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Town belt victory hailed
Thursday, 30 November 2000, 5:24 pm | New Zealand National Party
"Wellington is the real winner from the decision to stop the sale of town belt land," Wellington based National MP Annabel Young said today. More >>
Health Services Benefit From National Amendment
Thursday, 30 November 2000, 3:55 pm | New Zealand National Party
"The Government back-down on its opposition to a National plan for an advisory committee on epidemiology and quality assurance is a major step forward for improving health care,' National Associate Health spokesperson Paul Hutchison said today. More >>
Cullen Opens Floodgates For Mental Injury Payouts
Thursday, 30 November 2000, 1:23 pm | New Zealand National Party
"The ACC Minister's claims employers won't pay more for his new lump sum scheme are laughable," National ACC spokesperson Gerry Brownlee said today. More >>
Government Must Heed Warnings In OECD Report
Thursday, 30 November 2000, 12:53 am | New Zealand National Party
The Minister of Finance must not ignore an OECD report which shows his Government's policy settings are profoundly damaging to our country and are moving us in completely the wrong direction, Opposition Leader Jenny Shipley said today. More >>
Govt Misleading Sheep And Beef Farmers
Wednesday, 29 November 2000, 4:56 pm | New Zealand National Party
National's Agriculture Spokesman Gavan Herlihy says that for sheep and beef farmers the claimed benefits by ACC Minister Michael Cullen of planned ACC premium cuts are totally misleading and illusionary. More >>
Bureaucracy Impedes Entrepreneurs
Wednesday, 29 November 2000, 4:48 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Immigration Minister Lianne Dalziel needs to do more than allow spouses of business people easier entry into New Zealand if she wants to encourage growth, National's Immigration spokesperson Marie Hasler said today. More >>
State Housing's Poverty Trap
Wednesday, 29 November 2000, 4:37 pm | New Zealand National Party
"The Government's Housing Policy will create a poverty trap: which will leave tenants worse off if they try to get ahead," National's Housing Spokesman Tony Ryall said today. More >>
Wrong Select Committee Decision On Super
Wednesday, 29 November 2000, 9:42 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government should reconsider its refusal to have a non-Government MP chair the Select Committee on superannuation, National Finance spokesperson Bill English said today. More >>
Biosecurity Package Is One Big Talkfest
Wednesday, 29 November 2000, 9:37 am | New Zealand National Party
Marian Hobbs' announcement of the Government's biosecurity package seems to be a continuation of Labour Party rhetoric, and does nothing to improve New Zealand's biosecurity, National Biosecurity spokesperson David Carter said today. More >>
Marian Whips Up Another Dogs' Breakfast
Wednesday, 29 November 2000, 9:34 am | New Zealand National Party
"Given her performance in other areas of the broadcasting portfolio, it is no surprise that the Minister of Broadcasting has made a dog's breakfast of the Broadcasting Standards Authority," National's Katherine Rich said today. More >>
Govt's Waitangi Boycott Farcical
Tuesday, 28 November 2000, 4:25 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Prime Minister has allowed her personal grudge against the people of Waitangi to descend to absurd depths of pettiness, National's Defence spokesman Wayne Mapp said today. More >>
Govt's 'Fiddling' With CYFS Not Enough
Tuesday, 28 November 2000, 2:35 pm | New Zealand National Party
"CYFS recently admitted to the Social Services Select Committee that offices servicing over half of all CYFS clients are now under extreme pressure. But in reality, those offices are in crisis - with an increasing number of social workers leaving ... More >>
Foreign Investment Funds
Tuesday, 28 November 2000, 2:33 pm | New Zealand National Party
I have received some interesting papers under the Official Information Act on the Government's thinking on Foreign Investment Funds. More >>
Caution over new ACC premiums
Monday, 27 November 2000, 5:59 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government's trumpeting of the new ACC premiums needs to be taken with a grain of salt, National ACC spokesperson Gerry Brownlee said today More >>
Presidency contest sign of vibrancy
Monday, 27 November 2000, 5:57 pm | New Zealand National Party
"The contest for the National Party Presidency is a sign of National's vibrancy as a political party," National Leader Jenny Shipley said today. More >>
Super committee must be above politics
Monday, 27 November 2000, 3:17 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government's superannuation legislation is too far-reaching to be dealt with by an ordinary Government dominated select committee, National Finance spokesperson Bill English said today. More >>
Urgent investigation needed of grape pest threat
Monday, 27 November 2000, 1:08 pm | New Zealand National Party
Marian Hobbs must act speedily to investigate whether the importation of Californian grapes poses a threat to New Zealand's $2 billion wine industry, National's Biosecurity spokesperson David Carter said today. More >>
National Party Informer #27
Monday, 27 November 2000, 11:35 am | New Zealand National Party
E for education - Savings slashed - All talk at summit - Fatigue in hospitals - Students trapped - National on the road - Quote of the week More >>
Govt. Making Super Promises It Can't Keep
Monday, 27 November 2000, 9:52 am | New Zealand National Party
"The Government appears to be making promises about its superannuation fund that it can't keep," National Finance spokesperson Bill English said today. More >>
Our Prosperity, Our People, Our Future
Monday, 27 November 2000, 9:49 am | New Zealand National Party
A year ago we were all told by Labour that we were going to have a much brighter future. They are now demanding that voters give them two or perhaps three terms more to convince them. More >>
