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Delay Spells Trouble For Three Waters Plans
Friday, 10 December 2021, 4:33 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s broken promise to introduce their Three Waters asset grab legislation by the end of the year is yet another sign their plans are in trouble, National’s Local Government spokesperson Simon Watts says. “Optimistically, the Three Waters ... More >>
MIQ Spots Urgently Needed For Teachers
Friday, 10 December 2021, 12:39 pm | New Zealand National Party
The border exception for 300 school teachers announced in July is looking to be another fancy headline bereft of any actual delivery, National’s Immigration spokesperson Erica Stanford says. “The Secretary for Education shockingly admitted on Wednesday ... More >>
Trade Minister Confirms Diplomatic Boycott Of Beijing Olympics
Thursday, 9 December 2021, 4:34 pm | New Zealand National Party
Trade Minister Damien O’Connor confirmed today that New Zealand has imposed a diplomatic ban on attendees of the Winter Olympics in China, National’s Trade and Export Growth spokesperson Todd McClay says. In the Foreign Affairs, Defence and ... More >>
Officials Recommended South Island Go To Green
Thursday, 9 December 2021, 3:41 pm | New Zealand National Party
Under questioning in the House today Chris Hipkins has finally revealed that Ministry of Health officials’ initial advice was that Wellington, Hawke’s Bay and the whole of the South should have entered the Traffic Light Framework at Green, National’s ... More >>
Fair Pay Agreements Must Be Scrapped
Thursday, 9 December 2021, 9:57 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government should ditch its Fair Pay Agreement policy following Business New Zealand’s refusal to be the Government’s preferred partner, National’s Workplace Relations and Safety spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. “National strongly opposes ... More >>
Progress For Victims’ Rights
Thursday, 9 December 2021, 8:00 am | New Zealand National Party
The passage of the Rights for Victims of Insane Offenders Bill tonight is a positive step towards ensuring victims of insane offenders are treated equally and their needs are placed at the centre of our justice and health systems, Taupō MP Louise Upston ... More >>
Which Regions Could Be At Green?
Wednesday, 8 December 2021, 5:55 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government should front up and be honest about which regions Health officials said could be in “Green” at the start of the Traffic Light Framework, National’s COVID-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “Chris Hipkins ducked and dived ... More >>
Pay Freeze Turns Into Pay Frenzy
Wednesday, 8 December 2021, 3:05 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government said the public sector would show ‘restraint’ following the Covid-19 outbreak in 2020 and promised a pay freeze, but instead we have seen a pay frenzy, National’s Public Service spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “New Zealanders will ... More >>
No Extra ICU Beds Until June 2022
Tuesday, 7 December 2021, 5:12 pm | New Zealand National Party
Health Minister Andrew Little made the shocking admission today that extra ICU beds won’t be ready until June next year, National Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. “After spending the last year claiming everything was fine, the Government ... More >>
Chris Penk Elected Senior National Whip
Tuesday, 7 December 2021, 12:11 pm | New Zealand National Party
The National Caucus has elected Chris Penk as Senior Whip and Maureen Pugh as Junior Whip, National Leader Christopher Luxon announced today. Both MPs were elected unopposed at this morning’s Caucus meeting. “Chris and Maureen bring the integrity, experience ... More >>
A New National For New Zealand
Monday, 6 December 2021, 12:55 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader Christopher Luxon has today announced a new National for New Zealand – a fresh, energised alternative government ready to deliver for Kiwis in 2023. “The line-up I’m announcing today is based on merit and matches people ... More >>
International Volunteers Day: A Year Of Doing More, With Less For Our Volunteers
Sunday, 5 December 2021, 2:05 pm | New Zealand National Party
International Volunteers Day is an opportunity to acknowledge the hard work of New Zealand volunteers throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and to consider the need for further support for community organisations, National’s Community and Voluntary ... More >>
Extra ICU Funding Finally, But Don’t Hold Your Breath
Friday, 3 December 2021, 4:30 pm | New Zealand National Party
Health Minister Andrew Little has finally acknowledged that his failure to build ICU beds in the past 18 months needs to be fixed, with the announcement of funding for capital spend on ICU beds, says National Party Health Spokesperson Dr Shane Reti ... More >>
Red Light Setting Cold Comfort For Aucklanders
Friday, 3 December 2021, 11:00 am | New Zealand National Party
After more than 100 days in lockdown and endless announcements of announcements, Aucklanders will be relieved by a bit more freedom today but there is much more for the Government to do, says National Leader Christopher Luxon. “The Government is ... More >>
Too Little, Too Late For Freedom Camping
Friday, 3 December 2021, 10:07 am | New Zealand National Party
The Tourism Minister’s recent announcement on new restrictions for freedom campers has caused confusion with his contradictions, and it will be too late to prevent more damage by freedom campers in the upcoming season, says National MP Maureen Pugh. ... More >>
Late And Lazy PHARMAC Whitewash Tells Us Nothing New
Thursday, 2 December 2021, 6:13 pm | New Zealand National Party
Today’s interim release of the PHARMAC inquiry is late and lazy tells us nothing we didn’t know beforehand, says National Party Health Spokesperson Dr Shane Reti. “It is clearly late and it is clearly lazy in its failure to make any recommendations ... More >>
Bridges Appointed Finance & Infrastructure Spokesperson
Thursday, 2 December 2021, 1:59 pm | New Zealand National Party
Hon Simon Bridges is the National Party’s new Finance and Infrastructure spokesperson, National Leader Christopher Luxon announced today. “Simon has prodigious skills, incredible talent and the intellectual heft needed to excel as National’s Finance ... More >>
Gang Numbers Continue To Explode Under Labour
Thursday, 2 December 2021, 11:04 am | New Zealand National Party
The number of gang members has nearly doubled in the last five years with the Government doing little to stop it, says National’s Police spokesperson Simeon Brown. “Our streets are becoming less safe with gang numbers exploding to over 8,000 members ... More >>
Taxpayers Funding Anti-dairying Messages
Wednesday, 1 December 2021, 5:36 pm | New Zealand National Party
“Some days it’s difficult to comprehend what I see in the news,” says National Agriculture spokesperson Barbara Kuriger. “Unbelievably, and thanks to Louis Houlbrooke of The Taxpayers Union and Scoop Independent News, I learnt on Monday taxpayers have ... More >>
Missed Opportunity To Help Struggling Auckland Businesses
Wednesday, 1 December 2021, 3:12 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government has missed an opportunity with a convoluted voucher scheme which fails to address the businesses that are hurting the most, says National’s Economic Development, Small Business and Tourism spokesperson Todd McClay. “For some reason ... More >>
