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Tax Robs Vital Charities For Govt Coffers
Wednesday, 11 July 2001, 9:33 am | New Zealand National Party
Labour intends to regulate and tax the work of charities, Opposition Leader Jenny Shipley said today. More >>
Are The Drinking Laws Being Enforced?
Tuesday, 10 July 2001, 2:42 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government needs to immediately investigate whether the existing drinking laws are being adequately enforced, National's Justice spokesman Wayne Mapp said today. More >>
Pact On Drinking Age Broken
Tuesday, 10 July 2001, 2:14 pm | New Zealand National Party
Policing of the lower drinking age has to toughen up, said Annabel Young MP today. More >>
Gosche Action Over Landlords Hypocritical
Monday, 9 July 2001, 1:27 pm | New Zealand National Party
Housing Minister, Mark Gosche, should 'clean up his own backyard' while he gets stuck into landlords with substandard rental properties, National's Housing spokesperson David Carter said today. More >>
Govt Running Late To Deliver Auck Rail Corridors
Monday, 9 July 2001, 11:27 am | New Zealand National Party
The decision by Auckland councils to use conventional and light rail to deliver rapid transport to Aucklanders puts the heat on the Government to deliver the promised rail corridors, National's Transport spokesperson Belinda Vernon said today. More >>
Shipley Dresses Up For Christine Rankin Day
Monday, 9 July 2001, 11:12 am | New Zealand National Party
Opposition Leader Jenny Shipley today joined women around the country in Christine Rankin Day by wearing a pair of large dangly earings and the "shortest skirt she could find in her wardrobe". More >>
Govt Hypocritical On Employment Laws
Friday, 6 July 2001, 10:38 am | New Zealand National Party
National MP Gerry Brownlee has dismissed as laughable State Services Minister Trevor Mallard's suggestion that the Opposition has been hypocritical in its criticism of the Government's conduct as an employer. More >>
Govt's Inaction Over Lake Disappoints Te Heuheu
Friday, 6 July 2001, 8:58 am | New Zealand National Party
National Maori Affairs spokesperson Georgina te Heuheu tonight voiced her deep disappointment over the Government's lacklustre response to the Maori Affairs select committee report on the deteriorating state of Northland's Lake Omapere. More >>
More questions raised about TEC
Thursday, 5 July 2001, 4:36 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Education Forum's report 'Shaping the Tertiary Education System - An Assessment of the Second Report of the Tertiary Education Advisory Commission' is a thoroughly researched report that cannot be ignored by the Government, National's Education ... More >>
King Responsible For Women Missing Treatment
Wednesday, 4 July 2001, 4:53 pm | New Zealand National Party
Health Minister Annette King should approve funding for cancer patients who need treatment to go to Australia for therapy rather than leaving them sitting waiting with progressing cancer, National's Associate Health spokersperson Dr Lynda Scott ... More >>
'Friends In High Places' Save Armstrong's Skin
Wednesday, 4 July 2001, 4:29 pm | New Zealand National Party
Prime Minister Helen Clark has put cronyism ahead of the interests of New Zealand Post, National's Finance spokesman Bill English said today. More >>
National Sceptical About Price Control
Wednesday, 4 July 2001, 2:54 pm | New Zealand National Party
National has reservations about the need for price controls on airfield activities at Auckland International Airport, National's Transport spokesperson Belinda Vernon said today. More >>
Australia Drifting Further From NZ
Wednesday, 4 July 2001, 12:32 am | New Zealand National Party
The relationship between New Zealand and Australia has deteriorated to the point that if nothing is done to repair it, it will dissolve altogether, National's Defence spokesperson Max Bradford told the New Zealand Institute of International Affairs ... More >>
Indicators Reflect Govt Not New Zealanders
Tuesday, 3 July 2001, 4:01 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government's selective use of social indicators shows how completely out of touch they are with real New Zealanders, says National MP Murray McCully. More >>
Underfunding Behind Hospital Closure Proposals
Tuesday, 3 July 2001, 3:29 pm | New Zealand National Party
A proposal to close two Northland Hospitals because of the Government's underfunding shows the Government is prepared to break all its promises about delivering better health services to New Zealanders, Northland MP John Carter said today. More >>
Government Paralysed By Politics
Tuesday, 3 July 2001, 3:18 pm | New Zealand National Party
Statements by Mark Burton today show that the Government remains paralysed by its internal politics, National's Finance spokesman Bill English said today. More >>
Smith Calls For ENZA Inquiry
Tuesday, 3 July 2001, 11:51 am | New Zealand National Party
Nelson MP Nick Smith today called on the Minister of Agriculture to initiate a formal inquiry into ENZA over foreign exchange losses of $50 million and the way the company is forcing the loss onto growers. More >>
Armstrong's Immediate Resignation Called For
Monday, 2 July 2001, 1:10 pm | New Zealand National Party
"New Zealand Post chairman Ross Armstrong must resign or be fired before he brings this New Zealand icon to its knees," National's Finance spokesman Bill English said today. More >>
Minister Must Wake Up To Trucking Accidents
Monday, 2 July 2001, 11:54 am | New Zealand National Party
"How many more trucks have to spill toxic substances into our clean green Kaikoura environment before this Government takes action? More >>
Million Dollar Recruitment Panic
Monday, 2 July 2001, 9:52 am | New Zealand National Party
The Police will have to spend four times as much as they did last year on recruitment - because of a big drop off in interest in the wake of the Police budget crisis, National's Tony Ryall revealed today. More >>
