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Govt finally sees National’s wisdom

Thursday, 17 October 2002, 5:43 pm | New Zealand National Party

The Government has finally seen the wisdom of National’s proposal that a compulsory dispute resolution process is the way to solve the rotting homes crisis, says National Housing Spokesperson Dr Wayne Mapp. More >>

Nigerian stoning case condemned

Thursday, 17 October 2002, 5:41 pm | New Zealand National Party

There's been cross party support in the house for a motion condemning the stoning sentence handed down to a Nigerian woman for having a child out of marriage. More >>

Politicising the Public Service

Thursday, 17 October 2002, 4:32 pm | New Zealand National Party

National’s Murray McCully says warnings from the State Services Commissioner about politicians in the public service should be taken seriously. More >>

English urges Clark to come clean

Thursday, 17 October 2002, 11:57 am | New Zealand National Party

National Party Leader Bill English says Helen Clark needs to come clean about the intelligence advice received ahead of the Bali bombing. More >>

Urgent Media Advisory - English on Bali 10:30am

Thursday, 17 October 2002, 9:16 am | New Zealand National Party

National Party Leader Bill English will hold a stand up press conference in the Leader of the Opposition’s Lounge, Level 3, Parliament House at 10.30am today (Thursday 17 October). It relates to the bombing in Bali. More >>

Education a key focus of China trip

Thursday, 17 October 2002, 8:46 am | New Zealand National Party

National Party Leader Bill English is looking forward to his first ever trip to China when he flies out this Friday. He has been invited by the Chinese Government to lead a delegation of 14 people, including National MP Pansy Wong, scientists and ... More >>

Inquiry shows depth of concern over NCEA

Wednesday, 16 October 2002, 4:47 pm | New Zealand National Party

The urgent Education Select Committee of Inquiry into the troubles faced by schools over the NCEA qualification shows just how serious the problems are, says National’s Education spokesperson, Nick Smith. More >>

Fee shambles forecast by Treasury

Wednesday, 16 October 2002, 4:44 pm | New Zealand National Party

National’s Simon Power is predicting chaos at tertiary institutions next year as they come to grips with a new fee structure that’s been condemned by Treasury . More >>

Hawkins misleads House on rotting homes

Wednesday, 16 October 2002, 4:33 pm | New Zealand National Party

Today in Parliament National revealed that Internal Affairs Minister George Hawkins has known about the rotting homes problems for more than 12 months despite his claims that he only found out in April this year. More >>

Future still murky for TVNZ

Wednesday, 16 October 2002, 3:05 pm | New Zealand National Party

Government meddling can take some of the blame for the drop in TVNZ’s after tax profit according to National Broadcasting spokesman Murray McCully. More >>

Labour not maintaining defence force

Wednesday, 16 October 2002, 10:23 am | New Zealand National Party

National Leader Bill English says he’s is embarrassed for war veterans that their journey to the El Alamein anniversary was interrupted due to an ailing aircraft. More >>

Bill English Speech InThe House On Bali Bombing

Tuesday, 15 October 2002, 6:46 pm | New Zealand National Party

I want to acknowledge the efforts of the Government to find and secure our citizens in Bali. For constituents of mine Jim and Elaine Mc Dougall, the wait is joyfully over For others the agony is just beginning. Our hopes and prayers are with the families ... More >>

How much longer will Powdergate go on?

Tuesday, 15 October 2002, 4:56 pm | New Zealand National Party

National’s Agriculture spokesman, David Carter, is calling for a swift end to ‘Powdergate’, the long-running investigation into $50 million of alleged illegal dairy products exports. More >>

Clark weak on terror

Tuesday, 15 October 2002, 4:05 pm | New Zealand National Party

The Prime Minister’s indifference on terrorism was highlighted by her lack of knowledge on a Terrorism Bill passed by her own Government only last week, says National Party Leader Bill English. More >>

Health reforms creating record health deficit

Tuesday, 15 October 2002, 9:24 am | New Zealand National Party

Health Minister Annette King needs to justify why the combined district health board operating deficit has skyrocketed to $312 million in the last financial year when her own projections were that it would be about half that, says National Health Spokesperson ... More >>