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Taxpayers fund half-day off for WINZ staff

Tuesday, 10 May 2005, 11:44 am | New Zealand National Party

National Party Welfare spokeswoman Judith Collins is calling on Labour to come clean about how much it would have cost the taxpayer to provide Work & Income staff with an extra paid half-day off. More >>

Mallard sat on hands over wananga

Tuesday, 10 May 2005, 11:10 am | New Zealand National Party

National’s Education spokesman, Bill English, says taxpayers have been landed with a $20 million bill for Trevor Mallard’s incompetence and complacency. More >>

Crass attempt to politicise NZ music month

Tuesday, 10 May 2005, 10:47 am | New Zealand National Party

National Party MP Katherine Rich is accusing Judith Tizard of a “crass attempt to politicise New Zealand Music Month.” More >>

Wananga Mess Entirely Labour's Making

Monday, 9 May 2005, 3:40 pm | New Zealand National Party

National Party Education spokesman Bill English says the mess at Te Wananga o Aotearoa is entirely of Labour's making. The Minster of Education today approved an urgent $20 million loan to help meet the wananga's immediate financial needs. More >>

Helen Clark Must Explain Role In Doonegate

Monday, 9 May 2005, 3:35 pm | New Zealand National Party

Helen Clark must give a full and truthful account of her actions in relation to the defamatory Sunday Star Times story on former Police Commissioner Peter Doone, says National Party Leader Don Brash. More >>

More photo ops - but surviving vets missing out

Monday, 9 May 2005, 3:06 pm | New Zealand National Party

Dunedin-based National Party MP Katherine Rich is accusing the Veterans' Affairs Minister of hypocrisy, over his decision to attend yet another photo opportunity honouring WW2 veterans while continuing to ignore the plight of other WW2 veterans ... More >>

Helen Can't Decide an Election Date

Monday, 9 May 2005, 2:25 pm | New Zealand National Party

Winston Peters' rise in the polls is adding to the instability the Maori Party has caused for Labour. Labour's support is beginning to erode as the scandals pile up and more incompetence is exposed. Don Brash is sticking to the strategy of pushing ... More >>

Students at risk from lame duck leadership

Monday, 9 May 2005, 8:34 am | New Zealand National Party

National’s Education spokesman, Bill English, says NCEA students are at risk of another debacle because of lame duck leadership in the NZQA and the Ministry of Education. More >>

What is Trade & Enterprise up to?

Monday, 9 May 2005, 8:33 am | New Zealand National Party

National Party Chief Whip Simon Power says New Zealand Trade and Enterprise has some explaining to do, after spending more than $50,000 for 25 of its staff to attend a conference in Mexico. More >>

Report indictment of Mallard's leadership

Monday, 9 May 2005, 12:47 am | New Zealand National Party

National Party Education spokesman Bill English says a report reviewing last year's scholarship shambles slams the leadership of the Ministry of Education which is the clear responsibility of Trevor Mallard. More >>

Don Brash comment on British election

Friday, 6 May 2005, 5:20 pm | New Zealand National Party

National Party Leader Don Brash says the victory of Tony Blair's Labour Government in Britain, by a greatly reduced majority, is bad news for New Zealand's Labour Party. More >>

Newsworthy 5 May 2005

Friday, 6 May 2005, 4:49 pm | New Zealand National Party

A stark illustration of the difference between Labour and National was highlighted by the sentence imposed on veteran Black Power gang leader Abraham Wharewaka on 29 April 2005. Wharewaka faced a range of charges involving methamphetamine including ... More >>

Gerry in The House - 6 May 2005

Friday, 6 May 2005, 4:16 pm | New Zealand National Party

Remember Lianne Dalziel? She was the Minister of Immigration, up until the time she was caught lying to the media. Actually I bet she's pleased not to be the Minister of Immigration now - given the extraordinary number of Saddam Hussein supporters ... More >>

Maharey admits failing those on the DPB

Friday, 6 May 2005, 3:30 pm | New Zealand National Party

National Party Welfare spokeswoman Judith Collins says Steve Maharey is admitting that his administration is failing those on the DPB. More >>

Brits describe Kiwi carbon tax as 'experiment'

Friday, 6 May 2005, 3:20 pm | New Zealand National Party

National Party Finance spokesman John Key says Labour's carbon tax is being described as an 'experiment' by the influential English newspaper The Guardian. More >>

The Mapp Report: Strikes Go On And On

Friday, 6 May 2005, 2:40 pm | New Zealand National Party

This week, union strikes and lockouts have reached the highest level for many years. The bus drivers began their six-day strike this week. The Employment Court has ruled that the University of Auckland has to negotiate a Multi-Employer Collective Agreement. More >>

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