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NZQA: hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil
Thursday, 24 February 2005, 8:29 am | New Zealand National Party
National’s Education spokesman, Bill English, says parents and students can have no confidence in the NZQA’s ideas about fair NCEA results. More >>
Labour, NZQA deceive in unison
Thursday, 24 February 2005, 12:36 am | New Zealand National Party
National's Education spokesman, Bill English, says Labour and the NZQA are working together to hide incriminating evidence about their knowledge of problems with scholarship and the NCEA. More >>
Burton should come clean over fire brigades
Wednesday, 23 February 2005, 5:30 pm | New Zealand National Party
National's Internal Affairs spokesman, Lindsay Tisch, says it is time the Minister Responsible for the Fire Service Commission came clean over what he plans to do with volunteer fire brigades. More >>
Don Brash says single benefit a ‘smokescreen’
Wednesday, 23 February 2005, 3:04 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader Don Brash is describing Labour’s proposed single benefit programme as a smokescreen that aims to give the impression of action. More >>
Teachers frustrated with NCEA
Tuesday, 22 February 2005, 10:26 pm | New Zealand National Party
National’s Education spokesman, Bill English, says a new wave of teacher complaints about the NCEA show the problems with the qualification are much wider than those surrounding the scholarship exam. More >>
Labour’s high country land grab
Tuesday, 22 February 2005, 10:25 pm | New Zealand National Party
National’s Conservation spokesman, Simon Power, says Labour is forcing high country farmers off their land by manipulating the Land Tenure Review process. More >>
Soft touch immigration policy costing Kiwis
Tuesday, 22 February 2005, 1:54 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Immigration spokesman Tony Ryall says New Zealand is being haunted by Labour's chaotic immigration policies with taxpayers forking out over $2 million for care of the so-called 'Tampa boys'. More >>
Employers in the dark with NCEA students
Tuesday, 22 February 2005, 1:36 pm | New Zealand National Party
National's Industrial Relations spokesman, Wayne Mapp, says Labour and the NZQA must take the concerns of employers on board as part of their inquiry into discrepancies in the NCEA. More >>
Labour aims to hide inaction on welfare
Tuesday, 22 February 2005, 12:00 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Welfare spokeswoman Judith Collins remains sceptical of Labour's plan to recategorise New Zealand's 300,000 beneficiaries. More >>
Welfare reform requires more than a name change
Monday, 21 February 2005, 4:24 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Welfare spokeswoman Judith Collins says beating welfare dependency in New Zealand requires more than just a superficial name change. More >>
Police deliver on Labour's 'traffic first' policy
Monday, 21 February 2005, 11:56 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Police spokesman Tony Ryall says the more than three-fold increase in officer issued speeding tickets is more proof of Labour's 'traffic first' policy. More >>
Brash speaks to candidates forum
Monday, 21 February 2005, 8:24 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader Don Brash told National Party candidates, MPs and campaign volunteers this weekend that only National can deliver the changes that New Zealand must make if it is to move forward as a nation. More >>
Helen Clark should talk tax with Aussie PM
Monday, 21 February 2005, 8:23 am | New Zealand National Party
“Helen Clark should ask John Howard to give her a briefing on the benefits being passed to Australian workers from the drive to lower taxes across the Tasman,” says National Party Leader Don Brash. More >>
NCEA grade point average is nonsense
Monday, 21 February 2005, 8:22 am | New Zealand National Party
National’s Education spokesman, Bill English, says parents and employers will be misled by the grade average included in the NCEA results, and it should either include failure or be abolished. More >>
Helen Clark should talk tax with Aussie PM
Monday, 21 February 2005, 8:21 am | New Zealand National Party
“Helen Clark should ask John Howard to give her a briefing on the benefits being passed to Australian workers from the drive to lower taxes across the Tasman,” says National Party Leader Don Brash. More >>
Labour still failing on US trade deal
Friday, 18 February 2005, 5:31 pm | New Zealand National Party
National's Foreign Affairs and Trade spokesman, Lockwood Smith, says that though the formation of the Friends of New Zealand Congressional Caucus is a positive move, far more work needs to be done to improve our relationship with the United States. More >>
News Worthy - 18 February 2005
Friday, 18 February 2005, 12:23 am | New Zealand National Party
We entered the Chinese New Year of the Rooster on 9 February 2005. Roosters are the perfectionist of the Chinese Zodiac especially when it comes to their looks. But don't let that appearance of vanity fool you. Hidden beneath their well-groomed façade, ... More >>
Collins: Stop bleating and start working for vets
Thursday, 17 February 2005, 5:14 pm | New Zealand National Party
New Zealand First MP Pita Paraone should stop bleating and put Vietnam veterans first, says National Party MP Judith Collins. More >>
Ministers cooperate in cover-up
Thursday, 17 February 2005, 5:02 pm | New Zealand National Party
National's Education spokesman, Bill English, says it was confirmed in the House today that Education Ministers Trevor Mallard and David Benson-Pope worked together to keep shonky scholarship results from the public. More >>
Culture of low expectations continues at DHB
Thursday, 17 February 2005, 2:23 pm | New Zealand National Party
The culture of low expectations for Maori and Pacific Island children is alive and well at Hutt Valley DHB, says National's Associate Health spokeswoman, Katherine Rich. More >>
