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www.mccully.co.nz 19 August 2005

Friday, 19 August 2005, 5:13 pm | New Zealand National Party

The NZ National Party led by Don Brash must surely go down in history as the most effective political party in New Zealand’s history. Just look at the track record: More >>

What's Going wONg

Friday, 19 August 2005, 4:37 pm | New Zealand National Party

Two police officers and a civilian driver were today convicted on the charge of dangerous driving, and fined for the trouble they took to get the PM to her rugby game on time last year. More >>

T1.2 report raises more questions than it answers

Friday, 19 August 2005, 4:16 pm | New Zealand National Party

National’s Building and Construction spokesman, Nick Smith, says homeowners and builders will take little comfort from the Department of Building and Housing’s report into T1.2 timber. More >>

Getting ahead with National

Friday, 19 August 2005, 3:47 pm | New Zealand National Party

National Party Finance spokesman John Key has outlined National’s approach to tax and spending. More >>

Nationals five point plan

Friday, 19 August 2005, 11:43 am | New Zealand National Party

National policy for this election centres on a five point plan. The elements of the plan are: Lift our living standards We must narrow the gap between our living standards and those in Australia, a gap which sees every Australian getting nearly $200 per ... More >>

Don Brash Writes - Campaign Edition

Friday, 19 August 2005, 10:09 am | New Zealand National Party

If there is one thing this week that you can do for New Zealand, and for National's campaign to change the government, it is giving me 12 minutes of your time tomorrow night. Please tune in to TV ONE at 7:30pm on Friday (19 August) and hear what my ... More >>

Motorcade: Clark hangs cops, driver out to dry

Friday, 19 August 2005, 12:50 am | New Zealand National Party

National Party Deputy Leader Gerry Brownlee says Helen Clark has left three men with the scar of criminal conviction because she wanted a fast trip to a rugby match. More >>

The Mapp Report - Labour Lies

Friday, 19 August 2005, 12:42 am | New Zealand National Party

Until yesterday Labour said there was no money for tax cuts - yet another Labour lie. More >>

Did PM interfere in appointment of anaesthetist?

Thursday, 18 August 2005, 5:12 pm | New Zealand National Party

Prime Minister Helen Clark must own up as to whether she or other Ministers interfered by stopping the appointment of top anaesthetist Graham Sharpe to the Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Committee, says National’s Health spokesman, Paul Hutchison. More >>

Strikes skyrocketing under Labour

Thursday, 18 August 2005, 2:26 pm | New Zealand National Party

National’s Industrial Relations spokesman, Wayne Mapp, says massive increases in strikes and lockouts show the real folly of Labour’s employment relations policy. More >>

Clark/Cullen confirm rampant overtaxation

Thursday, 18 August 2005, 12:29 am | New Zealand National Party

National Party Finance spokesman John Key says the opening of the books today confirms that mainstream New Zealanders are being grossly overtaxed. More >>

National Party Energy Policy

Thursday, 18 August 2005, 12:19 am | New Zealand National Party

New Zealand’s future economic growth is directly tied to our ability to access the energy required to fuel that growth, and to giving the business sector reliability of supply so it can make investment decisions. More >>

Brash announces Minister of Infrastructure

Thursday, 18 August 2005, 12:16 am | New Zealand National Party

National Party Leader Don Brash says a National Government will appoint a Minister of Infrastructure to oversee and help push through vital infrastructure development. More >>

Celebrating Families

Wednesday, 17 August 2005, 4:16 pm | New Zealand National Party

The National Government will reimburse homecare workers for their mileage costs from April 1 2006. National sees this as a matter of urgency to ensure our elderly and disabled get reliable and quality care. The cost has been estimated at around $19 ... More >>

Collins Comments

Wednesday, 17 August 2005, 3:48 pm | New Zealand National Party

If we as a country continue to allow standards in education to slip, over-tax, over-regulate, waste scarce taxpayer money on bureaucracy rather than frontline services in education and health, to allow Treaty-related political correctness to undermine race relations ... More >>

National Education

Wednesday, 17 August 2005, 2:45 pm | New Zealand National Party

The reception for National's education policy has turned increasingly positive in the sector since Jim Anderton launched his bid to be the next minister of education. Jim doesn't think business can do business so there is no way he is going to let ... More >>