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Maharey misleads over NCEA re-marking
Thursday, 8 December 2005, 3:14 pm | New Zealand National Party
National's Education spokesman, Bill English, says Education Minister Steve Maharey has misled the public over the extent of the re-marking of this year's NCEA exam papers. More >>
Leaky homes process burns money while houses rot
Thursday, 8 December 2005, 11:42 am | New Zealand National Party
National's Associate Building & Construction spokesman, Bob Clarkson, says the leaky homes system is sucking up taxpayers' money while people wait in rotting homes for action. More >>
Assurances needed over prison contraband
Thursday, 8 December 2005, 10:32 am | New Zealand National Party
National's Law & Order spokesman, Simon Power, says the Corrections Minister should assure the public that his department is coping with increasing attempts to smuggle drugs and weapons into prisons. More >>
Cullen helps fuel interest rate rise
Thursday, 8 December 2005, 12:50 am | New Zealand National Party
National's Finance spokesman, John Key, says Michael Cullen needs to take his share of responsibility for what is now the ninth interest rate rise in the past two years. More >>
Trespass notices make a joke of Labour assurances
Wednesday, 7 December 2005, 6:38 pm | New Zealand National Party
Nelson MP Nick Smith says Labour's assurances that no one would be charged with trespassing for going onto the foreshore because of Maori claims has proven to be false. More >>
Labour drowned in advice on wananga
Wednesday, 7 December 2005, 6:36 pm | New Zealand National Party
National's Education spokesman, Bill English, says Labour Ministers have ignored advice from as far back as April 2002 about serious problems at te Wänanga o Aotearoa. Mr English today released Ministry of Education papers obtained under the Official ... More >>
Government watchdog had conflict of interest
Wednesday, 7 December 2005, 4:13 pm | New Zealand National Party
National's Education spokesman, Bill English, says the Labour Government paid close to $130,000 to a senior advisor with a conflict of interest over te Wananga o Aotearoa. More >>
Benson-Pope's deceit laid bare
Wednesday, 7 December 2005, 3:53 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Welfare spokeswoman Judith Collins is repeating her calls for David Benson-Pope to resign, after he claimed in Parliament that he instructed his press secretary to tell the truth if asked about the source of material leaked to a Sunday ... More >>
Ryall: Govt must secure pandemic drugs now
Wednesday, 7 December 2005, 11:34 am | New Zealand National Party
National is repeating its call for the Government to start securing additional antibiotic and personal medicines needed during a possible influenza pandemic. “Stocks of two sorts of drugs are needed –beyond Tamiflu,” says National’s Health spokesman, Tony ... More >>
Prisoner tattoo scheme not working
Wednesday, 7 December 2005, 11:20 am | New Zealand National Party
National’s Law & Order spokesman, Simon Power, says the Corrections Department’s tattoo removal scheme has proved to be a waste of $278,000 of taxpayers’ money. He is commenting on replies from the Corrections Minister to questions regarding the ... More >>
Don Brash Writes: 7 December
Wednesday, 7 December 2005, 11:11 am | New Zealand National Party
In my last newsletter I suggested that Winston Peters reminded me of Koko in "The Mikado". A reader has suggested that I had the wrong character from that great Gilbert and Sullivan opera, and that I should have pointed out the close similarity between ... More >>
Volunteers put off by red tape
Wednesday, 7 December 2005, 9:44 am | New Zealand National Party
National MP Jo Goodhew says the goodwill of many voluntary workers is being tested by the red tape Labour has imposed on them. More >>
Two rules exercised in hongi ban
Wednesday, 7 December 2005, 12:04 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Associate Maori Affairs spokesman Tau Henare believes health officials aren’t being even handed with their consideration of a hongi ban during a bird flu pandemic. More >>
Benson-Pope should apologise to police
Tuesday, 6 December 2005, 5:43 pm | New Zealand National Party
National's Law & Order spokesman, Simon Power, says David Benson-Pope should immediately apologise to all police for saying their Southern Commander used 'bozo-ish' language in saying there was a prima facie case against him. More >>
Wananga: Labour backs down
Tuesday, 6 December 2005, 5:37 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Education spokesman Bill English says Labour has today backed away from a decision made in June to sack the governing council of te Wananga o Aotearoa. More >>
National confirms GST error in broadcast spend
Tuesday, 6 December 2005, 4:10 pm | New Zealand National Party
The National Party today confirmed it made an error in the booking of its broadcast radio and television advertising for the 2005 election campaign. More >>
Benson-Pope changes his story
Tuesday, 6 December 2005, 3:31 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Welfare spokeswoman Judith Collins says David Benson-Pope has changed his story on historical assault allegations which he earlier refuted and said were ridiculous. More >>
Another NCEA exam is ‘tweaked’
Monday, 5 December 2005, 10:47 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Education spokesman Bill English says another NCEA exam is being re-marked to adjust pass rates to more acceptable levels. "I have been advised that the marking schedule for Level 3 Biology has been altered a number of times during the marking ... More >>
Collins concerned by apparent privacy breach
Monday, 5 December 2005, 12:09 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party MP Judith Collins says she is concerned by the apparent breach of privacy surrounding the David Benson-Pope police report. More >>
Further explanation sought on NCEA ‘scaling’
Monday, 5 December 2005, 12:07 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Education spokesman Bill English says NZQA will have to provide more detail about how they are massaging results of this year’s NCEA exams. More >>
