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Minister’s Blunder Costs New Zealand $4.5 Billion
Friday, 13 August 2021, 12:18 pm | New Zealand National Party
Economic Development Minister Stuart Nash has fumbled negotiations with Amazon and now the billions of dollars that would’ve been spent in New Zealand will now go to the UK economy, National’s Economic Development spokesperson Todd McClay says. ... More >>
Minister’s Blunder Costs New Zealand $4.5 Billion
Friday, 13 August 2021, 12:12 pm | New Zealand National Party
Economic Development Minister Stuart Nash has fumbled negotiations with Amazon and now the billions of dollars that would’ve been spent in New Zealand will now go to the UK economy, National’s Economic Development spokesperson Todd McClay says. ... More >>
Aucklanders In More Danger Under Labour
Friday, 13 August 2021, 10:29 am | New Zealand National Party
New Police statistics show the Auckland CBD is becoming more dangerous, with a sharp rise in serious assaults and gang violence – while the Government fails to keep up with the challenges frontline Police face, says National Party Police spokesperson ... More >>
Gloves Must Come Off For ‘Coward Punch’ Bill
Thursday, 12 August 2021, 3:54 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government must reverse its opposition to creating a new offence to apply to people who throw ‘coward punches’, says National’s Maureen Pugh. National’s Crimes (Coward Punch Causing Death) Amendment Bill would create a new offence of ... More >>
Southland MP Presents Petition For Dairy Farmers
Thursday, 12 August 2021, 1:18 pm | New Zealand National Party
Today Member of Parliament for Southland Joseph Mooney submitted his petition seeking allocated MIQ capacity to bring more skilled dairy farm workers into the country as the pressure of staff shortages continues to mount on farms across New Zealand. ... More >>
Labour Pouring Fuel On An Overheating Economy
Thursday, 12 August 2021, 1:01 pm | New Zealand National Party
StatsNZ’s latest rental and food price index data is further proof of New Zealand’s rapidly overheating economy and the skyrocketing cost of living, National Shadow Treasurer Andrew Bayly says. “The rising cost of living was made abundantly clear ... More >>
Opening New Zealand Still Hinges On Vaccine Rollout
Thursday, 12 August 2021, 12:56 pm | New Zealand National Party
Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says the announcements from the Government around reconnecting New Zealand to the world are a step in the right direction, but speeding up and effectively rolling out the Covid-19 vaccination programme is the ... More >>
Labour Isn’t Taking Cancer Seriously
Thursday, 12 August 2021, 11:50 am | New Zealand National Party
By removing targets to diagnose and treat cancer Labour is taking its eye off a very deadly ball, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Rei says. “The last National Government made smart use of DHB performance data and introduced targets ... More >>
Labour Arbitrarily Limit Debate On Conversion Practices Bill
Thursday, 12 August 2021, 10:49 am | New Zealand National Party
Labour has again demonstrated their determination to limit any public scrutiny on legislation they have already decided to pass, National’s Justice spokesperson Simon Bridges says. “Today Labour members voted against putting the Conversion ... More >>
What Is Labour Trying To Hide?
Thursday, 12 August 2021, 10:26 am | New Zealand National Party
Labour members of the Social Services and Community Select Committee appear intent on limiting further parliamentary discussion of the ‘They Are Us’ film production, in particular questioning of the New Zealand Film Commission over the details of ... More >>
National To Support BDMRR Bill To Select Committee
Wednesday, 11 August 2021, 5:54 pm | New Zealand National Party
National welcomes the opportunity for the public to have input on a proposed law change that will allow people to change their designated sex on their birth certificates according to how they self-identify, National’s spokesperson for Women Nicola Grigg ... More >>
Labour Can’t Keep The Lights On
Wednesday, 11 August 2021, 4:55 pm | New Zealand National Party
I completely agree with the Energy Minister Megan Woods and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in their assessment of the blackouts on Monday as ‘not good enough,’ National’s Energy and Resources spokesperson Barbara Kuriger says. “It is a pity Labour is ... More >>
IPCC Report Highlights Size Of Climate Challenge
Wednesday, 11 August 2021, 3:08 pm | New Zealand National Party
The release of the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change report on the Physical Science of Climate Change highlights the importance of sound and efficient climate policy, National’s Climate Change spokesperson Stuart Smith says. “The IPCC report ... More >>
Vaccinate, Vaccinate, Vaccinate
Wednesday, 11 August 2021, 2:40 pm | New Zealand National Party
There is one clear message from the release of the Skegg report – it is imperative we vaccinate as many as people as possible, as quickly as possible, says Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins. “New Zealand is the slowest in the OECD in rolling-out ... More >>
Government Blocks Bloomfield Recall, Again
Wednesday, 11 August 2021, 1:15 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government continues to block transparency around its response to Covid-19, National’s Covid-19 spokesperson Chris Bishop says. Government members voted against a motion to recall Dr Ashley Bloomfield to Health Select Committee so he could explain ... More >>
No Urgency On Port Worker Vaccinations
Tuesday, 10 August 2021, 3:48 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government needs to explain why it hasn’t acted sooner to increase the uptake of vaccinations against Covid-19 at our ports, National’s Covid-19 spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “The Prime Minister says ‘there has always been a sense of ... More >>
Waikeria Prison Riot Costs Blow Out
Tuesday, 10 August 2021, 11:54 am | New Zealand National Party
The costs of damages from the six-day riot at Waikeria Prison continue to mount, while Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis remains missing in action, says Simeon Brown National Party Spokesperson for Corrections. “The settlement value arising out ... More >>
Maternity Funding Redirected To Health Restructure
Tuesday, 10 August 2021, 11:52 am | New Zealand National Party
The Labour Government should be valuing midwives more than their own ideology, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. Answers to written questions show $60 million of maternity money has been put aside for Labour’s health system restructure. “No ... More >>
Guns Buyback 2.0 Spends More On Admin Than Buying Back Guns
Tuesday, 10 August 2021, 9:39 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s second firearms buyback has been confirmed as nothing more than a marketing exercise, with more money spent on administrating the buyback than on actually buying back guns, says National’s Police spokesperson Simeon Brown. “Figures ... More >>
60 Per Cent Of Bay Of Plenty Port Workers Without A Jab
Monday, 9 August 2021, 3:29 pm | New Zealand National Party
It’s deeply concerning that 60 per cent of port workers in the Bay of Plenty haven’t had a single vaccine especially when there are 11 cases of Covid-19 in a ship off Tauranga, National’s Covid-19 spokesperson Chris Bishop says. As at 22 July, of ... More >>
