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New Worthy
Friday, 9 September 2005, 12:22 am | New Zealand National Party
National's plan for Auckland roads and the confirmed death of the eastern corridor On 5 September 2005 National set an eight-year target to complete Auckland's base roading network. More >>
Labour wrong on Brethren claims
Thursday, 8 September 2005, 11:09 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader Don Brash has tonight confirmed that the National Party had no involvement in the preparation, publication or distribution of the pamphlets which have now been sourced to a group of Exclusive Brethren. More >>
Look left for conspiracies
Thursday, 8 September 2005, 4:20 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party State Services spokesman Murray McCully says the Labour Party is now "hoist by its own petard" over hundreds of thousands of dollars being poured into the Labour Party re-election campaign by trade unions. More >>
Collins Comments: National's Plan For Health
Thursday, 8 September 2005, 3:54 pm | New Zealand National Party
For too long now New Zealanders have been hearing reports of our health system struggling to cope, despite greatly increased funding. New Zealand's health budget has been increased more than 50% from $6.1 billion to $9.7 billion in the six years to this ... More >>
Lets Get The Record Straight
Thursday, 8 September 2005, 3:02 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party candidate John Hayes says in response to a Press Statement released by the Hon Ruth Dyson on behalf of the Wairarapa Labour candidate that Mackenzie was wrong to assert that National “is promising only $35 million for aged residential ... More >>
National's Action Plan For New Zealand
Thursday, 8 September 2005, 11:22 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader Don Brash has today outlined his top ten priorities for the next National Government. More >>
Ombudsman to probe Cullen on loan papers
Thursday, 8 September 2005, 11:03 am | New Zealand National Party
The Ombudsman is to conduct a 'formal urgent investigation' into Labour's decision to refuse the release of Treasury papers analysing its student loans promise. More >>
Working Hard for Families
Thursday, 8 September 2005, 9:04 am | New Zealand National Party
National on families Families are the crucial building blocks of our society. National knows how important families are and is determined to give families the best chance to provide a secure upbringing for our children. In today's world more and more pressure ... More >>
Workers abandoned by Labour
Wednesday, 7 September 2005, 3:27 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader Don Brash says Labour has abandoned the workers whose taxes are responsible for generating their record surpluses. More >>
Peters perched on fence - again
Wednesday, 7 September 2005, 2:46 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader Don Brash says those expecting Winston Peters to make clear his post-election preferences will be sadly disappointed. More >>
National calls for independent review
Wednesday, 7 September 2005, 9:46 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Law and Order spokesman Tony Ryall is calling for an immediate independent review into the Corrections Department's handling of a 17-year-old who raped an 8-year-old girl. More >>
E-mail tip suggests Labour is fiddling figures
Tuesday, 6 September 2005, 1:45 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Welfare spokeswoman Judith Collins is calling on Labour to deny an e-mail which confirms the true state of unemployment is being hidden from the public. More >>
Better funding of aged care services
Tuesday, 6 September 2005, 11:53 am | New Zealand National Party
Dealing with the developing crisis in aged care facilities will be a top priority in health for an incoming National Government, says National's Health spokesman, Paul Hutchison. More >>
National to boost Pharmac funding by $75m
Tuesday, 6 September 2005, 11:52 am | New Zealand National Party
A National Government will boost funding to Pharmac by $75 million over the next three years to expand the availability of new drugs, says National's Health spokesman, Paul Hutchison. More >>
National signals major assault on waiting lists
Tuesday, 6 September 2005, 11:50 am | New Zealand National Party
National will commit an additional one-off $100 million three-year package to slash the approximately 20,000 backlog of patients in high priority elective surgery categories, says National's Health spokesman, Paul Hutchison. More >>
National signals sensible middle path for health
Tuesday, 6 September 2005, 11:49 am | New Zealand National Party
A National Government will improve the efficiency of the struggling health system, restore accountability so taxpayers know they are getting value for money, and take a sensible middle path on health funding, National Party Leader Don Brash said today ... More >>
Brash: National's better path for health
Tuesday, 6 September 2005, 11:47 am | New Zealand National Party
We spend too much money subsidising GP visits for people who don't need help, and thus too little on the genuinely needy. More >>
Businesses say tax cuts are affordable
Tuesday, 6 September 2005, 10:14 am | New Zealand National Party
“Michael Cullen continues to be in a club of one with his claim that National’s plan to cut taxes, improve incentives and reward extra effort is unaffordable,” says National Party Finance spokesman John Key. More >>
Unions must back off, warns Brownlee
Tuesday, 6 September 2005, 9:51 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Deputy Leader Gerry Brownlee says public service bosses must rein in trade union activists distributing pro-Labour, anti-National propaganda. More >>
Show us the papers!
Tuesday, 6 September 2005, 12:32 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Finance spokesman John Key says Michael Cullen is still refusing to release the full Treasury costings for Labour's student loan election pledge. More >>