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Workers Last In Line Over Teralink Sale
Friday, 11 May 2001, 2:08 pm | New Zealand National Party
Former government employees will miss out on redundancy payments because the Government has engineered a prior call on the proceeds of the sale of Terralink, Opposition Finance spokesman Bill English said today. More >>
Taxation: Finding a New Zealand solution
Friday, 11 May 2001, 12:38 am | New Zealand National Party
The amount available for government expenditure is the result of decisions about the levels and mix of tax and debt. Tax is not an end in itself. It is one of the ways that government expenditure is funded. More >>
Mates rates for road to nowhere
Thursday, 10 May 2001, 5:49 pm | New Zealand National Party
"Using $330,000 of Conservation funds to rebuild the road to nowhere is a mates-rates deal for Tama Iti and an abuse of powers by the Minister of Conservation," National's Conservation Spokesperson Nick Smith said today. More >>
Gosche Misses The Point - Again
Thursday, 10 May 2001, 4:32 pm | New Zealand National Party
Housing Minister Mark Gosche has once again demonstrated his inability to comprehend the questions asked to him, National's Housing spokesperson David Carter said today. More >>
Anderton Threatens Future Of NZ Defence Force
Thursday, 10 May 2001, 4:27 pm | New Zealand National Party
New Zealand's defence personnel can feel no sense of security or confidence about their futures in light of comments made today by Deputy Prime Minister and Alliance leader Jim Anderton, National's Defence spokesman Max Bradford said today. More >>
Violent Crime Highest In History
Thursday, 10 May 2001, 4:08 pm | New Zealand National Party
Official police statistics show that violent crime in New Zealand is at its highest level in history, yet the Government says 'New Zealand is a more secure place to be', National's Police spokesman Tony Ryall said today. More >>
HNZ Waiting List In Shambles
Thursday, 10 May 2001, 10:11 am | New Zealand National Party
National's Housing spokesperson David Carter today said it is impossible to tell exactly how many people are waiting for a Housing New Zealand home because of the shambles surrounding the HNZ waiting list. More >>
Bill Comes With Costly Commissioner
Thursday, 10 May 2001, 9:55 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government's Telecommunications Bill comes with an annual cost of $2.6 million in bureaucracy with the setting up of a Commissioner, despite the Fletcher inquiry report estimating the cost at $1.5 million, National's Communications spokesperson ... More >>
PM spin misleads public
Wednesday, 9 May 2001, 6:22 pm | New Zealand National Party
Prime Minister Helen Clark is spinning misleading banter to the public about the reasons behind her government stripping down our air force and navy, National's Defence spokesman Max Bradford said today More >>
PM misleads in attempt to justify Skyhawk decision
Wednesday, 9 May 2001, 5:55 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Prime Minister has misled New Zealanders in an attempt to justify why she is scrapping New Zealand's air-strike capability, Opposition Leader Jenny Shipley said today. More >>
No change for thin blue line
Wednesday, 9 May 2001, 5:21 pm | New Zealand National Party
Today's police recruitment 'announcement' adds up to smoke and mirrors and little change for frontline policing, National's Police spokesman Tony Ryall said. More >>
Nats Oppose BoP Maori Council Seats Bill
Wednesday, 9 May 2001, 2:50 pm | New Zealand National Party
National believes that establishing separate Maori seats on the Bay of Plenty Regional Council will not promote cohesion between peoples. Surely we should be more concerned to find ways that bring people together rather than dividing them, National's Justice ... More >>
Heavy-Handed Political Interference In TVNZ
Wednesday, 9 May 2001, 2:47 pm | New Zealand National Party
Comments attributed to TVNZ chair Ross Armstrong in this morning's Independent Business Weekly effectively confirm a pattern of heavy-handed political interference in the company's news and current affairs, according to National MP Murray McCully. More >>
Govt u-turn on deregulation welcomed
Wednesday, 9 May 2001, 9:00 am | New Zealand National Party
National welcomes the Government's decision to deregulate the pip-fruit industry allowing apple and pear growers a choice of exporters, National's International Trade and Negotiations spokesman John Luxton said today. "It is interesting to see ... More >>
National committed to restoring air strike
Tuesday, 8 May 2001, 5:44 pm | New Zealand National Party
National has utterly condemned the Government's decision to axe New Zealand's air strike capability. "It is not overstating the case to say that New Zealand soldiers may end up paying for Labour's decision with their lives," National's Defence ... More >>
Bill To Protect Police In Parliament Tomorrow
Monday, 7 May 2001, 1:50 pm | New Zealand National Party
There should be a law change to protect policemen involved in fatal shootings and the Government can do something about it by supporting a private members bill in Parliament tomorrow, National's Justice spokesperson Wayne Mapp said today. More >>
National Adamant About Student Exams
Monday, 7 May 2001, 11:59 am | New Zealand National Party
National's Education spokesperson Gerry Brownlee has dismissed comments by the PPTA of National's plans to introduce external exams to the secondary school qualifications system as purely self interest. More >>
National Will Bring Back Exams
Monday, 7 May 2001, 10:16 am | New Zealand National Party
National plans to introduce exams for secondary school students from 2003 to counter concerns about the National Certificate of Educational Achievement, National's Education spokesperson Gerry Brownlee said to the party's Northern Region Conference in Auckland ... More >>
Budget Blowout Is Big
Monday, 7 May 2001, 10:07 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government's claim that its budget blowout is too small to worry about is wrong, National's Finance spokesperson Bill English said today. More >>
TVNZ Split Political Rather Than Sensible
Monday, 7 May 2001, 10:06 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government's decision to tear TVNZ's profitable arms off is a political decision rather than one based on sound public policy or advice, National's Broadcasting spokesperson Katherine Rich said today. More >>
