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Slow Growth Will See Wealth Gap Widen

Monday, 9 September 2002, 12:51 am | New Zealand National Party

Slow growth will see wealth gap widen New Zealand runs the risk of ending up like Latin America unless it fast-tracks its rate of economic growth, says National’s Finance spokesman, Don Brash. More >>

United's Inexperience Exposed

Friday, 6 September 2002, 9:41 am | New Zealand National Party

United Future's inexperience has been exposed in its first attempt at dealing with legislation in Parliament today where it stated it will vote for those on the domestic purposes beneficiaries to stay on the benefit and not be work-tested, says National ... More >>

Govt Must Explain Petrol-Diesel Shortage

Friday, 6 September 2002, 12:04 am | New Zealand National Party

"Energy Minister Pete Hodgson must explain why New Zealand's oil stock has reduced by 20 days in a week," National Energy Spokesperson Gerry Brownlee said today. More >>

National calls for inquiry into company float

Thursday, 5 September 2002, 6:10 pm | New Zealand National Party

National is urging the Government to call for a Securities Commission inquiry into newly-listed plastics manufacturer, Vertex, which has issued a profit warning little more than nine weeks after its float. More >>

Fantastic Win By Tall Blacks

Thursday, 5 September 2002, 1:53 pm | New Zealand National Party

National Leader Bill English has congratulated the Tall Blacks for their fantastic win over China in the World Basketball Championships. More >>

New Zealand Must Remember Its Allies

Thursday, 5 September 2002, 12:17 am | New Zealand National Party

The New Zealand Government should remind itself that Britain, Australia and the United States are our most long standing allies before making any final decision about New Zealand's approach to Iraq, says Nationals Foreign Affairs spokesperson Dr Wayne ... More >>

Air NZ Loses Engineering Experience

Wednesday, 4 September 2002, 4:32 pm | New Zealand National Party

National MP Gerry Brownlee says he is staggered that Transport Minister Paul Swain is showing no concern that Air New Zealand will be one of the only airlines in the world without a qualified technical aviation engineer in its executive. "At ... More >>

Sandra Goudie Maiden Speech

Wednesday, 4 September 2002, 3:58 pm | New Zealand National Party

For all those who are in this House today, I congratulate you and look forward to working with you - or against you - for the betterment of our great little nation. Agreeing on the "how" is the ongoing challenge. More >>

A Lot Of Mouths To Feed

Wednesday, 4 September 2002, 3:15 pm | New Zealand National Party

New Zealand's taxpayers have a lot of mouths to feed according to statistics contained in the State Services Commission briefing papers to incoming Ministers released today. The National Party spokesperson on State Services, Murray McCully says the papers ... More >>

Maiden Speech - Brian Connell

Wednesday, 4 September 2002, 9:39 am | New Zealand National Party

Some years are special. This one's been special for me. Last New Year's Eve, I said to my wife Simone: "This year we're going to really see some changes." I meant changes on the farm we'd bought in Chertsey, and some alterations to our ... More >>

National Meets With Australian Defence Minister

Wednesday, 4 September 2002, 9:36 am | New Zealand National Party

National raised its core defence principals of credible forces and inter-operability with Australia at a meeting between Australian Defence Minister Senator Robert Hill and National Defence Spokesperson Richard Worth today. More >>

Sentencing Law Under Attack Again

Tuesday, 3 September 2002, 4:11 pm | New Zealand National Party

It's no surprise that the Court of Appeal has expressed concern about the new Sentencing and Parole Act, says National's Courts spokesman Tony Ryall. More >>

Maiden Speech - Don Brash

Tuesday, 3 September 2002, 4:07 pm | New Zealand National Party

like so many others, as I got to understand more of the world my views changed. As Winston Churchill once said "If a man is not a socialist by the time he is 20, he has no heart. If he is not a conservative by the time he is 40, he has no brain." ... More >>