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Govt must fix RMA rather than pick favourites
Monday, 22 September 2003, 2:33 pm | New Zealand National Party
"The Government should fix the Resource Management Act for all rather than create sweetheart projects of Jim Anderton's choosing," says National's Environment spokesman Nick Smith. More >>
Govt gets wake-up call on Iraq
Monday, 22 September 2003, 2:30 pm | New Zealand National Party
The under-resourcing of our defence forces has been exposed yet again following a British Army decision to send armoured Land Rovers to Iraq in a bid to improve the safety of its troops there, says National Party Defence spokesman Simon Power. More >>
Work and Income hit by staff exodus
Monday, 22 September 2003, 11:05 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Employment spokeswoman Katherine Rich says the Government needs to be asking why Work and Income staff are leaving in droves. More >>
Govt must address child abuse rates
Friday, 19 September 2003, 11:09 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Welfare spokeswoman Katherine Rich says Labour must take urgent action to curb a disturbing rate of child abuse. More >>
Govt culls waiting lists to paint rosier picture
Thursday, 18 September 2003, 3:54 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Health Minister yet again blaming National for current elective surgery waiting lists is cold comfort for the almost 2000 patients culled off waiting lists with no hope of an operation, says National Deputy Leader Roger Sowry. More >>
Air safety at risk after radar removal
Thursday, 18 September 2003, 3:53 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Defence spokesman Simon Power fears the safety of air travellers is being put at risk by the removal of Ohakea's primary surveillance radar by Airways Corporation. More >>
National looks for answers in Ardern case
Thursday, 18 September 2003, 2:05 pm | New Zealand National Party
National has filed applications in Parliament to treat as a contempt the actions of Detective Inspector Stephen Vaughan, who entered Parliament on 9 September to question National MP Shane Ardern in respect of possible criminal charges. More >>
English Address to Law Students International
Thursday, 18 September 2003, 9:16 am | New Zealand National Party
The debate about the foreshore and the seabed is important because it is a debate about something New Zealanders regard as a birthright. But it's more important because it brings out in the open a tension that's been building for a decade - the conflict ... More >>
Minister must rethink Wallaceville closure
Thursday, 18 September 2003, 8:23 am | New Zealand National Party
Minister of Science Pete Hodgson is in denial or badly out of touch when he thinks the planned closure of the Wallaceville Animal Research Centre will not have a big negative impact on science in New Zealand, says National Science Spokesperson Dr ... More >>
Forest & Bird's Molesworth claims unfounded
Thursday, 18 September 2003, 8:22 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Agriculture spokesman David Carter says it's ridiculous to suggest transferring the management of Molesworth Station from Landcorp to DOC will have major benefits for conservation. More >>
Refugee Appeals Authority must sharpen up its act
Wednesday, 17 September 2003, 5:05 pm | New Zealand National Party
National's Foreign Affairs spokesman says the Refugee Status Appeals Authority has to work faster and smarter if it's got any chance of clearing the three-year backlog of appeals on its books. More >>
Raising education standards
Wednesday, 17 September 2003, 3:21 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader Bill English says there is far too much political correctness about failure in our schools. More >>
Govt reckless over bee management and research
Wednesday, 17 September 2003, 3:19 pm | New Zealand National Party
National says it is appalled at the Government's rejection of funding for New Zealand's only bee research team, contradicting it's own a Ministry of Agriculture report finding that bee varroa mite poses a big risk to the pastoral sector, says National Science ... More >>
Speech: English - Raising Education Standards
Wednesday, 17 September 2003, 3:19 pm | New Zealand National Party
Holding the Government to account is just one of the jobs of Opposition, and it has become an interesting job. Credibility is a valuable political asset, hard to build and easily lost. But the more important task we face is that we have to build a vision ... More >>
Taxpayers shell out nearly $500,000 on hui
Tuesday, 16 September 2003, 5:37 pm | New Zealand National Party
The National Party has today released figures showing the Government is spending nearly $500,000 on hui for its foreshore and seabed plan. More >>
United Future flip-flops on Supreme Court
Tuesday, 16 September 2003, 2:30 pm | New Zealand National Party
National's Justice spokesman Richard Worth says that if New Zealanders were expecting fair and thorough deliberation on the controversial Supreme Court Bill, they'll be sorely disappointed. More >>
The Right Talk, The Leader's View - 16 September
Tuesday, 16 September 2003, 2:09 pm | New Zealand National Party
By the time you read this National Party MP Shane Ardern will have been served with papers for his protest aboard Myrtle the Massey Fergusson tractor on Parliament's steps. More >>
Dr Brian Edwards must go
Tuesday, 16 September 2003, 12:59 am | New Zealand National Party
The National Party is lending its support to ACT MP Rodney Hide who's wrapped up in a very public spat with veteran broadcaster and Labour Party spin-Doctor Brian Edwards. More >>
Govt must step outside the square with housing
Monday, 15 September 2003, 2:31 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government's narrow approach to state housing is encouraging a never-ending demand for state houses that it can't satisfy, says National Housing Spokesperson Dr Wayne Mapp. More >>
Collapse of trade talks an indictment on politics
Monday, 15 September 2003, 2:30 pm | New Zealand National Party
National's Trade Spokesman, Lockwood Smith, says the collapse of the WTO trade talks in Cancun is an indictment on wealthy countries and the political process. More >>
