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PM Must Stop Rubbishing NZ Television
Wednesday, 22 November 2000, 9:24 am | New Zealand National Party
"Prime Minister Helen Clark should stop running down New Zealand television particularly when she is speaking to overseas media," National's Broadcasting spokesperson Katherine Rich said today. More >>
Young people caught in Govt's marriage trap
Tuesday, 21 November 2000, 5:24 pm | New Zealand National Party
Young people in what the Government deems to be de facto relationships could be caught in a marriage trap under the Government's proposed new property laws, National Youth Affairs spokesperson Simon Power said during the debate in Parliament today. More >>
Closing The Gaps Has Come Off The Rails
Tuesday, 21 November 2000, 4:35 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government's Closing the Gaps programme is a shambles that is creating more problems than it is solving, Opposition Leader Jenny Shipley said today. More >>
Property Bill Should Be Sent Back
Tuesday, 21 November 2000, 4:26 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government's Property (Relationships) Bill should be sent back to the select committee for a major overhaul, National's Justice spokesman Tony Ryall said today. More >>
Community In Dark Over Secret Deal
Tuesday, 21 November 2000, 3:40 pm | New Zealand National Party
Waitakere MP Brian Neeson says he is considering seeking an injunction to stop the Government's planned sale of part of Hobsonville Airbase if residents are not consulted. More >>
Cullen Over-Rides Advice On Super Fund
Tuesday, 21 November 2000, 12:36 am | New Zealand National Party
Finance Minister Michael Cullen appears to have ignored officials' advice that his super fund will lead to lower levels of private savings. More >>
Reality a bitter pill to swallow for PM
Monday, 20 November 2000, 5:23 pm | New Zealand National Party
"The Prime Minister's dismissive response to US Admiral Dennis Blair shows how badly out of touch this Government is with our international defence responsibilities," National's Defence spokesman Wayne Mapp said today. More >>
Wayne Mapp: National Defence Policy Seminar
Monday, 20 November 2000, 3:27 pm | New Zealand National Party
Opposition leader Jenny Shipley will give a frank appraisal of New Zealand's role in regional defence at a policy seminar in Auckland this week. More >>
Housing Help For Only 1 In 5 Low-Income Families
Monday, 20 November 2000, 9:46 am | New Zealand National Party
It will be a Merry Christmas for only one in five low income families following the introduction of Income Related Rents, National's Housing Spokesman Tony Ryall said today. More >>
Computer snooping devices bug Ryall
Friday, 17 November 2000, 6:25 pm | New Zealand National Party
National's Justice spokesman Tony Ryall says he has concerns about the Government's plans to install permanent listening devices at internet service providers - meaning any communication traffic can be tapped into by the police and security agencies ... More >>
Which ACC Account Will Part-Fund Payout?
Friday, 17 November 2000, 8:30 am | New Zealand National Party
Which ACC account will pay the ACC "share" of the payout for IRD blunders in respect of Jan and Murray Willis? Cullen says that ACC must "share" this cost even though the IRD is to blame. More >>
Budget Cuts Force Drop In Police Numbers
Thursday, 16 November 2000, 4:29 pm | New Zealand National Party
Police numbers all over the country are expected to drop, if they haven't already, because of budget problems, National's Police spokesperson Brian Neeson said today. More >>
Dalziel The Minister Of Twisting The Truth
Thursday, 16 November 2000, 4:00 pm | New Zealand National Party
"Immigration Minister Lianne Dalziel has today plumbed new depths in deliberately twisting the meaning of words," National's Marie Hasler said today. More >>
Waterfront Union Warming Up Their Muscles
Thursday, 16 November 2000, 3:59 pm | New Zealand National Party
An ugly waterfront dispute which is brewing in Bluff is just a taste of things to come under the Employment Relations Act, National's Labour spokesperson Max Bradford said today. More >>
Truth About Air Force Staffing Crisis Revealed
Thursday, 16 November 2000, 2:51 pm | New Zealand National Party
National's Defence spokesman Wayne Mapp says the Defence Minister's denials of a staffing crisis in the Air Force have been contradicted by the facts revealed today. More >>
Turia bad host for race relations
Wednesday, 15 November 2000, 5:52 pm | New Zealand National Party
National MP Tony Ryall says that Tariana Turia has yet again displayed the sort of ideology that no one thought they would get under a Labour Government. More >>
Extent of cancer waiting lists revealed
Wednesday, 15 November 2000, 5:40 pm | New Zealand National Party
Cancer waiting lists have ballooned ten-fold in some cases since the Labour Government came to power, National Health spokesperson Wyatt Creech revealed today. More >>
Proposed Fire Commission Revamp Unwise, Illegal
Wednesday, 15 November 2000, 5:02 pm | New Zealand National Party
"Public safety seems to have taken a backseat to union lobbyists in a revamp of the Fire Service Commission," National's spokesperson on the Fire Service Lindsay Tisch said today. More >>
Politicisation Of Employment Relations Authority
Wednesday, 15 November 2000, 4:05 pm | New Zealand National Party
Government officials have confirmed that, for the first time in 10 years, Labour Minister Margaret Wilson has politicised the country's official industrial relations institution, National Industrial Relations spokesperson Max Bradford said today. More >>
Steve Maharey: The Grinch Who Stole Christmas
Wednesday, 15 November 2000, 3:31 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government has made it clear it won't lift a finger to address the hardship its economic mismanagement has created for those on low and fixed incomes, National's Belinda Vernon said today. More >>
