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Blair And Clark Poles Apart On Education
Thursday, 29 June 2000, 4:21 pm | New Zealand National Party
"Helen Clark has proudly boasted about its common policy agenda with the Blair Labour Government, saying "you couldn't even fit a slice of bread between us" but in reality you could drive a bread truck between their education agendas. More >>
Business Kept In The Dark Over ERB Changes
Thursday, 29 June 2000, 3:15 pm | New Zealand National Party
"The thousands of people who made submissions for change to the Employment Relations Bill have been left in limbo by the Government," Opposition Industrial Relations spokesperson Max Bradford said today. More >>
A Sad Day For Parliament
Wednesday, 28 June 2000, 5:41 pm | New Zealand National Party
"It's a sad day for Parliament whenever a Minister is removed from office," National's Maori Affairs Spokesperson Georgina te Heuheu said today. More >>
PM Got It Wrong From The Start
Wednesday, 28 June 2000, 4:29 pm | New Zealand National Party
"Today's sacking is an admission from the Prime Minister that she made the wrong call from the start," Acting Leader of the Opposition Wyatt Creech said today. More >>
Wool Industry Restructuring Is Welcome News
Wednesday, 28 June 2000, 2:30 pm | New Zealand National Party
Plans to restructure the wool industry to deliver a commercial focus have been welcomed by Opposition Agriculture Spokesman Gavan Herlihy. More >>
Maharey's CYFS claims are 'balderdash and baloney'
Wednesday, 28 June 2000, 1:43 pm | New Zealand National Party
"People are demanding action, after hearing more and more stories about children who are abused without protection," says National's Social Services spokesman Bob Simcock. More >>
Clark's indecision has made crisis
Wednesday, 28 June 2000, 10:00 am | New Zealand National Party
Helen Clark has created a crisis for herself by switching ground and undermining the Minister of Maori Affairs, but failing to deliver with his resignation, Acting Leader of the Opposition Wyatt Creech said today. More >>
Govt. offside with households
Wednesday, 28 June 2000, 9:26 am | New Zealand National Party
"It's not only business feeling grumpy with the Government," Opposition Finance spokesperson Bill English said today. "Households are now off-side as well. More >>
Flat 33% Tax on Children hits Ordinary New Zealand
Wednesday, 28 June 2000, 12:33 am | New Zealand National Party
Michael Cullen's proposal to put a flat, final 33% tax on the beneficiary income of children shows that he doesn't understand the importance of trusts to ordinary New Zealanders, according to National MP Annabel Young. More >>
Minister shirks responsibility to immigrants
Tuesday, 27 June 2000, 4:35 pm | New Zealand National Party
"The Minister of Immigration, Lianne Dalziel has reneged on her long-standing commitment to establish a register of Immigration Consultants because she finds the issue too controversial," says National's Immigration spokesperson Marie Hasler. More >>
Govt. rams through ERB under urgency
Friday, 23 June 2000, 4:08 pm | New Zealand National Party
Government plans to ram the Employment Relations Bill through Parliament under urgency fly in the face of assurances the Bill will only be passed after proper consultation and changes to fix it, Opposition Industrial Relations spokesperson Max Bradford ... More >>
Extent Of PM's Cover-Up Revealed
Friday, 23 June 2000, 2:49 pm | New Zealand National Party
New information about the wide-ranging contacts between the Labour Party and the family of the woman involved in the Dover Samuels affair has shown the Prime Minister's judgement to be far more compromised than we first believed, Acting Opposition Leader ... More >>
Brain Drain bucks economic trends
Friday, 23 June 2000, 10:44 am | New Zealand National Party
"New Zealanders are failing to heed Mr. Anderton's clarion call to come home," National's Immigration spokeswoman Marie Hasler said today. More >>
Who knows how the success of the ERB will be judge
Thursday, 22 June 2000, 4:41 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Labour Minister is still refusing to set out any targets by which she will judge the success of the Employment Relations Bill, Opposition Industrial Relations spokesperson Max Bradford said today. More >>
Gosche not up to speed on speeding tickets
Thursday, 22 June 2000, 4:40 pm | New Zealand National Party
"Transport Minister Mark Gosche was two years behind the times with his recent announcement of a supposedly "new" policy on speeding tickets, says National's Brian Neeson. More >>
Who is the real victim of Samuels affair ?
Thursday, 22 June 2000, 3:22 pm | New Zealand National Party
"Women should be sickened and outraged by the treatment being meted out to the young woman at the centre of the controversy over the Minister of Maori Affairs," National's Women's Affairs spokeswoman Anne Tolley said today. More >>
Will Dyson deliver on asset testing?
Thursday, 22 June 2000, 12:51 am | New Zealand National Party
The elderly are taking it as read that the Minister of Disability will deliver on the election promise to scrap asset testing, but she faces huge hurdles getting the money, Opposition Associate Health spokesperson Lynda Scott said today. More >>
Fewer local TV shows under Labour?
Thursday, 22 June 2000, 12:50 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government looks set to fund fewer New Zealand made TV programmes through NZ On Air in the coming year, despite Marian Hobbs' repeated talk about more local content. More >>
TV1 6pm News Headlines (First Segment)
Wednesday, 21 June 2000, 6:20 pm | New Zealand National Party
Dover Sex Allegations - Police Begin Investigation - Maori Support For Dover - Dover’s History - 8 More America’s Cup Defections More >>
PM covers up Samuels allegations
Wednesday, 21 June 2000, 5:22 pm | New Zealand National Party
"The Prime Minister's admission she knew of the allegations against the Minister of Maori Affairs six months ago and did nothing is an appalling lapse of leadership and judgement," Acting Leader of the Opposition Wyatt Creech said today. More >>
