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National Proposes Fix To Flawed Lending Regulations
Thursday, 10 February 2022, 9:23 am | New Zealand National Party
National has proposed a draft Bill to undo the adverse impact prescriptive credit regulations are having on mortgage lending, National’s Housing spokesperson Nicola Willis says. “We have written to Commerce Minister David Clark asking that he urgently ... More >>
Hutt Rents Up $200 Per Week Under Labour
Wednesday, 9 February 2022, 4:44 pm | New Zealand National Party
Hutt families are under increasing pressure and the housing crisis is worse than ever under Labour, says List MP based in Hutt South Chris Bishop. “New data out today shows that the median rent for houses in Lower Hutt was only $375 in October ... More >>
Record Rent Increase Under Labour
Wednesday, 9 February 2022, 3:55 pm | New Zealand National Party
New data released this week shows that Labour has presided over the single worst yearly increase in rents since records began, National’s Housing spokesperson Nicola Willis says. MBIE’s Tenancy Services Rental Bond Data release for December 2021 ... More >>
Kiwi Tourism Suffers As Australia Welcomes Visitors
Tuesday, 8 February 2022, 4:02 pm | New Zealand National Party
With Australia announcing it will fully open its borders to vaccinated people from 21 February, New Zealand’s tourism industry needs a clear timeline from the Government on when we will open to vaccinated tourists, National’s Tourism spokesperson Todd ... More >>
Kāinga Ora Removes More Homes Than It Builds
Tuesday, 8 February 2022, 9:18 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s state house developer Kāinga Ora has removed more homes from its stock in the past six months than it built, National’s Housing spokesperson Nicola Willis says. According to the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development’s ... More >>
Government Admits It Took Tests Already In NZ
Monday, 7 February 2022, 5:34 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Ministry of Health’s admission that its confiscation last month of rapid tests ordered by the private sector included tests already in the country is deeply concerning and Ministers need to front up on the matter, National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson ... More >>
Aucklanders To Be Squeezed By $1,000 Per Year Light Rail Tax
Saturday, 5 February 2022, 5:30 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government is trying to help fund their expensive light rail project by imposing a $1,000 per year tax on properties along their proposed light rail corridor, National’s Transport spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “The proposal, contained within the Government’s ... More >>
National Release 10-point Omicron Plan
Friday, 4 February 2022, 11:23 am | New Zealand National Party
Given the Government has listened to National’s policy to end MIQ for vaccinated travellers and recognised the importance of rapid tests, National is proposing more ideas to improve the response to Omicron, says National’s COVID-19 Response spokesperson ... More >>
Kiwis Paying The Price For Failed Housing Policy
Thursday, 3 February 2022, 3:30 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour’s housing policies have failed and Kiwis are paying the price with soaring housing costs and a new threat of retrograde price controls, National’s Housing spokesperson Nicola Willis says. “In an increasingly desperate game of policy whack-a-mole, ... More >>
End Of MIQ The Right Thing To Do
Thursday, 3 February 2022, 11:38 am | New Zealand National Party
The reopening of our border is welcome news for millions of New Zealanders offshore and at home, Opposition Leader Christopher Luxon says. “National has been calling for the Government to end the lottery of human misery that is MIQ and we are pleased ... More >>
Ministry Resorts To Emergency MIQ To Get Teachers In
Wednesday, 2 February 2022, 3:24 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Ministry of Education must now resort to applying for emergency MIQ spots meant for offshore Kiwis to get teachers into the country in time for term one after Chris Hipkins failed to allocate any rooms for them, National’s Immigration spokesperson ... More >>
Low Unemployment Masks Dependency Crisis
Wednesday, 2 February 2022, 12:28 pm | New Zealand National Party
Confirmation that the labour market remains extremely tight makes the Government’s failure to address the benefit dependency crisis even more shameful, National’s Social Development and Employment spokesperson Louise Upston says. “With unemployment ... More >>
Labour’s ‘Jobs Tax’ Will Make Kiwis Worse Off
Wednesday, 2 February 2022, 11:08 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s plan to impose a new tax on every worker and business in the country could not come at a worse time, Opposition Leader Christopher Luxon says. “With prices growing twice as fast as wages, Kiwi families are worse off than they ... More >>
New Zealanders Getting Poorer Under Labour
Wednesday, 2 February 2022, 10:55 am | New Zealand National Party
New Zealanders are getting poorer under the Labour Government with wage growth figures of 2.6 per cent trailing well behind inflation of 5.9 per cent, National’s Finance spokesperson Simon Bridges says. “The figures released today show that real incomes ... More >>
Navigating Through Omicron
Tuesday, 1 February 2022, 10:15 am | New Zealand National Party
We need a new strategy to safely steer New Zealand through the Omicron wave and out of endless restrictions, Opposition Leader Christopher Luxon says. “The Omicron variant has arrived and case numbers are set to increase rapidly in the coming weeks ... More >>
Immigration Failure Forcing Nurses To Leave NZ
Monday, 31 January 2022, 1:03 pm | New Zealand National Party
Yet another immigration train-wreck is seeing nurses forced to leave the country for lengthy periods of time to attempt to secure a visa for their loved ones, at a time when Omicron cases are growing, National’s Immigration spokesperson Erica ... More >>
MIA Immigration Minister Risking Food Production
Sunday, 30 January 2022, 6:44 am | New Zealand National Party
At a time when supply chains are already frayed, the Government’s inaction on border class exceptions for time-critical workers could have an impact on food production and distribution in New Zealand, National Leader Christopher Luxon says. “Workers ... More >>
Confusion Remains Around Bright-line Changes
Friday, 28 January 2022, 3:21 pm | New Zealand National Party
It’s been 10 months since the Government announced an extension of the bright-line test in an effort to curb speculative demand by property investors, but confusion still remains about how the changes will apply, National’s Revenue spokesperson ... More >>
Say Yes To The Dress, No To The Mask
Friday, 28 January 2022, 12:49 pm | New Zealand National Party
Brides will be walking down the aisle wearing a mask this summer because of the Government’s nonsensical mask rules that kick in on February 4, National’s COVID-19 spokesperson says. “Under these stupid rules, everyone at the wedding will be wearing ... More >>
Rapid Antigen Test Confiscation Gets Worse
Friday, 28 January 2022, 11:01 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s confiscation of rapid antigen tests ordered by the private sector has gone from bad to worse, National’s COVID-19 spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “Businesses who have had rapid tests seized by the Government have been told that ... More >>
