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RMA: Definition of Historic Heritage

Tuesday, 13 May 2003, 4:42 pm | New Zealand National Party

23 March 2000 Letter from Marian Hobbs to the Local Government and Environment committee outlining her expectations for the RMA Amendment Bill. More >>

Privilege Report a "licence to lie" - McCully

Tuesday, 13 May 2003, 3:52 pm | New Zealand National Party

National's Murray McCully, who originally raised the privilege case against New Zealand Post, is slamming a Privileges Committee report released today as a "licence to lie." More >>

National calls for SARS tourism response

Monday, 12 May 2003, 5:27 pm | New Zealand National Party

National's tourism spokesperson Pansy Wong is calling on the Government to support the tourism industry in the wake of the SARS disease. More >>

New Zealand can - and must - do better

Monday, 12 May 2003, 1:26 pm | New Zealand National Party

National Finance spokesman Don Brash says we must lift the country's growth rate if we are to keep our brightest and best young people living and working in New Zealand. More >>

Don Brash Address to the Auckland Rotary Club

Monday, 12 May 2003, 1:25 pm | New Zealand National Party

I greatly appreciate your invitation to speak to you once again. This is at least the fourth occasion on which I have spoken to you, and the second since I resigned as Governor of the Reserve Bank to stand for election to Parliament just over a year ... More >>

English Speech: National Party Regional Conference

Monday, 12 May 2003, 8:56 am | New Zealand National Party

Bill English Speech: To the Northern Regional Conference of the National Party, Waipuna Lodge, Auckland. More >>

Mapp Speech To National Party Region Conference

Monday, 12 May 2003, 8:52 am | New Zealand National Party

Our country faces the biggest foreign policy question for decades. What kind of relationship do we want with our most longstanding friends and allies? More >>

Labour puts its head back in the sand on power

Friday, 9 May 2003, 3:16 pm | New Zealand National Party

The National Party is rubbishing the Energy Minister's announcements today about new power generation. More >>

Govt not making progress in mental health

Friday, 9 May 2003, 3:02 pm | New Zealand National Party

The Mental Health Commission's report showing the Government has cut the number of mental health beds available, and is way under target on increasing access to mental health services, shows the Government is making no progress in mental health services, ... More >>

Government u-turn on RMA victory for opposition

Friday, 9 May 2003, 2:57 pm | New Zealand National Party

"National is delighted that the Government has capitulated over amendments to the Resource Management Act that would have protected ancestral and cultural landscapes, and increased the uncertainty and risks of corruption for new developments," ... More >>

Brash - Address to PricewaterhouseCoopers

Thursday, 8 May 2003, 3:56 pm | New Zealand National Party

I am delighted to have this opportunity to address you. As a long-standing customer of PwC, and of Price Waterhouse prior to the merger, I am always glad to see PwC partners hard at work in such a delightful setting! More >>

Tax cuts can boost investment and lift growth

Thursday, 8 May 2003, 3:46 pm | New Zealand National Party

Encouraging business investment by cutting the company tax rate is a key factor in lifting New Zealand's economic growth rate, says National's Finance spokesman, Don Brash. More >>

Government declares 'Day Of Spin'

Thursday, 8 May 2003, 3:36 pm | New Zealand National Party

"The Government's self-proclaimed 'smart growth day' on Friday is an elaborate PR exercise paid for by the taxpayer," says National Party Leader Bill English. More >>

Clark ignored advice that military action legal

Thursday, 8 May 2003, 1:13 pm | New Zealand National Party

National has revealed the Prime Minister was advised that military action against Iraq by the United States was legal, despite her stand that a further United Nations resolution was needed. More >>

'Please Explain' Over Cup Funding

Thursday, 8 May 2003, 10:16 am | New Zealand National Party

The Government and its agencies have some serious explaining to do as the scale of potential Government backing for an America's Cup challenge becomes apparent, according to National MP Murray McCully. More >>

Government neglect puts lives at risk

Thursday, 8 May 2003, 10:12 am | New Zealand National Party

Government neglect of a properly resourced police force is putting the lives of police officers and the public at risk, says National's Police spokesman Tony Ryall. More >>

Lord Cooke is wrong

Thursday, 8 May 2003, 12:18 am | New Zealand National Party

"Lord Cooke is wrong. The last thing New Zealand needs is a Supreme Court with a licence to regard the Treaty of Waitangi as a living document, creating special rights for Maori that no one else has," according to National Party Leader Bill ... More >>

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