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The Mapp Report: Getting Real on Rates
Monday, 21 November 2005, 11:17 am | New Zealand National Party
North Shore residents are facing rate rises of almost 7% even though many millions of dollars have already been spent by the North Shore City Council to improve the regions storm water and water supply facilities. More >>
Labour lets dangerous 111 situation drag on
Monday, 21 November 2005, 11:07 am | New Zealand National Party
National’s Law & Order spokesman, Simon Power, says it is imperative the Clark/Peters Government acts urgently to restore public confidence in the police by bolstering resources. More >>
Is Parliament ready for a bird flu pandemic?
Monday, 21 November 2005, 8:25 am | New Zealand National Party
National has today written to the Prime Minister and constitutional advisers asking how Parliament will operate in the event of a bird flu pandemic. More >>
Power: 30% of all police pursuits abandoned
Monday, 21 November 2005, 8:24 am | New Zealand National Party
National’s Law and Order spokesman, Simon Power, says around 30% of all police pursuits conducted in the past year have been abandoned. More >>
Corrections must look to private sector
Monday, 21 November 2005, 8:23 am | New Zealand National Party
National’s Law and Order spokesman, Simon Power, says the Labour Government is running a seriously stretched prison system and is almost out of options to fix it. More >>
Housing Minister Can Do Better
Friday, 18 November 2005, 5:24 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Housing spokesman, Phil Heatley, says the Housing Minister needs to answer a few more questions about the alleged large-scale immigration scam being run out of a state house in Hastings. More >>
Report shows police desperately short of staff
Friday, 18 November 2005, 5:15 pm | New Zealand National Party
National’s Law & Order spokesman, Simon Power, says it is clear from the police briefing to the incoming minister that the department is desperately short of staff in most areas. More >>
Maharey abuses ministerial position
Friday, 18 November 2005, 3:26 pm | New Zealand National Party
National’s Education spokesman, Bill English, says Steve Maharey abused his position as Broadcasting Minister by asking journalists at Radio New Zealand not to report on the NZQA’s briefing to the incoming minister. More >>
National action helps save taxpayer money
Friday, 18 November 2005, 11:57 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party State Services spokesman Gerry Brownlee says he is pleased that National Party intervention in the Paula Tyler recruitment case will lead to changes in the way top public servants are hired. More >>
All is not well with NZQA, NCEA
Friday, 18 November 2005, 11:11 am | New Zealand National Party
National’s Education spokesman, Bill English, says post-election briefing papers confirm the worst kept secret in the education system – NCEA is in trouble and NZQA is in no shape to fix it. More >>
Health money spent on rugby tickets
Friday, 18 November 2005, 11:10 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party MP Katherine Rich wants a better explanation from the Ministry about why health money was used to buy rugby tickets. More >>
Public get the mushroom treatment on NCEA
Friday, 18 November 2005, 9:24 am | New Zealand National Party
National’s Education spokesman, Bill English, says Labour is hiding ministerial briefing papers that paint a very negative picture of the NCEA and NZQA. More >>
Cup presents huge opportunity to showcase NZ
Friday, 18 November 2005, 9:03 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader Don Brash says securing the 2011 Rugby World Cup presents a great opportunity for New Zealand. More >>
News Worthy No. 54
Friday, 18 November 2005, 12:32 am | New Zealand National Party
Justice delayed is justice denied; Reducing crime by urban design; Preventive approaches to the escalating health bill; The failure of immigration policy More >>
Answers needed from Housing NZ
Friday, 18 November 2005, 12:21 am | New Zealand National Party
National’s Housing spokesman, Phil Heatley, says Housing New Zealand needs to explain how a large-scale immigration scam was being run from one of its state houses in Hastings without it knowing. More >>
So what's gonna give?
Thursday, 17 November 2005, 3:37 pm | New Zealand National Party
"Michael Cullen's given the strongest hint yet that the tax threshold changes promised in the last Budget will be off the agenda if Labour accepts Treasury's advice to sort out the carbon tax," says National Party Finance spokesman John Key. More >>
Barker fails to front over passport profits
Thursday, 17 November 2005, 3:28 pm | New Zealand National Party
Internal Affairs Minister Rick Barker has failed to explain how he will spend the around $20 million a year profit from new e-passports, says National’s Internal Affairs spokeswoman, Sandra Goudie. More >>
Dunne buys into Labour policy on parent debt
Thursday, 17 November 2005, 1:54 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Welfare spokeswoman Judith Collins says she is disappointed Revenue Minister Peter Dunne plans to proceed with the “anything but commonsense policy” to write off half a billion dollars in liable parent debt. More >>
John Carter doing well after surgery
Thursday, 17 November 2005, 11:56 am | New Zealand National Party
National MP John Carter says he is feeling “pretty good” after a successful bowel operation. Mr Carter was recently diagnosed with an early, isolated case of bowel cancer. He had surgery, known as a laparoscopic assisted anterior resection, on Monday ... More >>
National Education
Thursday, 17 November 2005, 10:48 am | New Zealand National Party
Now We Are Five; And They Are Two Or IS It Four; NCEA Again; Good Polytechs Going Broke; Request for Political Correctness More >>
