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Mallard tries to duck another one
Thursday, 16 June 2005, 2:17 pm | New Zealand National Party
National's Education spokesman, Bill English, says Trevor Mallard is trying to hose down another education bush fire by extending the consultation time for a controversial change to bus routes at 250 schools. More >>
Truth hurts as Hodgson lashes out
Thursday, 16 June 2005, 11:12 am | New Zealand National Party
National’s Forestry spokesman, Brian Connell, says Pete Hodgson’s embarrassing concession over Kyoto liabilities should serve as a lesson to him that honesty is always the best policy. More >>
Brash will protect private property rights
Thursday, 16 June 2005, 11:08 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party leader Don Brash has given farmers an absolute assurance that a National Government will preserve their right to determine who has access to their land and under what circumstances. More >>
National will strengthen biosecurity defences
Thursday, 16 June 2005, 11:07 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party leader Don Brash says a National Government will increase instant fines and deport non-residents who try to import biosecurity threats. More >>
Brash signals tax realignment for racing industry
Wednesday, 15 June 2005, 5:02 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader Don Brash has signalled a significant tax realignment for New Zealand's racing industry in an announcement at Trentham today More >>
Vehicle owners' personal information exploited
Wednesday, 15 June 2005, 4:58 pm | New Zealand National Party
Commercial use of confidential information supplied by the Government seriously jeopardises the privacy and personal security of registered vehicle owners, says National's Consumer Affairs spokeswoman, Sandra Goudie. More >>
PSA fails its members in blind political spin
Wednesday, 15 June 2005, 4:11 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Deputy Leader Gerry Brownlee is disappointed that the union representing the supposedly neutral public service is refusing to make any apologies for its pro-Labour Party agenda. More >>
More payback for Labour's union mates
Wednesday, 15 June 2005, 4:03 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour is using taxpayers' money to help fund the coffers of its union mates, say National MPs Tony Ryall and Wayne Mapp. More >>
Ambassador to Canada has no idea
Wednesday, 15 June 2005, 8:38 am | New Zealand National Party
New Zealand’s Ambassador to Canada, Graham Kelly, clearly has no idea about his responsibilities on serving New Zealand’s interests overseas, says National’s Associate Foreign Affairs spokeswoman, Georgina Te Heuheu. More >>
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 >>
