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Simon Power - New Zealand For My Generation
Monday, 29 March 2004, 10:09 am | New Zealand National Party
I have a lot to live up to. Rotary addresses have become somewhat renowned over recent months. More >>
Community work - more than half fail to show
Monday, 29 March 2004, 8:45 am | New Zealand National Party
More than half of offenders ordered by courts to perform community work do not bother turning up, says Tony Ryall, National's Law and Order Spokesman More >>
Minister stalls on race-based funding
Monday, 29 March 2004, 8:44 am | New Zealand National Party
Trevor Mallard's review of race-based funding cannot be taken seriously when he is already hiding information on decile funding, says National's Education spokesman Bill English. More >>
Brownlee wishes MTS all the best
Monday, 29 March 2004, 8:42 am | New Zealand National Party
The National Party wishes those running the Maori Television Service (MTS) every success, yet we make no commitment to continued funding, says Gerry Brownlee, National's Maori Affairs Spokesman. More >>
Public scrutiny essential to justice
Monday, 29 March 2004, 8:41 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Families and Associate Justice Spokeswoman, Judith Collins, welcomes the acknowledgement by the Principal Family Court Judge that there needs to be increased openness within the family court. More >>
Plundered beaches on the rise
Monday, 29 March 2004, 8:40 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Fisheries spokesman Phil Heatley says that the steady pattern of closed beaches is locking everyday families out of what has been one of the great New Zealand traditions - collecting shellfish. More >>
Numbers of fisheries officers slashed
Monday, 29 March 2004, 8:39 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Fisheries spokesman Phil Heatley says that the Ministry of Fisheries decision to slash the number of honorary fisheries officers (HFOs) throughout New Zealand has contributed to the marked increase of closed beaches. More >>
NZ out of step on corporate tax rates
Monday, 29 March 2004, 12:05 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Deputy Finance spokesman John Key is calling on the Labour Government to review its anti-business tax policies in the wake of an international survey which gives backing to National's programme. More >>
Minister stalls on race-based funding
Friday, 26 March 2004, 12:49 am | New Zealand National Party
Trevor Mallard's review of race-based funding cannot be taken seriously when he is already hiding information on decile funding, says National's Education spokesman Bill English. More >>
National labels Maori review a sham
Friday, 26 March 2004, 12:13 am | New Zealand National Party
"Internal navel gazing will not satisfy the public demand for changes to the way Labour's Maori policies and programmes are delivered," says National Party Maori Affairs spokesman Gerry Brownlee. More >>
Survey confirms concerns on economic policy
Thursday, 25 March 2004, 9:16 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader Don Brash says a survey out this morning confirms the deep concern shared by small and medium sized businesses about the impact of this Government on their future. More >>
Brash Speech to the New Zealand Herald
Thursday, 25 March 2004, 9:15 am | New Zealand National Party
Dr Cullen, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for the opportunity to speak here this morning. Straight off the bat, I've got to say the results of the Mood of the Boardroom Survey come as no surprise to me. More >>
Time for answers on the foreshore and seabed
Thursday, 25 March 2004, 8:22 am | New Zealand National Party
The time has come for Margaret Wilson to tell New Zealand what the Government has in store for the foreshore and seabed, says Dr Wayne Mapp, National's Spokesman for Treaty of Waitangi and Constitutional Issues. More >>
Waikato prison process gets murkier
Wednesday, 24 March 2004, 5:20 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government's guarantee that consultation money for the Meremere prison would be "used wisely" appears increasing shaky, says Port Waikato MP Dr Paul Hutchison. More >>
Don Brash on Nick Smith contempt case
Wednesday, 24 March 2004, 4:30 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader Don Brash says he's very disappointed with the outcome of a High Court case brought against Nelson MP Nick Smith for contempt of court. More >>
Smith bitterly disappointed by contempt ruling
Wednesday, 24 March 2004, 4:29 pm | New Zealand National Party
National MP Nick Smith is bitterly disappointed at the High Court decision that he was in contempt of court for highlighting the plight of a Nelson family denied custody of their own child. More >>
"Kick a nigger" comment unacceptable
Wednesday, 24 March 2004, 3:09 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Social Services spokeswoman Katherine Rich is appalled that she has been accused of taking part in 'kick-a-nigger' month by the Northland Maori identity behind a new Maori television station. More >>
New Act will protect soldiers' jobs
Wednesday, 24 March 2004, 3:06 pm | New Zealand National Party
Members of the territorial and reserve forces will welcome today's enactment of the Volunteers Employment Protection Bill, says the Bill's sponsor, National Party MP Dr Wayne Mapp. More >>
The Brash-Report - No. 26, 24 March 2004
Wednesday, 24 March 2004, 2:59 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government still appears intent on setting up some kind of Commission of Inquiry to provide advice on - well, we are not yet sure what it will be providing advice on. Possibly just what the Government should do with the seabed and foreshore, possibly ... More >>
Waiting times will put patients at risk
Wednesday, 24 March 2004, 1:35 pm | New Zealand National Party
Patients will be at increased risk of illness, disability and maybe even death unnecessarily this winter if A & E 'Scorecard' results are anything to go by, says Dr Lynda Scott, National's Health Spokeswoman. More >>
