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Anderton's security claims ill-founded, alarmist
Monday, 19 February 2001, 8:14 am | New Zealand National Party
In response to a misleading press release from Jim Anderton this afternoon Opposition Leader Jenny Shipley has released the portion of the Peoples Bank business plan referred to in the Sunday Star Times and in Mr Anderton's release. More >>
Maori TV delay is Ministers' fault
Sunday, 18 February 2001, 3:47 pm | New Zealand National Party
Helen Clark is rightly annoyed at the amount of time it has taken to come up with options for the Maori television channel, but there is no short cut to reaching any solutions now that there has been 14 months of dawdling from her Ministers, National's ... More >>
Jenny Shipley: Letter to NZ Post Lawyers
Sunday, 18 February 2001, 3:43 pm | New Zealand National Party
Thank you for your letter dated 17 February 2001. Despite weeks of requests the Government and Board of New Zealand Post have not provided basic information concerning the proposed setting up of the People's Bank. It is vital that all Members of Parliament ... More >>
Jenny Shipley: Letter to Prime Minister
Sunday, 18 February 2001, 3:42 pm | New Zealand National Party
Cabinet meets tomorrow and will consider the proposal for the "people's bank." To date, the Government has not been prepared to provide basic information concerning the proposed setting up of the "people's bank". More >>
Government guilty of Soviet style control of info
Sunday, 18 February 2001, 3:41 pm | New Zealand National Party
Deceptive and diversionary tactics cannot hide the fact that Ross Armstrong, Helen Clark and Jim Anderton are trying to conceal vital information about the Peoples Bank proposal, Opposition Leader Jenny Shipley said today. More >>
Government kicks for touch with latest rail shunt
Friday, 16 February 2001, 6:22 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government's constant pushing out of the timetable on the Auckland rail deal is testing the patience of Aucklanders. Auckland's been given deadlines before, this time the Government's got to deliver, National's Transport spokesperson Belinda Vernon ... More >>
'MyBank' is huge Anderton ego trip
Friday, 16 February 2001, 5:05 pm | New Zealand National Party
"The proposed MyBank branding demonstrates the extent to which Jim Anderton will use $80 of taxpayer money to promote his own political interest. New Zealanders will be appalled to know that $4 million will be spent on spin as the MyBank concept ... More >>
Govt Must Heed Message Behind Support For Middleto
Friday, 16 February 2001, 1:34 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government should heed the message behind the overwhelming support for Mark Middleton's actions and the relief over the news of his suspended sentence, National's Justice spokesperson Wayne Mapp said today. More >>
Not Too Late For Green MPs To See Sense
Friday, 16 February 2001, 11:46 am | New Zealand National Party
Opposition Leader Jenny Shipley is writing to Green MPs calling on them to reconsider their decision to support the so-called Peoples Bank, in light of new evidence in a business plan which the Government has not allowed the Greens to see. More >>
National On The Road To Developing Rural Policy
Friday, 16 February 2001, 9:34 am | New Zealand National Party
Opposition Leader Jenny Shipley and National's Agricultural spokesman Gavan Herlihy today announced a major rural initiative called 'National Agri-Rural Towards 2002'. More >>
Jim's Bank a very risky business
Thursday, 15 February 2001, 6:28 pm | New Zealand National Party
"For the past three weeks I have called on this Government to let the public know what sort of risks the 'Peoples Bank' proposal poses. They have refused to do so, despite the $80 million of taxpayer money needed to set up the bank, and the ... More >>
Dalziel refuses to deny apology
Thursday, 15 February 2001, 6:27 pm | New Zealand National Party
Under pressure in Parliament this afternoon, Immigration Minister Lianne Dalziel refused to deny that she had been forced to apologise to either of the two Immigration officials who took a personal grievance against the Immigration Service, National's ... More >>
Herlihy blames vets' strike on union expectations
Thursday, 15 February 2001, 6:26 pm | New Zealand National Party
In a speech in Parliament this afternoon National's Agriculture spokesperson Gavan Herlihy stated that the pending MAF vets' strike is a direct result of the Government creating unrealistic union expectations in its passing of last year's Employment ... More >>
Govt abandons legal efforts to stop strike
Thursday, 15 February 2001, 5:26 pm | New Zealand National Party
Today in Parliament Labour Minister Margaret Wilson confirmed the Government was abandoning further legal action to stop the MAF vets' strike that looks set to cause upheaval in the meat industry, National's Industrial Relations spokesperson Dr Lockwood ... More >>
Goff Avoids Cardno Family
Thursday, 15 February 2001, 4:26 pm | New Zealand National Party
National's Justice spokesperson Wayne Mapp wants to know why Phil Goff is avoiding meeting Veronica Cardno, the mother of murdered teenager Karla Cardno. More >>
Govt's Biased Immigration Approach Unacceptable
Thursday, 15 February 2001, 2:38 pm | New Zealand National Party
It is becoming increasingly clear that the Government's compassion for some people illegally living in the country does not extend to Asian people, National's Ethnic Affairs spokesperson Pansy Wong said today. More >>
Govt To Spend Another Year Ignoring Children
Thursday, 15 February 2001, 11:00 am | New Zealand National Party
There is a crisis in the Department of Child, Youth and Family Services, but the Government continues to ignore thousands of increasingly desperate children, National's Social Services spokesperson Bob Simcock said today. More >>
Foodbank Workers' Advice Right On The Button
Wednesday, 14 February 2001, 5:00 pm | New Zealand National Party
Foodbank workers were quite correct when they told Steve Maharey that the Government's social policies aren't working, National's Social Services spokesperson Bob Simcock said today. More >>
Vets' Strike Only The Beginning
Wednesday, 14 February 2001, 2:10 pm | New Zealand National Party
The ink has hardly dried on Labour's Employment Relations Act and already one of New Zealand's essential primary industries is facing major disruptions, National's Rural Affairs spokesperson Shane Ardern said today. More >>
6.5% More For Food At The Checkout
Wednesday, 14 February 2001, 2:09 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Labour-Alliance minority Government is quite literally taking food out of the mouths of New Zealanders on low or fixed incomes, National's Social Services spokesman Bob Simcock said today. More >>
