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Labour Focuses On Freedom Campaign While Tourism Businesses Close
Tuesday, 14 December 2021, 6:12 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s priority should be saving tourism businesses struggling to pay their bills and survive the coming months, rather than passing regulation on campervans that actually aren’t here right now, National’s Tourism spokesperson Todd McClay ... More >>
Zero Covid Cases In Fully Vaccinated Travellers From Australia Since August 23
Tuesday, 14 December 2021, 3:33 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government should immediately allow fully vaccinated travellers from Australia to come to New Zealand and skip MIQ before Christmas in light of Chris Hipkins’ admission in Parliament today that there has not been a single positive Covid case ... More >>
Auditor-General Slams MSD On Emergency Housing
Tuesday, 14 December 2021, 2:19 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Auditor-General’s inquiry into the Government’s funding of emergency housing reveals a shocking waste of taxpayer funds, and raises serious questions about the financial control being exercised by the big-spending Ministry of Social Development ... More >>
Move To Orange Should Be Immediate
Monday, 13 December 2021, 5:14 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government should move Auckland to “Orange” in the traffic light system immediately, rather than waiting another two and a half weeks until 30 December, National Leader Christopher Luxon says. “The Government is simply not following ... More >>
NZ Should Accelerate Boosters
Monday, 13 December 2021, 12:23 pm | New Zealand National Party
New Zealand should be seriously considering following the lead of the UK and Australia and bring forward booster doses of the Pfizer vaccine for New Zealand, National’s COVID-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “In recent days the Australian ... More >>
Tourism Minister Says No To Visitors For Next 12 Months
Sunday, 12 December 2021, 5:55 pm | New Zealand National Party
Tourism Minister Stuart Nash needs to explain why he told the tourism sector not to expect international visitors until the summer of 2023, National’s Tourism Spokesperson Todd McClay says. In a Zoom with Tourism Industry Association members last week, ... More >>
Three Waters Mandate Predetermined From The Start
Saturday, 11 December 2021, 2:08 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour’s decision to force the Three Waters asset grab on every council in the country was made back in July, showing that their subsequent “engagement” with councils was a total sham, National’s Local Government spokesperson Simon Watts ... More >>
Delay Spells Trouble For Three Waters Plans
Friday, 10 December 2021, 4:33 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s broken promise to introduce their Three Waters asset grab legislation by the end of the year is yet another sign their plans are in trouble, National’s Local Government spokesperson Simon Watts says. “Optimistically, the Three Waters ... More >>
MIQ Spots Urgently Needed For Teachers
Friday, 10 December 2021, 12:39 pm | New Zealand National Party
The border exception for 300 school teachers announced in July is looking to be another fancy headline bereft of any actual delivery, National’s Immigration spokesperson Erica Stanford says. “The Secretary for Education shockingly admitted on Wednesday ... More >>
Trade Minister Confirms Diplomatic Boycott Of Beijing Olympics
Thursday, 9 December 2021, 4:34 pm | New Zealand National Party
Trade Minister Damien O’Connor confirmed today that New Zealand has imposed a diplomatic ban on attendees of the Winter Olympics in China, National’s Trade and Export Growth spokesperson Todd McClay says. In the Foreign Affairs, Defence and ... More >>
Officials Recommended South Island Go To Green
Thursday, 9 December 2021, 3:41 pm | New Zealand National Party
Under questioning in the House today Chris Hipkins has finally revealed that Ministry of Health officials’ initial advice was that Wellington, Hawke’s Bay and the whole of the South should have entered the Traffic Light Framework at Green, National’s ... More >>
Fair Pay Agreements Must Be Scrapped
Thursday, 9 December 2021, 9:57 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government should ditch its Fair Pay Agreement policy following Business New Zealand’s refusal to be the Government’s preferred partner, National’s Workplace Relations and Safety spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. “National strongly opposes ... More >>
Progress For Victims’ Rights
Thursday, 9 December 2021, 8:00 am | New Zealand National Party
The passage of the Rights for Victims of Insane Offenders Bill tonight is a positive step towards ensuring victims of insane offenders are treated equally and their needs are placed at the centre of our justice and health systems, Taupō MP Louise Upston ... More >>
Which Regions Could Be At Green?
Wednesday, 8 December 2021, 5:55 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government should front up and be honest about which regions Health officials said could be in “Green” at the start of the Traffic Light Framework, National’s COVID-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “Chris Hipkins ducked and dived ... More >>
Pay Freeze Turns Into Pay Frenzy
Wednesday, 8 December 2021, 3:05 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government said the public sector would show ‘restraint’ following the Covid-19 outbreak in 2020 and promised a pay freeze, but instead we have seen a pay frenzy, National’s Public Service spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “New Zealanders will ... More >>
No Extra ICU Beds Until June 2022
Tuesday, 7 December 2021, 5:12 pm | New Zealand National Party
Health Minister Andrew Little made the shocking admission today that extra ICU beds won’t be ready until June next year, National Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. “After spending the last year claiming everything was fine, the Government ... More >>
Chris Penk Elected Senior National Whip
Tuesday, 7 December 2021, 12:11 pm | New Zealand National Party
The National Caucus has elected Chris Penk as Senior Whip and Maureen Pugh as Junior Whip, National Leader Christopher Luxon announced today. Both MPs were elected unopposed at this morning’s Caucus meeting. “Chris and Maureen bring the integrity, experience ... More >>
A New National For New Zealand
Monday, 6 December 2021, 12:55 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader Christopher Luxon has today announced a new National for New Zealand – a fresh, energised alternative government ready to deliver for Kiwis in 2023. “The line-up I’m announcing today is based on merit and matches people ... More >>
International Volunteers Day: A Year Of Doing More, With Less For Our Volunteers
Sunday, 5 December 2021, 2:05 pm | New Zealand National Party
International Volunteers Day is an opportunity to acknowledge the hard work of New Zealand volunteers throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and to consider the need for further support for community organisations, National’s Community and Voluntary ... More >>
Extra ICU Funding Finally, But Don’t Hold Your Breath
Friday, 3 December 2021, 4:30 pm | New Zealand National Party
Health Minister Andrew Little has finally acknowledged that his failure to build ICU beds in the past 18 months needs to be fixed, with the announcement of funding for capital spend on ICU beds, says National Party Health Spokesperson Dr Shane Reti ... More >>
