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Zero Fully Vaccinated Aus Travellers Test Positive In MIQ
Tuesday, 23 November 2021, 4:40 pm | New Zealand National Party
Chris Hipkins admission in Parliament this afternoon that zero fully vaccinated travellers from Australia have tested positive in MIQ since August 23 should prompt him to immediately open the Trans-Tasman Bubble, says National’s COVID-19 Spokesperson ... More >>
Dazed And Confused – PM Sows More Uncertainty
Tuesday, 23 November 2021, 4:08 pm | New Zealand National Party
That the Prime Minister can’t answer even basic questions about her Government’s traffic light system is cause for major concern, says Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins. “When asked what the criteria were for moving from one traffic light colour ... More >>
Minister Of Finance Out-of-touch With Business
Tuesday, 23 November 2021, 3:07 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Minister of Finance has provided no details on how the transition to the Traffic Light System will affect businesses, says National’s Shadow Treasurer Andrew Bayly. “Businesses need to plan ahead of time for critical financial decisions such as ... More >>
Farmers Need Say On Greenhouse Gas Costs
Tuesday, 23 November 2021, 2:55 pm | New Zealand National Party
The government-primary sector partnership He Waka Eke Noa has done good work designing how an agricultural greenhouse gas pricing system could work, with the intention of keeping Agriculture out of the ETS. It’s a by farmers, for farmers option, says ... More >>
‘Resourced’ ICU Beds Have No Ventilators In Three DHBs
Tuesday, 23 November 2021, 1:33 pm | New Zealand National Party
Andrew Little needs to explain why some DHBs are counting ICU beds as “resourced” despite not having enough ventilators for those beds, says National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti. “An ICU bed includes the ability to support breathing with a ventilator. ... More >>
Vaccination Status Employment Minefield To Ensue
Tuesday, 23 November 2021, 12:34 pm | New Zealand National Party
On one hand the Government today has attempted to simplify My Vaccine Pass verification with the launch of the NZ Pass Verifier app. On the other, it opened up a potential employment relations minefield as Minister Michael Wood announced requirements for ... More >>
Allow Aussie Travel For Christmas, Prime Minister
Tuesday, 23 November 2021, 8:56 am | New Zealand National Party
If the Prime Minister won’t heed the calls of the nearly 100,000 people who have signed National’s petition to end MIQ right now then she should at least open the Trans-Tasman Bubble for Christmas, says Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins. ... More >>
Auckland’s CBD Becoming Unsafe
Monday, 22 November 2021, 1:25 pm | New Zealand National Party
Increasing assaults, drunkenness and gang violence is becoming the norm in Auckland’s CBD, seeing the inner city fast becoming a no-go zone, says National’s Police spokesperson Simeon Brown. “It is becoming clear that Aucklanders don’t feel safe in the CBD ... More >>
Traffic Lights To Become Law Without Any Scrutiny
Monday, 22 November 2021, 1:06 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s intention to ram through the traffic light framework legislation under urgency this week with no opportunity for public consultation is an outrageous abuse of power, says National’s Covid spokesperson Chris Bishop. “The Prime Minister ... More >>
Andrew Little Reduces ICU Beds Mid-pandemic
Monday, 22 November 2021, 11:49 am | New Zealand National Party
Andrew Little has been caught out obscuring ICU bed numbers by mixing adult ICU beds with paediatric beds making the overall number of ICU beds look bigger when in fact the Delta outbreak is mostly all about adult ICU beds, says National Party ... More >>
Labour's Bad Judgment On Three Strikes Repeal
Sunday, 21 November 2021, 3:34 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour is showing terrible judgment by repealing Three Strikes legislation at the behest of unelected and unaccountable judges, says National’s Shadow Attorney-General Chris Penk. “In Parliament, the first justification given by the Minister of Justice ... More >>
Police Annual Report Shows Kiwis Less Safe Under Labour
Saturday, 20 November 2021, 3:04 pm | New Zealand National Party
Increasing violent crime, increased sophistication of gangs, mental health demand pressures, increased family violence and a shortage of frontline police officers paints a bleak outlook on the state of law and order in New Zealand, says National ... More >>
Traffic Light Confusion Puts Businesses At Risk
Saturday, 20 November 2021, 3:02 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Labour government has said the traffic light system is coming, but a lack of clarity is causing concern and confusion for desperate businesses, says National’s Small Business and Economic Development spokesperson Todd McClay. “The Government’s ... More >>
National Welcomes Use Of Genetic Technology Research In Conservation
Friday, 19 November 2021, 2:27 pm | New Zealand National Party
The National Party supports research into genetic technologies with the possibility of it playing a key role in New Zealand reaching its Predator Free 2050 goal, says National’s Conservation spokesperson Jacqui Dean. “When National introduced the ... More >>
National Urges New Zealanders To Submit On The Three Strike Legislation Repeal Bill
Friday, 19 November 2021, 2:24 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour’s decision to repeal the Three Strikes law is a slap in the face to victims who have suffered at the hands of violent criminals, says National Party Spokesperson for Justice Simon Bridges. “This law change will not make communities safer but ... More >>
Andrew Little Stopped Counting Hospital PPE When The Pandemic Started
Friday, 19 November 2021, 11:26 am | New Zealand National Party
Stopping weekly audits of personal protective equipment (PPE) inventory after a pandemic has started has to be one of the dumbest things the Government has done, says National’s health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti. “Surely the most important ... More >>
Police Not Attending Half Of Mental Health Callouts
Thursday, 18 November 2021, 4:44 pm | New Zealand National Party
Figures released in the Police 2021 Annual Report show significant demand for police services which police are unable to meet, says National Party Spokesperson for Police Simeon Brown. “It is distressing to see that in the last year police were only ... More >>
Government Ducks Questions About The Looming Summer Of Chaos
Thursday, 18 November 2021, 4:14 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government continues to duck simple questions about how its stop-and-check travel restrictions are supposed to work in practice, including how long Aucklanders will have to queue at the border to go on holiday, says Leader of the Opposition Judith ... More >>
Council Water Collaboration Should Be Commended
Thursday, 18 November 2021, 3:43 pm | New Zealand National Party
A partnership between two councils to address their water infrastructure challenges should be welcomed, and shows that voluntary alternatives to the Government’s forced asset grab are indeed practical and realistic, National’s Local Government spokesperson ... More >>
Rural Connectivity Not Ready For COVID-19
Thursday, 18 November 2021, 3:38 pm | New Zealand National Party
Rural New Zealand is facing a COVID crisis thanks to the Government’s failure to secure their digital future, says National’s Digital Economy & Communications and Rural Communities Spokespersons Melissa Lee and Joseph Mooney. “Alongside the ... More >>
