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Pansyspeak: Immigration minus the service
Friday, 10 March 2006, 2:59 pm | New Zealand National Party
Slowly and quietly, Immigration New Zealand has crept in to replace the New Zealand Immigration Service as the name of choice for the department, despite the latter still being used on official letterheads and it also being known to the public as ... More >>
Court awards costs against Peters
Friday, 10 March 2006, 2:11 pm | New Zealand National Party
Tauranga MP Bob Clarkson has welcomed the decision of the High Court to order NZ First leader Winston Peters to pay $40,000 in costs following Mr Peters' failed election petition. More >>
Newsworthy: Vandalism - culture or vandalism
Friday, 10 March 2006, 10:38 am | New Zealand National Party
Graffiti is one of the curses of an urban community. Curiously (and unfortunately) the response of local government to the issue is uncoordinated. More >>
Worrying ethnic trends in coastal plunder
Friday, 10 March 2006, 10:27 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Fisheries spokesman Phil Heatley says official figures on the ethnic make-up of those found guilty of fisheries breaches appear to show a worrying trend. More >>
Still no evidence of how merger will help kids
Friday, 10 March 2006, 12:22 am | New Zealand National Party
"Labour has yet to provide the evidence to show how the creation of a giant bureaucracy will benefit the at-risk children currently being looked after by CYF," says National Party Welfare spokeswoman Judith Collins. More >>
Corrections' trail of incompetence
Thursday, 9 March 2006, 6:49 pm | New Zealand National Party
A report on the planning and building of New Zealand's four newest prisons reveals an astounding trail of incompetence and mismanagement by the Corrections Department, says National's Law & Order spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
Corrections hiding true extent of contraband
Thursday, 9 March 2006, 2:16 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Corrections Department seems to be hiding the true extent of contraband entering prisons because it is embarrassed by the amount getting in, says National's Law & Order spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
Brash pays tribute to Sir Brian Barratt-Boyes
Thursday, 9 March 2006, 2:14 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader Don Brash today paid tribute to New Zealand heart surgeon Sir Brian Barratt-Boyes. More >>
Report on Transmission Gully should be the last
Thursday, 9 March 2006, 12:42 am | New Zealand National Party
The National Party's Wellington-based MPs are challenging Wellington-based Labour MPs to back the recommendations in the Transit-Greater Wellington regional council hearing sub-committee report into Transmission Gully. "There are now very high expectations ... More >>
Jacqui Dean's Advertising Complaint Upheld
Wednesday, 8 March 2006, 2:28 pm | New Zealand National Party
Posters using a fictional children's character to promote the sale of party pills have been removed around the country following a complaint laid by Otago National Party MP Jacqui Dean. More >>
Labour makes second U-turn on prisons
Wednesday, 8 March 2006, 1:55 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Labour Government has been embarrassed into making its second major U-turn in its prisons policy in as many months, says National’s Law & Order spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
Who will take responsibility when lights go out?
Wednesday, 8 March 2006, 12:41 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader Don Brash is laying blame for the threat of a looming electricity shortage this winter at the feet of the Labour Government. More >>
Ministerial veto destroys RMA credibility
Tuesday, 7 March 2006, 4:55 pm | New Zealand National Party
National's Environment spokesman, Nick Smith, says Chris Carter has made an absolute mockery of the resource consent process by canning the Whangamata Marina project after it was given the green light last October. More >>
Police review a golden opportunity
Tuesday, 7 March 2006, 4:48 pm | New Zealand National Party
National supports anything that improves the working conditions of police officers, and the review of the Police Act, with its public consultation phase, provides the opportunity to do that, says National's Law & Order spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
Labour in a total muddle over prisons
Tuesday, 7 March 2006, 2:18 pm | New Zealand National Party
It is time the Government admitted it has no idea what is happening to prisoner numbers, and that they could blow out well beyond forecasts, says National's Law & Order spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
No homework done on CYF/MSD merger
Tuesday, 7 March 2006, 1:40 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Welfare spokeswoman Judith Collins is startled by the lack of planning and analysis on the merger of Child Youth and Family with the Ministry of Social Development. More >>
Brash applauds Oscar successes
Tuesday, 7 March 2006, 10:15 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader Don Brash has congratulated New Zealand's Oscar winners and nominees, saying this year's success will cement New Zealand's place as a nation of great film-making talent. More >>
NZ needs to climb out of third division
Tuesday, 7 March 2006, 9:13 am | New Zealand National Party
New Zealand shouldn't settle for small-island mediocrity and should aim to rise out of the third division of the world's economies, says National's Finance spokesman, John Key. More >>
John Key: Speech to West Harbour Rotary Club
Monday, 6 March 2006, 6:28 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Chinese have declared 2006 the Year of the Dog but from my perspective I think it should be the Year of the Economy. For our country's sake I hope the two aren't related, although I am somewhat fearful they will be. More >>
Chris Carter must make right decision
Monday, 6 March 2006, 4:41 pm | New Zealand National Party
Conservation Minister Chris Carter must not ignore a ruling reached after a decade’s worth of legal wrangling when he announces the fate of the proposed Whangamata marina tomorrow, says National Party Coromandel MP Sandra Goudie. More >>
