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National’s Plan Allows For Vaccinated Travel
Wednesday, 29 September 2021, 10:04 am | New Zealand National Party
National’s plan to reopen New Zealand would reunite Kiwi families, allow New Zealanders to travel overseas for business and pleasure, boost tourism and international education, and end the depressing and outrageous human lottery that is the MIQ debacle, National’s ... More >>
Ten Steps For Vigorous Suppression Of Covid-19
Wednesday, 29 September 2021, 10:03 am | New Zealand National Party
The time will soon come for New Zealand to pivot from an elimination strategy to one of vigorous suppression, National’s Covid-19 spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “New Zealand is at a tipping point. Delta is in the country right now and may never ... More >>
National Launches Plan To Open New Zealand Up
Wednesday, 29 September 2021, 10:00 am | New Zealand National Party
Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins today launched National’s comprehensive plan to tackle Covid-19, end lockdowns and reopen New Zealand to the world. Titled ‘Opening Up’, National’s plan outlines a pathway to avoid nationwide lockdowns ... More >>
National Seizing Immigration Opportunities
Wednesday, 29 September 2021, 10:00 am | New Zealand National Party
Opening up to the world doesn’t just give Kiwis the opportunity to come home, but it also gives New Zealand opportunities to attract talent from overseas, National’s Immigration spokesperson Erica Stanford says. “As other countries gradually recover ... More >>
National Planning For A Strong Health System
Wednesday, 29 September 2021, 9:59 am | New Zealand National Party
National’s Covid-19 Plan, ‘Opening Up’ includes a strong priority on improving our hospitals, expanding our ICU capacity and funding treatments for Covid-19, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti and Associate Health spokesperson Simon Watts say. ... More >>
O’Connor Must Secure UK FTA Before Returning Home
Tuesday, 28 September 2021, 5:02 pm | New Zealand National Party
Trade and Export Growth Minister Damien O’Connor must not return from a second trip to London without an agreement to do a free trade deal with the United Kingdom, National’s Trade and Export Growth spokesperson Nicola Grigg says. “News today ... More >>
Government Fiddles With Tenancy Measures While Small Businesses Burn
Tuesday, 28 September 2021, 4:58 pm | New Zealand National Party
Today’s announcement by the Minister of Justice shows the Government is going the wrong way entirely when assisting businesses hurt by the recent Covid lockdown, says National’s Shadow Treasurer Andrew Bayly. “Their proposal to retroactively ... More >>
Mahuta Rips Up Three Waters ‘partnership’ With Councils
Tuesday, 28 September 2021, 4:44 pm | New Zealand National Party
Nanaia Mahuta’s performance in Parliament today has shown any spirit of partnership she may have feigned with councils is well and truly gone and the Three Waters Reforms will be rammed through at any cost, National’s Local Government spokesperson Christopher ... More >>
Government’s Own Tax Experts Hate Government’s Tax Policy
Tuesday, 28 September 2021, 1:28 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s own tax experts say the Government’s tax deductibility policy will do little to stop exploding house prices and will drive rents up, says National’s Shadow Treasurer Andrew Bayly. “The Government’s interest deductibility policy, ... More >>
Minister must seize opportunity to sort immigration crisis
Tuesday, 28 September 2021, 11:31 am | New Zealand National Party
National understands the Immigration Minister intends to make a long-overdue announcement this week about issues plaguing New Zealand’s immigration system after years of inaction and postponed promises, says National’s Immigration spokesperson Erica ... More >>
Sir Graeme Harrison Joins National Party Board
Monday, 27 September 2021, 7:23 pm | New Zealand National Party
The National Party is pleased to announce the appointment of Sir Graeme Harrison to our Board of Directors. “Sir Graeme brings an impressive range of personal, commercial, and community experience to the Board of the National Party, and we are ... More >>
Amazon Wanted To Stay, But Labour Drove Them Away
Monday, 27 September 2021, 5:43 pm | New Zealand National Party
New information has revealed Amazon wanted to keep filming the Lord of the Rings television series in New Zealand, but the Government’s unwillingness to hear them out forced the series offshore, costing the economy billions, National’s Economic ... More >>
Kiwis Overwhelmingly Oppose Three Waters Plan
Monday, 27 September 2021, 10:25 am | New Zealand National Party
In just over two days almost 25,000 New Zealanders signed National’s petition to stop the Three Waters asset grab, reflecting the growing public opposition to Labour’s plans, National’s Local Government spokesperson Christopher Luxon says. ... More >>
Mongrel Mob Meth Programme Gets Dodgier By The Day
Sunday, 26 September 2021, 6:19 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Prime Minister has more questions to answer on the Mongrel Mob meth programme as it’s reveal the time the project would run each year decreased as the overall funding increased, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. In the 71 ... More >>
Time For Govt To Front On Wage Subsidy Failures
Sunday, 26 September 2021, 6:17 pm | New Zealand National Party
The fact 37,000 businesses are still awaiting their first wage subsidy payment demonstrates the Government’s contempt for the plight of many New Zealanders fighting for their jobs, National’s Social Development and Employment spokesperson Louise Upston says. ... More >>
Border Rules Need Common Sense
Sunday, 26 September 2021, 6:16 pm | New Zealand National Party
Reports of people who believed they could go into work but instead have been sent home demonstrates why a more rational and pragmatic approach is needed for alert level border rules, National’s Social Development and Employment spokesperson Louise ... More >>
Kiwis Should Demand The Debate On Three Waters
Saturday, 25 September 2021, 5:55 pm | New Zealand National Party
New Zealanders should demand the debate on Labour’s Three Waters plans which amount to stealing local water assets and stripping control from communities, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins and National’s Local Government spokesperson Christopher ... More >>
Govt Reviewing Itself On Mental Health Is A Sham
Friday, 24 September 2021, 11:55 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government claiming it’s on track to deliver its mental health promises is a kick in the guts to all those New Zealanders desperate for mental health support and can’t access it, National’s Mental Health and Suicide Prevention spokesperson ... More >>
Multiple ICU Failings From A Distracted Minister
Friday, 24 September 2021, 10:23 am | New Zealand National Party
Health Minister Andrew Little has serious questions to answer over New Zealand’s Intensive Care Unit capacity, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. Hospital ICU capacity was so under-prepared for this Delta outbreak that the Auckland ... More >>
Government Says No More Help To Hospitality Sector
Thursday, 23 September 2021, 4:49 pm | New Zealand National Party
Thousands of New Zealanders have lost their jobs with the closure of many hospitality businesses, and many more will join them if the Government doesn’t provided targeted support, National’s Economic Development and Small Business spokesperson Todd McClay ... More >>
