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Patients struck off second waiting list
Wednesday, 19 April 2006, 10:42 am | New Zealand National Party
Thousands more sick patients are being quietly dumped from a second waiting list every month as the elective surgery crisis deepens, says National's Health spokesman, Tony Ryall. More >>
Easter trading laws need updating
Tuesday, 18 April 2006, 11:53 am | New Zealand National Party
National MP Jacqui Dean says Easter trading legislation must be amended before there is yet another round of “pointless prosecutions”. More >>
Dog law will fail without council support
Tuesday, 18 April 2006, 11:52 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Local Government spokesman John Carter says Labour’s micro-chipping law will fail without the support of the councils that are expected to enforce it. More >>
Increase in beneficiaries claiming help for cars
Tuesday, 18 April 2006, 11:40 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Welfare spokeswoman Judith Collins has released figures showing the number of beneficiaries receiving taxpayer-funded assistance for car repayments and running costs have rocketed under Labour. More >>
National seeks to widen HNZ probe
Tuesday, 18 April 2006, 10:12 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Housing spokesman Phil Heatley has written to the Auditor-General in a bid to get the probe into Housing New Zealand widened. More >>
Prisoners working less under Labour
Monday, 17 April 2006, 1:28 pm | New Zealand National Party
Corrections Minister Damien O’Connor should explain to the public why prison work programmes have been allowed to deteriorate so badly, says National’s Law & Order spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
Public have little confidence in tertiary sector
Monday, 17 April 2006, 12:30 am | New Zealand National Party
If the Government expects taxpayers to keep paying more and more for tertiary education, it will have to act quickly to boost public confidence in the sector, says National's Education spokesman, Bill English. More >>
NZ should take notice of party pill research
Monday, 17 April 2006, 12:27 am | New Zealand National Party
News that New Zealand research may lead to a complete ban on party bills containing benzylpiperazine (BZP) in Australia shows the urgent need to take the research seriously, says National MP Jacqui Dean. More >>
$11 million for landscaping at prisons
Monday, 17 April 2006, 12:26 am | New Zealand National Party
National's Law & Order spokesman, Simon Power, says he is astounded that landscaping at New Zealand's four newest prisons will be more than $11 million. More >>
Complaint lodged over Treaty committee
Saturday, 15 April 2006, 11:47 am | New Zealand National Party
A complaint has been lodged with the Human Rights Commission over a Manukau City Council (MCC) decision that National Party Leader Don Brash says "marginalises Maori and defies democracy". More >>
Book exposes Government forestry industry mess
Thursday, 13 April 2006, 4:23 pm | New Zealand National Party
National MP Nick Smith today launched a new book, 'The Great Wood Robbery? Political Bumbling Ruins NZ Forestry,' authored by Dr Lindsay Poole, Hamish Levack and Julian Bateson, at the Royal Society in Wellington. More >>
National to require campervan holding tanks
Thursday, 13 April 2006, 4:20 pm | New Zealand National Party
National will require all new campervans to have sewerage holding tanks to address the growing problem of roadside pollution, says National's Environment spokesman, Nick Smith. More >>
Medicines strategy: What's the hold-up?
Thursday, 13 April 2006, 3:14 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government's attempt to review its medicines strategy is "a day late and a dollar short," says National Party Associate Health spokeswoman Dr Jackie Blue. More >>
Sign the Plunket petition and force a backdown
Thursday, 13 April 2006, 11:16 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader Don Brash is urging New Zealanders to sign the petition which aims to force a Labour backdown on the decision to axe funding for the PlunketLine service. More >>
News Worthy - 13 April 2006
Thursday, 13 April 2006, 9:53 am | New Zealand National Party
Controversy erupted following the acquittal of three police officers on rape allegations brought by Louise Nicholas. Two of the officers have left the force. More >>
Corrections finally tells truth about contraband
Thursday, 13 April 2006, 9:31 am | New Zealand National Party
The Corrections Department has finally been forced to tell the truth about the amount of contraband being smuggled into prisons, says National’s Law & Order spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
Only the tip of the waiting-list iceberg
Thursday, 13 April 2006, 12:06 am | New Zealand National Party
Many hundreds of sick New Zealanders are being dumped from waiting lists every month as the elective surgery crisis worsens, says National's Health spokesman, Tony Ryall. More >>
Hodgson must explain
Wednesday, 12 April 2006, 3:39 pm | New Zealand National Party
Health Minister Pete Hodgson must explain why Hawke's Bay District Health Board has been forced to dump 1,800 patients off its waiting lists to see a specialist, says National's Health spokesman, Tony Ryall. More >>
Police taking longer to investigate burglaries
Wednesday, 12 April 2006, 2:28 pm | New Zealand National Party
The percentage of burglaries attended by police within 24 hours is getting worse, says National's Law & Order spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
Power savings campaign needed now
Wednesday, 12 April 2006, 11:42 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader Don Brash today called on the Labour Government to immediately launch a comprehensive public electricity savings campaign. More >>
