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Trade deal exposes Labour’s hypocrisy

Thursday, 10 March 2005, 12:34 am | New Zealand National Party

The national interest analysis released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade this week reveals Labour’s hypocrisy on Treaty of Waitangi policy, says National’s Foreign Affairs and Trade spokesman, Lockwood Smith. More >>

Lahar police: more nonsense from Labour

Wednesday, 9 March 2005, 5:20 pm | New Zealand National Party

Stationing six police officers at Tangiwai to wait for the Ruapehu lahar is just another chapter in Labour’s farcical management of the lahar risk, says National’s Environment spokesman, Nick Smith. More >>

Courts debt hits record $602 million

Wednesday, 9 March 2005, 2:03 pm | New Zealand National Party

National's Law and Order spokesman, Tony Ryall, says a record $602 million was owed to the courts in outstanding fines and reparation debt at December 2004. The debt ballooned by $65 million in the past year. More >>

National Candidate calls for 'School Gardens'

Wednesday, 9 March 2005, 11:58 am | New Zealand National Party

National candidate for Mt Roskill and breast cancer campaigner Dr Jackie Blue supports the fruit in schools programme to combat cancer but is also calling for the widespread introduction of school gardens, particularly in urban areas. More >>

More Labour deceit over NCEA inquiry

Wednesday, 9 March 2005, 9:26 am | New Zealand National Party

Labour Ministers have resorted to being economical with the truth to downplay the seriousness of the inquiry into NCEA, says National’s Education spokesman, Bill English. Trevor Mallard told Parliament today that the Government decided to hold an inquiry ... More >>

John Key stands by comments

Wednesday, 9 March 2005, 9:17 am | New Zealand National Party

National Party Finance spokesman John Key says Social Development and Employment Minister Steve Maharey can’t argue with the claim that four out of five households will get nothing from Working For Families, because it’s true. More >>

5% in ’05 won’t go far under high-tax Labour

Tuesday, 8 March 2005, 3:55 pm | New Zealand National Party

“A 5% wage rise in the current high tax climate won’t go far, and trade unions would be better targeting Labour for tax cuts,” says National Party Finance spokesman John Key. More >>

Building Act rules a nightmare for hospitals

Monday, 7 March 2005, 5:13 pm | New Zealand National Party

Huge unnecessary building costs and delays will result from Labour's new Building Act for building redevelopments such as Wellington's Kenepuru Hospital, says National's Building and Construction spokesman, Nick Smith. More >>

Time to tighten up on inmates getting ACC

Monday, 7 March 2005, 4:29 pm | New Zealand National Party

National's ACC spokeswoman Katherine Rich has released figures showing more than 60 prison inmates wrongly received weekly ACC payments in the past eight months worth in total $35,000. More >>

Rush job on benefits done in Orewa's wake

Monday, 7 March 2005, 2:50 pm | New Zealand National Party

National Party Leader Don Brash says Labour has admitted that its plan for a universal benefit was put back on the agenda in the aftermath of Orewa. More >>

King ‘relaxed’ on 87% Unanswered PlunketLine Calls

Monday, 7 March 2005, 8:22 am | New Zealand National Party

Parents who use the PlunketLine number will be appalled at Annette King’s shoulder-shrugging at official figures showing 87% of calls in January went unanswered, says National’s Associate Health spokeswoman Katherine Rich. More >>

Labour ignored early warnings about scholarship

Monday, 7 March 2005, 8:14 am | New Zealand National Party

National’s Education spokesman, Bill English, says Labour chose to ignore repeated early warnings from leading educators about NCEA scholarship exams. More >>

Security needed for online banking

Monday, 7 March 2005, 8:13 am | New Zealand National Party

National’s Commerce spokesman, Brian Connell, says Labour must step in to ensure the security of the bank accounts of more than one million New Zealanders, from internet hackers. More >>

National targets red tape in building sector

Monday, 7 March 2005, 8:11 am | New Zealand National Party

National Party Leader Don Brash has appointed Nelson MP Nick Smith as the party’s spokesman on Building and Construction. More >>

Will people die waiting while King remains idle?

Friday, 4 March 2005, 3:13 pm | New Zealand National Party

The Health Minister must act before the crises at Auckland District Health Board cause unnecessary deaths, says National's Health spokesman, Paul Hutchison. More >>

Burton opens monument to political correctness

Friday, 4 March 2005, 3:12 pm | New Zealand National Party

Spending $5 million on a new road bridge at Tangiwai, when doing $200,000 of earthworks at the crater lake could have eliminated the lahar risk, shows the extent to which Labour will waste public money in the name of political correctness, says National's ... More >>

John Key Speech: State Sector Under National

Friday, 4 March 2005, 11:07 am | New Zealand National Party

For an incoming National Government to simply unwind this on the basis of ideology would cause unnecessary disruption... It is therefore our intention to keep the bank for at least our first term in office so that any final decisions on its future can ... More >>