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100,000 Kiwis Denied Hospital Care Because Of Labour’s Failure
Wednesday, 10 November 2021, 2:53 pm | New Zealand National Party
Andrew Little’s failure to prepare the health system for Delta has resulted in more than 100,000 Kiwis missing out on planned hospital procedures, says National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti. “Answers to my questions show 102,959 procedures ... More >>
National Releases Plan To Get School Students Back On Track
Wednesday, 10 November 2021, 9:58 am | New Zealand National Party
Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins and National’s Education spokesperson Paul Goldsmith have today released National’s education plan to get school students back on track and make up for lost class time. National’s ‘Back on Track’ plan ... More >>
Labour Plays Favourites With Events Sector Plan
Tuesday, 9 November 2021, 1:30 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s plan to underwrite events is picking winners and condemning small events businesses to the scrap heap, says National’s Economic Development and Tourism spokesperson Todd McClay. “Labour’s scheme disregards small-event organisers, ... More >>
More Than 230,000 People Have Never Secured MIQ Spaces
Tuesday, 9 November 2021, 9:43 am | New Zealand National Party
Never before released data shows the scale of the humanitarian disaster that is New Zealand’s MIQ system, says National’s Covid spokesperson Chris Bishop. “The latest MIQ lottery lobby has just opened, with New Zealanders overseas desperately ... More >>
Shambolic Government Still Can’t Provide Clarity
Monday, 8 November 2021, 6:00 pm | New Zealand National Party
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern still can’t tell Aucklanders how or when they’ll be allowed to leave Auckland for Christmas, says Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins. “The Government created an almighty mess for itself after Covid Minister ... More >>
Marketing Code Only A Small Step In Improving New Zealand’s Digital Future
Monday, 8 November 2021, 3:10 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Commerce Commission’s ruling that broadband speeds must be advertised as actual peak-time speeds rather than theoretical maximums is the right one but long overdue, says National’s Digital Economy and Communications spokesperson Melissa Lee. “With ... More >>
Retail Crime Unit A Good Move, But Where Are The Police We Were Promised?
Monday, 8 November 2021, 2:30 pm | New Zealand National Party
Today’s announcement that Police will establish a dedicated unit to tackling increasing retail crime is a good move, but the Government also needs to deliver on its 2017 promise of 1800 more officers, says National’s Police spokesman Simeon Brown. “Retail ... More >>
More Mental Health Announcements, More Failure Certain
Monday, 8 November 2021, 1:55 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s announcement of $5.6 million to help Aucklanders experiencing mental distress shows it does not care about other people struggling with lockdowns, says National’s spokesperson for Mental Health and Suicide Awareness Matt Doocey. ... More >>
Experts Support End To MIQ
Monday, 8 November 2021, 11:52 am | New Zealand National Party
As National’s petition to ‘End MIQ Now’ ticks past 75,000 signatures, public health experts have backed the idea that current MIQ requirements for vaccinated arrivals to Auckland could be dropped for most without increasing risk to Aucklanders, ... More >>
Labour Owes The Events Industry – Before It’s Too Late
Friday, 5 November 2021, 4:20 pm | New Zealand National Party
With today’s announcement from Labour Cabinet Minister Kiritapu Allen that Rhythm and Vines is extremely unlikely to go ahead, the Government must adopt National’s event insurance policy to protect the devastated events sector, says National’s ... More >>
Another Day, Another Shooting – Enough Is Enough
Friday, 5 November 2021, 2:57 pm | New Zealand National Party
Yesterday an innocent family was caught in the crossfire of firearms violence and today someone has been shot and killed – enough is enough, says National’s Police spokesperson Simeon Brown. “Aucklanders are rightly terrified by escalating firearms ... More >>
50,000 Sign Up In Less Than A Day To End MIQ
Friday, 5 November 2021, 11:51 am | New Zealand National Party
National’s campaign to end MIQ has had an incredible response, with 50,000 people signing the petition less than 24 hours after launch, says National’s Covid Response spokesperson Chris Bishop. “Signatures have come in at a staggering rate. At one ... More >>
Auckland Must Pull Back On Parking Plans
Friday, 5 November 2021, 11:40 am | New Zealand National Party
Auckland authorities need to pull back on plans to do away with hundreds of carparks, says National’s Transport spokesperson David Bennett. “This absurd plan is just the latest continuation of that anti-car agenda being championed by Michael Wood. ... More >>
Auckland’s Education Funk Hurting Students
Friday, 5 November 2021, 11:24 am | New Zealand National Party
Ongoing uncertainty about schools reopening in Auckland has put much of the education system there into a funk, with students missing out, says National’s education spokesperson Paul Goldsmith. “It seems the reopening of senior schools is actually ... More >>
Business Owners Angry Over Robertson’s Comments
Thursday, 4 November 2021, 2:25 pm | New Zealand National Party
Small business owners in the retail sector deserve answers from the Deputy Prime Minister after he declared that throughout the whole pandemic “less than a handful of cases” were transmitted in retail settings, National’s Small Business spokesperson ... More >>
Mangere Shooting Proof Of Why FPOs Are Needed
Thursday, 4 November 2021, 12:44 pm | New Zealand National Party
National’s warning that it was only a matter of time before an innocent member of the public got caught in the crossfire of increasing gang violence has sadly come true, says National’s Police spokesperson Simeon Brown. “The gang shooting of ... More >>
National Launches Campaign To End MIQ
Thursday, 4 November 2021, 11:45 am | New Zealand National Party
The time has come to end the lottery of human misery that is MIQ, says National’s Covid Response spokesperson Chris Bishop. “We have today launched a new petition so that Kiwis on and offshore can tell the Government in no uncertain terms that ... More >>
Auckland Border Stretching Police Resources To The Limit
Thursday, 4 November 2021, 11:19 am | New Zealand National Party
With the Government considering keeping the Auckland border in place over summer, it must consider the significant impact the this will place on police resources in Auckland and throughout New Zealand, says National’s spokesperson for Police Simeon ... More >>
PM Must Rule Out Summer Holiday ‘timeshares’
Thursday, 4 November 2021, 11:14 am | New Zealand National Party
In a round of confusing media appearances yesterday, the Government piled yet more needless uncertainty on long-suffering Aucklanders by suggesting families will be allocated timeslots to be allowed to leave the city over summer. “It seems everyone ... More >>
More Than 600 Covid Test Results Returned Later Than 24 Hours
Wednesday, 3 November 2021, 7:12 pm | New Zealand National Party
It is staggering that, 18 months into the global pandemic and after repeated warnings about testing capacity, more than 600 positive tests for Covid in this current outbreak took longer than 24 hours to be returned, says National’s Covid Response spokesperson ... More >>
