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Food Ministry U-Turn Would Be Welcomed
Wednesday, 14 February 2001, 11:33 am | New Zealand National Party
The Labour-Alliance Government has been severely embarrassed by its pre-election promise to create a new Ministry of Food, National's International Trade Spokesperson John Luxton said today. More >>
ERO Review Forces Mallard To Face Facts
Wednesday, 14 February 2001, 11:14 am | New Zealand National Party
The investigation into the Education Review Office has forced Trevor Mallard to listen to common-sense over the status of the agency, National's Education spokesperson Gerry Brownlee said today. More >>
Gosche Takes His Time Over Smoke
Wednesday, 14 February 2001, 10:46 am | New Zealand National Party
The announcement of a $150 fine for smoky vehicles is a symbolic gesture to camouflage inaction on implementing recommendations from the 1999 Vehicle Fleet Emissions Control Strategy, National's Transport spokesperson Belinda Vernon said today. More >>
Chadwick position on Lakes ownership explosive
Wednesday, 14 February 2001, 8:49 am | New Zealand National Party
The admission by Labour MP Steve Chadwick that Rotorua's lakes should be owned by Maori is the clearest expression yet that the Labour-Alliance Government is prepared to divide New Zealand on racial grounds, National MP Max Bradford said today. More >>
Hobbs talking esoteric nonsense on role of TV
Wednesday, 14 February 2001, 8:48 am | New Zealand National Party
Marian Hobbs must stop treating television like a social engineering tool, National's Broadcasting spokesperson Katherine Rich said today. More >>
Deal Shows Worsening Trans-Tasman Relations
Wednesday, 14 February 2001, 12:41 am | New Zealand National Party
National's Foreign Affairs spokesman Max Bradford says a trans-Tasman deal which will be signed later this month limiting the welfare rights of New Zealanders in Australia is further proof of a widening gap in the relationship between the two ... More >>
Vets' Strike A Major Threat To Meat Earnings
Tuesday, 13 February 2001, 4:01 pm | New Zealand National Party
A select bunch of government employees should not be allowed to single-handedly destroy the most positive meat producing year for a decade, National's Agricultural spokesperson Gavan Herlihy said today. More >>
Union Uses Vets' Strike To Help Recruit
Tuesday, 13 February 2001, 4:00 pm | New Zealand National Party
The imminent MAF veterinarians' strike is another example of the consequences of the Labour-Alliance Employment Relations Act - a union flexing its muscle without any regard for the resulting damage, National's Industrial Relations spokesperson ... More >>
Mallard Should Start Answering Questions
Tuesday, 13 February 2001, 12:57 am | New Zealand National Party
Trevor Mallard's attempt to cover up the mess the National Certificate of Educational Achievement is in won't fool anyone if it goes ahead, National's Education spokesperson Gerry Brownlee said today. More >>
National opposes implementation of NCEA
Monday, 12 February 2001, 4:23 pm | New Zealand National Party
National's Education spokesperson Gerry Brownlee says he welcomes the party's decision to abandon the National Certificate of Educational Achievement. More >>
After a year of hard Labour you're $400 worse off
Monday, 12 February 2001, 3:11 pm | New Zealand National Party
"The latest wage figures, released today, indicate that the average worker lost more than 400 dollars worth of spending power in the year 2000," National's Finance spokesman Bill English said today. More >>
King's Bragging Unjustified
Monday, 12 February 2001, 10:02 am | New Zealand National Party
Annette King's bragging about the reduction in hospital waiting lists is a bit like her trying to claim credit for a fine day, National's Health spokesperson Roger Sowry said today. More >>
Final TVNZ 'Death Warrant' Charter
Monday, 12 February 2001, 10:01 am | New Zealand National Party
National MP Murray McCully today released the final version of the Government's TVNZ Charter describing it as "a death warrant for TVNZ". More >>
Status Of TVNZ Needs To Be Resolved
Monday, 12 February 2001, 9:59 am | New Zealand National Party
"Marian Hobbs' dawdling around the issue of whether Television New Zealand is to remain a State Owned Enterprise or become a Crown Entity could soon put TVNZ in breach of the SOE Act. Although, with the behaviour of the SOE over the last few ... More >>
Politics Of Envy Shown By Holmes' Pay Cut
Monday, 12 February 2001, 9:58 am | New Zealand National Party
Government bullying that has forced Paul Holmes to take a pay cut is the Chinese Cultural Revolution Television New Zealand-style, National's Broadcasting spokesperson Katherine Rich said today. More >>
Goff Panicked By National Bill
Monday, 12 February 2001, 9:56 am | New Zealand National Party
Justice Minister Phil Goff's inaction in law and order is seeing him panic over a National Bill to allow the taking of compulsory DNA samples from burglary suspects, National's Justice spokesperson Wayne Mapp said today. More >>
Dalziel Misled Parliament
Monday, 12 February 2001, 9:54 am | New Zealand National Party
The personal grievance settlements made to two immigration officials after the Minister of Immigration made allegations against the officials in Parliament means the Minister has admitted culpability, National's Immigration spokesperson Marie Hasler said today. More >>
National MP Rankings Announced
Monday, 12 February 2001, 12:38 am | New Zealand National Party
Opposition Leader Jenny Shipley has today released the revised rankings for National MPs, in accordance with the portfolio reshuffle announced last week. More >>
Demise Of Office Outrages Ethnic Communities
Thursday, 8 February 2001, 3:23 pm | New Zealand National Party
It is totally unacceptable that the Government has not actively sought the views of ethnic communities on the proposed demise of the independent status of the Race Relations Office, National's Ethnic Affairs spokesperson Pansy Wong said today. More >>
Costs of restructuring becoming evident
Wednesday, 7 February 2001, 5:13 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Minister must step in and rectify the financial strain her restructuring has put on Capital Coast Health, National's Health spokesperson Roger Sowry said today. More >>
