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Extraordinary arrogance from new Labour MP
Thursday, 2 March 2000, 9:27 am | New Zealand National Party
National's Commerce Spokesman, Lockwood Smith, today said the new chair of the Commerce Select Committee, David Cunliffe, was showing extraordinary arrogance in seeking to pre-empt the decisions of the Committee as to its work programme. More >>
Cullen sees sense over super tax
Thursday, 2 March 2000, 9:23 am | New Zealand National Party
Opposition Finance spokesperson Bill English today welcomed the Finance Minister’s decision to back away from the superannuation tax. More >>
F16 lease arrangement "a great deal" says Treasury
Wednesday, 1 March 2000, 5:33 pm | New Zealand National Party
Treasury has confirmed that the F16 deal that this Government is about to ditch is, in its estimation, a great deal, says National's Defence spokesman Wayne Mapp. More >>
Remove Turia from Moutoa Discussions - Nats
Wednesday, 1 March 2000, 5:30 pm | New Zealand National Party
Associate Minister of Maori Affairs Tariana Turia should be removed from talks and decisions on Moutoa Gardens on the grounds of conflict of interest, Albany MP Murray McCully told Parliament this afternoon. More >>
Police should review pursuit training - Nats
Wednesday, 1 March 2000, 4:12 pm | New Zealand National Party
Opposition Police Spokesperson Brian Neeson has raised concerns about Police pursuits after an innocent woman was killed following a car chase in Whanganui yesterday. More >>
PM changes defence relations with Australia - Nats
Tuesday, 29 February 2000, 4:59 pm | New Zealand National Party
Helen Clark has flagged a major change to the basis of the country’s most vital defence relationship without knowing the full consequences, Opposition Leader Jenny Shipley said today. More >>
Health reforms side-line Maori - National
Tuesday, 29 February 2000, 4:56 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s promises to improve the situation for Maori seem to have been forgotten in its plans to restructure the health sector, Opposition Health spokesperson Wyatt Creech said today. More >>
After all the promises we’re none the wiser - Nats
Tuesday, 29 February 2000, 3:26 pm | New Zealand National Party
The economic development policy announcement today will be a real disappointment to provincial and rural New Zealand. We don’t know any more than we knew five months ago,” Opposition Economic Development spokesperson Max Bradford said today. More >>
Labour Downgrading ANZAC Partnership
Monday, 28 February 2000, 3:13 pm | New Zealand National Party
Helen Clark is unilaterally changing a fundamental tenet of New Zealand's defence policy in advance of her trip to Australia, says Dr Wayne Mapp, National Spokesperson on Defence. More >>
Impossible Work Programme Revealed - Nats
Monday, 28 February 2000, 2:48 pm | New Zealand National Party
Papers on the health reforms leaked to the Opposition reveal an impossible work programme, that’s already running behind schedule. More >>
Trans-Tasman Must be Retained - National
Monday, 28 February 2000, 2:42 pm | New Zealand National Party
Prime Minister Helen Clark must give New Zealanders an assurance she will fight to retain hard fought-for travel rights for New Zealanders to Australia, Opposition Leader Jenny Shipley said today. More >>
Home invasion victims thank the public
Monday, 28 February 2000, 8:57 am | New Zealand National Party
The young Chinese couple at the centre of a recent home invasion case has spoken out about their ordeal for the first time through National List MP Pansy Wong. More >>
Valedictory Statement - Don Mckinnon
Monday, 28 February 2000, 8:54 am | New Zealand National Party
VALEDICTORY STATEMENT Rt Hon. DON McKINNON (NZ National): Thank you very much. This is but a temporary relocation to the front bench. First Mr Speaker, I congratulate you on being appointed to that office. I know you will do an excellent job as the ... More >>
Bill to block child pornography loophole
Sunday, 27 February 2000, 4:17 pm | New Zealand National Party
National MP Anne Tolley today lodged a Private Members Bill that will ban child pornography in any Films, Videos or Publications in New Zealand. More >>
Goff Gets The Message; Robson Doesn't - Nats
Friday, 25 February 2000, 2:49 pm | New Zealand National Party
"The National Party in Opposition will support any sensible Government proposals to act on the Withers Referendum," says National's Justice Spokesman Tony Ryall, following Mr Goff's speech to the Judges Conference. More >>
Govt admission of failure over ACC
Friday, 25 February 2000, 1:14 pm | New Zealand National Party
Pressure from the Opposition over the Government's ACC reforms has paid off for Women's Refuges - but the changes don't go far enough, Opposition ACC spokesperson Gerry Brownlee said today. More >>
Prime Minister exposes TVNZ to legal claim
Friday, 25 February 2000, 1:07 pm | New Zealand National Party
Helen Clark thought she knew it all, and didn't take legal advice, providing TV3 with evidence to pursue a legal claim against TVNZ over the Hawkesby affair, Opposition Deputy Leader Wyatt Creech said today. More >>
Labour leaves Plunket up in the air over ACC
Friday, 25 February 2000, 10:37 am | New Zealand National Party
The Labour-Alliance Government has left Plunket up in the air over the fate of tens of thousands of dollars following the ACC Minister’s refusal to give assurances over premiums, Opposition Health spokesperson Wyatt Creech said today. More >>
Prime Minister Overly Sensitive About Visit - Nats
Friday, 25 February 2000, 9:29 am | New Zealand National Party
Opposition Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Simon Upton, says Prime Minister Helen Clark is being unduly sensitive about the timing and purpose of his and Dr Wayne Mapp’s recent visit to Australia. More >>
PM says to Australia; We don't care what you think
Thursday, 24 February 2000, 5:20 pm | New Zealand National Party
It appears from answers given by Helen Clark in Parliament today that she does not care what Australia thinks about New Zealand's defence policy, Max Bradford said today. More >>
