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Bunkle And Hobbs Tarnished Credibility
Friday, 19 January 2001, 2:47 pm | New Zealand National Party
National's Roger Sowry says the internal investigation into accommodation allowances claimed by two MPs, which is now being politically managed by the Prime Minister, does not remove the strong suspicion that the two MPs were not entitled to the allowances ... More >>
So who else got a bonus?
Wednesday, 17 January 2001, 5:44 pm | New Zealand National Party
Prime Minister Helen Clark needs to come clean on which other government departments and agencies have flouted her 'austerity' regime and paid bonuses to staff for simply doing their jobs, National MP Tony Ryall said today. More >>
PM Passing The Buck Over Bonus Fiasco
Wednesday, 17 January 2001, 3:10 pm | New Zealand National Party
"The Prime Minister is directly responsible for the current shambles over state sector bonuses," Opposition Leader Jenny Shipley said today. More >>
Time To Wake Up And Call Lab Inquiry
Wednesday, 17 January 2001, 10:07 am | New Zealand National Party
"Helen Clark and Annette King must launch an immediate inquiry into why New Zealand's top hospital laboratory lost accreditation," National's Associate Health spokesperson Dr Paul Hutchison said today. More >>
Kiwi Families Worse Off Under Labour
Wednesday, 17 January 2001, 12:47 am | New Zealand National Party
The latest CPI figures show that New Zealand household costs are more than $31 a week higher than they were a year ago, National's Finance spokesman Bill English said today. More >>
Time For Govt To Drop The Innocent Act
Tuesday, 16 January 2001, 4:38 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Prime Minister's 'taken by surprise' response to state sector bonus payments either indicates Government incompetence, or that we're not hearing the full story, Opposition Leader Jenny Shipley said today. "The Government's protestations ... More >>
Housing New Zealand Pays Out 'Golden Thank-Yous'
Tuesday, 16 January 2001, 2:39 pm | New Zealand National Party
Housing New Zealand is attempting to hide bonuses to its staff by giving holidays rather than cash, National's Housing spokesman Tony Ryall revealed today. More >>
Sowry requests full inquiry into allowances
Monday, 15 January 2001, 2:16 pm | New Zealand National Party
National's Roger Sowry has today written to the Controller and Auditor-General requesting a full and independent inquiry into the payment of out-of-town accommodation allowances to MPs. More >>
Terralink receivership risk of another Incis
Monday, 15 January 2001, 2:15 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government's decision to place Terralink into receivership has put the Landonline project at risk, National's Bill English said today. More >>
US Interest Rate Cut Warning For NZ
Monday, 15 January 2001, 10:36 am | New Zealand National Party
The unexpected US interest rate cut should be a warning against being overly optimistic about the New Zealand economy, National's Finance spokesperson Bill English said today. More >>
Cutbacks Revealed In Wellington Police Numbers
Friday, 22 December 2000, 3:40 pm | New Zealand National Party
National understands that Wellington will have at least 30 fewer police on the beat by June next year as a result of cost cutting imposed by Police Minister George Hawkins, National's Police spokesperson Brian Neeson said today. More >>
Ministers Should Be Stood Down In Interim
Friday, 22 December 2000, 1:39 pm | New Zealand National Party
"It is inappropriate that the two MPs being investigated for what may prove to be criminal offences should retain their places in Cabinet in the interim," National's Roger Sowry said today. More >>
Dairy farming MP salutes merger
Friday, 22 December 2000, 11:23 am | New Zealand National Party
"As a dairy farmer I fully appreciate the outcomes that this merger will bring, not only to the industry but also to the rest of New Zealand" National Rural Affairs Spokesperson Shane Ardern said today. More >>
Opposition welcomes dairy merger
Friday, 22 December 2000, 7:54 am | New Zealand National Party
National's Agricultural spokesperson Gavan Herlihy has welcomed the merger between Kiwi Co-operative Dairy Company and New Zealand Dairy Co-operative. More >>
Brain Drain creates worst migration figures
Friday, 22 December 2000, 7:48 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government's pretence that there is no Brain Drain has been blown to shreds by the latest official migration statistics released today. More >>
GDP recovers after dismal second quarter
Thursday, 21 December 2000, 1:48 pm | New Zealand National Party
National's Finance spokesman Bill English says the September quarter GDP figures are "A welcome return to growth after the dismal second quarter". More >>
Hawkins Had No Evidence For Cost Cutting
Thursday, 21 December 2000, 10:19 am | New Zealand National Party
George Hawkins had no evidence that more than one police officer was misusing cellphones when he ordered the service to be cut, National's Police spokesperson Brian Neeson said today. More >>
Arts wage poorly sketched
Wednesday, 20 December 2000, 1:27 pm | New Zealand National Party
"An arts wage would amount to creating a "First Circle" of the welfare system for privileged artists," National MP Katherine Rich said today. More >>
Fletcher Inquiry overturned
Wednesday, 20 December 2000, 1:26 pm | New Zealand National Party
National's spokesman on Communications, Lockwood Smith, is questioning whether the Government really needed to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on an inquiry which has been substantially ignored. More >>
Cervical Screening Plays Vital Role
Wednesday, 20 December 2000, 9:49 am | New Zealand National Party
Opposition Leader and former Health Minister Jenny Shipley is urging women to heed the statistics confirming a decrease in the rate of cervical cancer since the introduction of the nationwide cervical screening programme. More >>
