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ICU Bed Numbers Slump In Auckland
Thursday, 11 November 2021, 10:43 am | New Zealand National Party
New information on ICU bed occupancy during the current outbreak shows the very slim margins district health boards are running with ICU beds, says National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti. “On October 22, New Zealand’s largest number ... More >>
Minister Adding Transport Costs To Inflation Bubble
Thursday, 11 November 2021, 9:52 am | New Zealand National Party
The recent National Land Transport Plan includes a $2 billion loan that is a last-minute attempt by the Minister of Transport to balance the books, says National’s Transport spokesperson David Bennett. “An Official Information Act request shows Cabinet ... More >>
Time To Wind Down Defence Force’s MIQ Mission
Thursday, 11 November 2021, 9:33 am | New Zealand National Party
It is time for Operation Protect – the work by the Defence Force manning MIQ – to wind down, along with the entire MIQ system, says National’s Defence spokesperson Chris Penk. “The response to National’s petition to end the MIQ lottery of human ... More >>
The Wheels Have Fallen Off The Government
Thursday, 11 November 2021, 8:30 am | New Zealand National Party
The wheels have well and truly fallen off this Government right as we should be reaching the crucial juncture of opening up our internal borders and restoring freedoms to Kiwis, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. “No one would blame New ... More >>
Kāinga Ora: The Labour Party Candidate, The Taxpayer-paid Ad, And The Cover-up
Wednesday, 10 November 2021, 7:18 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Minister of Housing must act to ensure high standards of political neutrality and integrity can be met by Government housing agency Kāinga Ora, following the release of documents suggesting a troubling culture has taken root at the agency, ... More >>
Bill Passes To Make Superannuation Fairer
Wednesday, 10 November 2021, 5:35 pm | New Zealand National Party
The passing of the third reading of a bill to increase the residency requirement for Superannuation from 10 years to 20 years will make the system fairer, says National’s Shadow Treasurer Andrew Bayly. “This is the second of my members bills to be passed, ... More >>
Government Splurges Today, We All Pay Dearly Tomorrow
Wednesday, 10 November 2021, 2:59 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Labour Government’s massive spending spree stepped up to a new gear, announcing $35 billion of spending in just a week with no details on how it will be paid, for says National’s Finance spokesperson Michael Woodhouse. “Grant Robertson is overseeing ... More >>
100,000 Kiwis Denied Hospital Care Because Of Labour’s Failure
Wednesday, 10 November 2021, 2:53 pm | New Zealand National Party
Andrew Little’s failure to prepare the health system for Delta has resulted in more than 100,000 Kiwis missing out on planned hospital procedures, says National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti. “Answers to my questions show 102,959 procedures ... More >>
National Releases Plan To Get School Students Back On Track
Wednesday, 10 November 2021, 9:58 am | New Zealand National Party
Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins and National’s Education spokesperson Paul Goldsmith have today released National’s education plan to get school students back on track and make up for lost class time. National’s ‘Back on Track’ plan ... More >>
Labour Plays Favourites With Events Sector Plan
Tuesday, 9 November 2021, 1:30 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s plan to underwrite events is picking winners and condemning small events businesses to the scrap heap, says National’s Economic Development and Tourism spokesperson Todd McClay. “Labour’s scheme disregards small-event organisers, ... More >>
More Than 230,000 People Have Never Secured MIQ Spaces
Tuesday, 9 November 2021, 9:43 am | New Zealand National Party
Never before released data shows the scale of the humanitarian disaster that is New Zealand’s MIQ system, says National’s Covid spokesperson Chris Bishop. “The latest MIQ lottery lobby has just opened, with New Zealanders overseas desperately ... More >>
Shambolic Government Still Can’t Provide Clarity
Monday, 8 November 2021, 6:00 pm | New Zealand National Party
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern still can’t tell Aucklanders how or when they’ll be allowed to leave Auckland for Christmas, says Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins. “The Government created an almighty mess for itself after Covid Minister ... More >>
Marketing Code Only A Small Step In Improving New Zealand’s Digital Future
Monday, 8 November 2021, 3:10 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Commerce Commission’s ruling that broadband speeds must be advertised as actual peak-time speeds rather than theoretical maximums is the right one but long overdue, says National’s Digital Economy and Communications spokesperson Melissa Lee. “With ... More >>
Retail Crime Unit A Good Move, But Where Are The Police We Were Promised?
Monday, 8 November 2021, 2:30 pm | New Zealand National Party
Today’s announcement that Police will establish a dedicated unit to tackling increasing retail crime is a good move, but the Government also needs to deliver on its 2017 promise of 1800 more officers, says National’s Police spokesman Simeon Brown. “Retail ... More >>
More Mental Health Announcements, More Failure Certain
Monday, 8 November 2021, 1:55 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s announcement of $5.6 million to help Aucklanders experiencing mental distress shows it does not care about other people struggling with lockdowns, says National’s spokesperson for Mental Health and Suicide Awareness Matt Doocey. ... More >>
Experts Support End To MIQ
Monday, 8 November 2021, 11:52 am | New Zealand National Party
As National’s petition to ‘End MIQ Now’ ticks past 75,000 signatures, public health experts have backed the idea that current MIQ requirements for vaccinated arrivals to Auckland could be dropped for most without increasing risk to Aucklanders, ... More >>
Labour Owes The Events Industry – Before It’s Too Late
Friday, 5 November 2021, 4:20 pm | New Zealand National Party
With today’s announcement from Labour Cabinet Minister Kiritapu Allen that Rhythm and Vines is extremely unlikely to go ahead, the Government must adopt National’s event insurance policy to protect the devastated events sector, says National’s ... More >>
Another Day, Another Shooting – Enough Is Enough
Friday, 5 November 2021, 2:57 pm | New Zealand National Party
Yesterday an innocent family was caught in the crossfire of firearms violence and today someone has been shot and killed – enough is enough, says National’s Police spokesperson Simeon Brown. “Aucklanders are rightly terrified by escalating firearms ... More >>
50,000 Sign Up In Less Than A Day To End MIQ
Friday, 5 November 2021, 11:51 am | New Zealand National Party
National’s campaign to end MIQ has had an incredible response, with 50,000 people signing the petition less than 24 hours after launch, says National’s Covid Response spokesperson Chris Bishop. “Signatures have come in at a staggering rate. At one ... More >>
Auckland Must Pull Back On Parking Plans
Friday, 5 November 2021, 11:40 am | New Zealand National Party
Auckland authorities need to pull back on plans to do away with hundreds of carparks, says National’s Transport spokesperson David Bennett. “This absurd plan is just the latest continuation of that anti-car agenda being championed by Michael Wood. ... More >>
