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Labour's talk on trade training is rank hypocrisy
Thursday, 28 July 2005, 12:04 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Education spokesman Bill English says Labour's talk on trade training is rank hypocrisy. More >>
Labour’s pledge for under-sixes’ GP visits broken
Wednesday, 27 July 2005, 4:21 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour has failed in its 1999 pledge to maintain free GP visits for children under six, says National’s Health spokesman, Paul Hutchison. More >>
Labour has cut and run
Wednesday, 27 July 2005, 3:45 pm | New Zealand National Party
Having failed miserably in the debating chamber Helen Clark has decided to cut her losses and try her luck in the real world, says National's Deputy Leader Gerry Brownlee. More >>
Brash: A New Direction for Local Government
Wednesday, 27 July 2005, 12:04 am | New Zealand National Party
Don Brash Leader of the National Party Wednesday July 27 Address to Local Government NZ Annual Conference Christchurch Convention Centre More >>
National attacks councils’ costly red tape
Wednesday, 27 July 2005, 12:03 am | New Zealand National Party
The National Party will peal back layers of red tape that are making councils too bureaucratic and costly, leader Don Brash told the Local Government NZ annual conference today in releasing his party’s local government policy. More >>
Transmission Gully only option for Mana
Tuesday, 26 July 2005, 4:50 pm | New Zealand National Party
Transmission Gully is the only viable option for the Mana community and with National's policy of spending all petrol tax on roads and actively encouraging the private sector to participate in building new roads, the Gully option is viable says Chris Finlayson. More >>
Bureaucrats party while homes rot
Tuesday, 26 July 2005, 4:10 pm | New Zealand National Party
New Zealanders will be disgusted to find that hard-earned taxes intended to help desperate owners of leaky homes are being used to fund ‘Cowboys and Indians’, ‘Sound of Music’, “Pacific Islands’ and ‘Aeroplane’ theme parties, says National’s Building ... More >>
DOC intruding on deer farmers’ property rights
Tuesday, 26 July 2005, 3:55 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Department of Conservation’s intrusion into farmers’ property rights has now extended to demanding the right to design fences on deer farms, says National’s Agriculture spokesman, David Carter. More >>
Labour ‘desperate and irresponsible’ with loans
Tuesday, 26 July 2005, 2:17 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Education spokesman Bill English says Labour’s student loan package will push student debt through the roof. More >>
Brash - 'Battlelines for the 2005 Election'
Tuesday, 26 July 2005, 1:47 pm | New Zealand National Party
I must say that, despite the fact that addressing your seminar was going to keep me away from the start of the final session of this Parliament, I wanted to accept your invitation. More >>
Loans to be deductible against earned income
Tuesday, 26 July 2005, 10:08 am | New Zealand National Party
Last week I announced that the next National Government will allow those with student loans outstanding to deduct the interest accrued and payable on these loans against earned income in New Zealand. More >>
Transmission Gully Best option for Wellington
Tuesday, 26 July 2005, 12:23 am | New Zealand National Party
Transmission Gully is clearly the best long term solution for Wellington's traffic problems, and it has my full support says Mark Blumsky. More >>
Don Brash responds to election date announcement
Monday, 25 July 2005, 4:11 pm | New Zealand National Party
Leader Don Brash says the National Party intends to focus on the important issues affecting ordinary New Zealanders in this election campaign. More >>
Consultant costs on the rise under Labour
Monday, 25 July 2005, 11:51 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Finance spokesman John Key has released documents showing the amount taxpayers spend on consultants has been on the rise under Labour, despite massive new spending on the bureaucracy. More >>
The Mapp Report: Investment in Skills & the Future
Monday, 25 July 2005, 10:29 am | New Zealand National Party
If New Zealand is to get ahead, we need to encourage investment. For young people, this means investment in their futures and their country. More >>
Gerry In The House: Nat's plan for student loans
Monday, 25 July 2005, 10:25 am | New Zealand National Party
Yesterday, in the great city of Christchurch, Don Brash announced National's student loan policy which will see the introduction of measures to ease the repayment burden on those with student loans by making the interest payments on student debt tax deductible. More >>
National Tertiary Policy and Fact Sheet
Monday, 25 July 2005, 10:06 am | New Zealand National Party
Good quality accessible tertiary education and training is vital to New Zealand’s economy and citizenship. National will work for a dynamic high-quality tertiary education system that ensures that students get value for their investment. We favour autonomous ... More >>
National boosts apprenticeships, industry training
Monday, 25 July 2005, 9:56 am | New Zealand National Party
Apprenticeships and industry training will get a big boost from National as it prunes back dodgy tertiary courses, said National’s Education spokesman, Bill English, while launching his party’s tertiary education policy today. More >>
National Party Resource Management Policy, Q & A
Monday, 25 July 2005, 12:23 am | New Zealand National Party
National is committed to substantial reform of the Resource Management Act. These reforms are critical to addressing New Zealand’s roading and electricity infrastructure crisis. They are also important in attracting investment in industries like forestry ... More >>
Fixing the RMA is a top legislative priority
Monday, 25 July 2005, 12:21 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader Don Brash says reform of the Resource Management Act is a top legislative priority for the next National Government. More >>
