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Work with allies on defence, Brash at dawn service
Tuesday, 26 April 2005, 7:58 am | New Zealand National Party
New Zealand should maintain strong defences and work with likeminded allies to maintain safety in the region, Opposition leader Don Brash told the Anzac Day dawn service at the Wellington Cenotaph. More >>
Huge reading gap for six-year-olds
Tuesday, 26 April 2005, 7:56 am | New Zealand National Party
National’s Education spokesman, Bill English, says a Ministry of Education report shows only about half of New Zealand’s lower decile primary schools use the Government’s flagship Reading Recovery programme. More >>
Aussies give up on NZ’s defence stance
Tuesday, 26 April 2005, 12:03 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader Don Brash says it is clear that the Australian Prime Minister’s snub to the New Zealand service at Gallipoli is a direct result of his exasperation at Labour giving up on defence. More >>
Plain English - 22 April 2005
Friday, 22 April 2005, 5:46 pm | New Zealand National Party
The launch of National's education policy last week by Don Brash attracted criticism from all the usual suspects. Unions and bureaucrats like schools to be organised in ways that entrench their power. They don’t like policy that shifts money and decisions ... More >>
What’s your petrol tax for?
Friday, 22 April 2005, 2:51 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader Don Brash today launched a billboard campaign overlooking Auckland’s Northern Motorway spelling out the difference between National and Labour when it comes to roading. More >>
Maharey's Double Standard On Secret Handshakes
Friday, 22 April 2005, 10:39 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Families spokeswoman Judith Collins is accusing Steve Maharey of double standards over secret golden handshakes. More >>
Labour Has Wrecked Confidence In Police
Friday, 22 April 2005, 9:49 am | New Zealand National Party
National's Law and Order spokesman, Tony Ryall, says Helen Clark and George Hawkins have wrecked the public's confidence in the police. More >>
Commemorating Sacrifice & Preserving Freedom
Friday, 22 April 2005, 12:19 am | New Zealand National Party
It has been ninety years since New Zealanders landed at ANZAC cove in Gallipoli. Only very few New Zealanders from that time are still alive. They would have been children then, and have been acutely aware of the fate of loved ones during the campaign. ... More >>
Michael Cullen's spending nightmare
Friday, 22 April 2005, 12:17 am | New Zealand National Party
"Labour's reckless spending on a growing bureaucracy is starting to give Michael Cullen nightmares, but it's the rest of us who will be haunted by Helen Clark's legacy," says National Party Finance spokesman John Key. More >>
Foreshore and Seabed Act - the poisoned chalice?
Friday, 22 April 2005, 12:04 am | New Zealand National Party
This week began with a group of government officials being greeted at Gisborne Airport by angry Maori protesters when they went to meet Ngati Porou over their sneaky deal over the ownership of the East Coast coastline. More >>
Labour’s policies killing New Zealand
Thursday, 21 April 2005, 5:16 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader Don Brash says Helen Clark and Michael Cullen are tearing the heart out of New Zealand by not doing anything to stop the rapidly growing exodus of people to Australia. More >>
Brash backs DIY builders
Thursday, 21 April 2005, 2:56 pm | New Zealand National Party
Brash backs DIY builders National Party Leader Don Brash today announced that National will repeal provisions in Labour's new building legislation that stop New Zealanders from carrying out DIY renovations on their own homes. The Building Act 2004 will ... More >>
Smarmy Steve Maharey loses the plot
Thursday, 21 April 2005, 11:40 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Families spokeswoman Judith Collins believes Steve Maharey has resorted to personal insults because he knows how much New Zealanders hate Labour’s hypocrisy on secret golden handshakes. More >>
Huge reading gap for six-year-olds
Thursday, 21 April 2005, 11:32 am | New Zealand National Party
National’s Education spokesman, Bill English, says National will not let children fall behind just because they attend one of the 680 primary schools that do not run the Government’s reading recovery programme. More >>
Perhaps Labour needs reminding
Thursday, 21 April 2005, 11:27 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Families spokeswoman Judith Collins has released a series of quotes in a bid to "remind the Labour Government what they used to say about golden handshakes." More >>
Families Comm spending blatant electioneering
Wednesday, 20 April 2005, 3:19 pm | New Zealand National Party
Extravagant Families Commission spending blatant electioneering Labour’s extravagant spending on a Families Commission campaign is a waste of valuable taxpayer dollars and blatant electioneering, says National’s Families spokeswoman, Judith Collins. ... More >>
Lives In Danger While 111 Report Is Sanitised
Wednesday, 20 April 2005, 10:09 am | New Zealand National Party
National's Law and Order spokesman, Tony Ryall, says people's lives are being put in danger while Labour's review of the 111 system is in the Beehive getting its final spin. More >>
ACC Ignored Advice On Rescue Helicopters
Wednesday, 20 April 2005, 9:49 am | New Zealand National Party
ACC's plan to axe rescue helicopters from the central North Island had been opposed by the Ministry of Health for 12 months before it was released, according to documents released under the Official Information Act by National's Rangitikei MP Simon Power. More >>
Will Hawkins deliver on Civil Defence?
Tuesday, 19 April 2005, 4:27 pm | New Zealand National Party
National’s Civil Defence spokesman, John Carter, says he is pleased the Government has finally recognised the need to better educate New Zealanders on Civil Defence issues. More >>
Berrymans deserve justice
Tuesday, 19 April 2005, 4:19 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Rural Affairs spokesman Shane Ardern is calling on Labour to stop passing the buck and sort out the issue of compensation for Keith and Margaret Berryman. More >>
