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Labour inflation claim doesn’t stack up

Thursday, 15 September 2005, 12:15 am | New Zealand National Party

National Party Finance spokesman John Key says Labour’s desperate last stand on interest rates does not stack up. More >>

Loans deception calculated and deliberate

Wednesday, 14 September 2005, 4:06 pm | New Zealand National Party

"Trevor Mallard, Michael Cullen and Helen Clark have consistently lied about the cost of their student loan policy," says National Party Education spokesman Bill English. More >>

Treasury confirms National's fear on loans

Wednesday, 14 September 2005, 3:12 pm | New Zealand National Party

National Party Finance spokesman John Key says the Treasury costings released on Labour's last-minute student loans promise confirm National's worst fears. More >>

A Bledisloe test NZ must win

Wednesday, 14 September 2005, 1:49 pm | New Zealand National Party

National Party Leader Don Brash says he is determined to make sure more of our young people can see their future in New Zealand. More >>

Maharey reveals Labour's true agenda

Wednesday, 14 September 2005, 1:48 pm | New Zealand National Party

National's Welfare spokeswoman, Judith Collins, says Steve Maharey has laid his cards on the table by stating that National 'wants a future where people make their own decisions about their own money'. More >>

Labour awash with even more worker taxes

Wednesday, 14 September 2005, 11:07 am | New Zealand National Party

"July tax data shows the Government is yet again awash with cash because of the continuing over-taxation of Kiwi workers," says National Party Finance spokesman John Key. More >>

Clock ticking on loan papers

Wednesday, 14 September 2005, 11:06 am | New Zealand National Party

National Party Finance spokesman John Key says Michael Cullen should tell New Zealanders if he has any intention of releasing all the background papers on Labour's student loan policy before the election. More >>

Tauranga candidate has Party’s backing

Wednesday, 14 September 2005, 12:52 am | New Zealand National Party

“The Party believes the allegations levelled against Mr Clarkson are baseless. Bob Clarkson has been completely up-front with the Party and we back him 100 percent,” National Party President Judy Kirk says. More >>

More questions in Visa-gate

Wednesday, 14 September 2005, 12:31 am | New Zealand National Party

More and more questions are surfacing around the granting of a visa to an overstayer employed by Associate Pacific Island Affairs Minister Taito Philip Field, says National's Immigration spokesman, Tony Ryall. More >>

Key pleased loans papers will be released

Wednesday, 14 September 2005, 12:05 am | New Zealand National Party

National Party Finance spokesman John Key says he is looking forward to analysing the student loans papers which Labour was trying to bury until after the election. More >>

Don Brash visits wananga

Tuesday, 13 September 2005, 1:08 pm | New Zealand National Party

The embattled Te Wananga o Aotearoa has a “great future” with a National Government, according to National Leader Don Brash, who visited the Te Awamutu campus today. More >>

Clark should explain Field allegations

Tuesday, 13 September 2005, 10:07 am | New Zealand National Party

National’s Immigration spokesman, Tony Ryall, says Helen Clark should be explaining allegations around Associate Pacific Island Affairs Minister Taito Philip Field. More >>

Dollar for dollar funding for Mainland Islands

Tuesday, 13 September 2005, 9:14 am | New Zealand National Party

“National will create a $7 million per year ‘Mainland Island’ fund to provide dollar for dollar support for community conservation projects,” National Party leader Don Brash announced at Maungatautari Ecological Island today. More >>

Labour must release Skyhawk sale papers

Tuesday, 13 September 2005, 9:09 am | New Zealand National Party

National's Defence spokesman, John Carter, says Labour should release all the papers concerning the sale of the Air Force strike wing. More >>

Cullen changes tune on petrol prices

Monday, 12 September 2005, 4:16 pm | New Zealand National Party

"Michael Cullen was considering excise tax relief for motorists as recently as October," says National Party Finance spokesman John Key. More >>

Collins' Comments

Monday, 12 September 2005, 2:25 pm | New Zealand National Party

To provide the right incentives for people to stay in New Zealand, work hard and get ahead, we will reduce Labour’s $7 billion surplus by implementing our Fair Tax Plan commencing 1 April 2006, and cutting personal income taxes so that 85% of New ... More >>

National pledges relief on petrol excise

Monday, 12 September 2005, 1:21 pm | New Zealand National Party

A National Government would reduce petrol excise by 5 cents per litre as a means of returning the windfall GST currently being collected on the record high prices of petrol. More >>

www.mccully.co.nz 9 September 2005

Monday, 12 September 2005, 10:44 am | New Zealand National Party

The nation’s unions have launched a final campaign blitz to get their Sisterhood mates across the electoral finish line. Remember, a full 24 of the current government caucus are former union officials. More >>

Brash: Debate the real issues during final days

Monday, 12 September 2005, 10:21 am | New Zealand National Party

National Party Leader Don Brash today issued a challenge to Prime Minister Helen Clark to direct her party to spend the final days of the election campaign debating the issues that are important to New Zealanders. More >>

Hutchison: No appointment after a year of waiting

Monday, 12 September 2005, 10:08 am | New Zealand National Party

National Party Health spokesman Paul Hutchison says a Tauranga woman with multiple sclerosis and a bowel and bladder prolapse has waited more than a year for a surgical appointment with no hope of treatment in sight. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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