not to grant the Karori Wildlife Sanctuary funding he admits it deserves is sheer bloody-mindedness, says National Party Wellington-based MP Mark Blumsky. In Parliament ... More >>
Small polytechs likely to merge
Friday, 16 June 2006, 9:37 am | New Zealand National Party
Tertiary Education Minister Michael Cullen today signalled that small polytechs are likely to be merged as they face continued financial uncertainty, says National's Education spokesman, Bill English. Dr Cullen was responding to questioning at select ... More >>
Barker more alarming than Civil Defence
Friday, 16 June 2006, 9:37 am | New Zealand National Party
National’s Civil Defence spokesman, John Carter, says Rick Barker’s comments in select committee show his own performance is just as alarming as that of Civil Defence. More >>
Dalziel proves regulation review is just another t
Friday, 16 June 2006, 9:36 am | New Zealand National Party
Dalziel proves regulation review is just another talkfest National Party Commerce spokeswoman, Pansy Wong, says comments by Lianne Dalziel today show the Government’s latest regulation review really is just another talkfest. She is commenting on today’s ... More >>
Labour to wipe $49 million in fines
Friday, 16 June 2006, 9:35 am | New Zealand National Party
Tens of millions of dollars in fines are being wiped because the Government has let the collection system fail, says National’s Law & Order spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
News Worthy - 16 June 2006
Friday, 16 June 2006, 12:03 am | New Zealand National Party
National constantly points out that the present Government is soft on crime. The classic illustration is that the rapist jailed for nine years is eligible for parole after three. More >>
Labour resorts to misinformation on power blackout
Thursday, 15 June 2006, 5:32 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour has become so desperate to avoid responsibility for Monday’s power blackout that it’s resorting to misinformation on both funding and Transpower’s concerns about the Resource Management Act, says National’s Energy spokesman, Nick Smith. More >>
Labour resorts to misinformation on power blackout
Thursday, 15 June 2006, 5:18 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour has become so desperate to avoid responsibility for Monday’s power blackout that it’s resorting to misinformation on both funding and Transpower’s concerns about the Resource Management Act, says National’s Energy spokesman, Nick Smith. More >>
Strike will affect 20,000 patients
Thursday, 15 June 2006, 5:17 pm | New Zealand National Party
Close to 20,000 patients will be affected by the junior doctors' strike, with thousands more likely to be squeezed off hospital waiting lists as a result, says National's Health spokesman, Tony Ryall. More >>
Youth Justice debacle continues
Thursday, 15 June 2006, 5:01 pm | New Zealand National Party
Young offenders are being held in prisons, motels and backpackers because of a shortage of beds in youth justice facilities, say National MPs Anne Tolley and Chester Borrows. More >>
Parliament given chance to fix Whangamata fiasco
Thursday, 15 June 2006, 4:37 pm | New Zealand National Party
National’s Environment Spokesman, Nick Smith, today had his Member’s Bill to uphold the decision of the Environment Court on the Whangamata Marina and permanently remove the veto powers of the Minister of Conservation drawn from the ballot. More >>
Cullen has solution to wage dilemma in his hands
Thursday, 15 June 2006, 4:20 pm | New Zealand National Party
Finance Minister Michael Cullen has always had the ability to ensure workers weren't forced to take a real wage cut, says National Finance spokesman John Key. More >>
Brash hopes snow-hit districts will recover soon
Thursday, 15 June 2006, 4:19 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Leader Don Brash has expressed his hope that South Island districts badly affected by this week's snowstorms will recover soon. More >>
Tumours must be bigger, more disfiguring
Thursday, 15 June 2006, 4:15 pm | New Zealand National Party
Skin cancer patients throughout New Zealand must wait for their tumours to get bigger and more disfiguring before they will get treatment, says National’s Health spokesman, Tony Ryall. More >>
Parliament senses mood for Easter trading change
Thursday, 15 June 2006, 4:08 pm | New Zealand National Party
National MP Jacqui Dean says Parliament’s support for sending two Easter trading Member’s Bills to select committee shows that Parliament has finally caught wind of the strong desire for change within the retail sector. More >>
Picture on digital TV plans still blurry
Thursday, 15 June 2006, 2:45 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Broadcasting spokeswoman Georgina te Heuheu says a clear picture on the plan to introduce digital TV for free-to-air broadcasters is still to emerge. More >>
Kiwis denied a voice in medicines review
Thursday, 15 June 2006, 2:19 pm | New Zealand National Party
Peter Dunne is denying Kiwis an opportunity to express their views about New Zealand's medicines policy, says National Party Associate Health spokeswoman Dr Jackie Blue. More >>
Is Labour looking at new 'tourism tax'?
Thursday, 15 June 2006, 1:35 pm | New Zealand National Party
“Tax mad Labour needs to tell the tourism industry whether it plans to consider a new ‘tourist tax’ being proposed by government-owned Landcare Research,” says National Party Tourism spokesman David Carter. More >>
