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NCEA: students need transparency
Tuesday, 8 November 2005, 1:28 pm | New Zealand National Party
National's Education spokesman, Bill English, says NZQA needs to clear up the confusion it has created about expected pass rates in NCEA. More >>
Minister the real problem with Corrections
Monday, 7 November 2005, 11:33 am | New Zealand National Party
National’s Law & Order spokesman, Simon Power, says the Corrections Department could be in for a long and frustrating time if the performance so far of its new Minister is any indication. “Damien O’Connor seems to be so far out of touch with his portfolio ... More >>
NZQA does quick paint job on NCEA
Monday, 7 November 2005, 11:17 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Education spokesman Bill English says the NZQA has backed down on standards and changed the way NCEA exam papers will be marked to avoid another year of bad publicity. More >>
Aged care offer doesn’t address crisis
Monday, 7 November 2005, 9:51 am | New Zealand National Party
National’s Health spokesman, Tony Ryall, says Labour’s funding offer for private rest homes does nothing to address the crisis in aged care. More >>
Transit still in denial over ‘killer road’
Monday, 7 November 2005, 9:39 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Port Waikato MP Paul Hutchison says Transit and the Labour Government must stop dragging their heels over State Highway Two, dubbed the ‘killer road’. More >>
Minister must close Housing NZ loophole
Monday, 7 November 2005, 9:38 am | New Zealand National Party
“The Housing NZ loophole which has allowed some state house tenants to profiteer off the goodwill of the taxpayer must be closed down,” says National Party Housing spokesman Phil Heatley. More >>
Don Brash pays tribute to Rod Donald
Sunday, 6 November 2005, 6:14 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader Don Brash is paying tribute to Rod Donald after his sudden death overnight. More >>
The Mapp Report: Maori Protocol
Friday, 4 November 2005, 5:25 pm | New Zealand National Party
Members of Parliament regularly get invited to school occasions, especially openings for new buildings in their electorates. We are invited in recognition that we are elected representatives of the people, and of course attendance is expected. Such ... More >>
Crown accounts confirm bulging public sector
Friday, 4 November 2005, 3:32 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Finance spokesman John Key says the Government’s overflowing coffers are helping to disguise a spending blow-out in the public sector. More >>
Time for Corrections Minister to wake up
Friday, 4 November 2005, 3:04 pm | New Zealand National Party
National’s Law & Order spokesman, Simon Power, is calling for Corrections Minister Damien O’Connor to give some sign that he is alert and aware of what is going on in his portfolio. More >>
Bad debts will rise as borrowers borrow more
Friday, 4 November 2005, 2:44 pm | New Zealand National Party
Hon. Bill English MP National Party Education Spokesman & John Key MP National Party Finance Spokesman More >>
www.mccully.co.nz 4 November 2005
Friday, 4 November 2005, 1:42 pm | New Zealand National Party
Revelations around the Judy Bailey/Paul Holmes/Susan Wood sagas have been discomforting indeed for members of the TVNZ board. But not quite as chilling as the news directors received as they assembled for their pompously titled "strategic advance" session ... More >>
Newsworthy 4 November 2005
Friday, 4 November 2005, 11:51 am | New Zealand National Party
Parliament resumes on Monday with a darkening horizon for the Government on a range of fronts including: More >>
Another golden handshake is confirmed
Friday, 4 November 2005, 8:37 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Families spokeswoman Judith Collins says the Ministry of Social Development annual report confirms the golden handshake given to former Families Commission chief executive Claire Austin. More >>
Brash relieves Connell of portfolios
Friday, 4 November 2005, 8:21 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader Don Brash has tonight relieved Rakaia MP Brian Connell of his portfolio responsibilities, following a series of "destructive and ill-disciplined" comments over a long period. More >>
Government spin won’t hide tenancy cuts
Thursday, 3 November 2005, 5:39 pm | New Zealand National Party
National's Building spokesman, Nick Smith, says Labour cannot hide its cuts to provincial tenancy services with spin and half-truths More >>
TVNZ stars in its own reality show
Thursday, 3 November 2005, 3:51 pm | New Zealand National Party
The latest revelations regarding TVNZ now flowing from Susan Wood’s employment case are deeply worrying, says National Party Broadcasting spokeswoman Georgina te Heuheu. More >>
Collins: Review of tikanga urgently needed
Thursday, 3 November 2005, 11:32 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party MP Judith Collins says she supports a proposal for a review of the use of Maori tikanga in the state sector. She is commenting after being asked to sit in the second row of a Maori ceremony celebrating the opening of a new administration ... More >>
Hands Off Donations, Roy Tells Government
Thursday, 3 November 2005, 9:41 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government had a “cheek” in thinking it could take a capital charge out of donations given by Southlanders to fund Southland Hospital’s new MRI scanner. More >>
Alarm at wait-and-see on biosecurity
Thursday, 3 November 2005, 12:07 am | New Zealand National Party
National’s Biosecurity spokesman, Shane Ardern, says the primary production sector should be very worried by the Clark/Peters Government’s sit-and-wait attitude to pest incursions. More >>
