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Mallard hopes to fix NCEA with band-aid
Wednesday, 15 June 2005, 8:33 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Education spokesman Bill English says Trevor Mallard is completely out of touch if he thinks a band-aid will cure the weeping sore that NCEA has become. More >>
Labour's wimpish sop to apple growers
Wednesday, 15 June 2005, 12:28 am | New Zealand National Party
National's Foreign Affairs & Trade spokesman, Lockwood Smith, says the Government's response to the apple industry's call for action on access to the Australian market is wimpish and looks like a pre-election sop to apple growers. More >>
Hodgson's blunder may cost Kiwis $600 million
Wednesday, 15 June 2005, 12:24 am | New Zealand National Party
"A monumental miscalculation by Pete Hodgson may leave New Zealand with a $600 million liability before the ink on the Kyoto Protocol is even dry, " says National Party Forestry spokesman Brian Connell. More >>
Jim Sutton lost on land access
Wednesday, 15 June 2005, 12:13 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Agriculture spokesman David Carter says Jim Sutton is having so much trouble with Labour's land access proposals that the bill he promised to introduce to Parliament before the election isn't even drafted yet. More >>
PSA members must question misuse of fees
Wednesday, 15 June 2005, 12:11 am | New Zealand National Party
"The PSA has stooped to new lows with the overtly political stance being taken in the lead-up to the election," says National Party Deputy Leader Gerry Brownlee. More >>
Diplomatic put-down offensive to Asian community
Tuesday, 14 June 2005, 5:44 pm | New Zealand National Party
National's Asian Relationships spokeswoman, Pansy Wong, says comments made by New Zealand's High Commissioner to Canada that new Asian migrants are one of the country's biggest problems are racist. More >>
Patients wait in storage rooms despite spending
Tuesday, 14 June 2005, 5:35 pm | New Zealand National Party
Patients are spilling out of hospital corridors despite Labour's massive $3.5 billion increase in health spending and substantial restructuring, says National Party Health spokesman Paul Hutchison. More >>
Capital gains tax coming under Labour
Tuesday, 14 June 2005, 4:06 pm | New Zealand National Party
"New Zealand residents currently exempt from any capital gains tax on shares they passively own in countries such as Australia and the UK could end up liable for yet another tax as soon as April 1, 2007," says National Party Finance spokesman John ... More >>
Labour plans for flood of claims on foreshore
Tuesday, 14 June 2005, 3:54 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Maori Affairs spokesman Gerry Brownlee says it's clear from answers in Parliament today that Labour is at sixes and sevens on Maori policy. More >>
Confused Hodgson insults forest owners
Tuesday, 14 June 2005, 2:09 pm | New Zealand National Party
Pete Hodgson's latest comments which claim to 'set forest owners straight on Kyoto policy' are not only grossly insulting to the forest industry, but also miss the point completely, says National Party Forestry spokesman Brian Connell. More >>
National to oppose smacking ban
Tuesday, 14 June 2005, 2:08 pm | New Zealand National Party
"National will oppose the anti-smacking bill as we do not wish to make criminals out of law-abiding parents administering the most mild discipline - and that is the danger of removing clause 59 altogether," says National Party Leader Don Brash. More >>
Cullen defends indefensible waste
Tuesday, 14 June 2005, 1:00 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Finance spokesman John Key says "Michael Cullen should take note of the old adage that when you're in a hole you should stop digging. More >>
Helen Clark running scared on Maori issues
Monday, 13 June 2005, 6:22 pm | New Zealand National Party
"Helen Clark's move to rule out any discussion on a race-based private member's bill before the election is more evidence that she's running scared on Maori issues," says National Party Maori Affairs spokesman Gerry Brownlee. More >>
Collins Comments 10 June 2005
Monday, 13 June 2005, 2:15 pm | New Zealand National Party
In the NZ Herald on Friday 3 June 2005 an article headed "Poll finds majority opposed to pylons" contained comments attributed to the National Party. More >>
Prisoner compo claims loom as bed crisis worsens
Monday, 13 June 2005, 10:56 am | New Zealand National Party
National’s Law and Order spokesman, Tony Ryall, says more prisoner compensation claims look likely as the second prison muster crisis in 12 months rages on. More >>
Is silence evidence of a split on Maori issues?
Monday, 13 June 2005, 10:06 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Maori Affairs spokesman Gerry Brownlee says the deafening silence confirms that Labour’s Caucus is split on two contentious Maori issues. More >>
Integrated schools breach funding rules
Monday, 13 June 2005, 8:56 am | New Zealand National Party
“Up to 60 integrated schools will be signing off accounts for the 2004 year with a tag from the Audit Office saying they have broken the law,” says National Party Education spokesman Bill English. More >>
Is Health Ministry in denial over condoms?
Monday, 13 June 2005, 8:56 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Health spokesman Paul Hutchison says claims in ‘Investigate’ magazine relating to the safety and efficiency of condoms require urgent scrutiny. More >>
Asset testing liable parents - too little too late
Monday, 13 June 2005, 8:55 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Welfare spokeswoman Judith Collins is describing as “too little too late”, Labour’s cynical election year attempt to look as if it cares about collecting child support from absent liable parents. More >>
Minister must let CYF explain tragedy
Monday, 13 June 2005, 8:54 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Welfare spokeswoman Judith Collins is saddened by reports that CYF had complaints about the treatment of a 7 month-old child six weeks before she died, but officials described her as ‘happy and healthy’. More >>
