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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 >>
Labour runs for cover over pylons
Wednesday, 13 April 2005, 4:56 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour runs for cover over pylons National’s Deputy Leader, Gerry Brownlee, says Labour is merely running for the cover of the election by postponing a decision on supplying extra electricity to Auckland. “This decision has the smell of a party ... More >>
Excellence in education - Don Brash Statement
Wednesday, 13 April 2005, 4:56 pm | New Zealand National Party
Improving basic literacy and numeracy should be a national mission, National Party Leader Don Brash said today when signalling substantial changes to the education system under a National Government. Speaking to an audience of education specialists ... More >>
Don Brash Speech - Excellence in Education
Wednesday, 13 April 2005, 4:54 pm | New Zealand National Party
Don Brash National Party Leader 13 April 2005 Excellence in Education Thank you for your interest in our plans for achieving excellence in education. Before I start, may I acknowledge the work of the Hon Bill English, who has done an outstanding job ... More >>
Don Brash Writes: No. 55, 13 April 2005
Wednesday, 13 April 2005, 9:40 am | New Zealand National Party
Last week I went to the Bay of Plenty to highlight the way in which their foreshore and seabed policy was coming apart at the seams. More >>
Labour head-in-sand over xenotransplantation
Tuesday, 12 April 2005, 5:20 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour has once again demonstrated its anti-science colours by extending the moratorium on xenotransplantation until December 2006, says National’s Health spokesman, Paul Hutchison. More >>
Labour happy to appoint unsuitable JPs
Tuesday, 12 April 2005, 5:15 pm | New Zealand National Party
National’s Internal Affairs spokesman, Lindsay Tisch, says Labour seems to be happy to appoint people to be JPs when they clearly have unsuitable backgrounds and do not pass the criteria. More >>
Don Brash pledges extra help for aged care
Tuesday, 12 April 2005, 2:39 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader Don Brash has told the Grey Power annual meeting today there will be extra help to address the crisis in aged care under a National Government. More >>
PM humiliated over John Tamihere affair
Tuesday, 12 April 2005, 2:05 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader Don Brash says the Prime Minister has shown she is prepared to suffer any humiliation to keep her grip on the Labour caucus. More >>
The National Party and Older New Zealanders
Tuesday, 12 April 2005, 2:00 pm | New Zealand National Party
An address to the annual conference of Grey Power New Zealand, Grand Tiara Hotel, Rotorua More >>
Smith seeks Beehive eviction
Tuesday, 12 April 2005, 1:03 pm | New Zealand National Party
National’s Building and Construction spokesman, Nick Smith, today lodged a formal complaint with the Wellington City Council seeking the Government’s eviction from the Beehive for non-compliance with its new Building Act. More >>
Mallard’s voucher system too complicated
Tuesday, 12 April 2005, 10:00 am | New Zealand National Party
National’s Education spokesman, Bill English, says Education Minister Trevor Mallard will have to simplify his complicated early childhood voucher system to meet the needs of parents. More >>
