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Newsworthy April 8 2005

Friday, 8 April 2005, 4:35 pm | New Zealand National Party

John Tamihere (a former Labour Cabinet member) in a frank and hard hitting review has said that he despises many of his colleagues and Labour’s union and gay sectors, resents the influence of women in the party and suggests that Labour dupes its coalition ... More >>

Gerry in the House 8 April 2005

Friday, 8 April 2005, 3:02 pm | New Zealand National Party

Anyone watching events unfold in Parliament this week would have been struck by the mess Labour got itself into just because Helen Clark doesn’t want to acknowledge that what John Tamihere said in the Investigate article is true. She wants to pretend ... More >>

Labour dictates childcare drop-off times

Friday, 8 April 2005, 2:49 pm | New Zealand National Party

National’s Education spokesman, Bill English, says parents with children in early childhood care will be told by Labour to drop their children off “on the hour” so a new staff recording system can work. More >>

Rich irony in PM’s family friendly photo op

Friday, 8 April 2005, 2:30 pm | New Zealand National Party

National MP Judith Collins regrets that she will be unable to attend the launch tomorrow of a Families Commission survey because she’s “too busy being a parent”. More >>

Carter tables farm dog exemption bill

Friday, 8 April 2005, 1:56 pm | New Zealand National Party

National’s Agriculture spokesman, David Carter, yesterday tabled in Parliament the Dog Control (Exemption of Farm Dogs) Amendment Bill. More >>

Labour finally agrees with national on grooming

Friday, 8 April 2005, 11:18 am | New Zealand National Party

National's Justice spokesman, Richard Worth, supports the addition of the new offence of sexual grooming, which has been added to the Crimes Amendment Bill (No 2), since National was the first party to seek the change, in 2003. More >>

Agenda for Children slips off Labour’s agenda?

Friday, 8 April 2005, 10:42 am | New Zealand National Party

National Party Welfare spokeswoman Judith Collins is asking for a please explain from Steve Maharey over the apparent lack of action on Labour’s much-heralded Agenda For Children. More >>

NZQA downplays facilitator role

Friday, 8 April 2005, 7:52 am | New Zealand National Party

NZQA’s attempts to downplay the role of assessment facilitators in the setting of NCEA exams are disingenuous, says National’s Education spokesman, Bill English. More >>

Attorney-General mis-hits on judicial appointments

Thursday, 7 April 2005, 5:06 pm | New Zealand National Party

National’s Justice spokesman, Richard Worth, says there were always going to be difficulties when Michael Cullen was appointed Attorney-General because of his lack of understanding of the issues confronting the legal system. More >>

Labour’s waiting list deception gets worse

Thursday, 7 April 2005, 4:51 pm | New Zealand National Party

Despite spending more than $3 billion extra on health since 1999, Labour’s health record is getting worse, says National’s Health spokesman, Paul Hutchison. More >>

Urgent cases waiting at CYF

Thursday, 7 April 2005, 4:09 pm | New Zealand National Party

National Party Welfare spokeswoman Judith Collins says the public can take no comfort from figures showing a slight drop in the number of unallocated urgent cases at CYF over the past year. More >>

David Cunliffe talking nonsense

Thursday, 7 April 2005, 4:07 pm | New Zealand National Party

National Party Welfare spokeswoman Judith Collins is urging Associate Revenue Minister David Cunliffe to “stop digging” over his bid to hide the real number of liable parents who have fled to Australia. More >>

Urgent question lodged on George Hawkins

Thursday, 7 April 2005, 2:17 pm | New Zealand National Party

National Party Deputy Leader Gerry Brownlee has lodged an urgent question in Parliament this afternoon regarding comments made by George Hawkins on Radio New Zealand’s Nine-to-Noon show today. More >>

Plain English: More and More Policy

Thursday, 7 April 2005, 10:47 am | New Zealand National Party

Last year Don Brash announced major and controversial policy such as repealing Treaty clauses in legislation and abolishing parole for repeat and violent offenders. Last week Don Brash announced National’s plan to spend every dollar of petrol tax on the ... More >>

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