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University must condemn 'civil war' statement

Tuesday, 31 August 2004, 1:57 pm | New Zealand National Party

National's associate spokesman for Treaty and Constitutional Issues says the University of Auckland must distance itself from the extreme and divisive comments of one of its senior professors. More >>

Power prices rise again as Energy Minister tinkers

Tuesday, 31 August 2004, 12:29 am | New Zealand National Party

"All New Zealanders are paying the price for the Labour Government's lethargic response to New Zealand's longer term energy crisis," says National Party Energy spokesman Roger Sowry. More >>

Minister must take good with the bad over NZ Idol

Monday, 30 August 2004, 11:12 am | New Zealand National Party

"When Steve Maharey gloated about the success of NZ Idol this year, he was accepting some responsibility for figures that show the taxpayer lost money on the show," says National Party Broadcasting spokeswoman Georgina te Heuheu. More >>

Schools must tell parents of threats to children

Monday, 30 August 2004, 8:48 am | New Zealand National Party

School policies which prevent parents finding out if their child could be the victim of a potentially serious crime should be changed, says National’s Education spokesman, Bill English. More >>

Overtaxed New Zealanders have earned a refund

Monday, 30 August 2004, 12:32 am | New Zealand National Party

National Party Finance spokesman John Key says figures that show the Government's tax take has increased by 40% since Labour took office is further proof that New Zealanders are being overtaxed. More >>

English hands box over to NZQA

Friday, 27 August 2004, 5:27 pm | New Zealand National Party

Trevor Mallard needs to reassure parents and students that the Government will stop ignoring the problems with NCEA and get on and fix them, says National's Education spokesman, Bill English. More >>

NZ in the eye of compliance cost storm

Friday, 27 August 2004, 11:38 am | New Zealand National Party

”New Zealand is merely in the eye of a compliance cost storm,” says the National Party spokesman for Small Business Lindsay Tisch, in response to the latest KPMG/Business New Zealand survey on compliance costs. More >>

Air NZ wage blow-out warning tip of the iceberg

Friday, 27 August 2004, 12:28 am | New Zealand National Party

National Party Industrial Relations spokesman Wayne Mapp says predictions that Air New Zealand could face up to a $40 million wage blow-out because of the Holidays Act should be of concern to all workers. More >>

Cambridge High problems snowballing

Thursday, 26 August 2004, 4:36 pm | New Zealand National Party

The Government continues to bury its head in the sand over NCEA assessment problems, says National’s Education spokesman Bill English. More >>

NZ no safer than it was 20 years ago

Thursday, 26 August 2004, 4:29 pm | New Zealand National Party

Despite the Government’s claims, no one believes New Zealand is a safer place than it was 20 years ago, says National’s police spokesman, Tony Ryall. More >>

Growth blunder should leave Minister red faced

Thursday, 26 August 2004, 1:49 pm | New Zealand National Party

"Statistics Minister John Tamihere might like to believe he is a 'red blooded male', but after today's botch-up of the first quarter GDP figures he will be red faced as well," according to National Party Finance spokesman John Key. More >>

Time will tell if Govt listens to small business

Thursday, 26 August 2004, 1:12 pm | New Zealand National Party

National Party spokesman for Small Business Lindsay Tisch says time will tell if the anti-business Labour Government delivers on the Small Business Advisory Group annual report. More >>

SOP Voluntary donor register for Reproductive Bill

Thursday, 26 August 2004, 10:26 am | New Zealand National Party

National Party Associate Health spokesman Paul Hutchison has introduced a Supplementary Order Paper to the Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Bill, that would allow donors and donor offspring who have been involved with treatment prior to the commencement ... More >>

Refugee benefit dependency a Labour disgrace

Wednesday, 25 August 2004, 5:02 pm | New Zealand National Party

Dumping refugees onto a benefit is nothing for which the Government should be proud, says National's Immigration spokesman, Tony Ryall. More >>

Professor Mutu a disgrace

Wednesday, 25 August 2004, 4:45 pm | New Zealand National Party

An assertion by Professor Margaret Mutu that government action over the ownership of the foreshore and seabed will lead 'inevitably to civil war' is disgraceful, says National's Associate spokesman for Treaty and Constitutional Issues, Wayne Mapp. More >>

Accident numbers skyrocket under Labour's ACC

Wednesday, 25 August 2004, 3:33 pm | New Zealand National Party

Figures released today by ACC show moderate to severe injuries have increased from 82,253 in 1999 to 103,002 this year, and deaths have increased from 1,020 in 1999 to 1,070 this year. More >>

Brash-Report: More Abuse Of The Welfare System

Wednesday, 25 August 2004, 3:21 pm | New Zealand National Party

In my last newsletter, I highlighted the pressure which many doctors experience to re-classify people from the unemployment benefit (where people are expected to be seeking work) to the sickness benefit (where there is no such pressure to seek work). ... More >>

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