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Canterbury Gets Raw Deal Over Govt Business Forum

Tuesday, 17 October 2000, 9:42 am | New Zealand National Party

"In a remarkable display of short-sightedness the Government has snubbed the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce over its high profile business forum next week," Christchurch based National MP Pansy Wong said today. More >>

Business Need More Than A Charm Offensive

Tuesday, 17 October 2000, 9:39 am | New Zealand National Party

“The country’s businesses and employers need much more than a charm offensive and a talk-fest from this Government,” National Finance spokesperson Bill English said today. More >>

TV Programme Confronts Youth Suicide

Tuesday, 17 October 2000, 12:43 am | New Zealand National Party

National MP and former Youth Affairs Minister Tony Ryall believes the TV3 programme on youth suicide based on the drama 'Questions' will see more New Zealanders confront the issue. More >>

Trip Will Look For New Ideas To Use In NZ

Monday, 16 October 2000, 2:42 pm | New Zealand National Party

Opposition Leader Jenny Shipley will be overseas for the next fortnight looking at practical approaches to business and education to help get New Zealand moving and get New Zealanders believing in their country and their future. More >>

NZ families finding the going tough

Monday, 16 October 2000, 1:05 pm | New Zealand National Party

The worst CPI quarterly rise in a decade confirms what families have been saying to me for weeks, Opposition Leader Jenny Shipley said today. More >>

Labour are charm school dropouts

Monday, 16 October 2000, 1:04 pm | New Zealand National Party

The Government's decision to exclude the Export Institute from its business forum in Auckland next week is further evidence that Labour's 'charm offensive' was a figment of their imagination, National's Murray McCully said today. More >>

President Kim Dae-jung Nobel Peace Award Tribute

Monday, 16 October 2000, 9:53 am | New Zealand National Party

National MP Pansy Wong today paid tribute to South Korean President Kim Dae-jung for his Nobel Peace Prize award for his work in bringing about reconciliation on the Korean peninsula. More >>

National will take environmentalism mainstream

Monday, 16 October 2000, 8:15 am | New Zealand National Party

National's challenge and intention for 2002 is to deliver environmental policies that reflect the concerns of mainstream New Zealand, Opposition Leader Jenny Shipley said this evening. More >>

Forests debate finally gets a hearing

Sunday, 15 October 2000, 3:44 pm | New Zealand National Party

Sustainable logging of our indigenous forests has finally been debated and although the Environment Court wasn't allowed to listen, this weekend's Bluegreens Forum did, National Conservation spokesperson Eric Roy said. More >>

Inquiry into Lyttleton marina disaster

Sunday, 15 October 2000, 3:44 pm | New Zealand National Party

The inquiry launched by the Banks Peninsula District Council into the disintegration of the Lyttleton marina is a great start but needs to be widened to include the finding of safe marina facilities for recreational boaties," National List MP for Banks ... More >>

Import Ban Would Be Bad News For Libraries

Thursday, 12 October 2000, 4:39 pm | New Zealand National Party

Officials from the National Library have confirmed the concerns expressed earlier this week by National MP Katherine Rich about the likely impact of a ban on parallel importing. More >>

Business Wants Certainty – But Get Confusion

Thursday, 12 October 2000, 4:35 pm | New Zealand National Party

The Finance Minister has today created more uncertainty for the telecommunications industry, National’s Communications spokesperson Lockwood Smith said today. More >>

What Is Mr Gosche Going To Do?

Thursday, 12 October 2000, 4:27 pm | New Zealand National Party

National Housing spokesman Tony Ryall today called on the Housing Minister to table Housing New Zealand's Statement of Corporate Intent so low-income New Zealanders know what the Government is going to do to address their housing needs for the next ... More >>

More reasons not to turn health system on its head

Thursday, 12 October 2000, 1:08 pm | New Zealand National Party

A survey out today showing high levels of satisfaction with people's experience in public hospitals is more evidence against the Government's massive health restructuring, National's Health spokesperson Wyatt Creech said today. More >>

More Gobbledegook From Hawkins

Thursday, 12 October 2000, 11:06 am | New Zealand National Party

Police Minister George Hawkins' outburst at the Police Association annual conference and his comments to a reporter afterwards can only be described as gobbledegook and he should apologise to the police executive, National Police spokesperson Brian Neeson ... More >>