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Afghan allies must not be left behind following Kabul terror
Friday, 27 August 2021, 10:47 am | New Zealand National Party
New Zealand must urgently step up plans to evacuate our Afghan allies from Afghanistan following the deadly terror attack at Kabul’s international airport, says Leader of the Opposition Judith Colllins. More >>
Labour making it too hard for pharmacies to vaccinate
Friday, 27 August 2021, 10:06 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government should be making it as easy as possible for our pharmacies to become authorised to administer the Covid-19 vaccine, especially while the country is locked down due to a Delta outbreak, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. More >>
National launches plan to supercharge vaccination
Thursday, 26 August 2021, 1:38 pm | New Zealand National Party
With the Delta variant of Covid-19 having well and truly arrived in New Zealand, the National Party is calling on the Government to supercharge the vaccination rollout throughout the country with a new strategy, says Leader of the Opposition Judith ... More >>
Labour must take position on unvaccinated workers
Thursday, 26 August 2021, 12:38 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government needs to decide how it will handle unvaccinated people in the work force sooner rather than later, National’s Workplace Relations spokesperson Scott Simpson says. More >>
Government fails to save Birthing Centre
Thursday, 26 August 2021, 12:01 pm | New Zealand National Party
National List MP based in Hutt South says the Government’s failure to save the Te Awakairangi Birthing Centre at Melling is disgraceful and a slap in the face to the 6000+ people who signed this petition in favour of saving the centre. “Hutt ... More >>
Minister fails our Police – yet again
Thursday, 26 August 2021, 11:58 am | New Zealand National Party
The Police Minister’s admission to the Justice Select Committee this morning that she did not raise the issue of low vaccination rates among frontline police officers with Cabinet is shameful, says National Party Police spokesperson Simeon Brown. More >>
Bring back the Epidemic Response Committee
Wednesday, 25 August 2021, 5:05 pm | New Zealand National Party
The National Party is calling for the reinstatement of the Epidemic Response Committee following the disgraceful behaviour of Labour MPs in select committees this week, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. “We have launched a petition to send ... More >>
Crowne Plaza passing infection audits unbelievable
Wednesday, 25 August 2021, 4:28 pm | New Zealand National Party
Confirmation that the Crowne Plaza passed all its infection control audits, including as recently in June, beggars belief, National’s Covid-19 spokesperson Chris Bishop says. MIQ officials before the Health Select Committee this afternoon confirmed the ... More >>
Missed opportunity for Govt to increase vaccine uptake
Wednesday, 25 August 2021, 4:05 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government’s admission it isn’t using an obvious lever to increase uptake of the Covid-19 vaccine demonstrates its failure to recognise the need to ramp up our vaccine rollout, National’s Social Development and Employment spokesperson ... More >>
Labour uses committee majority to block Covid accountability to Māori
Wednesday, 25 August 2021, 1:47 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour’s move today to block a request for the Minister of Covid-19 Response to explain what is being done to address shockingly low vaccination rates among Māori is an appalling example of politics over people, National Party Māori Affairs Select ... More >>
Government vague on lockdown education
Wednesday, 25 August 2021, 10:47 am | New Zealand National Party
As kids and parents face weeks away from school, the Government remains vague on the reality of education under lockdown, National’s Education spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. More >>
Where on earth is saliva testing?
Wednesday, 25 August 2021, 10:43 am | New Zealand National Party
National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop is asking why we aren’t using saliva testing in the community as part of the fight against the current delta outbreak. “A week ago Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield told New ... More >>
Gobsmacking: Hipkins Claims Vaccine Rollout Has Not Been Slow
Tuesday, 24 August 2021, 5:00 pm | New Zealand National Party
Kiwis will be shaking their heads in disbelief at Chris Hipkins’ comments to the Health Committee today that he doesn’t think the vaccine rollout in New Zealand has been slow, says National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop. “The ... More >>
Minister won’t say how much more taxpayers will be up for
Tuesday, 24 August 2021, 2:50 pm | New Zealand National Party
Finance Minister Grant Robertson won’t say how much extra taxpayers will have to foot to pay for the current lockdown, says National’s Finance spokesperson Michael Woodhouse. More >>
Prime Minister’s suspension of Parliament is wrong
Monday, 23 August 2021, 3:47 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Prime Minister has advised me that she is unilaterally suspending parliament, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. “I have expressed that a one week suspension of Parliament is all the National Party will support. However, the Prime ... More >>
Vaccination target vital to avoiding future lockdowns
Monday, 23 August 2021, 2:05 pm | New Zealand National Party
New Zealand needs to set a 70-75 per cent target of vaccination of the eligible population to avoid future countrywide lockdowns, says Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins. More >>
Clarity About Level 4 Trading Rules Now Urgent
Monday, 23 August 2021, 11:41 am | New Zealand National Party
National’s Economic Development and Small Business spokesperson Todd McClay has today written to Ministers David Clark and Stuart Nash asking them to urgently clarify the rules around which businesses are able to open safely during the Level 4 lockdown ... More >>
Labour Must Stop Flooding Rural NZ With Pointless And Onerous Regulation
Sunday, 22 August 2021, 4:21 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour’s latest regulatory hurdle for rural water schemes shows it is deeply out of touch with provincial New Zealand, National’s Rural Communities spokesperson Barbara Kuriger and Local Government spokesperson Christopher Luxon say. “As it ... More >>
Hey, Big Spender – Spend A Little Time On Priorities
Sunday, 22 August 2021, 4:17 pm | New Zealand National Party
For several weeks now, National has been highlighting the fact that, according to Budget documents, Finance Minister Grant Robertson has already blown $57 billion of a total $62 billion of funds set aside to deal with the Covid pandemic. We were ... More >>
Hipkins’ Vaccine Supply Claim Dodges Fact – We Could And Should Have Got It Earlier
Sunday, 22 August 2021, 1:13 pm | New Zealand National Party
Chris Hipkins’ claim there was nothing New Zealand could have done to secure Pfizer vaccines any earlier flies in the face of hard facts, says National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop. “Mr Hipkins might not like to admit it, but ... More >>
