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LAVs: Burton bungles planning
Monday, 18 April 2005, 8:21 am | New Zealand National Party
National’s Defence spokesman, John Carter, says some of the defence force’s light armoured vehicles are being cannibalised to keep others serviceable. More >>
Teachers’ retirement fund in trouble
Monday, 18 April 2005, 8:20 am | New Zealand National Party
The administrator of Labour’s prized Teachers’ Retirement Saving Scheme has written to all schools giving notice that it is withdrawing from the scheme, says National’s Education spokesman, Bill English. More >>
Brash Speech: A new government and a new direction
Monday, 18 April 2005, 8:19 am | New Zealand National Party
I imagine many of you will agree with me when I observe that over the last fortnight we have witnessed one of the most extraordinary spectacles in New Zealand politics. More >>
Maori Party, Labour dangerous combination
Monday, 18 April 2005, 8:19 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader Don Brash says if Labour and the Maori Party are returned to government it will spell goodbye to any hope of ending race-based separatism. More >>
Brownlee Speech A Great Time To Be In National
Monday, 18 April 2005, 8:18 am | New Zealand National Party
I can’t recall the last time there was so much enthusiasm and so much anticipation within our Party organisation. More >>
Key speech: Nats serious about growing wage rates
Monday, 18 April 2005, 8:16 am | New Zealand National Party
For most people, the results of those choices play an overwhelming role in determining the quality of life they enjoy. More >>
Gerry In The House: Excellence in education
Friday, 15 April 2005, 5:42 pm | New Zealand National Party
Regular readers, as well as those who keep up with the news, we all know that the education system has become a mess under Labour - what with NCEA, scholarships and the ballooning centralised bureaucracy in Wellington. More >>
English Comments On Nat's Education Policy
Friday, 15 April 2005, 5:39 pm | New Zealand National Party
Now the predictable reactions to Don Brash's speech on school policy have blown over, its time to get down to the substantial debate. The first step is to see what was actually said rather than what the critics say was said. Here is Don Brash's speech. More >>
Cullen signs off on Cayman Islands tax deal
Friday, 15 April 2005, 1:25 pm | New Zealand National Party
“Michael Cullen must front up on a complicated tax deal that allows Transpower to funnel money through a Cayman Islands holding company,” says National Party Finance spokesman John Key. More >>
Strike action: Labour gets its just desserts
Friday, 15 April 2005, 1:24 pm | New Zealand National Party
National’s Industrial Relations spokesman Wayne Mapp says yesterday’s wildcat strike action by members of the EPMU marks a return to the dark old days of militant unionism and should be a wake up call for the country in election year. More >>
News Worthy: The temperature in Parliament
Friday, 15 April 2005, 12:35 am | New Zealand National Party
Parliament has been in Urgency this week passing a number of Bills which are simply not urgent. In such circumstances, emotion runs high and tempers fray. The position is not helped by the view of a number of Labour backbenchers that there is one law ... More >>
Education: National Shows The Way Forward
Friday, 15 April 2005, 12:34 am | New Zealand National Party
Education: National Shows The Way Forward Don Brash outlined the way forward for New Zealand Education on Wednesday at Westlake Girls High School. National will provide the tools for parents and local communities to wrest control of their children's ... More >>
Where’s Joris on holocaust comments?
Friday, 15 April 2005, 12:31 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Maori Affairs spokesman Gerry Brownlee is calling on Joris de Bres to sign up for the Labour Party “and be open about it” given his silence on John Tamihere’s appalling holocaust comments. More >>
Labour, PPTA agree to version of bulk-funding
Thursday, 14 April 2005, 5:10 pm | New Zealand National Party
National’s Education spokesman Bill English says a PPTA report shows the union believes schools already operate under a pseudo-bulk funding system. More >>
Labour MP Wants to Legalise
Thursday, 14 April 2005, 4:55 pm | New Zealand National Party
“Tim Barnett, Labour’s Christchurch Central MP, sounds like he’s been smoking the wacky backy himself with his latest promotion of yet another minority cause – marijuana law reform.”, says Brian Connell, MP for Rakaia. More >>
Don Brash Writes: National's Plan for Education
Thursday, 14 April 2005, 4:54 pm | New Zealand National Party
This is a speech I delivered yesterday signalling significant changes to the education system under a National Government. A one page summary of the key points is also available here (PDF 35KB) More >>
Silence of Women’s Affairs speaks volumes
Thursday, 14 April 2005, 4:41 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Families spokeswoman Judith Collins says “the silence of Women’s Affairs over the comments made by John Tamihere speaks volumes”. More >>
Labour approved brother-sister sex paper
Thursday, 14 April 2005, 12:27 am | New Zealand National Party
Labour approved a discussion paper that proposed legalising brother-sister sex for over-20-year-olds, according to official documents released today by National’s Law and Order spokesman, Tony Ryall. More >>
Labour dumps $1 billion bill onto councils
Wednesday, 13 April 2005, 5:18 pm | New Zealand National Party
New Zealand’s ratepayers face a bill of $1 billion, or $1000 each, because Labour has shifted responsibility for remediation of contaminated sites onto local councils, says National’s Local Government spokesman, Nick Smith. More >>
Police need the Don Brash Intake
Wednesday, 13 April 2005, 5:01 pm | New Zealand National Party
Counties-Manukau police have lost 50 frontline staff in the past nine months, according to official Police documents, says National’s Law and Order spokesman Tony Ryall. More >>
