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The Mapp Report
Friday, 5 August 2005, 4:06 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour's Treaty policy shows that 15 years from now, we will still be mired in settling Treaty of Waitangi claims. National will do a lot better. We will settle all claims by 2010, so the nation can move on. More >>
PM's story falls apart
Friday, 5 August 2005, 3:59 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Deputy Leader Gerry Brownlee says Helen Clark’s story on her high-speed convoy through the South Island has fallen apart. More >>
Labour plans write-off of liable parent debt
Friday, 5 August 2005, 3:27 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Welfare spokeswoman Judith Collins is appalled that Labour’s only answer to the ballooning debt owed by liable parents is a Bill to write some of it off. More >>
Labour rejected chance to speed up Treaty process
Friday, 5 August 2005, 1:08 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Maori Affairs spokesman Gerry Brownlee says Labour's Treaty deadlines are a cynical election-year sham. More >>
Clark must come clean on Mallard’s future
Friday, 5 August 2005, 11:42 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader Don Brash says Helen Clark owes it to parents to divulge, upfront, whether or not she has confidence in Education Minister Trevor Mallard, in light of the latest damning State Services Commission report into the education system. ... More >>
Clark misses her day in court - again!
Friday, 5 August 2005, 10:58 am | New Zealand National Party
"Any ordinary New Zealander who refuses to be questioned by police then refuses to give evidence in court would be put behind bars," says National Party Deputy Leader Gerry Brownlee. More >>
Police staffing in crisis
Friday, 5 August 2005, 10:21 am | New Zealand National Party
National’s Law and Order spokesman, Tony Ryall, is warning against lowering police recruitment standards in response to a widespread staffing crisis. More >>
News Worthy
Friday, 5 August 2005, 12:53 am | New Zealand National Party
Student Loans. Advertisements from ACT claiming Don Brash needs Rodney Hide to win Epsom are nonsense.Fines defaulters and the Privacy Act. Government profligacy and waste. Driver age. The unfinished business of Parliament. The politics around our ... More >>
Labour has no credibility in education
Thursday, 4 August 2005, 5:20 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Education spokesman Bill English says the Minister of Education, Trevor Mallard, has to go because he has treated 200,000 secondary school students as guinea pigs in an experiment that has gone wrong. More >>
National to send out a million 'Taxathon' pamphlet
Thursday, 4 August 2005, 5:06 pm | New Zealand National Party
The National Party is putting tax back on the election agenda over the next week with the delivery of nearly a million 'Taxathon' pamphlets to mailboxes throughout the country. More >>
Treaty claims: no end in sight under Labour
Thursday, 4 August 2005, 2:50 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader Don Brash has described Labour’s Treaty deadline policy as “a victory of spin over substance” and “a pale imitation” of National’s policy. More >>
Law must be able to stop dangerous boy
Thursday, 4 August 2005, 11:37 am | New Zealand National Party
National's Law and Order spokesman, Tony Ryall, says police should be able to prosecute a 13-year-old repeat offender who they fear will kill someone with his dangerous driving. More >>
Speedway amendment killed by Labour, Greens
Thursday, 4 August 2005, 8:45 am | New Zealand National Party
Auckland speedway enthusiasts will be angry that Labour and the Greens today rejected amendments that would have saved the 75-year old Western Springs Speedway, says National’s Environment spokesman, Nick Smith. More >>
Change the Government to Change NCEA - English
Thursday, 4 August 2005, 8:30 am | New Zealand National Party
National has two priorities for changing NCEA - fix assessment so it's fair, and reduce teacher workloads. Assessment is too variable and statistically unreliable. Administrative workloads are forcing teachers to spend more and more time out of ... More >>
Labour ignores immigrant residency scam
Thursday, 4 August 2005, 12:29 am | New Zealand National Party
Labour is turning a blind eye to a residency scam in which unscrupulous people are using job offers to get into New Zealand and then quitting once they get here, says National's Immigration spokesman, Tony Ryall. More >>
Don Brash Writes
Wednesday, 3 August 2005, 5:27 pm | New Zealand National Party
Don Brash Writes No. 64, 3 August 2005 Labour's monstrous bribe Auckland's transport worries Of Maori preference More >>
National releases notes from US meeting
Wednesday, 3 August 2005, 4:18 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Deputy Leader Gerry Brownlee said Dr Lockwood Smith had today released the notes held by him in relation to an informal meeting with US senators 18 months ago. More >>
Families Commission costs double to $9 million
Wednesday, 3 August 2005, 3:37 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Families spokeswoman Judith Collins says the Families Commission looks set to double its costs to $9 million, all of its allocated budget, despite already being criticised for wasting huge amounts of taxpayer dollars. More >>
Piecemeal, drip-feed road funding not sound policy
Wednesday, 3 August 2005, 3:22 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour's announcement of $150 million extra over the next 10 years for Bay of Plenty roads is a piecemeal, drip-feed way to fund roading and not sound policy, says National's Transport spokesman, Maurice Williamson. More >>
Helen Clark must release statement of evidence
Wednesday, 3 August 2005, 1:08 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Deputy Leader Gerry Brownlee says Helen Clark must release her statement of evidence in the speeding motorcade case. More >>
