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Broadcasting board top-heavy with Labour friends
Monday, 26 February 2001, 9:02 am | New Zealand National Party
The new Minister of Broadcasting, Steve Maharey, should think long and hard before making the final appointment to the Broadcasting Standards Authority, National's Broadcasting spokesperson Katherine Rich said today. More >>
Cancer patient waiting lists multiplying
Monday, 26 February 2001, 9:01 am | New Zealand National Party
Cancer patients waiting for urgent treatment are increasing despite Labour promises that waiting times would reduce under its Government, National's Health spokesman Roger Sowry says. More >>
TSB under direct attack from Jim's Bank
Monday, 26 February 2001, 9:00 am | New Zealand National Party
Opposition Leader Jenny Shipley says the people of Taranaki are entitled to feel angry over the Government's plans to steal customers from the locally owned Taranaki Savings Bank. More >>
Hawkins tries to hide massive violent crime rise
Monday, 26 February 2001, 8:57 am | New Zealand National Party
Police Minister George Hawkins chose 4.30pm on a heavy news day to dump Labour's shameful secret - violent crime has increased by a massive 5% in the first full year under the Labour-Alliance Government, National's Police spokesman Tony Ryall said ... More >>
ERA To Blame For Industrial Disputes
Friday, 23 February 2001, 12:35 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government's much vaunted Employment Relations Act has fallen at the first hurdle, over the MAF vets strike, National's Industrial Relations spokesperson Lockwood Smith said today. More >>
Cost Another Deterrent For Competitiveness
Thursday, 22 February 2001, 5:21 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Labour-Alliance Government has announced it will add yet another barrier to telecommunications companies wanting to enter the New Zealand market, National's Communications spokesperson Alec Neil said today. More >>
Govt Protects Armstrong And Toime
Thursday, 22 February 2001, 3:53 pm | New Zealand National Party
Government members of the Commerce Committee this afternoon blocked a National motion to call New Zealand Post officials before the committee to discuss the People's Bank proposal. More >>
Firearms Bill Still Alive
Thursday, 22 February 2001, 3:44 pm | New Zealand National Party
The support of Government members on the Law and Order select committee for the report on the Arms Amendment Bill is a slap in the face for Police Minister George Hawkins, National's Corrections spokesperson Brian Neeson said today. More >>
Govt. should move swiftly on digital interception
Wednesday, 21 February 2001, 5:35 pm | New Zealand National Party
"Drug-pushing gangs are using the digital phone network and pre-paid phones to avoid police surveillance. Police have told the Government that this is a major problem. In response, the Government has set up another committee," National's ... More >>
Cullen $6.5 Billion Out-Of-Step With Treasury
Wednesday, 21 February 2001, 3:21 pm | New Zealand National Party
Finance Minister Michael Cullen and Treasury Secretary Alan Bollard have today contradicted each other on the government's key fiscal target, National's Finance spokesman Bill English said today. More >>
Jim Sutton Can Run But He Can't Hide
Wednesday, 21 February 2001, 11:58 am | New Zealand National Party
"Jim Sutton's first priority must be to get his MAF employed vets back to work. If that means postponing his week-long trip abroad, then so be it. The immediate needs of New Zealand farmers and provincial New Zealand must come first," National ... More >>
Let The Select Committee Hear The Evidence
Wednesday, 21 February 2001, 11:45 am | New Zealand National Party
National's Justice spokesperson Wayne Mapp today announced that National will support Muriel Newman's Family Courts (Openness of Proceedings) Bill to select committee for consideration. More >>
Public confidence in pilot certification paramount
Tuesday, 20 February 2001, 8:02 pm | New Zealand National Party
The public needs reassurance that New Zealand will have a robust medical certification process for pilots after a damming review released today, National's Transport spokesperson Belinda Vernon said. More >>
Anderton still keeping kiwis in the dark
Tuesday, 20 February 2001, 6:45 pm | New Zealand National Party
"Helen Clark has given Jim Anderton a $78.2 million boost for his ego, but is still determined to keep New Zealanders in the dark over how risky the peoples bank is," National's Finance spokesman Bill English said today. More >>
Government destroying rural economy
Tuesday, 20 February 2001, 6:44 pm | New Zealand National Party
Government policies, driven by a party of university lecturers and unionists are ignoring the rural community, National Rural Affairs spokesperson Shane Ardern said in the House today. More >>
Clark's 'preposterous demands' ring hollow
Tuesday, 20 February 2001, 6:43 pm | New Zealand National Party
If the Labour-Alliance Government can't get its Employment Relations Act to work for negotiations with its own employees, the MAF Vets, it doesn't bode well for private sector employers, National's Industrial Relations Spokesperson Lockwood Smith said ... More >>
Labour must accept responsibility for strife
Tuesday, 20 February 2001, 6:42 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour must front up and accept total responsibility for the mounting disarray within industrial relations that is threatening our lucrative export sector, Opposition Leader Jenny Shipley said today. More >>
Axing scheme won't help anyone get ahead
Tuesday, 20 February 2001, 4:42 pm | New Zealand National Party
The official axing of the work-for-the-dole scheme will do nothing to lift the sights of a group of long-term unemployed who can work but won't, National's Social Services spokesperson Bob Simcock said today. More >>
Jenny Shipley Speech: American Chamber of Commerce
Monday, 19 February 2001, 2:02 pm | New Zealand National Party
Vision without action is a hollow dream. Spin without substance is equally empty, yet that seems to be the Prime Minister's forte. This is the political battleground for New Zealand politics for the next two years. New Zealanders are yearning to believe ... More >>
Goff in damage control mode
Monday, 19 February 2001, 2:00 pm | New Zealand National Party
The public disagreement by two Cabinet Ministers over the US and British air strikes against Iraq shows why New Zealand should not have two conflicting trigger buttons on Foreign Affairs, National's Foreign Affairs spokesperson Max Bradford said today. More >>
