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No mention of Delta strain in Government plans
Thursday, 9 September 2021, 9:11 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s lack of planning for a Covid-19 Delta outbreak is starkly illustrated by the fact that it is not mentioned even once in its two most recent Covid-19 plans, National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “The Government’s ... More >>
Business will stall if trucks can’t get moving
Thursday, 9 September 2021, 8:34 am | New Zealand National Party
New Zealand risks grinding to a halt if we can’t ease freight and supply line challenges. We risk a situation where freight can’t get out of our biggest city and certainly can’t get to the South Island, National’s Transport spokesperson ... More >>
Robertson Has Emptied The Covid Piggy Bank
Wednesday, 8 September 2021, 6:53 pm | New Zealand National Party
Confirmation today that the Government has sought authorisation to spend a whopping $41 billion over and above Budget 2021 is proof that the Finance Minister is once again using the cover of Covid-19 to spend taxpayer funds on pet projects that have ... More >>
How Many Close And Casual Contacts At Middlemore?
Wednesday, 8 September 2021, 6:41 pm | New Zealand National Party
Despite questions in Parliament yesterday, intense media interest in the matter today, and advanced notice that I was going to return to the issue today, Minister of Health Andrew Little still hasn’t bothered to find out the most important details ... More >>
Kiwis left in the dark over interest deductibility rules
Wednesday, 8 September 2021, 4:31 pm | New Zealand National Party
The new rules relating to mortgage interest deductibility, cunningly renamed the Interest Limitation Rules, are due to come into force on 1 October without a proper explanation of how they will even work in practice, National’s Shadow Treasurer ... More >>
Government Misses The Bus With Transport Bias
Wednesday, 8 September 2021, 4:10 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s “flagship” transport plan ignores the opportunities to adopt smart transport solutions while developing a stronger nationwide road network that can help bolster public transport solutions, says National’s Transport spokesperson ... More >>
Government misses the bus with transport bias
Wednesday, 8 September 2021, 3:25 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s “flagship” transport plan ignores the opportunities to adopt smart transport solutions while developing a stronger nationwide road network that can help bolster public transport solutions, says National’s Transport spokesperson ... More >>
Rural NZ rejecting more regulation from Labour
Wednesday, 8 September 2021, 9:50 am | New Zealand National Party
More than 13,000 New Zealanders have told the Government to stop raining regulations on our rural communities, National’s Agriculture spokesperson Barbara Kuriger and Local Government spokesperson Christopher Luxon say. More >>
Minister Little Unaware Of Pathways For Patients
Tuesday, 7 September 2021, 5:11 pm | New Zealand National Party
If the Minister of Health is taking seriously the situation at Middlemore Hospital where a Covid-positive patient was placed in a general ward with three other patients, why has he been unable to provide any details as to the impact of the incident on ... More >>
Businesses will close because of new Level 2 restrictions
Tuesday, 7 September 2021, 4:43 pm | New Zealand National Party
Additional restrictions during Level 2 mean the jobs of many hospitality and event businesses have been made much harder by this Government, National’s Economic Development and Small Business spokesperson Todd McClay says. “Bars, restaurants and events ... More >>
DOC shouldn’t get another crack at a failed project
Tuesday, 7 September 2021, 4:29 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Department of Conservation should the pull the pin on a failed Mackenzie Basin project and return the unspent money to Treasury, National’s Conservation spokesperson, and MP for Waitaki, Jacqui Dean says. “The Tū Te Rakiwhānoa Drylands project ... More >>
Wage Subsidy Deadlines Should Be Extended
Tuesday, 7 September 2021, 4:29 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government must extend the deadline for the first fortnight of wage subsidy applications to make sure businesses don’t miss out, National’s Social Development and Employment spokesperson Louise Upston says. “National MPs continue to be contacted ... More >>
Turns out we could get vaccines earlier
Tuesday, 7 September 2021, 1:57 pm | New Zealand National Party
After months of being told there was no way to speed up the vaccine supply into New Zealand, it turns out all the Government needed to do was go and ask, National’s Covid-19 spokesperson Chris Bishop says. More >>
Labour’s transport plan doesn’t prioritise economic growth
Tuesday, 7 September 2021, 11:53 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government has missed an opportunity to grow the New Zealand economy to help us bounce back from the Covid-19 pandemic in its National Land Transport Plan, National’s Transport spokesperson David Bennett says. “As the world rebounds from the Covid-19 ... More >>
Time to introduce rapid antigen testing
Tuesday, 7 September 2021, 11:49 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s effective ban on rapid antigen testing made no sense before and makes even less sense now in light of the new testing requirements for essential workers crossing the Auckland border, National’s Covid-19 spokesperson Chris Bishop ... More >>
Saliva Testing Welcome But Long Overdue
Monday, 6 September 2021, 4:54 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s move to introduce saliva testing as additional surveillance testing technology is welcome but long overdue, National’s Covid-19 spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “The Roche/Simpson report recommended the urgent rollout of saliva ... More >>
Why wasn’t terrorist subject to sections 163 & 164?
Monday, 6 September 2021, 3:40 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Prime Minister and the Immigration Minister need to answer as to why the terrorist Ahamed Aathill Mohamed Samsudeen was not able to be deported based on sections 163 and 164 of the Immigration Act 2009, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. More >>
Labour must release Māori and Pacific vaccination plans
Monday, 6 September 2021, 2:07 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government must release the week by week plans showing what the expected vaccination rates are for each District Health Board for their Māori and Pacific populations, National’s Covid-19 spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “DHBs have supplied plans ... More >>
Government drops vaccination ball again
Monday, 6 September 2021, 12:23 pm | New Zealand National Party
New Zealand’s low vaccination rate can also be credited to late and lazy engagement with primary care providers such as pharmacies, says National’s Health spokesman Dr Shane Reti. More >>
Labour’s failure to plan constraining our economy
Monday, 6 September 2021, 10:34 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government has had months to plan for a situation where there could be an Alert Level border in the country, like Auckland and the rest of the country, but once again its failed to prepare, National’s Transport spokesperson David Bennett says. ... More >>
