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Booster Boost Comes Better Late Than Never
Monday, 15 November 2021, 4:39 pm | New Zealand National Party
Today’s decision on Covid booster shots is positive but overdue, says National’s Covid Response spokesperson Chris Bishop. “I have been raising the issue of Covid booster shots for months now and on August 22 Dr Bloomfield said that discussions ... More >>
Australia Opens Up As NZ Remains A Fortress
Monday, 15 November 2021, 3:22 pm | New Zealand National Party
New Zealand should be following Australia’s lead and opening up to the rest of the world by scrapping MIQ for fully vaccinated travellers, says National’s Covid Spokesperson Chris Bishop. Travellers who are fully vaccinated no longer have to ... More >>
Courts Are In Crisis
Monday, 15 November 2021, 1:22 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Court system is currently in a state of crisis says National Party Spokesperson for Courts, Chris Penk. “The current lockdown has seen 47,000 court events adjourned and has resulted in a backlog of 3,000 jury trials. New Zealanders deserve access ... More >>
Andrew Little Pooh-poohed Early Warning Letter About Whangārei Hospital
Monday, 15 November 2021, 1:05 pm | New Zealand National Party
Andrew Little was warned to progress the health infrastructure in Northland months before sewage started running down the walls, says Dr Shane Reti, National’s spokesperson for Health and List MP in Whangārei . “In a letter to Andrew Little on June 28, ... More >>
Shifting Sands No Way To Enjoy Summer
Monday, 15 November 2021, 11:03 am | New Zealand National Party
News that the Government is considering restricting travel into some regions over the summer holiday period is just the latest of many signs Jacinda Ardern’s Government failed to plan for Delta and is working out its response as it goes along. “Aucklanders ... More >>
Government Must Reverse State House Eviction Ban
Sunday, 14 November 2021, 5:49 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government must harden up its policy for managing abusive, anti-social state house tenants after revelations that an innocent pensioner couple are being forced to move home because Kāinga Ora refuses to evict their abusive neighbour, says National’s ... More >>
DOC Fee Means Small Tourism Businesses Will Close
Sunday, 14 November 2021, 5:48 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government ‘s decision to require tourism businesses to pay DOC fees will be the final straw for many tourism operators near closure and should be reversed, says National’s Associate Tourism spokesperson Joseph Mooney. “For the past two ... More >>
Why Were Test Results For The Two Northland Women Missing For 48 Hours?
Sunday, 14 November 2021, 5:44 pm | New Zealand National Party
Northlanders are sick and tired of incomplete information, delayed results and late notification of locations of interest for nearly every single one of its positive Covid cases in the current outbreak and Jacinda Ardern and her Government must be ... More >>
Kelvin Davis’ ‘get Out Of Community Work Free’ Card
Friday, 12 November 2021, 8:33 pm | New Zealand National Party
While Aucklanders have been locked up in lockdown, Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis has been giving thousands of criminals sentenced to community work a ‘get out of jail free’ card, National’s spokesperson for Corrections Simeon Brown says. Figures ... More >>
Firearms Unit Should Be Independent Of Police
Friday, 12 November 2021, 5:56 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government should make good on its promise and make the new firearms unit announced today independent of Police, says National’s Police spokesperson Simeon Brown. “The firearms community was promised that this new unit would be independent from ... More >>
National Welcomes Public Service Commissioner Investigation Into Kāinga Ora
Friday, 12 November 2021, 5:05 pm | New Zealand National Party
National welcomes the decision by the Public Service Commissioner today to launch an investigation into the concerning matters we uncovered at Kāinga Ora, National’s spokesperson for Housing and Urban Development Nicola Willis says. “This decision ... More >>
Lack Of Guidelines Will Hamper Volunteer Efforts
Friday, 12 November 2021, 12:45 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government must extend the deadline for volunteer organisations to comply with new Covid contact standards to prevent a number of vital community organisations closing down, says National’s Community and Voluntary Sector spokesperson Maureen ... More >>
Government In A Spin As Delta Bites
Friday, 12 November 2021, 10:52 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s lack of planning for Delta is being exposed as every day brings more confusion and evidence the Government is just making things up as it goes, says Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins. “The Prime Minister has admitted this ... More >>
Public Service Commissioner Must Investigate Kāinga Ora
Thursday, 11 November 2021, 4:21 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Public Services Commissioner must step in and conduct a probe into an apparent culture of deceit and cover-up at Government housing agency Kāinga Ora, says National’s Housing and Urban Development spokesperson Nicola Willis. “I have written to the ... More >>
Auditor-General Slams Saliva Testing Procurement
Thursday, 11 November 2021, 3:24 pm | New Zealand National Party
It is deeply troubling that the Auditor-General has identified “serious concerns” about aspects of the Government’s saliva testing procurement process this year and the need for an urgent independent inquiry has never been greater, says National’s ... More >>
Government Squanders Opportunity To Wage War On Rabbits
Thursday, 11 November 2021, 2:45 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s failure to set targets or implement proper reporting measures for rabbit control as part of its $1.3 billion Jobs for Nature programme shows poor oversight and wasteful spending, National’s Conservation spokesperson Jacqui Dean ... More >>
Robertson A Repeat Offender In Hiding Spending From Kiwis
Thursday, 11 November 2021, 2:22 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Minister of Finance has once again shown he is not willing to be transparent about how he spends taxpayers’ money, says National’s Shadow Treasurer Andrew Bayly. “New Zealanders should be very worried about how Grant Robertson is spending ... More >>
Minister Struggling To See Through The Weeds
Thursday, 11 November 2021, 1:57 pm | New Zealand National Party
The recent report from the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment on the impact of weeds on native ecosystems highlights some glaring deficiencies in our biosecurity system, says National’s spokesperson for Biosecurity David Bennett. ... More >>
Labour Commits To Soft-on-crime Approach
Thursday, 11 November 2021, 11:42 am | New Zealand National Party
The repealing of the Three Strikes law shows how soft on crime Labour really is, says National’s Justice spokesperson Simon Bridges. “With increasing violent offending and the highest levels of firearms violence in more than a decade, Labour ... More >>
Minister Of Health Says Ministry Of Health Should Release Māori Health Data
Thursday, 11 November 2021, 11:26 am | New Zealand National Party
Since the High Court delivered its resounding view that the Ministry of Health should release critical individual data to the Whānau Ora Commission Agency to improve Māori communities Covid vaccination rates, everyone’s still waiting – despite ... More >>
