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NCEA discrepancies unacceptable
Wednesday, 9 February 2005, 8:55 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government's admission that there are unacceptable discrepancies in NCEA scholarship results is a disgrace because it cheats thousands of young New Zealanders striving for excellence, says National's Education spokesman, Bill English. More >>
Working For Families A Pathway To Debt
Wednesday, 9 February 2005, 8:55 am | New Zealand National Party
National's Finance spokesman, John Key, says hundreds of thousands of families could find themselves in debt because of Labour's badly designed Working For Families package. More >>
King encourages waste of scarce health dollars
Wednesday, 9 February 2005, 8:51 am | New Zealand National Party
The Minister of Health is encouraging the waste of scarce health dollars, says National Party Health spokesman, Paul Hutchison. More >>
IRD will be too little, too late
Wednesday, 9 February 2005, 12:30 am | New Zealand National Party
Labour's claims that families have 'nothing to worry about' when calculating their annual income for the purposes of Working For Families grants are rubbish, says National's Finance spokesman, John Key. More >>
IRD will be too little, too late
Wednesday, 9 February 2005, 12:24 am | New Zealand National Party
Labour's claims that families have 'nothing to worry about' when calculating their annual income for the purposes of Working For Families grants are rubbish, says National's Finance spokesman, John Key. More >>
Report proves LAV purchase a disaster
Tuesday, 8 February 2005, 4:05 pm | New Zealand National Party
National's Defence spokesman, John Carter, says the Defence Force's $677 million purchase of 105 light armoured vehicles has been proven to be an ill-advised decision and a big waste of taxpayers' money. More >>
Labour forced to back down on propaganda campaign
Tuesday, 8 February 2005, 3:44 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Welfare spokeswoman Judith Collins says the suspicions about Labour's Working For Families propaganda campaign have been proved correct now the cost has been substantially trimmed. More >>
Most prisoners rip off benefits
Tuesday, 8 February 2005, 10:52 am | New Zealand National Party
National's Law and Order spokesman, Tony Ryall, says criminals should automatically lose their welfare benefits the day they arrive in prison. More >>
Plan for killer road insufficient
Monday, 7 February 2005, 10:25 am | New Zealand National Party
A plan by Transit, the Police and Transport New Zealand to confront conditions on State Highway 2 at Maramarua will not solve the horrendous problems facing drivers, says Port Waikato MP Paul Hutchison. More >>
Cullen suggests no hurry on Treaty claims
Monday, 7 February 2005, 9:44 am | New Zealand National Party
National's Maori Affairs spokesman, Gerry Brownlee, says Michael Cullen is now suggesting Labour is in no hurry to wrap up the Treaty claims process. He is commenting on a speech from Michael Cullen today on the meaning of the Treaty of Waitangi. More >>
Stranded travellers a reflection of legislation
Monday, 7 February 2005, 9:41 am | New Zealand National Party
National's Industrial Relations spokesman, Wayne Mapp, says a stop-work meeting by Stagecoach bus drivers in Auckland, leaving thousands of people stranded, is a harsh reflection of Labour's industrial relations legislation. More >>
NZQA stalling over scholarship results
Monday, 7 February 2005, 12:57 am | New Zealand National Party
NZQA and the Associate Minister of Education are still stalling over dealing with dodgy NCEA scholarship results, says National's Education spokesman, Bill English. More >>
TVNZ feasts at taxpayer expense
Friday, 4 February 2005, 4:43 pm | New Zealand National Party
"Labour is so desperate to make its prescriptive charter work that it is throwing more money at the same organisation that the public has come to associate with a culture of extravagance," says National Party Broadcasting spokeswoman Georgina te ... More >>
Clark must clean up Hawkins' mess
Friday, 4 February 2005, 1:46 pm | New Zealand National Party
Helen Clark must move quickly to clean up the disaster being caused by George Hawkins in the Police portfolio, says National's Law and Order spokesman, Tony Ryall. More >>
News Worthy - 4 February 2005
Friday, 4 February 2005, 11:40 am | New Zealand National Party
Kilimanjaro There are seven summits in the world which draw climbers to them. They are Everest, McKinley, Aconcagua, Elbrus, Vinson, Kosciusko, and Kilimanjaro. I was beaten back on Aconcagua in 2002 because of the snow and an unfulfilled ambition ... More >>
NZ at risk as Australia looks at cutting taxes
Friday, 4 February 2005, 11:25 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Finance spokesman John Key says New Zealand risks losing more skilled labour and investment to Australia, given the news from across the Tasman that further tax breaks are planned for workers. More >>
Families first, not ''political masters''
Friday, 4 February 2005, 9:50 am | New Zealand National Party
National's Families spokeswoman Judith Collins says Families Commissioner Rajen Prasad should be representing New Zealand families, not his "political masters" among the Labour Government. More >>
Grass Tax - It's Happened
Friday, 4 February 2005, 9:29 am | New Zealand National Party
The Labour Government's decision to slap a tax on new farm grass is another example of taxation running out of control, says National's Associate Revenue spokesman, Brian Connell. More >>
Police Should Drop Foreshore Trespass Threat
Friday, 4 February 2005, 9:24 am | New Zealand National Party
Nelson MP Nick Smith has challenged police to drop a threat to issue trespass notices to people accessing the Wakapuaka Estuary, after a report tabled today in Parliament by Land Information New Zealand showed iwi did not have title. More >>
Officials Contradict Labour's Childcare Policy
Friday, 4 February 2005, 9:21 am | New Zealand National Party
National's Education spokesman, Bill English, says Helen Clark's claims that Labour's commitment to childcare will increase women's participation in the workforce is at odds with her official advice. More >>
