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Minister must explain the wasted millions
Monday, 15 March 2004, 8:30 am | New Zealand National Party
"Fee paying students must call on Tertiary Education Minister Steve Maharey to explain how he spent $15 million last year on radio sing-a-long studies," says National Party Education spokesman Bill English. More >>
Employers penalised for hiring non-Maori
Monday, 15 March 2004, 8:29 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Social Services spokeswoman Katherine Rich says if Labour was serious about targeting need it would act immediately to review a Work and Income scheme that penalises employers for hiring non-Maori. More >>
PM should face contempt of court charge
Monday, 15 March 2004, 12:00 am | New Zealand National Party
The Attorney-General should consider the Prime Minister's critical comments of Judge Wickliffe as a contempt of court, says National's Justice Spokesman Richard Worth. More >>
Court finds against race based RMA process
Friday, 12 March 2004, 3:14 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Environment spokesman Nick Smith is challenging the Wellington Regional Council to change its policy of having one Maori Commissioner sit in on every Resource Consent application. More >>
Botched process for Project Aqua needs fixing
Friday, 12 March 2004, 11:01 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government has made a complete botch of the decision making process for New Zealand's largest hydro-electric development in over 30 years and National is committed to fixing it, says National's Environment Spokesman, Dr Nick Smith. More >>
Govt delays opened door to worst case scenario
Friday, 12 March 2004, 10:42 am | New Zealand National Party
"Government paralysis on the foreshore and seabed legislation has opened the door to the worst case scenario for all New Zealanders," says National Party Treaty of Waitangi and Constitutional Issues spokesman Wayne Mapp. More >>
Race Relations Case Concluded
Thursday, 11 March 2004, 11:11 am | New Zealand National Party
The proceedings between National MP Murray McCully and Race Relations Commissioner Joris de Bres over the Commissioner's speech on the United Nations Day for Cultural Heritage in 2002 have been concluded. More >>
Government ignores Mick Brown at its peril
Thursday, 11 March 2004, 10:24 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Social Services spokeswoman Katherine Rich says the Government is ignoring the 2000 report of Judge Mick Brown on CYFS at its, and our children's, peril. More >>
Capacity to intervene in foreign exchange market
Thursday, 11 March 2004, 9:46 am | New Zealand National Party
The Reserve Bank has provided advice to the Minister of Finance recommending that, as one of its monetary policy implementation tools, it should have the capacity to intervene in the foreign exchange market to influence the level of the exchange rate. More >>
Official Cash Rate unchanged at 5.25 percent
Thursday, 11 March 2004, 9:45 am | New Zealand National Party
The Reserve Bank has decided to leave the Official Cash Rate unchanged at 5.25 percent. More >>
Currency Intervention - not enough bang for buck
Thursday, 11 March 2004, 9:42 am | New Zealand National Party
Currency intervention, which is on the launch pad awaiting its final sign-off from Cabinet, will prove to be about as effective as a pop gun in a bank robbery, says National Party Associate Finance Spokesman John Key. More >>
Urgent parole law reforms needed
Thursday, 11 March 2004, 8:16 am | New Zealand National Party
An urgent review of parole laws is needed to stop skyrocketing re-offending rates by criminals on parole, says National's Law and Order spokesman, Tony Ryall. More >>
Save the baches, lose the Minister
Wednesday, 10 March 2004, 3:55 pm | New Zealand National Party
National's Conservation spokesman Shane Ardern is appalled at plans by the Department of Conservation to remove all private baches and cribs from DOC land. More >>
The Brash Report: Wednesday March 10th
Wednesday, 10 March 2004, 2:48 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Treaty issues that I raised earlier in the year had for too long been a subject we were not allowed to express a view about. I have challenged that, and as a community we have started a long overdue review of where we have got to, and where we are headed. ... More >>
PC-ness put ahead of safety with Ruapehu decision
Wednesday, 10 March 2004, 1:49 pm | New Zealand National Party
Conservation Minister Chris Carter has put his government's politically correct concerns over Maori spirituality and purist environmentalism ahead of public safety in deciding not to proceed with minor earthworks to prevent a large lahar on Mt Ruapehu, says ... More >>
Fisheries Minister confirms double standard
Wednesday, 10 March 2004, 1:10 pm | New Zealand National Party
"It's absurd for the Fisheries Minister to accuse the Opposition of 'ignorance and prejudice' over customary fishing regulations when his own colleagues say the rules are a shambles," says National Party Fisheries spokesman Phil Heatley. More >>
Don Brash says kicking for touch is not an option
Wednesday, 10 March 2004, 8:21 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader Don Brash is attacking the Labour Government for its attempts to pass the buck on the important debate that he has raised about equality in New Zealand. More >>
Govt Caught Out On Crime Stats Blunder
Wednesday, 10 March 2004, 12:59 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government has been forced into a humiliating backdown over crime statistics released this week, says National's Law and Order spokesperson Tony Ryall. More >>
Clark abdicates responsibility for Maori policy
Wednesday, 10 March 2004, 12:10 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader Don Brash says the next National Government would have to reconsider the terms of any inquiry launched by Labour into the state of New Zealand's race relations. More >>
Softer laws driving down prison projection
Tuesday, 9 March 2004, 4:45 pm | New Zealand National Party
Softer sentencing and parole laws have caused the Government to cut its projected prison rates, says National's Law and Order spokesperson Tony Ryall. More >>
