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Lack Of Responsibility Recipe For Disaster
Monday, 20 May 2002, 10:49 am | New Zealand National Party
The lack of accountability and Ministerial responsibility for the new Maori Television Service is a recipe for disaster, National Maori Affairs Spokesperson Georgina te Heuheu said today. More >>
Enough is enough of Alliance charade
Monday, 20 May 2002, 8:01 am | New Zealand National Party
National has written to the Speaker of the House labelling the Alliance split a "charade" and asking him to formally put a stop to it. More >>
Plain English 17th May 2002
Saturday, 18 May 2002, 9:54 am | New Zealand National Party
On Thursday I attended a community gathering in the Mangere Bridge shopping centre. Hundreds of people gathered outside the bank where John Vaughan was shot. The shock and anger was palpable, and most people I spoke with mentioned the death penalty, ... More >>
Release reports on Maori TV
Friday, 17 May 2002, 4:39 pm | New Zealand National Party
It is time for the Government to come clean and release all reports on the Maori Television Service, says National's Broadcasting spokesperson Katherine Rich. More >>
Govt Fails To Help Universities And Researchers
Friday, 17 May 2002, 2:26 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government's approach to the HSNO bill is effectively depriving New Zealand's core industries such as agriculture and horticulture from advancing through biotechnology, National Biotechnology Spokesperson Paul Hutchison said today. More >>
Courts Backdown A Win For Small Towns
Friday, 17 May 2002, 1:00 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government's U-turn on a bid to close or downgrade 13 small courthouses around the country is a victory for small town justice, says National's Rural Affairs spokesman, Shane Ardern. More >>
Minority Report Says No To Kyoto
Friday, 17 May 2002, 10:08 am | New Zealand National Party
A minority report, by National members of the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Select Committee, has strongly recommended that New Zealand not progress with ratifying the Kyoto Protocol at this stage. More >>
'Milestone' must result in early settlement
Friday, 17 May 2002, 9:08 am | New Zealand National Party
Claims by the Treaty Negotiations Minister that today's Nga Rauru 'agreement in principle' with the Government as being the first reached after working right through the process with an iwi, stretch the truth, National Maori Affairs Spokesperson Georgina te Heuheu ... More >>
Rural Health Crisis Needs Solutions Now
Thursday, 16 May 2002, 4:35 pm | New Zealand National Party
Rural doctors are walking away from their practices and the domino effect is creating a crisis in rural health, National Associate Health Spokesperson Dr Lynda Scott said today. More >>
Govt Denies It Denied Cancer Patients Treatment
Thursday, 16 May 2002, 4:20 pm | New Zealand National Party
It is clear from the Government's answers in Parliament today that the left hand does not know what the right is doing in health, National Health Spokesperson Roger Sowry said today. More >>
Relevant, Reliable School Qualifications
Thursday, 16 May 2002, 1:29 pm | New Zealand National Party
A robust system of school qualifications is needed to raise the educational standards that every young New Zealander deserves, says National Party Leader Bill English. More >>
Price Freeze Continues For Geriatric Hospitals
Thursday, 16 May 2002, 11:56 am | New Zealand National Party
More than 100 geriatric hospitals face another year with no increase in funding, National Senior Citizens and Disability Spokesperson Dr Lynda Scott said today. More >>
Publicity By National Helps Cancer Patients
Thursday, 16 May 2002, 9:51 am | New Zealand National Party
National Health Spokesperson Roger Sowry today welcomed the Government's back down which will allow Mid Central Health cancer patients to go to Australia for radiation treatment. More >>
Report conclusions warrant defence purchase review
Thursday, 16 May 2002, 8:13 am | New Zealand National Party
"The release of the Carruthers Report and the strong conclusions drawn by the Chief of Defence Force Air Marshal Ferguson can only call into question the decisions made by the Government in 2000 to disband the air combat force and order 105 LAVs", ... More >>
te Heuheu says reports will be a whitewash
Thursday, 16 May 2002, 8:12 am | New Zealand National Party
Reports due to be released tomorrow into the appointment of the recently sacked Chief Executive of Maori Television will be nothing more than a whitewash, says National's Maori Affairs Spokesperson Georgina te Heuheu. More >>
Foster Training Money An Insult To Carers
Wednesday, 15 May 2002, 4:12 pm | New Zealand National Party
The additional Government funding for foster care is an insult, given the huge pressures caregivers are placed under, says National's Social Services spokesman Bob Simcock. More >>
Bradshaw Must Go
Wednesday, 15 May 2002, 4:12 pm | New Zealand National Party
The director of the Serious Fraud Office must resign or be dismissed, following disclosures in today's select committee says National's Deputy Leader Roger Sowry. More >>
Up, up and away?
Wednesday, 15 May 2002, 11:29 am | New Zealand National Party
"The Reserve Bank's decision to lift interest rates, again, is due to inflationary pressures building in the economy and the unsustainability of current growth rates," says National's Finance spokesman David Carter. More >>
Questions Over Spending On Prison Consultants
Wednesday, 15 May 2002, 9:18 am | New Zealand National Party
Corrections Minister Matt Robson must answer questions on the spending of $500,000 on consultation for the proposed Meremere prison, says Port Waikato MP Paul Hutchison. More >>
Defence report doesn't go far enough
Tuesday, 14 May 2002, 5:15 pm | New Zealand National Party
Today's Carruthers Report into the defence force does not go far enough in removing the dysfunctionality it found in the forces, National Defence Spokesperson Max Bradford said today. More >>
