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Blackmailing Farmers With Govt Kyoto Tax Threat
Tuesday, 9 April 2002, 2:08 pm | New Zealand National Party
"Farmers are going to have to pay for the Labour-led Government's rush to ratify the Kyoto Protocol ahead of key agriculture competitors," says National's Agriculture spokesman Gavan Herlihy. More >>
National Says Toughen Up DNA Rules
Monday, 8 April 2002, 11:55 am | New Zealand National Party
National is calling on the Government to harden the legislation dealing with DNA testing to include all convicted offenders, not just burglary suspects and a handful of convicted hardcore criminals. More >>
Government Inaction Frustrates Meat Industry
Monday, 8 April 2002, 10:58 am | New Zealand National Party
"Two key pieces of legislation vital to protecting the integrity of New Zealand's billion-dollar food export industry are not being given the priority they deserve," says National's Agriculture spokesman Gavan Herlihy. More >>
The Public Not Politicians Should Decide On MMP
Monday, 8 April 2002, 10:33 am | New Zealand National Party
The public not politicians should choose what political system they want, says National Party Leader Bill English. More >>
Beggar Gangs And Other Drug Dealers - National
Monday, 8 April 2002, 10:07 am | New Zealand National Party
National will revamp the Proceeds of Crime Act 1991 to give police a stronger weapon in their war against organised crime, says National Police spokesman Tony Ryall. More >>
Battle Royal Over Alliance Election Money
Monday, 8 April 2002, 10:02 am | New Zealand National Party
There will be a 'battle royal' between the Alliance factions over just which part will qualify for public funding for election broadcasts, says National MP Tony Ryall. More >>
Free Cell Phones A Wasted Luxury
Monday, 8 April 2002, 9:46 am | New Zealand National Party
Giving all 15,000 Te Wananga o Aotearoa correspondence students free mobile phones as part of their course is a very poor use of public education dollars, says National's Education spokesman, Nick Smith. More >>
National Wants Answers On Alliance Funding
Friday, 5 April 2002, 1:38 pm | New Zealand National Party
National is calling on the Speaker of the House to investigate Alliance Party funding arrangements as the Alliance's warring factions battle over the Party's finances. More >>
Don't Count Your Chickens, Jim
Friday, 5 April 2002, 1:28 pm | New Zealand National Party
"Jim Anderton is once again displaying sheer arrogance by claiming that he will increase his majority in Wigram at the next election," says National MP and Wigram candidate Alec Neill. More >>
Does Cullen Plan To Raise The Age For Super?
Friday, 5 April 2002, 12:33 am | New Zealand National Party
Following the release of the Treasury working paper 'The Economics of Population Aging' Labour needs to say whether it will raise the retirement age, National Superannuation Spokesperson Gerry Brownlee said today. "Finance Minister Michael Cullen needs ... More >>
MP Rejoins Real World
Thursday, 4 April 2002, 4:21 pm | New Zealand National Party
Max Bradford, former MP for Tarawera and Rotorua, and now on the National List, today announced his retirement from Parliament at the end of this parliamentary term. More >>
This Split Is Different - National
Thursday, 4 April 2002, 2:34 pm | New Zealand National Party
No one should believe Jim Anderton's and Michael Cullen's claims that the breakup of the Alliance in 2002 is just like the departure of the Greens in 1999, says National's Tony Ryall. More >>
Frontal Impact Rule Crashes On Implementation
Wednesday, 3 April 2002, 8:44 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Transport Minister's failure to think through implementation issues around the new frontal impact safety standards is creating havoc in the imported used-car industry, says National's Transport spokesperson Belinda Vernon. More >>
National MP Ready To Fight For Wigram
Wednesday, 3 April 2002, 3:42 pm | New Zealand National Party
"Jim Anderton's decision to walk away from yet another political party proves he is a loner who does only what suits him," says National MP and Wigram candidate Alec Neill. More >>
Jim Puts Power Before Integrity
Wednesday, 3 April 2002, 3:24 pm | New Zealand National Party
It was the Prime Minister who said if the party hopping bill" is too weak, people will just laugh at it", well its proven so weak Jim Anderton has just driven a bus through it with 6 of the Alliance members on board, says National Party ... More >>
Anderton And Clark In This Together
Wednesday, 3 April 2002, 12:06 am | New Zealand National Party
It is very clear that whatever Jim Anderton announces this afternoon has the fingerprints of the Prime Minister all over it, says National Party Leader Bill English. More >>
Political Correctness Hides True Census Results
Wednesday, 3 April 2002, 12:04 am | New Zealand National Party
Newly released census figures on the ethnic makeup of the New Zealand population have been put through a filter of political correctness, says National MP Annabel Young. More >>
Paid Parental Leave Discriminates Rural People
Tuesday, 2 April 2002, 4:47 pm | New Zealand National Party
The paid parental leave legislation passed by Parliament last week discriminates against rural families, says National's Agriculture Spokesman Gavan Herlihy. More >>
Fortuin Had To Go - Brownlee
Tuesday, 2 April 2002, 3:58 pm | New Zealand National Party
Race Relations Conciliator, Gregory Fortuin, has spent the last few days protesting that he is a man of high integrity, and he has shown that this afternoon by choosing to resign before he was pushed, says National's Gerry Brownlee. More >>
PM's Comments Damaging To New Zealand Tourism
Tuesday, 2 April 2002, 3:09 pm | New Zealand National Party
National MP Marie Hasler has criticised Prime Minister Helen Clark for implying bungy-jumping is unsafe. More >>
