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Letter From Sowry To Swain
Wednesday, 1 October 2003, 11:47 am | New Zealand National Party
I would like to invite you to meet with me to discuss how National can work with you to ensure the Land Transport Management Bill will, in your words “allow for more long-term planning, introduce more flexible funding for transport projects in line ... More >>
PHOs unfair and forced on communities
Wednesday, 1 October 2003, 11:46 am | New Zealand National Party
The opening of several new Primary Health Organisations (PHO) today is not the celebration that the Government would have communities believe, says National Associate Health Spokesperson Judith Collins. More >>
Staff prayers PC gone mad
Tuesday, 30 September 2003, 11:34 am | New Zealand National Party
Staff taking work time to attend morning karakia and waiata at Parliament is a waste of work time and political correctness gone absolutely mad, says National MP Judith Collins. More >>
Business wants innovation, gets frustration
Monday, 29 September 2003, 2:29 pm | New Zealand National Party
The National Party says it's not surprised that senior business leaders are giving the Government a clear message to back off. More >>
Greater Auckland: No Hope In Hapless Hawkins
Monday, 29 September 2003, 8:33 am | New Zealand National Party
"George Hawkins will go down as the Police Minister who let street crime get out of control in Auckland," says National Party Police spokesman Tony Ryall. More >>
National supports Kiwi deployment in Iraq
Friday, 26 September 2003, 11:52 am | New Zealand National Party
The National Party is reaffirming its support for the decision to send a group of New Zealand Army engineers to Iraq. More >>
Drug dealers' assets guilty until proven innocent
Friday, 26 September 2003, 8:44 am | New Zealand National Party
National's Police spokesman is angry that not a single convicted drug dealer has had their assets confiscated this year and wants an urgent overhaul of the Proceeds of Crime Act. "Something is wrong with the law when the police can bust record ... More >>
Inquiry more urgent than ever
Thursday, 25 September 2003, 5:59 pm | New Zealand National Party
An inquiry into the activities of the Corrections Department's 'Goon Squad' is more urgently needed than ever, says Brian Connell, MP for Rakaia and member of the Law and Order Select Committee. More >>
Foreshore and seabed confusion must end
Thursday, 25 September 2003, 5:58 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader Bill English says the Government should use the last of its 11 hui to plainly state its position on who is going to make the rules for the use of, and access to, our beaches and seabed. More >>
State housing list out of control - National
Thursday, 25 September 2003, 3:05 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government's failed policy on state housing has seen the waiting list grow by 500 people to 12,100 since April, says National Housing Spokesperson Dr Wayne Mapp. More >>
Air Traffic Controllers back up MPs safety fears
Thursday, 25 September 2003, 2:43 pm | New Zealand National Party
Air Traffic Controllers are raising the alarm on suggestions that Airways Corporation plans to remove the Primary Surveillance Radar system from New Zealand, backing up earlier fears floated by a National Party MP. More >>
Rick Barker has little to be 'pleased' about
Thursday, 25 September 2003, 8:19 am | New Zealand National Party
The Associate Social Development Minister need look no further than his own mirror if he's looking for someone who is 'behind the times', says National Party Welfare spokeswoman Katherine Rich. More >>
National calls for major crack down on 'speed'
Thursday, 25 September 2003, 12:36 am | New Zealand National Party
The National Party says the Government's soft-on-drugs approach has been exposed in a new UN report showing drug use in this country is skyrocketing. More >>
Work and Income staff bonuses worth $5.8 million
Thursday, 25 September 2003, 12:33 am | New Zealand National Party
"I am surprised that nearly half the staff at Work and Income have qualified for bonuses totalling nearly $6 million taxpayer dollars," says National Party Welfare spokeswoman Katherine Rich. More >>
Keep racial politics out of research
Wednesday, 24 September 2003, 3:05 pm | New Zealand National Party
National's Tertiary Education spokesman is attacking an Otago University Council ruling that university researchers must consult with Ngai Tahu before carrying out research. More >>
The Right Talk, The Leader's view - 23 September
Tuesday, 23 September 2003, 2:56 pm | New Zealand National Party
Did you know that our only national measures of literacy and numeracy are done by international agencies? More >>
Nats commits to lifting education from doldrums
Tuesday, 23 September 2003, 10:57 am | New Zealand National Party
Too many children have little hope of participating in the knowledge economy if they aren't literate and numerate, says National Leader Bill English launching National's Education paper "Schools of Excellence". More >>
National testing key to raising standards
Tuesday, 23 September 2003, 10:55 am | New Zealand National Party
New Zealand must introduce a system of nationwide assessment in literacy and numeracy to ensure every child learns to read, write, add and subtract, National Education Spokesperson Dr Nick Smith said today launching National's Education paper "Schools ... More >>
Govt u-turn on flatulence tax now inevitable
Monday, 22 September 2003, 4:30 pm | New Zealand National Party
"Farmers appear to have won the first battle in the war over the so-called 'flatulence tax' but they must remain vigilant," says National Party Agriculture spokesman David Carter. More >>
Leave Child Smacking Law Alone
Monday, 22 September 2003, 2:34 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader Bill English says the Government should leave the child smacking law alone. More >>
