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Minister won’t say how much more taxpayers will be up for
Tuesday, 24 August 2021, 2:50 pm | New Zealand National Party
Finance Minister Grant Robertson won’t say how much extra taxpayers will have to foot to pay for the current lockdown, says National’s Finance spokesperson Michael Woodhouse. More >>
Prime Minister’s suspension of Parliament is wrong
Monday, 23 August 2021, 3:47 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Prime Minister has advised me that she is unilaterally suspending parliament, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. “I have expressed that a one week suspension of Parliament is all the National Party will support. However, the Prime ... More >>
Vaccination target vital to avoiding future lockdowns
Monday, 23 August 2021, 2:05 pm | New Zealand National Party
New Zealand needs to set a 70-75 per cent target of vaccination of the eligible population to avoid future countrywide lockdowns, says Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins. More >>
Clarity About Level 4 Trading Rules Now Urgent
Monday, 23 August 2021, 11:41 am | New Zealand National Party
National’s Economic Development and Small Business spokesperson Todd McClay has today written to Ministers David Clark and Stuart Nash asking them to urgently clarify the rules around which businesses are able to open safely during the Level 4 lockdown ... More >>
Labour Must Stop Flooding Rural NZ With Pointless And Onerous Regulation
Sunday, 22 August 2021, 4:21 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour’s latest regulatory hurdle for rural water schemes shows it is deeply out of touch with provincial New Zealand, National’s Rural Communities spokesperson Barbara Kuriger and Local Government spokesperson Christopher Luxon say. “As it ... More >>
Hey, Big Spender – Spend A Little Time On Priorities
Sunday, 22 August 2021, 4:17 pm | New Zealand National Party
For several weeks now, National has been highlighting the fact that, according to Budget documents, Finance Minister Grant Robertson has already blown $57 billion of a total $62 billion of funds set aside to deal with the Covid pandemic. We were ... More >>
Hipkins’ Vaccine Supply Claim Dodges Fact – We Could And Should Have Got It Earlier
Sunday, 22 August 2021, 1:13 pm | New Zealand National Party
Chris Hipkins’ claim there was nothing New Zealand could have done to secure Pfizer vaccines any earlier flies in the face of hard facts, says National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop. “Mr Hipkins might not like to admit it, but ... More >>
What Kiwis Need To Know About The Vaccine Roll-out
Saturday, 21 August 2021, 1:02 pm | New Zealand National Party
We are in lockdown for two reasons; because the border has failed and because nearly 80 per cent of the country has still not been fully vaccinated, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. “The Labour Government claimed last year we were ‘at the ... More >>
Lack of planning causing chaos
Friday, 20 August 2021, 11:23 am | New Zealand National Party
It’s become very clear since the Level 4 countrywide lockdown started that the Government has done absolutely no planning around how testing would be scaled-up and vaccination would continue under lockdown, National’s Covid-19 spokesperson ... More >>
National mourns passing of Sir Michael Cullen
Friday, 20 August 2021, 11:04 am | New Zealand National Party
New Zealand is united today in sadness after the passing of former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Sir Michael Cullen, says National Party Leader Judith Collins. “Sir Michael was a consummate politician – a respected adversary and ... More >>
Low vaccination numbers putting officers at risk
Wednesday, 18 August 2021, 2:23 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s failure to prioritise the vaccination of frontline police officers is putting their safety at risk, National’s Police spokesperson Simeon Brown says. So far only 2669 frontline police officers are fully vaccinated and just under 3000 ... More >>
RBNZ hold on rate rise the right move
Wednesday, 18 August 2021, 2:02 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Reserve Bank’s decision to hold the Official Cash Rate at 0.25 per cent is the right one given the economic uncertainty New Zealand now faces as a result of the new Covid-19 lockdown, says National’s Shadow Treasurer Andrew Bayly. More >>
We Must Be Decisive In The Face Of Delta Variant
Tuesday, 17 August 2021, 7:12 pm | New Zealand National Party
National supports the Government’s decision to move New Zealand into Level 4 lockdown for three days and Auckland and Coromandel for seven days, following a positive Covid-19 test in the community, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. “The evidence ... More >>
Kāinga Ora Chief Exec misled select committee
Tuesday, 17 August 2021, 1:35 pm | New Zealand National Party
Kāinga Ora Chief Executive Andrew McKenzie must explain himself to Parliament in light of a startling admission that he made misleading comments in reply to my questions in a recent Select Committee hearing, National’s Housing spokesperson Nicola Willis ... More >>
Labour’s astounding apathy towards Afghan translators
Tuesday, 17 August 2021, 9:42 am | New Zealand National Party
The Labour Government has known of the escalating situation in Afghanistan for months. They have known about the impending danger for those who aided New Zealand despite the risk to their own safety, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. “Just ... More >>
Govt Must Make Arrangements For SailGP To Go Ahead
Monday, 16 August 2021, 4:30 pm | New Zealand National Party
It’s very disappointing that the first SailGP event to be held in New Zealand has been jeopardised due to a lack of space in MIQ, National List MP based in Christchurch Gerry Brownlee says. “This is the first time the SailGP was to take place in New ... More >>
Another nail in the Three Waters coffin
Monday, 16 August 2021, 11:53 am | New Zealand National Party
The latest council rejection of the Three Waters Reforms underscores their persistent problems and throws the Government’s plans into serious doubt, National’s Local Government spokesperson Christopher Luxon says. More >>
Hutt maternity in crisis
Monday, 16 August 2021, 10:54 am | New Zealand National Party
National List MP based in Hutt South says maternity services in the Hutt Valley are in crisis. More >>
Labour delivers more officials than KiwiBuild houses
Monday, 16 August 2021, 10:45 am | New Zealand National Party
New figures released to National show Labour has hired more housing officials than it has built KiwiBuild homes, National’s Housing spokesperson Nicola Willis says. The Labour Government has added 1205 new housing officials across Kāinga Ora and ... More >>
Cancer Society latest to experience Little’s temper
Monday, 16 August 2021, 9:41 am | New Zealand National Party
Instead of apologising for his comments on One News on Saturday calling the Cancer Society “off the planet” Andrew Little has doubled down in a tweet exchange on Sunday and again name called the Cancer Society, National’s Health spokesperson ... More >>
