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NCEA: Ministry gave no advice on changes
Friday, 16 December 2005, 10:33 am | New Zealand National Party
National's Education spokesman, Bill English, says it's no wonder NZQA's move to re-mark exams to reach predetermined pass rates has been messy, when the Government's own policy agency has given no advice on the matter. More >>
Survey a cry for help from frontline police
Friday, 16 December 2005, 9:32 am | New Zealand National Party
National's Law & Order spokesman, Simon Power, says the Minister of Police must listen to what frontline police are saying or even more of them will leave. More >>
Bill English's 2005 Annual Awards
Friday, 16 December 2005, 12:05 am | New Zealand National Party
Biggest Winners: NZUSA scooped the pool with interest-free loans. Now there's no money for anyone. So much for Labour's commitment to quality education. More >>
National pleased with Tauranga decision
Thursday, 15 December 2005, 2:36 pm | New Zealand National Party
The National Party says it is pleased with the decision of the High Court to confirm Bob Clarkson as the properly elected local MP. “Mr Clarkson campaigned with integrity. He won Tauranga fair and square,” says National Party Leader Don Brash. More >>
Bob Clarkson delighted at result
Thursday, 15 December 2005, 1:13 pm | New Zealand National Party
The National Party MP for Tauranga Bob Clarkson says he is pleased the High Court has found in his favour in the Tauranga election case. More >>
Brash: white supremacist group ‘anti-Kiwi’
Thursday, 15 December 2005, 9:52 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader Don Brash has attacked a poster campaign inciting racial violence as “anti-Kiwi”. More >>
Claiming costs against leaky homeowners “callous”
Thursday, 15 December 2005, 9:10 am | New Zealand National Party
National’s Building and Housing spokesman, Nick Smith, says it is “callous and indefensible” for owners of leaky homes to be further punished by being left to foot the bill for the Crown’s legal costs. More >>
Breast and prostate cancer patients in crossfire
Thursday, 15 December 2005, 8:40 am | New Zealand National Party
Breast and prostate cancer patients will be the losers if Pharmac plays off drug companies Abbot Laboratories and AstraZeneca against each other, says National’s Associate Health spokeswoman, Dr Jackie Blue. More >>
ACC monopoly model causes levy increases
Wednesday, 14 December 2005, 5:35 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government's increase in ACC levies for the self employed is yet another nail in the coffin of many New Zealand businesses, says National's ACC spokesman, Paul Hutchison. More >>
Bad news for self-employed this Christmas
Wednesday, 14 December 2005, 4:33 pm | New Zealand National Party
"Labour's giving the self-employed another kick in the guts this Christmas," says National Party Small Business spokeswoman Katherine Rich. More >>
No wonder police won't stay
Wednesday, 14 December 2005, 10:05 am | New Zealand National Party
National’s Law & Order spokesman, Simon Power, says it is no wonder the Police are finding it so hard to retain and replace frontline officers when their human resources practices are in such a shambles. More >>
Who is our $800,000 cop?
Wednesday, 14 December 2005, 9:27 am | New Zealand National Party
National’s Law & Order spokesman, Simon Power, says the public has a right to know which officer in the New Zealand Police was paid more than $800,000 in the 2004-05 financial year. More >>
Last straw for Benson-Pope
Wednesday, 14 December 2005, 9:24 am | New Zealand National Party
“How many chances is Helen Clark going to give David Benson-Pope?” asks National Party Welfare spokeswoman Judith Collins. She is commenting on Mr Benson-Pope’s latest retraction, delivered to Parliament late last night after earlier denying he had ... More >>
Minister turns blind eye to roading crisis
Wednesday, 14 December 2005, 8:44 am | New Zealand National Party
National’s Transport spokesman, Maurice Williamson, says Transport Minister David Parker showed today just how out of touch he is with the roading crisis. More >>
Prisons report shows National was right
Wednesday, 14 December 2005, 12:05 am | New Zealand National Party
National’s Law & Order spokesman, Simon Power, says the Ombudsman’s report on the Corrections Department confirms what National has been saying all along about overcrowding and a decline in the employment hours of inmates. More >>
CTU wants tax change now
Tuesday, 13 December 2005, 4:23 pm | New Zealand National Party
"Labour has faced an embarrassing attack from within on the issue of tax threshold changes," says National Party Finance spokesman John Key. More >>
NCEA: more evidence of re-marking
Tuesday, 13 December 2005, 4:21 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Education spokesman Bill English today released a further two emails from NCEA markers claiming there is pressure to pass students who would otherwise have failed, in order to reach required pass rates as dictated by the NZQA. More >>
Clark takes cavalier approach to Benson-Pope
Tuesday, 13 December 2005, 4:04 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Welfare spokeswoman Judith Collins is sceptical about David Benson-Pope's claim in Parliament that he has had no contact with the Prime Minister's office over the handling of a police report into historic assault allegations. More >>
NCEA: English backs markers
Tuesday, 13 December 2005, 8:33 am | New Zealand National Party
National’s Education spokesman, Bill English, says NCEA exam markers believe they are being asked to mark to predetermined pass rates even if the NZQA does not. More >>
Clark contradicts herself on lame duck Minister
Monday, 12 December 2005, 11:24 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party MP Judith Collins wants to know how the Prime Minister is now making claims about the substance of a police report she says she isn't going to read. More >>
