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Labour imposes its PC agenda on roading
Wednesday, 28 May 2003, 3:13 pm | New Zealand National Party
The National Party is questioning the $600,000 being spent by the Government commissioning research on Maori knowledge and values in roading. More >>
NZ isolated on trade
Wednesday, 28 May 2003, 9:33 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government decision to target free trade at the WTO, while turning against the US, will inevitably speed-up New Zealand's economic slow-down, according to National Party Trade spokesman Dr Lockwood Smith. More >>
National will stop growing welfare dependency
Wednesday, 28 May 2003, 12:08 am | New Zealand National Party
There will always be a welfare safety net in New Zealand. National believes in this and I want to emphasise that at the very outset, National Social Welfare spokesperson Katherine Rich said today in releasing her discussion paper Saving the next generation ... More >>
Axed surgery putting patients at risk
Wednesday, 28 May 2003, 12:07 am | New Zealand National Party
More patients will die on waiting lists unless health boards like Capital and Coast District Health Board contract out surgery to other providers, says National Health spokesperson Dr Lynda Scott. More >>
National opposes local Govt grabbing pokie money
Tuesday, 27 May 2003, 4:03 pm | New Zealand National Party
National opposes the call by Local Government NZ for local councils to gain control over the distribution of pokie money, says Internal Affairs spokesperson Judith Collins. More >>
Bumbling diplomacy further damages NZ interests
Tuesday, 27 May 2003, 2:04 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Labour-led Government has now abandoned any pretence of pursuing the best interests of New Zealand and New Zealanders, says National Party Leader Bill English. More >>
Govt continues foreign affairs blunders
Tuesday, 27 May 2003, 2:03 pm | New Zealand National Party
Phil Goff's clumsy blunder causing major offence to Israel shows again how inept Labour is at foreign relations, says National Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Dr Wayne Mapp. More >>
Anderton's comments damage relationship with U.S.
Tuesday, 27 May 2003, 11:44 am | New Zealand National Party
Jim Anderton's comments defending the Prime Minister's criticism of the United States will only deteriorate the already strained relationship between New Zealand and the United States, says National Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Dr Wayne Mapp. More >>
Government looking to grab more cash from gaming
Monday, 26 May 2003, 3:42 pm | New Zealand National Party
The National Party is suspicious of the Government's discussion paper on gaming machine costs, says Internal Affairs spokesperson Judith Collins. More >>
Dairy accord by decree the wrong move
Monday, 26 May 2003, 3:39 pm | New Zealand National Party
National is backing the concerns of dairy farmers who say they weren't properly consulted on the signing of an environmental accord on dairying. More >>
Clark abandons 'principled' stand
Monday, 26 May 2003, 9:13 am | New Zealand National Party
Within 24 hours of US criticism, Helen Clark has abandoned her 'principled' position on New Zealand's sovereignty for a clumsy fawning offer to send the SAS back to Afghanistan, says the National Party Leader Bill English. More >>
National Party Canberra Visit
Friday, 23 May 2003, 3:32 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Canberra Visit Sunday Afternoon - Travel to Canberra. Monday 0845 – Meeting Hugh White (Australian Strategy Policy Institute) 1015 – Meeting Defence Minister Senator Robert Hill (Parliament Buildings) 1120 – Briefing by Federal Liberal ... More >>
Why Are Schools Failing So Many Of Our Kids?
Friday, 23 May 2003, 1:08 pm | New Zealand National Party
An address to the Visionschools annual conference by Don Brash the National Party Finance spokesman More >>
Slipping education standards failing New Zealand
Friday, 23 May 2003, 1:05 pm | New Zealand National Party
National's Finance spokesman Don Brash says more young people will leave school with totally inadequate reading and writing skills unless the Government gets to grips with an ailing education system. More >>
Vietnam inquiry has big questions to answer
Friday, 23 May 2003, 9:33 am | New Zealand National Party
National MP Judith Collins has shown Veterans Affairs Minister George Hawkins the recently discovered US Army map that has sparked the Health Select Committee Inquiry. More >>
Pokie machine money deal stitched up
Thursday, 22 May 2003, 4:28 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour and United Future are close to stitching up a deal to push through the Responsible Gambling Bill by July, says National's Internal Affairs spokesperson Judith Collins. More >>
Farmers will be hammered by trade blow
Thursday, 22 May 2003, 4:28 pm | New Zealand National Party
New Zealand farmers won't forget the huge blow they've been dealt with the death of a free trade deal with the United States, says National's Agriculture spokesman, David Carter. More >>
Meth plan not focussed enough
Thursday, 22 May 2003, 4:27 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government's so-called action plan on methamphetamine is aimed more at being seen to do something, than at achieving results, says National's Police spokesman Tony Ryall. More >>
Govt misleads over dispensing change
Thursday, 22 May 2003, 4:26 pm | New Zealand National Party
"The Government and Pharmac have been blatantly misleading in their plan to bring back the three-monthly dispensing regime that is opposed by pharmacists throughout the country, says National Health Spokeswoman Dr Lynda Scott. More >>
BSE case a wake-up call on biosecurity
Thursday, 22 May 2003, 4:00 pm | New Zealand National Party
Reports of a mad cow disease case in Canada prove this Government's taking a big risk gambling on our biosecurity, says National's Biosecurity spokesman Shane Ardern. More >>
