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LINZ Wait Times Skyrocket Despite More Staff
Saturday, 16 April 2022, 1:22 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s lead agency for managing land titles and overseas investment has seen record increases in staffing and spending while delivering worse outcomes, National’s Land Information Spokesperson Nicola Grigg says. “Since 2017, Land ... More >>
Russian Ambassador Needs To Go
Friday, 15 April 2022, 6:34 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Russian Ambassador’s continued presence in New Zealand is increasingly untenable with the ongoing atrocities in Ukraine and the Russian Embassy’s spreading of disinformation, National’s Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Gerry Brownlee says. “In recent weeks ... More >>
Russian Ambassador Needs To Go
Friday, 15 April 2022, 6:33 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Russian Ambassador’s continued presence in New Zealand is increasingly untenable with the ongoing atrocities in Ukraine and the Russian Embassy’s spreading of disinformation, National’s Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Gerry Brownlee says. “In recent weeks ... More >>
Govt Attempting To Gag Councils On Three Waters
Friday, 15 April 2022, 6:23 pm | New Zealand National Party
A thinly-veiled gag order has been placed on councils in what appears to be an attempt to control what they say to media about Three Waters, National’s Local Government Spokesperson Simon Watts says. “Councils and communities across the country are ... More >>
Labour Stops Bill To Prevent Public Funding Of Gangs
Thursday, 14 April 2022, 2:48 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s decision to vote down the Public Finance (Prohibition on Providing Public Funds to Gangs) Amendment Bill is another example showing Labour is completely out of touch when it comes to gangs, says National MP Simeon Brown. “Last week ... More >>
Keep Masks In Schools To Protect Tamariki
Wednesday, 13 April 2022, 2:54 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Green Party does not support the Government’s decision to move Aotearoa to ‘orange’, or the removal of mask rules for schools. “Now is not the time to ease restrictions even further than they have been already,” says Teanau Tuiono, ... More >>
OCR Hike Down To Economic Mismanagement
Wednesday, 13 April 2022, 2:46 pm | New Zealand National Party
The biggest Official Cash Rate hike in 22 years is more pain for Kiwi households already struggling with the cost of living crisis, says National’s Finance Spokesperson Nicola Willis. “Today’s 50 basis point increase in the OCR is the result of spiralling ... More >>
Food Prices Worsen The Cost Of Living Crisis
Wednesday, 13 April 2022, 12:35 pm | New Zealand National Party
New figures on food prices from Statistics New Zealand confirm the cost of living crisis is only getting worse on Labour’s watch, says National’s Finance Spokesperson Nicola Willis. Data released today shows the highest annual food price increase in ... More >>
Labour Failing To Lift Children Out Of Poverty
Wednesday, 13 April 2022, 11:36 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government has failed to deliver on its promise to lift 100,000 children out of poverty by 2020, National’s Spokesperson for Child Poverty Reduction Louise Upston says. “Just like every other grand, transformative promise Labour has made, ... More >>
Business Confidence Shattered Under Labour
Wednesday, 13 April 2022, 9:32 am | New Zealand National Party
The latest Business Monitor survey by MYOB shows businesses are becoming more and more pessimistic about New Zealand’s economy under Labour, says National’s Finance Spokesperson Nicola Willis. “The survey by MYOB shows one of the lowest levels ... More >>
Government Panic Over RATs Laid Bare
Wednesday, 13 April 2022, 6:01 am | New Zealand National Party
Internal Ministry of Health emails reveal how panicked the Government was in January when it became clear that they hadn’t ordered enough rapid antigen tests early enough, says National’s Covid-19 Response Spokesperson Chris Bishop. “The Government’s ... More >>
Half Of Labour’s Car Tax Mistakes Unresolved
Tuesday, 12 April 2022, 4:43 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour needs to move faster to reimburse over half of the Kiwis who were wrongly taxed when they should have received a rebate under the Clean Car Discount Scheme, National’s Transport Spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “Kiwis are picking up the ... More >>
Operation Tauwhiro Mostly Smoke And Mirrors
Tuesday, 12 April 2022, 3:48 pm | New Zealand National Party
One of the Government’s flagship responses to New Zealand’s growing gang violence is little more than window dressing, National’s Police spokesperson Mark Mitchell says. “Police Minister Poto Williams repeatedly cites Operation Tauwhiro as a strong ... More >>
New Border Exceptions An Admission Of Failure
Tuesday, 12 April 2022, 10:27 am | New Zealand National Party
New exceptions from immigration rules will do little to ease the critical skills shortage in New Zealand’s primary sectors and reflect the Immigration Minister’s incompetence, National’s Immigration spokesperson Erica Stanford says. On Tuesday ... More >>
$21 Million Worth Of Vaccines Down The Drain
Sunday, 10 April 2022, 12:58 pm | New Zealand National Party
Health Minister Andrew Little is failing to protect New Zealanders after allowing $21 million worth of vaccines to expire, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. “In the last few weeks Health Minister Andrew Little has been exposed ... More >>
Govt Should Put Moratorium On New Business Costs
Friday, 8 April 2022, 10:35 am | New Zealand National Party
Data from Retail NZ showing retailers expect prices to rise 7.5 per cent in the next three months should be a wake-up call for the Government, says National’s Finance Spokesperson Nicola Willis. “This price-hike warning will send another ... More >>
Decline In Perception Of Academic Freedom Alarming
Friday, 8 April 2022, 9:56 am | New Zealand National Party
New research showing a large number of academics are apprehensive about exercising their freedom of expression reflects an alarming culture of intolerance under this Government, National’s Justice Spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. “Freedom of ... More >>
Labour’s Car Tax Punishing Clean Car Purchasers
Thursday, 7 April 2022, 5:34 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour’s Car Tax is quickly unravelling with consumers being required to pay tax for cars which should be receiving rebates under the Clean Car Discount Scheme, National’s Transport spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “It has barely been a week since the ... More >>
Poto Williams All At Sea In Her Portfolios
Thursday, 7 April 2022, 4:06 pm | New Zealand National Party
Just a day after admitting she wasn’t across a major issue in her Police portfolio, Poto Williams has told Parliament she is also not across her Associate Housing portfolio, National’s Housing Spokesperson Chris Bishop and Police Spokesperson Mark Mitchell ... More >>
Labour Failing Kiwi Exporters
Thursday, 7 April 2022, 10:50 am | New Zealand National Party
Kiwi exporters will miss out while Australians get ahead after their Government signed a free trade agreement with India, National’s Trade and Export Growth Spokesperson Todd McClay says. “India and Australia have just signed a free trade agreement ... More >>
