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Te Ture Whenua Māori Bill heads to Parliament
Thursday, 23 September 2021, 12:24 pm | New Zealand National Party
A bill to strengthen the protection of Māori land and stem fragmentation has today been drawn from the ballot, MP for Southland Joseph Mooney says. More >>
Covid Recovery Fund Still Being Used For Government’s Pet Projects
Wednesday, 22 September 2021, 4:05 pm | New Zealand National Party
Using the Covid Response and Recovery Fund to increase Radio New Zealand’s operating budget by $7 million is yet another example of money borrowed on behalf of taxpayers to fund pet projects unrelated to the pandemic response, says Leader of the Opposition ... More >>
Still No Plan To Address NZ’s Growing Mental Health Crisis
Wednesday, 22 September 2021, 1:13 pm | New Zealand National Party
New Zealand is in the midst of a mental health crisis, what is needed now is action not more vision statements, working groups and nice words, National’s Mental Health and Suicide Prevention spokesperson Matt Doocey says. “After four years in Government, ... More >>
Government Delayed Vaccine Rollout By Two Months
Wednesday, 22 September 2021, 12:17 pm | New Zealand National Party
Leaked internal documents from the Ministry of Health show New Zealand’s entire stock of Pfizer vaccine was due to be delivered by the end of September but the Government consciously slowed down the deliveries, National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson ... More >>
Govt Finally Sees Sense On Armed Response Teams
Wednesday, 22 September 2021, 11:22 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s announcement it will deploy Tactical Prevention Teams is a clear admission that firearms violence and gang membership in New Zealand is out of control, National’s Police spokesperson Simeon Brown. “The Government has wasted months ... More >>
Big Step Forward For Cross Valley Link
Wednesday, 22 September 2021, 9:52 am | New Zealand National Party
The endorsement of the Cross Valley Connections Programme Business Case by the Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency Board is fantastic news says Chris Bishop, National List MP based in Hutt South. “The Cross Valley Link has been talked about since the ... More >>
Thousands Of Aucklanders Cross Into Northland Before Lockdown
Wednesday, 22 September 2021, 8:46 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government must clarify why it allowed thousands of Aucklanders cross into Northland in the six hours prior to New Zealand’s Level 4 lockdown, National List MP based in Whangarei Dr Shane Reti says. Answers to written questions show 3316 vehicles ... More >>
Rules For Shaw Might Well Mean More In Glasgow
Tuesday, 21 September 2021, 2:53 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Prime Minister’s announcement today that she will provide Climate Change Minister James Shaw and his nine officials special allocation in MIQ on return from COP26 in Glasgow doesn’t square with the rules other Kiwis have to play by, says National’s ... More >>
Government blanked Northland mayors on lockdown
Tuesday, 21 September 2021, 11:05 am | New Zealand National Party
Jacinda Ardern’s Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet consulted Northland’s three Labour MPs but not Northland’s mayors before extending the region’s level 4 lockdown. “This was a contentious lockdown for many Northlanders, especially ... More >>
Wage subsidy problems must be sorted
Tuesday, 21 September 2021, 9:14 am | New Zealand National Party
Further reports of confusion about whether businesses are entitled to the wage-subsidy at alert level two shows the Government must urgently improve the scheme, National’s Social Development and Employment spokesperson Louise Upston says. More >>
Shaw To Have 14 Staff In Glasgow For Climate Talks
Monday, 20 September 2021, 4:36 pm | New Zealand National Party
If James Shaw was giving consolation gifts to Kiwis desperately trying to get home this Christmas he’d likely give them a lump of coal, having confirmed he plans to take 14 staff with him to the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow, National’s Climate ... More >>
Transmission blackspots will create emergency blackspots
Monday, 20 September 2021, 2:26 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government must explain exactly what it will do to sort out Transmission Gully’s transmission problems before the expressway opens, says National’s Transport spokesperson David Bennett. More >>
MIQ lobby debut a depressing debacle
Monday, 20 September 2021, 1:40 pm | New Zealand National Party
This morning’s debut of the new ‘virtual lobby’ system for MIQ allocation was both depressing and a debacle, National’s Covid-19 spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “The virtual lobby system used for the first time this morning solves nothing ... More >>
No Proof Mob’s Meth Programme Participants Ever Used The Drug In The First Place
Sunday, 19 September 2021, 1:09 pm | New Zealand National Party
There is no hard evidence any of the participants in the Mongrel Mob methamphetamine pilot had actually used the drug at all, says National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti. “The Mob-led pilot – ‘Hawke’s Bay Chaindog Community Methamphetamine ... More >>
Extension of Operation Tauwhiro an admission of growing gang problem
Friday, 17 September 2021, 12:44 pm | New Zealand National Party
The extension of Operation Tauwhiro today is a clear sign that gang violence and the dangers of firearms violence caused by gangs is a far bigger problem than the Government will admit, says National’s spokesperson for Police Simeon Brown. “Operation ... More >>
Minister must ditch Clean Vehicle Bill
Friday, 17 September 2021, 12:34 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Motor Industry Association’s withdrawal of support for Labour’s Clean Vehicle Bill is yet more reason for Transport Minister Michael Wood to ditch his car tax plan, National’s Transport spokesperson David Bennett says. “Today, the Motor ... More >>
Government splashes cash on consultants rather than cancer
Friday, 17 September 2021, 12:00 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government has no extra funding for cancer treatment but has splashed $4.3 million on consultancy fees for its ill-conceived health system restructuring plan, says National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti. “Cabinet documents released in ... More >>
Clearer expectations of home learning required
Friday, 17 September 2021, 11:38 am | New Zealand National Party
Confirmation today that Auckland students will spend another two weeks trying to learn from home underscores the need for better guidelines to make sure kids are actually engaged in education, National’s Education spokesperson Paul Goldsmith ... More >>
Govt must extend loss carry-back scheme to save businesses
Friday, 17 September 2021, 11:31 am | New Zealand National Party
National is calling on the Government to extend the Covid-19 temporary loss carry-back scheme to support businesses who are continuing to struggle under lockdown, National’s Shadow Treasurer Andrew Bayly and Associate Revenue spokesperson Simon Watts say. ... More >>
Robertson tops up Covid slush fund with borrowed money
Thursday, 16 September 2021, 6:03 pm | New Zealand National Party
Grant Robertson’s $7 billion top-up of the misused Covid Response and Recovery Fund gives him carte-blanche to splash more borrowed money between Budgets, says National’s Finance spokesperson Michael Woodhouse. “The Finance Minister has ... More >>
