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Serious Concerns Over Maori Enrolment Programme

Monday, 26 March 2001, 2:28 pm | New Zealand National Party

A programme which pays contracted Maori organisations between $5 and $10.50 a head for enrolling or updating the enrolments of Maori voters raises serious questions, according to National MP Murray McCully. More >>

PM's submarine claims don't hold water

Monday, 26 March 2001, 9:01 am | New Zealand National Party

"Helen Clark has been caught out gerrymandering New Zealand's defence policy. She is deliberately using a dodgy claim, that the Air Force Orions haven't found any submarines 'in the entire time we've been trying to spot them', to justify not ... More >>

Public will pick up $8m bill for Fire Service pay

Monday, 26 March 2001, 8:56 am | New Zealand National Party

The proposed pay deal for professional firefighters will impose an $8 million penalty on New Zealanders who insure their property, National's Internal Affairs spokesman Lindsay Tisch said today. More >>

Forced Apology To Clark 'Absurd And Obscene'

Monday, 26 March 2001, 12:36 am | New Zealand National Party

National's Defence spokesman Max Bradford says it is reprehensible that Defence chiefs have been forced to apologise to the Prime Minister for telling the public the truth. More >>

Switch beer loyalty to Miners says Nat MP

Friday, 23 March 2001, 4:36 pm | New Zealand National Party

National's West Coast caretaker MP Nick Smith today visited Miners Brewery in Westport and says Coasters should switch their beer drinking loyalty to the only local product, Miners, if Dominion Breweries won't reconsider their decision to brew Monteith's ... More >>

Younger Police Leaving Force

Friday, 23 March 2001, 3:09 pm | New Zealand National Party

Figures obtained by National's Police spokesman Tony Ryall show more police are leaving the force earlier in their careers. More >>

Current Account Outlook Not So Rosy

Friday, 23 March 2001, 2:25 pm | New Zealand National Party

The slower world economy is already having an impact on New Zealand with lower profits and dividends flowing to New Zealand. Those factors offset some of the improvement in the current account balance over the December quarter, National's Finance spokesman ... More >>

Brain Drain A Factor In Employment Figures

Friday, 23 March 2001, 2:11 pm | New Zealand National Party

National's Finance spokesman Bill English says Employment Minister Steve Maharey's comments on unemployment show the Government is getting too smug about the economy. More >>

Spouse reacts to Mallard claims

Thursday, 22 March 2001, 5:55 pm | New Zealand National Party

Rosemary Bradford, wife of MP Max Bradford, has reacted to claims made by the Minister of Education, Trevor Mallard, in and out of the House last week. More >>

NZQA On The Mark With NCEA

Thursday, 22 March 2001, 4:50 pm | New Zealand National Party

The New Zealand Qualifications Authority is on the mark with its work on the National Certificate of Educational Achievement, National's Education spokesman Gerry Brownlee said today. More >>

Fumigation Plant Closure Threatens Exports

Thursday, 22 March 2001, 4:49 pm | New Zealand National Party

The Minister of Agriculture should immediately reverse the decision to close MAF's commercial fumigation treatment plant at Auckland Airport, National's Agriculture spokesperson Gavan Herlihy said today. More >>

Bunkle, Hobbs Get Away With It

Thursday, 22 March 2001, 4:09 pm | New Zealand National Party

Today's report of the Controller and Auditor General says more about the poorly defined rules surrounding Parliamentary allowances than it does about natural justice, Shadow Leader of the House Roger Sowry said today. More >>

Social Services Restructure Ridiculous

Thursday, 22 March 2001, 3:22 pm | New Zealand National Party

The Government's proposed restructure of social services departments is a ridiculous idea on that will add to already compounding problems for the Child, Youth and Families Service, National's Social Services and Work and Income spokesman Bob Simcock said ... More >>

Clark Must Admit She Made It Up

Thursday, 22 March 2001, 2:04 pm | New Zealand National Party

The Prime Minister's latest outburst, claiming National MPs released information concerning the Annette King cannabis issue, is nothing short of "a shameless attempt to deflect attention from the shambles currently creating havoc in the Labour ... More >>

Lindsay Tisch

Thursday, 22 March 2001, 11:09 am | New Zealand National Party

At approximately 9pm last night National MP Lindsay Tisch was allegedly assaulted by a group of youths outside his electorate office in Matamata. More >>

Cyber Theft Happens In New Zealand

Thursday, 22 March 2001, 10:40 am | New Zealand National Party

The Labour-Alliance Government is not doing enough to protect New Zealanders from the sort of credit card scam on the front pages of our papers today, National's Commerce spokesman Tony Ryall said today. More >>

Government Concedes On NCEA

Thursday, 22 March 2001, 10:30 am | New Zealand National Party

National is encouraged by Education Minister Trevor Mallard's concession that marks as well as grades will now be given to fifth form students when studying for the National Certificate of Educational Achievement from next year, National's Education ... More >>