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Why Were Test Results For The Two Northland Women Missing For 48 Hours?
Sunday, 14 November 2021, 5:44 pm | New Zealand National Party
Northlanders are sick and tired of incomplete information, delayed results and late notification of locations of interest for nearly every single one of its positive Covid cases in the current outbreak and Jacinda Ardern and her Government must be ... More >>
Kelvin Davis’ ‘get Out Of Community Work Free’ Card
Friday, 12 November 2021, 8:33 pm | New Zealand National Party
While Aucklanders have been locked up in lockdown, Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis has been giving thousands of criminals sentenced to community work a ‘get out of jail free’ card, National’s spokesperson for Corrections Simeon Brown says. Figures ... More >>
Firearms Unit Should Be Independent Of Police
Friday, 12 November 2021, 5:56 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government should make good on its promise and make the new firearms unit announced today independent of Police, says National’s Police spokesperson Simeon Brown. “The firearms community was promised that this new unit would be independent from ... More >>
National Welcomes Public Service Commissioner Investigation Into Kāinga Ora
Friday, 12 November 2021, 5:05 pm | New Zealand National Party
National welcomes the decision by the Public Service Commissioner today to launch an investigation into the concerning matters we uncovered at Kāinga Ora, National’s spokesperson for Housing and Urban Development Nicola Willis says. “This decision ... More >>
Lack Of Guidelines Will Hamper Volunteer Efforts
Friday, 12 November 2021, 12:45 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government must extend the deadline for volunteer organisations to comply with new Covid contact standards to prevent a number of vital community organisations closing down, says National’s Community and Voluntary Sector spokesperson Maureen ... More >>
Government In A Spin As Delta Bites
Friday, 12 November 2021, 10:52 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s lack of planning for Delta is being exposed as every day brings more confusion and evidence the Government is just making things up as it goes, says Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins. “The Prime Minister has admitted this ... More >>
Public Service Commissioner Must Investigate Kāinga Ora
Thursday, 11 November 2021, 4:21 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Public Services Commissioner must step in and conduct a probe into an apparent culture of deceit and cover-up at Government housing agency Kāinga Ora, says National’s Housing and Urban Development spokesperson Nicola Willis. “I have written to the ... More >>
Auditor-General Slams Saliva Testing Procurement
Thursday, 11 November 2021, 3:24 pm | New Zealand National Party
It is deeply troubling that the Auditor-General has identified “serious concerns” about aspects of the Government’s saliva testing procurement process this year and the need for an urgent independent inquiry has never been greater, says National’s ... More >>
Government Squanders Opportunity To Wage War On Rabbits
Thursday, 11 November 2021, 2:45 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s failure to set targets or implement proper reporting measures for rabbit control as part of its $1.3 billion Jobs for Nature programme shows poor oversight and wasteful spending, National’s Conservation spokesperson Jacqui Dean ... More >>
Robertson A Repeat Offender In Hiding Spending From Kiwis
Thursday, 11 November 2021, 2:22 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Minister of Finance has once again shown he is not willing to be transparent about how he spends taxpayers’ money, says National’s Shadow Treasurer Andrew Bayly. “New Zealanders should be very worried about how Grant Robertson is spending ... More >>
Minister Struggling To See Through The Weeds
Thursday, 11 November 2021, 1:57 pm | New Zealand National Party
The recent report from the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment on the impact of weeds on native ecosystems highlights some glaring deficiencies in our biosecurity system, says National’s spokesperson for Biosecurity David Bennett. ... More >>
Labour Commits To Soft-on-crime Approach
Thursday, 11 November 2021, 11:42 am | New Zealand National Party
The repealing of the Three Strikes law shows how soft on crime Labour really is, says National’s Justice spokesperson Simon Bridges. “With increasing violent offending and the highest levels of firearms violence in more than a decade, Labour ... More >>
Minister Of Health Says Ministry Of Health Should Release Māori Health Data
Thursday, 11 November 2021, 11:26 am | New Zealand National Party
Since the High Court delivered its resounding view that the Ministry of Health should release critical individual data to the Whānau Ora Commission Agency to improve Māori communities Covid vaccination rates, everyone’s still waiting – despite ... More >>
ICU Bed Numbers Slump In Auckland
Thursday, 11 November 2021, 10:43 am | New Zealand National Party
New information on ICU bed occupancy during the current outbreak shows the very slim margins district health boards are running with ICU beds, says National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti. “On October 22, New Zealand’s largest number ... More >>
Minister Adding Transport Costs To Inflation Bubble
Thursday, 11 November 2021, 9:52 am | New Zealand National Party
The recent National Land Transport Plan includes a $2 billion loan that is a last-minute attempt by the Minister of Transport to balance the books, says National’s Transport spokesperson David Bennett. “An Official Information Act request shows Cabinet ... More >>
Time To Wind Down Defence Force’s MIQ Mission
Thursday, 11 November 2021, 9:33 am | New Zealand National Party
It is time for Operation Protect – the work by the Defence Force manning MIQ – to wind down, along with the entire MIQ system, says National’s Defence spokesperson Chris Penk. “The response to National’s petition to end the MIQ lottery of human ... More >>
The Wheels Have Fallen Off The Government
Thursday, 11 November 2021, 8:30 am | New Zealand National Party
The wheels have well and truly fallen off this Government right as we should be reaching the crucial juncture of opening up our internal borders and restoring freedoms to Kiwis, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. “No one would blame New ... More >>
Kāinga Ora: The Labour Party Candidate, The Taxpayer-paid Ad, And The Cover-up
Wednesday, 10 November 2021, 7:18 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Minister of Housing must act to ensure high standards of political neutrality and integrity can be met by Government housing agency Kāinga Ora, following the release of documents suggesting a troubling culture has taken root at the agency, ... More >>
Bill Passes To Make Superannuation Fairer
Wednesday, 10 November 2021, 5:35 pm | New Zealand National Party
The passing of the third reading of a bill to increase the residency requirement for Superannuation from 10 years to 20 years will make the system fairer, says National’s Shadow Treasurer Andrew Bayly. “This is the second of my members bills to be passed, ... More >>
Government Splurges Today, We All Pay Dearly Tomorrow
Wednesday, 10 November 2021, 2:59 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Labour Government’s massive spending spree stepped up to a new gear, announcing $35 billion of spending in just a week with no details on how it will be paid, for says National’s Finance spokesperson Michael Woodhouse. “Grant Robertson is overseeing ... More >>
