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Good vaccine news, but King too slow

Friday, 18 March 2005, 4:18 pm | New Zealand National Party

The announcement that GlaxoSmithKline will supply 360,000 more doses of effective flu vaccine demonstrates a highly ethical and positive response from the company that lost the sole supply of the vaccine, says National’s Health spokesman, Paul ... More >>

NCEA cover-up continues

Friday, 18 March 2005, 3:31 pm | New Zealand National Party

The refusal of Labour’s Education Ministers to release information relating to problems with last year’s scholarship exams shows they are more concerned with dodging political accountability than fixing the system, says National’s Education spokesman, Bill ... More >>

More Labour chaos in immigration

Friday, 18 March 2005, 1:22 pm | New Zealand National Party

National’s Immigration spokesman, Tony Ryall, says the deferral of health checks for potential migrants is just another example of chaos in Labour’s immigration policy. More >>

National Party Biosecurity Spokesman

Friday, 18 March 2005, 1:05 pm | New Zealand National Party

The discovery of live Redback spiders in an imported car from Australia shows yet again Labour’s slack stance on biosecurity issues, says National’s Biosecurity spokesman, Shane Ardern. More >>

Another botch-up in Labour’s building laws

Friday, 18 March 2005, 8:54 am | New Zealand National Party

“It is disgraceful that before the ink has even dried on Labour’s new Building Act, amendments are being rushed through Parliament,” says National’s Building and Construction spokesman. More >>

Don Brash backs press freedom

Friday, 18 March 2005, 8:33 am | New Zealand National Party

National Party Leader Don Brash is backing freedom of the press in the ongoing wrangle over the televised coverage of Parliament. More >>

Trade training must be priority

Thursday, 17 March 2005, 4:10 pm | New Zealand National Party

National’s Education spokesman, Bill English, has welcomed figures showing increased numbers of apprentices, but says growth should have been much faster. More >>

Labour is guilty of high country land grab

Thursday, 17 March 2005, 11:31 am | New Zealand National Party

National leader Don Brash says the Labour Government is treating New Zealand farmers with contempt by turning the High Country Tenure Review into a Department of Conservation land grab. More >>

Organic farming more important than special needs?

Thursday, 17 March 2005, 8:18 am | New Zealand National Party

National’s Education spokesman, Bill English, says parents of children with special needs will be outraged by Trevor Mallard’s assertion that support for their child is less important than organic farming. More >>

Aged Care in crisis, Hodgson idle

Wednesday, 16 March 2005, 5:01 pm | New Zealand National Party

While aged care remains in a state of crisis, Associate Minister of Health Pete Hodgson has not even met with DHBs to discuss the issue, says National’s Senior Citizens spokeswoman, Lynda Scott. More >>

Brash’d be an appalling steward of the land

Wednesday, 16 March 2005, 4:58 pm | New Zealand National Party

Don Brash’s extremist views about the Conservation Department illustrate that any government he led would be a terrible guardian of the land, the Green Party says. More >>

Labour’s economic legacy takes hold

Wednesday, 16 March 2005, 3:45 pm | New Zealand National Party

National Party Finance spokesman John Key says Labour’s economic legacy is now starting to become blindingly obvious to all New Zealanders. More >>

Don Brash Writes: 1/4 Of NZ's Brightest Are Gone

Wednesday, 16 March 2005, 2:37 pm | New Zealand National Party

That was the front-page headline on last Saturday's Weekend Herald. The article which followed made the point that 24.2% of all New Zealand-born people with a tertiary education now live overseas - and noted that that represents the biggest exodus of ... More >>