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Rural NZ rejecting more regulation from Labour
Wednesday, 8 September 2021, 9:50 am | New Zealand National Party
More than 13,000 New Zealanders have told the Government to stop raining regulations on our rural communities, National’s Agriculture spokesperson Barbara Kuriger and Local Government spokesperson Christopher Luxon say. More >>
Minister Little Unaware Of Pathways For Patients
Tuesday, 7 September 2021, 5:11 pm | New Zealand National Party
If the Minister of Health is taking seriously the situation at Middlemore Hospital where a Covid-positive patient was placed in a general ward with three other patients, why has he been unable to provide any details as to the impact of the incident on ... More >>
Businesses will close because of new Level 2 restrictions
Tuesday, 7 September 2021, 4:43 pm | New Zealand National Party
Additional restrictions during Level 2 mean the jobs of many hospitality and event businesses have been made much harder by this Government, National’s Economic Development and Small Business spokesperson Todd McClay says. “Bars, restaurants and events ... More >>
DOC shouldn’t get another crack at a failed project
Tuesday, 7 September 2021, 4:29 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Department of Conservation should the pull the pin on a failed Mackenzie Basin project and return the unspent money to Treasury, National’s Conservation spokesperson, and MP for Waitaki, Jacqui Dean says. “The Tū Te Rakiwhānoa Drylands project ... More >>
Wage Subsidy Deadlines Should Be Extended
Tuesday, 7 September 2021, 4:29 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government must extend the deadline for the first fortnight of wage subsidy applications to make sure businesses don’t miss out, National’s Social Development and Employment spokesperson Louise Upston says. “National MPs continue to be contacted ... More >>
Turns out we could get vaccines earlier
Tuesday, 7 September 2021, 1:57 pm | New Zealand National Party
After months of being told there was no way to speed up the vaccine supply into New Zealand, it turns out all the Government needed to do was go and ask, National’s Covid-19 spokesperson Chris Bishop says. More >>
Labour’s transport plan doesn’t prioritise economic growth
Tuesday, 7 September 2021, 11:53 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government has missed an opportunity to grow the New Zealand economy to help us bounce back from the Covid-19 pandemic in its National Land Transport Plan, National’s Transport spokesperson David Bennett says. “As the world rebounds from the Covid-19 ... More >>
Time to introduce rapid antigen testing
Tuesday, 7 September 2021, 11:49 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s effective ban on rapid antigen testing made no sense before and makes even less sense now in light of the new testing requirements for essential workers crossing the Auckland border, National’s Covid-19 spokesperson Chris Bishop ... More >>
Saliva Testing Welcome But Long Overdue
Monday, 6 September 2021, 4:54 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s move to introduce saliva testing as additional surveillance testing technology is welcome but long overdue, National’s Covid-19 spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “The Roche/Simpson report recommended the urgent rollout of saliva ... More >>
Why wasn’t terrorist subject to sections 163 & 164?
Monday, 6 September 2021, 3:40 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Prime Minister and the Immigration Minister need to answer as to why the terrorist Ahamed Aathill Mohamed Samsudeen was not able to be deported based on sections 163 and 164 of the Immigration Act 2009, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. More >>
Labour must release Māori and Pacific vaccination plans
Monday, 6 September 2021, 2:07 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government must release the week by week plans showing what the expected vaccination rates are for each District Health Board for their Māori and Pacific populations, National’s Covid-19 spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “DHBs have supplied plans ... More >>
Government drops vaccination ball again
Monday, 6 September 2021, 12:23 pm | New Zealand National Party
New Zealand’s low vaccination rate can also be credited to late and lazy engagement with primary care providers such as pharmacies, says National’s Health spokesman Dr Shane Reti. More >>
Labour’s failure to plan constraining our economy
Monday, 6 September 2021, 10:34 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government has had months to plan for a situation where there could be an Alert Level border in the country, like Auckland and the rest of the country, but once again its failed to prepare, National’s Transport spokesperson David Bennett says. ... More >>
Law Change Needed To Strip Citizenship From Violent Offenders
Saturday, 4 September 2021, 1:40 pm | New Zealand National Party
It’s time for the Government to initiate a process that would remove New Zealand citizenship or residency from a person who commits a violent act in our country, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. National believes the law change is ... More >>
NZ’s cyber borders under siege again on Labour’s watch
Friday, 3 September 2021, 4:48 pm | New Zealand National Party
Today’s cyber-attack on New Zealand’s telecommunications network is a clear sign the Government has failed again to protect New Zealand’s cyber borders, National’s Digital Economy and Communications spokesperson Melissa Lee says. “Alongside the ... More >>
It’s ‘Official’ – Poto has got to go
Friday, 3 September 2021, 12:53 pm | New Zealand National Party
The suggestion by the Minister of Police that media should use the Official Information Act to find out if the officers who arrested the MIQ escapee were vaccinated against Covid-19 is astounding, says National’s Police spokesperson Simeon Brown. Asked ... More >>
Labour’s failure to plan means Covid cases isolating at home
Friday, 3 September 2021, 12:40 pm | New Zealand National Party
A lack of planning by the Government for a Delta outbreak has meant as of 1pm yesterday 78 Covid-19 positive people were isolating at home, having not yet been moved into quarantine, National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop says. More >>
Health system unprepared for a Delta outbreak
Friday, 3 September 2021, 11:54 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government must explain why the health system was so unprepared for a Delta outbreak and why no new ICU bed spaces were provisioned over the five months since Delta first appeared in our MIQ facilities, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. More >>
South Island should drop now to alert level 2
Friday, 3 September 2021, 11:48 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government needs to explain exactly why the South Island should not immediately drop to alert level 2, says Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins. More >>
Critical healthcare workers must be granted residency
Friday, 3 September 2021, 10:44 am | New Zealand National Party
The Immigration Minister must urgently reopen the frozen Skilled Migrant Category visa EOI pool and prioritise processing of residence applications for critical healthcare workers to keep them in New Zealand as we battle the Covid-19 outbreak, says National’s ... More >>
