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National Lodges No Confidence Motion In Speaker
Wednesday, 16 February 2022, 12:53 pm | New Zealand National Party
The National Party has lodged a notice of motion of no confidence in the Speaker of the House, Shadow Leader of the House Chris Bishop says. “Speaker Trevor Mallard’s behaviour over the past few days has been unedifying, embarrassing and childish. ... More >>
Labour’s Approach To Hardship Is Crippling, Not Kind
Wednesday, 16 February 2022, 11:00 am | New Zealand National Party
Today’s Salvation Army State of the Nation report shows Labour has failed to improve the lives of the most at risk New Zealanders, Opposition Leader Christopher Luxon says. “Despite the Prime Minister’s promise to reduce child poverty, the Salvation ... More >>
Hipkins Confirms Govt Doesn’t Have Enough RATs
Tuesday, 15 February 2022, 3:43 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government has admitted that the reason why their bureaucratic ‘test-to-work’ regime for close contacts doesn’t apply to every worker is because they don’t have enough rapid antigen tests, National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris ... More >>
Make RATs Available To Everyone Now
Monday, 14 February 2022, 5:03 pm | New Zealand National Party
With the surge in Omicron cases and the move to Phase 2, the Government needs to make rapid antigen tests available to anyone who wants them, National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “Rapid antigen tests should be available ... More >>
Food Prices Taking A Big Bite Out Of Kiwis’ Pockets
Monday, 14 February 2022, 2:14 pm | New Zealand National Party
New Zealanders continue to get poorer under the Labour Government with figures today showing the largest food price increase in five years, National’s Finance spokesperson Simon Bridges says. “Kiwis are having to fork out even more just to put food on ... More >>
Teachers Tangled In Hipkins’ Web Of Failure
Saturday, 12 February 2022, 2:12 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Ministry of Education’s emergency request for MIQ slots for teachers who should have been here for the start of Term 1 has been turned down, meaning schools will continue struggling under the strain of teacher shortages, National’s Immigration ... More >>
Wage Increase Is Admission To Cost Of Living Crisis
Friday, 11 February 2022, 10:41 am | New Zealand National Party
Raising the minimum wage to $21.20 is an admission by Labour that New Zealand has a cost of living crisis, National’s Finance spokesperson Simon Bridges says. “This won’t stop the pain lower income New Zealanders are feeling when inflation is up ... More >>
Retail The Latest Victim Of The Crime Epidemic
Friday, 11 February 2022, 8:08 am | New Zealand National Party
Statistics released under the OIA to the Dairy and Business Owners Group show a crime epidemic that is crippling small retail businesses around the country, National’s Police spokesperson Mark Mitchell says. “Since Labour became ... More >>
More RAT Confusion For Workers
Thursday, 10 February 2022, 4:58 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government has managed to make an already-confusing situation for companies grappling with isolation rules even more baffling, National’s Covid-19 spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “The ‘Close Contact Exemption Scheme’ developed in a hurry ... More >>
Government Shady On Full Cost Of Light Rail
Thursday, 10 February 2022, 12:08 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government needs to come clean on the full cost of the Auckland light rail plan, with their indicative business case for the project suggesting the cost could blow out by another $10 billion, National’s Transport spokesperson Simeon Brown says. ... More >>
National Proposes Fix To Flawed Lending Regulations
Thursday, 10 February 2022, 9:23 am | New Zealand National Party
National has proposed a draft Bill to undo the adverse impact prescriptive credit regulations are having on mortgage lending, National’s Housing spokesperson Nicola Willis says. “We have written to Commerce Minister David Clark asking that he urgently ... More >>
Hutt Rents Up $200 Per Week Under Labour
Wednesday, 9 February 2022, 4:44 pm | New Zealand National Party
Hutt families are under increasing pressure and the housing crisis is worse than ever under Labour, says List MP based in Hutt South Chris Bishop. “New data out today shows that the median rent for houses in Lower Hutt was only $375 in October ... More >>
Record Rent Increase Under Labour
Wednesday, 9 February 2022, 3:55 pm | New Zealand National Party
New data released this week shows that Labour has presided over the single worst yearly increase in rents since records began, National’s Housing spokesperson Nicola Willis says. MBIE’s Tenancy Services Rental Bond Data release for December 2021 ... More >>
Kiwi Tourism Suffers As Australia Welcomes Visitors
Tuesday, 8 February 2022, 4:02 pm | New Zealand National Party
With Australia announcing it will fully open its borders to vaccinated people from 21 February, New Zealand’s tourism industry needs a clear timeline from the Government on when we will open to vaccinated tourists, National’s Tourism spokesperson Todd ... More >>
Kāinga Ora Removes More Homes Than It Builds
Tuesday, 8 February 2022, 9:18 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s state house developer Kāinga Ora has removed more homes from its stock in the past six months than it built, National’s Housing spokesperson Nicola Willis says. According to the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development’s ... More >>
Government Admits It Took Tests Already In NZ
Monday, 7 February 2022, 5:34 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Ministry of Health’s admission that its confiscation last month of rapid tests ordered by the private sector included tests already in the country is deeply concerning and Ministers need to front up on the matter, National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson ... More >>
Aucklanders To Be Squeezed By $1,000 Per Year Light Rail Tax
Saturday, 5 February 2022, 5:30 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government is trying to help fund their expensive light rail project by imposing a $1,000 per year tax on properties along their proposed light rail corridor, National’s Transport spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “The proposal, contained within the Government’s ... More >>
National Release 10-point Omicron Plan
Friday, 4 February 2022, 11:23 am | New Zealand National Party
Given the Government has listened to National’s policy to end MIQ for vaccinated travellers and recognised the importance of rapid tests, National is proposing more ideas to improve the response to Omicron, says National’s COVID-19 Response spokesperson ... More >>
Kiwis Paying The Price For Failed Housing Policy
Thursday, 3 February 2022, 3:30 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour’s housing policies have failed and Kiwis are paying the price with soaring housing costs and a new threat of retrograde price controls, National’s Housing spokesperson Nicola Willis says. “In an increasingly desperate game of policy whack-a-mole, ... More >>
End Of MIQ The Right Thing To Do
Thursday, 3 February 2022, 11:38 am | New Zealand National Party
The reopening of our border is welcome news for millions of New Zealanders offshore and at home, Opposition Leader Christopher Luxon says. “National has been calling for the Government to end the lottery of human misery that is MIQ and we are pleased ... More >>
