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DOC Quietly Puts Iwi Land Consultation On Hold
Tuesday, 11 May 2021, 8:41 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government has suddenly placed consultations with iwi on how the Department of Conservation can give better effect to the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi, on-hold following National releasing the draft recommendations last week. “Neither ... More >>
Govt Hid How Long Security Guard Went Without A Test
Tuesday, 11 May 2021, 5:31 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government knew how long the security guard who tested positive for Covid-19 had been without a Covid test for six days before finally coming clean to New Zealanders, National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop says. In answers to Written ... More >>
State Housing Register Continues To Climb
Monday, 10 May 2021, 1:52 pm | New Zealand National Party
Our public housing system is at breaking point with yet another record high number of New Zealanders waiting for a state house, National’s Housing spokesperson Nicola Willis says. The latest figures just released for the month of February show there ... More >>
Govt Must Be Upfront About Its Plans For DOC Land
Sunday, 9 May 2021, 3:31 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Prime Minister needs to be clear with New Zealanders about what her Government plans to do with ownership of conservation land, National Party Leader Judith Collins says. National has received a copy of draft recommendations from a recent hui where ... More >>
Judith Collins - Speech To Lower North Island Regional Conference
Sunday, 9 May 2021, 1:31 pm | New Zealand National Party
Good morning, delegates. It’s an absolute privilege to be speaking to you all here today as your leader. I’d like to acknowledge National Party President Peter Goodfellow, my fellow board members, my lower North Island colleagues and all of ... More >>
Woods Must Explain Latest KiwiBuild Shambles
Saturday, 8 May 2021, 3:47 pm | New Zealand National Party
First-home buyers and taxpayers deserve answers from Housing Minister Megan Woods after the Government’s latest KiwiBuild disaster left them in the lurch, National’s Housing spokesperson Nicola Willis says. “Ormiston Rise going into receivership ... More >>
Taxpayers Shouldn’t Shell Out For Te Papa’s Turtle Costs
Saturday, 8 May 2021, 3:38 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government should make senior leadership and Board members of Te Papa personally reimburse their travel to Canterbury for the funeral of a deceased leatherback turtle, National’s Arts, Culture & Heritage spokesperson Simon O’Connor says. ... More >>
Just 339 Saliva Tests In MIQ Carried Out So Far
Saturday, 8 May 2021, 12:12 pm | New Zealand National Party
A mere 339 saliva tests have been carried out in New Zealand’s MIQ facilities since they began in January, National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “The Government’s slowness to move on saliva testing for our border workers ... More >>
Budget An Opportunity To Prioritise Mums And Babies
Saturday, 8 May 2021, 12:11 pm | New Zealand National Party
The upcoming Budget is an opportunity for the Government to show it does prioritise mothers and their new-borns by increasing the support available to them, National’s Social Investment spokesperson Louise Upston says. “If this Government is truly ... More >>
MSD Should Collect Data On Emergency Accommodation
Friday, 7 May 2021, 1:48 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government should change the rules around emergency accommodation to require motels to provide data about who they are housing to the Ministry of Social Development, National’s Social Development spokesperson Louise Upston says. “It’s unacceptable ... More >>
Labour Stuck In 1970s With National Awards 2.0
Friday, 7 May 2021, 1:06 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour’s so-called Fair Pay Agreements are an ideologically-driven project without any sound analytical basis, National’s Workplace Relations spokesperson Scott Simpson says. “It is acknowledged in the Cabinet Paper that the FPA could lead directly ... More >>
Labour Blocks Inquiry Into Prison Violence
Friday, 7 May 2021, 5:25 am | New Zealand National Party
It’s disappointing the Government has chosen to block an inquiry into the increasing violence being experienced in our prisons, National’s Corrections spokesperson Simeon Brown says. Mr Brown says that since Kelvin Davis became Minister of Corrections ... More >>
New Zealand Is In A Truancy Crisis
Thursday, 6 May 2021, 12:23 pm | New Zealand National Party
New Zealand has a truancy crisis as new figures show almost 40 per cent of students did not attend school regularly in term four of 2020, National’s Education spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. “Given there has been a serious fall in regular attendance ... More >>
Rail Investment Putting Safety Improvements At Risk
Thursday, 6 May 2021, 12:03 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government is putting regional roading projects and important safety improvements across the country at risk by raiding the National Land Transport Fund to invest more in rail, National’s Transport spokesperson Michael Woodhouse says. “Kiwis ... More >>
Labour Blocks Inquiry Into Sanitised Mental Health Report
Wednesday, 5 May 2021, 4:19 pm | New Zealand National Party
Today the Labour Government blocked an inquiry into the Mental Health and Addiction Services annual report calling into question once again its openness and transparency, National’s Mental Health spokesperson Matt Doocey says. New Zealanders deserve ... More >>
Pay Freeze Will Hurt Teachers, Nurses, Police Officers
Wednesday, 5 May 2021, 4:15 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government has been forced to take drastic action and freeze public sector pay because it’s allowed the number of Wellington bureaucrats to swell up to an unsustainable size, National’s spokesperson for Public Service Mark Mitchell says. “If Labour ... More >>
Implementation Unit Has A Lot Of Clean-up Work To Do
Wednesday, 5 May 2021, 4:04 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Deputy Prime Minister appears to be pushing ahead with an implementation unit without any idea of what that unit will actually deliver, Shadow Treasurer Andrew Bayly says. “It remains unclear what this implementation unit will actually do, ... More >>
Unemployment Drop No Cause For Celebration
Wednesday, 5 May 2021, 12:25 pm | New Zealand National Party
News that unemployment has fallen from 4.9 per cent to 4.7 per cent will provide no comfort for the almost 200,000 New Zealanders on the Jobseeker benefit, National’s Social Development and Employment spokesperson Louise Upston says. “While it’s ... More >>
Govt Not Interested In Full Transparency On Covid-19
Wednesday, 5 May 2021, 11:47 am | New Zealand National Party
It is deeply disappointing that the Government has not agreed to National’s call for a new Covid-19 Select Committee, National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop says. National’s proposal was to establish a committee, based on the ... More >>
Mallard Fails To Give Taxpayers A Straight Answer
Wednesday, 5 May 2021, 8:39 am | New Zealand National Party
Trevor Mallard has confirmed he is unfit to be Parliament’s Speaker by failing to answer several important questions relating to the false rape accusation saga that cost taxpayers more than $330,000, Shadow Leader of the House Chris Bishop says. ... More >>
