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Tertiary education in chaos
Tuesday, 19 July 2005, 3:31 pm | New Zealand National Party
An in-depth report by government officials shows Labour's tertiary education policy is in a state of chaos, says National Party Education spokesman Bill English. More >>
Getting value for money in health and education
Tuesday, 19 July 2005, 3:12 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader Don Brash says National will conduct a baseline review of health and education to ensure taxpayers are getting value for money. More >>
Union power leaves thousands stranded
Tuesday, 19 July 2005, 3:03 pm | New Zealand National Party
National's Industrial Relations spokesman, Wayne Mapp, says thousands of travellers are this week paying the price for Labour giving unwarranted power to unions. More >>
Kids must be protected from drugs
Tuesday, 19 July 2005, 12:15 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Families spokeswoman Judith Collins says New Zealand’s children must be protected from the Greens Bill to reform cannabis law. More >>
Cullen makes another bungle in silly attack
Tuesday, 19 July 2005, 12:04 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Welfare spokeswoman Judith Collins says Michael Cullen has made another bungle with a silly attack on National over unallocated cases at CYF. More >>
Pledge card promise on tax was ‘worthless’
Tuesday, 19 July 2005, 12:02 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Finance spokesman John Key says Labour’s previous pledge card promises on tax have proved to be worthless. More >>
Labour - $2 billion, too late
Monday, 18 July 2005, 5:00 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Education spokesman Bill English says Labour has today confirmed the worst kept secret in the education sector - its tertiary strategy has been a $2 billion failure. More >>
www.mccully.co.nz - 15 July 2005
Monday, 18 July 2005, 9:33 am | New Zealand National Party
Regular readers may recall the recent revelation that the very aggressive opponents of the Western Springs Speedway had a rather strange financial backer – the Minister for the Environment, Marian Hobbs, no less. More >>
National values our veterans
Monday, 18 July 2005, 9:31 am | New Zealand National Party
Don Brash announced National’s veterans’ policy this week and it contains a series of initiatives that reflect the debt of gratitude that all New Zealanders feel to those who served in the armed services. It is National’s pledge that we will dramatically ... More >>
Govt agencies boycott leaky homes symposium
Monday, 18 July 2005, 9:29 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Building and Construction spokesman Nick Smith says he is “flabbergasted” that key government agencies are boycotting a symposium on the leaky homes crisis. More >>
Cancelled flights a sign of the times
Monday, 18 July 2005, 9:28 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Industrial Relations spokesman Wayne Mapp says the cancellation of 14 international Air New Zealand flights tomorrow is a sign of the times under a ‘soft on unions’ Labour Government. More >>
Labour gets teacher training priorities wrong
Monday, 18 July 2005, 9:28 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Education spokesman Bill English says Labour is training far too many primary school teachers, many of whom have no prospect of getting a job in New Zealand. More >>
National supports Early Childhood Strategy
Friday, 15 July 2005, 3:50 pm | New Zealand National Party
National's Education spokesman, Bill English, says his party endorses the key goals of the Early Childhood Strategic Plan and the funding that goes with it. More >>
The Mapp Report: Are We Safe in New Zealand?
Friday, 15 July 2005, 2:53 pm | New Zealand National Party
The revelation that the British terrorist suicide bombers were young men born and educated in the UK, will cause people to look afresh at how we ensure the preservation and promotion of democratic values in open societies. More >>
Newsworthy - July 14, 2005
Friday, 15 July 2005, 10:58 am | New Zealand National Party
The Labour Government Minister of Police has made it clear on a number of occasions that the Government is satisfied with the number of frontline police. His comments have included More >>
Labour being hypocritical over timber liability
Thursday, 14 July 2005, 5:26 pm | New Zealand National Party
National's Building spokesman, Nick Smith, says it is quite hypocritical of Labour to be telling Auckland City it must accept surface treated T1.2 timber when Labour is also saying the council takes the liability if it goes wrong. More >>
Capill could be out in three years' time
Thursday, 14 July 2005, 3:28 pm | New Zealand National Party
Graham Capill could be out of jail in three years' time, says National's Law and Order spokesman, Tony Ryall. More >>
Plain English - 13 July 2005
Wednesday, 13 July 2005, 4:41 pm | New Zealand National Party
Southland Institute of Technology (SIT) and Gore Health were stomped on by the government this week. In both cases, the local communities came up with innovative solutions to unique problems. More >>
Labour's 'free' childcare is not free at all
Wednesday, 13 July 2005, 3:15 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Education spokesman Bill English says official papers show that Labour's allegedly free childcare policy will not deliver free childcare at all. More >>
Brash will scrap carbon tax
Wednesday, 13 July 2005, 1:15 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader Don Brash says National's pledge to repeal Labour's carbon tax will save the fishing industry $20 million per year. More >>
