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Christopher Luxon - Unleashing Enterprise So Kiwis Can Get Ahead
Monday, 2 May 2022, 1:48 pm | New Zealand National Party
Kia ora tātou. Nau mai, haere mai. Welcome and thank you to each of you for being here. A special thank you to the EMA Forum Series for hosting us this afternoon. Thank you to Andrew Hunt, Brett O’Riley, Alan McDonald and all of your team for ... More >>
National’s Economic Approach Will Help Kiwis Get Ahead
Monday, 2 May 2022, 1:47 pm | New Zealand National Party
New Zealand needs a new economic approach so that Kiwis stop falling further behind and have opportunities to start getting ahead, Opposition Leader Christopher Luxon says. “This Government has no plan for the economy except to spend more money. ... More >>
Kiwis Can’t Trust Labour On Tax
Monday, 2 May 2022, 10:16 am | New Zealand National Party
New Zealanders could face new taxes after the Prime Minister today refused to rule out a wealth tax, National’s Finance Spokesperson Nicola Willis says. “Despite telling New Zealanders during the 2020 election that she would not implement a wealth ... More >>
Too Little, Too Late For Truancy Epidemic
Monday, 2 May 2022, 8:27 am | New Zealand National Party
Today’s announcement is a panicked reaction that will do little to arrest the truancy epidemic that has exploded under Labour’s watch, National’s Education spokesperson Erica Stanford says. “Under this Government, the number of students ... More >>
Sam Uffindell Selected As National’s Tauranga Candidate
Sunday, 1 May 2022, 6:51 pm | New Zealand National Party
Sam Uffindell has been selected by local party members as National’s candidate in the upcoming Tauranga by-election. Mr Uffindell is currently the Head of Financial Economic Crime for Rabobank and owns a small agribusiness based in the Bay of Plenty. ... More >>
Struggling Kiwis Invited To Share Their Stories
Saturday, 30 April 2022, 2:47 pm | New Zealand National Party
Kiwis are being invited to share their stories about how soaring prices are affecting them, National Party Leader Christopher Luxon says. “New Zealand is in the midst of a cost of living crisis. Inflation is already at the highest level in over 30 ... More >>
Victims Miss Out Again Under Labour
Saturday, 30 April 2022, 1:18 pm | New Zealand National Party
The revelation that fewer than 70 cases have been supported by the Government’s strangulation initiative means hundreds of victims have missed out on support they were promised, National’s Justice spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. “$20 million ... More >>
Waste Of Space For Cancelled Cycle Bridge
Saturday, 30 April 2022, 1:06 pm | New Zealand National Party
Transport Minister Michael Wood has been wasting more money on the Auckland cycle bridge despite it being cancelled, National’s Transport spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “The Labour Government signed a lease on a huge office for cycle bridge staff ... More >>
Govt Needs A Plan To Boost Mental Health Workforce
Friday, 29 April 2022, 1:31 pm | New Zealand National Party
Despite the Government announcing $1.9 billion for mental health, the state of New Zealand’s mental health services is worse now than it was when Labour took office, National’s Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Spokesperson Matt Doocey says. ... More >>
Three Waters Tweaks Won’t Fix Broken Agenda
Friday, 29 April 2022, 11:41 am | New Zealand National Party
Labour needs to accept that their Three Waters agenda is well past saving and the tweaks they’ve made today do nothing to address the key concerns communities have about the reforms, National’s Local Government Spokesperson Simon Watts says. “Even ... More >>
Canning Discriminatory Rotorua Bill The Right Move
Thursday, 28 April 2022, 6:16 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour has predictably started backpedalling on the discriminatory Rotorua District Council Bill but rather than just pressing pause, they need to can the whole thing now, National’s Justice Spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. “The Rotorua District ... More >>
State Housing Waitlist Hits New High
Thursday, 28 April 2022, 2:29 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour has broken its own record for the number of people on the state housing waitlist, with the latest monthly data release showing that 26,868 people are now languishing on the waitlist, National’s Housing Spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “More and ... More >>
Labour Not Interested In Accountability
Thursday, 28 April 2022, 10:09 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s continued lack of transparency is hurting New Zealand’s democracy and shows the Government believes it isn’t accountable to the New Zealand public, Opposition Leader Christopher Luxon says. “Labour has grown arrogant and is using ... More >>
Port Investigation Should Also Look At Regulations
Wednesday, 27 April 2022, 4:02 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Transport spokesperson Simeon Brown welcomes today’s announcement that the Transport Accident Investigation Commission will investigate port safety in New Zealand but says the Government should also look at health and safety regulations. ... More >>
Court Confirms MIQ Was State Sponsored Cruelty
Wednesday, 27 April 2022, 4:00 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Grounded Kiwis court ruling is a victory for the many Kiwis who wanted to come home and couldn’t because of the lottery of human misery that was the MIQ system, National Party spokesperson for Covid-19 Response Chris Bishop says. “Justice Mallon ... More >>
Auckland Cycle Bridge – Cancelled, Or Not?
Tuesday, 26 April 2022, 2:55 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government needs to explain why it has held onto $12 million worth of property acquisitions in Northcote six months after the Auckland cycle bridge was supposedly cancelled last year, says National’s Transport Spokesperson Simeon Brown. “Aucklanders ... More >>
Robertson Dissembles On Rotorua Bill
Tuesday, 26 April 2022, 11:23 am | New Zealand National Party
Grant Robertson’s comments this morning will leave Kiwis confused about Labour’s plans to change the nature of our democracy, National’s Justice spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. “Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson told RNZ this morning, ‘No ... More >>
Failing Flexi-Wage Entrenches Benefit Dependency
Monday, 25 April 2022, 4:35 pm | New Zealand National Party
The failure of Labour’s centrepiece jobs promise to deliver for long-term unemployed people will only exacerbate benefit dependency, National’s Social Development and Employment spokesperson Louise Upston says. “While businesses across New Zealand ... More >>
U-turn Coming For Discriminatory Rotorua Local Bill?
Sunday, 24 April 2022, 3:28 pm | New Zealand National Party
Willie Jackson’s comments today on the discriminatory Rotorua District Council bill suggest Labour is rightly considering a U-turn, National’s Justice spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. “The Rotorua District Council (Representation Arrangements) ... More >>
Health Reforms – Here Comes The Bureaucracy
Saturday, 23 April 2022, 1:29 pm | New Zealand National Party
The race is on for which Labour minister can build the biggest bureaucracy, spend more money and yet have worse outcomes and Andrew Little’s health reforms announcement this week clearly puts him in front, National Health Spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says ... More >>
