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Labour Needs To Face Up To Kids Living In Cars
Tuesday, 2 August 2022, 4:02 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government continues to bury its head in the sand over families and kids living in cars, National’s Housing Spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “Housing Minister Megan Woods said in June 2021 that ‘what we don’t have is people living on the ... More >>
Gerry Brownlee To Go List Only In 2023
Tuesday, 2 August 2022, 4:01 pm | New Zealand National Party
Hon Gerry Brownlee has today announced that he will stand for National in 2023 as a board-nominee to the party list, and he won’t be contesting the Ilam seat. “It has been a privilege to represent the people of Ilam as their MP from 1996 to 2020, ... More >>
Removing Children’s Commissioner Will Be Harmful
Tuesday, 2 August 2022, 3:47 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour’s plan to remove the Children’s Commissioner will put an increasing number of young people in harm's way, National's Children spokesperson Harete Hipango says. “A new report has found that the Government’s plan to incorporate the Independent ... More >>
Health Announcement Rushed And Incomplete
Tuesday, 2 August 2022, 2:26 pm | New Zealand National Party
Health Minister Andrew Little’s stubborn refusal to get nurses the same immigration treatment as multimedia specialists and surveyors means New Zealanders are missing out on health care, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. “Minister ... More >>
Auditor-General Should Probe COL Payments
Tuesday, 2 August 2022, 1:04 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Auditor-General should investigate the nature and scale of cost of living payments the Government has made to supposedly ineligible recipients, and determine whether taxpayer funds have been used without the proper authority of Parliament, National’s ... More >>
Cost Of Living Payment Going To Foreign Taxpayers
Sunday, 31 July 2022, 7:38 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour’s Band Aid cost of living payment is so badly designed that people living and paying tax in other countries woke up this morning to a letter from IRD saying Kiwis’ cash is on its way, National’s Finance spokesperson Nicola Willis says. ... More >>
People Living In Cars Has Quadrupled Under Labour
Sunday, 31 July 2022, 7:36 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour’s housing policy failures have led to a huge increase in the number of Kiwis living in their cars, National’s Housing Spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “Despite claiming they would fix New Zealand’s housing crisis, the number of ... More >>
People Living In Cars Has Quadrupled Under Labour
Sunday, 31 July 2022, 7:35 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour’s housing policy failures have led to a huge increase in the number of Kiwis living in their cars, National’s Housing Spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “Despite claiming they would fix New Zealand’s housing crisis, the number of ... More >>
National Will Restore Equal Voting Rights
Sunday, 31 July 2022, 1:36 pm | New Zealand National Party
A National Government will restore the basic principle that all New Zealanders have equal voting rights, National’s Justice spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. “It’s astounding that any party should have to make such a promise – given most Kiwis ... More >>
Andrew Little’s Only Defence Is Incompetence
Friday, 29 July 2022, 3:40 pm | New Zealand National Party
Health Minister Andrew Little’s claims over urgent warnings from the health sector are either misleading or he is admitting he is incompetent, National’s Health Spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. Earlier this month National revealed an urgent letter on behalf ... More >>
Govt Report Shows Labour Failing On Road Safety
Friday, 29 July 2022, 2:18 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government is failing to deliver against its own road safety measures according to its 2021 Road to Zero Monitoring Report released yesterday, National’s Transport Spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “Instead of building high quality safe roads, Labour ... More >>
Minister In Denial About The 21 New Houses Built
Thursday, 28 July 2022, 4:07 pm | New Zealand National Party
Peeni Henare can deny it all he likes but the facts show Kainga Ora has built just 21 net new state houses in the last year, National’s Housing Spokesperson Chris Bishop says. Answering questions on behalf of Housing Minister Megan Woods, Associate ... More >>
One In Four Kiwis Struggling To Get By Under Labour
Thursday, 28 July 2022, 12:36 pm | New Zealand National Party
Under Labour’s watch, one in four New Zealanders are struggling to make ends meet at least once a month and still this Government does not have a plan to tackle the cost of living crisis, National’s Finance Spokesperson Nicola Willis says. “The ... More >>
More Bureaucrats And More Consultants
Thursday, 28 July 2022, 9:38 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government has failed on its commitment to reduce its reliance on contractors and consultants, National’s Public Service spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “In 2018, Labour removed the cap on public servants claiming that it would reduce the ... More >>
Labour Can’t Even Deliver A Car Tax
Wednesday, 27 July 2022, 4:37 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Vehicle Importers Association has pulled its support for the Government’s ‘Clean Car Programme’ because of significant failures with the programme's implementation, National’s Transport spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “Michael Wood’s hastily ... More >>
Foot And Mouth Would Devastate New Zealand
Tuesday, 26 July 2022, 3:36 pm | New Zealand National Party
There can be no slip-ups in our actions to keep out Foot and Mouth Disease, which would have catastrophic impacts on the country, National’s Agriculture spokesperson Barbara Kuriger says. “An outbreak of Foot and Mouth would decimate trade and be ... More >>
Bennett To Retire At The Next Election
Tuesday, 26 July 2022, 12:56 pm | New Zealand National Party
National MP Hon David Bennett has today announced that he intends to stand down at the 2023 election. "I have loved representing the people of Hamilton since 2005. As the longest serving MP in the history of the city, it has been a true honour ... More >>
Inquiry Needed Into Impact Of Tidal Wave Of Cash
Tuesday, 26 July 2022, 10:09 am | New Zealand National Party
A public inquiry should examine the extent to which a tidal wave of cash poured on the New Zealand economy caused the current cost of living crisis, says Opposition Leader Christopher Luxon. “The Reserve Bank and the Government took unprecedented ... More >>
More Than Half Of Kiwi Kids Not At School Regularly
Monday, 25 July 2022, 2:21 pm | New Zealand National Party
Worsening attendance data shows that half of New Zealand’s students are not attending school regularly, risking a generation of children being left behind, National’s Education spokesperson Erica Stanford says. “Latest truancy data shows that just ... More >>
Surgical Wait List Doubles In 10 Months
Sunday, 24 July 2022, 10:51 am | New Zealand National Party
The number of people on the surgical wait list has doubled in just 10 months, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. “The health sector is under immense pressure, but Health Minister Andrew Little’s ideologically driven health restructure does ... More >>
