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Head down or heroic journey?
Tuesday, 9 August 2005, 4:45 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Deputy Leader Gerry Brownlee says many New Zealanders will be wondering how Helen Clark knew her high speed dash in the South Island was an 'heroic journey' if she really kept her head down. More >>
Prime Minister reckless with the truth again
Tuesday, 9 August 2005, 4:13 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour's claims of SOE sales plans by National are a complete invention by the Prime Minister - another attempt to divert attention from the speeding motorcade court case which casts her in a very bad light, says National Party Deputy Leader Gerry ... More >>
National slams political hi-jack of PREFU
Tuesday, 9 August 2005, 4:05 pm | New Zealand National Party
The National Party is questioning the decision to defer the PREFU (Pre-Election Fiscal Update) by the Treasury from this Thursday (11th August) to next Thursday (18th), asserting possible political interference. More >>
Minister's name all over stupid dog code draft
Tuesday, 9 August 2005, 3:38 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour cannot claim the draft new dog code has nothing to do with the Government when Jim Sutton, as Minister of Agriculture, has his name all over it, says National's Local Government spokesman, Nick Smith. More >>
Brash announces immigration policy
Tuesday, 9 August 2005, 1:34 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader Don Brash says immigrants will be put on probation for four years under a National Government and will have to meet good-conduct requirements to gain permanent residency. More >>
Brash: A responsible middle course
Tuesday, 9 August 2005, 1:31 pm | New Zealand National Party
Ladies and gentlemen, in the very last speech which Helen Clark made in Parliament as Leader of the Opposition she said she was "not prepared to stand back and see the best and brightest of New Zealanders leave this country, taking their ideas and ... More >>
Clean the dog dish daily, says nanny state Labour
Monday, 8 August 2005, 8:50 pm | New Zealand National Party
New regulations stating that dog owners must clean their dog's dish every day and dry it with a disposable paper towel show Labour's nanny state policies have no limit, says National's Local Government spokesman, Nick Smith. More >>
Farm dogs to be strangled by Labour's red tape
Monday, 8 August 2005, 8:48 pm | New Zealand National Party
New regulations that tell farmers to clean dog dishes daily with detergent and then dry them with a paper towel show how out of touch Labour is with rural New Zealand, says National's Agriculture spokesman, David Carter. More >>
Greens’ traffic solution will create chaos
Monday, 8 August 2005, 4:59 pm | New Zealand National Party
National’s Transport spokesman, Maurice Williamson, says the Green Party’s plan to divert money for new motorways in Auckland into public transport would lead to even more traffic chaos. More >>
National: free local calls will stay in place
Monday, 8 August 2005, 4:44 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Communications spokesman Maurice Williamson gave a categoric undertaking today that the free local phone calls regime would stay in place under a National Government. More >>
Midwife shortage after six long years of Labour
Monday, 8 August 2005, 2:44 pm | New Zealand National Party
National’s Health spokesman, Paul Hutchison, says despite Helen Clark and Annette King’s rhetoric over health workforce planning in the 1990s, as well as the huge amount of money they’ve poured into health in the past six years, expecting mothers ... More >>
Dyson hiding from fallout on another CYF failure
Monday, 8 August 2005, 11:34 am | New Zealand National Party
“Ruth Dyson continues to dodge her responsibilities to the children of New Zealand, given her latest sidestep on yet another CYF tragedy,” says National Party Welfare spokeswoman Judith Collins. More >>
Clark deceptive and misleading on motorcade
Monday, 8 August 2005, 11:00 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Deputy Leader Gerry Brownlee says Helen Clark has been deceptive and misleading about the speeding convoy that has landed her minders in the dock facing serious driving charges. More >>
Loans scheme favours the few
Monday, 8 August 2005, 9:02 am | New Zealand National Party
“20% of student borrowers get 75% of the benefit from Labour’s irresponsible election-year interest free loans bribe,” according to figures released by National Party Education spokesman Bill English. More >>
Labour bureaucrats force principals out of jobs
Monday, 8 August 2005, 9:01 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Education spokesman Bill English says Labour bureaucrats are forcing principals out of their jobs. More >>
The paper over the cracks at CYF is peeling off
Monday, 8 August 2005, 9:00 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Welfare spokeswoman Judith Collins says most New Zealanders will be shocked to learn that CYF sat on a report about a missing teenager for two days before going to the police. More >>
Gerry: In the House
Friday, 5 August 2005, 5:18 pm | New Zealand National Party
Parliament adjourns. Labour releases another cynical election-year ‘pledge’. The Clark motorcade saga. More >>
Brash: Meeting the Demand
Friday, 5 August 2005, 4:54 pm | New Zealand National Party
Ladies and Gentlemen, thank you for inviting me to address you this afternoon. I trust you’ve had a productive and enjoyable conference. More >>
How desperate will Labour get?
Friday, 5 August 2005, 4:47 pm | New Zealand National Party
“The claim today that National will spend less on roading than a Labour/Green government borders on the laughable,” says National Party Transport spokesman Maurice Williamson. More >>
Defence must be rebuilt in face of new threats
Friday, 5 August 2005, 4:18 pm | New Zealand National Party
National's Defence spokesman, John Carter, says New Zealand's armed forces must be rebuilt in the face of new global and regional threats from terrorism and from rogue and failing states. More >>
