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$6.5 Million In MIQ Fees Overdue And Unpaid
Thursday, 1 July 2021, 11:58 am | New Zealand National Party
After nearly a year of charging for MIQ, it’s staggering the Government hasn’t made paying for MIQ easier and made more of an effort to go after those who aren’t paying their fees, National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop says. ... More >>
If It Looks Like A Tax And Walks Like A Tax…
Thursday, 1 July 2021, 9:34 am | New Zealand National Party
This Government is proposing a significant tax on Mum and Dad landlords despite promising prior to the election that they would impose no new taxes, National’s Shadow Treasurer Andrew Bayly says. “According to advice from Treasury, IRD, and ... More >>
Making Room For Speech Criminals In Prison
Thursday, 1 July 2021, 9:20 am | New Zealand National Party
Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis has not been shy about his aim to rapidly reduce the prison population by 30 per cent and it is perhaps the only target this Government is actually going to meet. However, Labour’s ‘Hate-Speech’ law changes might ... More >>
Minimal Change In Child Poverty Targets As Cost Of Living Bites
Wednesday, 30 June 2021, 5:40 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Labour Government’s reset of poverty targets three years later describes an admission of policy failure under rising costs, especially housing, National’s Children spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. “Of the three targets that the Government ... More >>
Hipkins’ Comments Staggeringly Naïve
Wednesday, 30 June 2021, 11:43 am | New Zealand National Party
Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins’ comments that ‘there’s no major downside’ to New Zealand’s slow vaccine roll out are staggeringly naïve, National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “There are two ‘major downsides’ ... More >>
Three Waters Reforms Remain Unconvincing
Wednesday, 30 June 2021, 11:20 am | New Zealand National Party
While there’s a clear case for change in our Three Waters sector the Government’s plan isn’t compelling, and the model of four regional entities comes with several problems, National’s Water spokesperson Simon Bridges says. “The problems with ... More >>
Still No Clarity From Our Confused Prime Minister
Tuesday, 29 June 2021, 3:53 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Prime Minister did not rule out today that potential hate speech crimes will have a more severe maximum prison sentence than the crime of ‘assault on a child’, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. “This is consistent with her Government’s ... More >>
Car Tax Pushing Up Prices Of EVs
Tuesday, 29 June 2021, 3:30 pm | New Zealand National Party
Labour’s Car Tax is not only forcing hardworking Kiwis to pay more because they can’t switch to an electric vehicle, but it’s pushing up the prices of electric vehicles too, National’s Transport spokesperson Michael Woodhouse says. “EV importers ... More >>
Little Needs To Stop Making Excuses On Mental Health And Start Doing His Job
Tuesday, 29 June 2021, 3:20 pm | New Zealand National Party
Andrew Little needs to stop making excuses and take ownership on mental health, says National’s Mental Health and Suicide Prevention spokesperson, Matt Doocey. “All we’ve heard from the Minister is how everyone else is to blame for his government’s ... More >>
Alarm Bells Should Be Ringing In Education
Tuesday, 29 June 2021, 9:58 am | New Zealand National Party
The Education Review Office warning of a ‘slippage of expectations’ in mathematics teaching must be the catalyst to turnaround declining achievement in foundational subjects, National’s Education spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. “It is critical ... More >>
RMA Reform A Grab At Wokeism
Tuesday, 29 June 2021, 9:56 am | New Zealand National Party
The Government needs to act with much more urgency to cut through our complex planning rules and free up housing supply, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. “The real risk is that at the end of this process we end up with something that is more ... More >>
Transition From Plastics Requires Kiwi Ingenuity
Monday, 28 June 2021, 10:04 am | New Zealand National Party
National are broadly in agreement with the Government’s decision to phase out a range of particularly problematic plastics, National’s Environment spokesperson Scott Simpson says. “There won’t be many New Zealanders who don’t think we ... More >>
$100 Million To Top 50 Emergency Housing Motels In Nine Months
Monday, 28 June 2021, 9:21 am | New Zealand National Party
An eye-watering $99.87 million has been paid to the top 50 emergency housing moteliers in the nine months to March 2021 compared to $21 million for the whole of 2017/18 and is a stark indicator of just how big this crisis has become, says National’s ... More >>
Stick To The Facts, Prime Minister
Monday, 28 June 2021, 8:58 am | New Zealand National Party
If New Zealand is to have an informed discussion about Labour’s ‘Hate Speech’ laws the Prime Minister needs to ensure she is giving accurate information to the media; this morning on The AM Show she did not, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins ... More >>
This Is About Controlling New Zealanders’ Lives
Sunday, 27 June 2021, 1:42 pm | New Zealand National Party
I want to be very clear with New Zealanders, the National Party will reverse any attempts Jacinda Ardern’s Government makes to criminalise speech beyond the threshold of ‘inciting violence,’ Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. “This ... More >>
Labour Raiding Rainy Day Covid Fund
Friday, 25 June 2021, 1:48 pm | New Zealand National Party
Half of the $10 billion Finance Minister Grant Robertson set aside in the case of a further Covid-19 resurgence has been spent funding Labour’s non-Covid-related ideas, National’s Shadow Treasurer Andrew Bayly says. The Government allocated ... More >>
Freedom Of Speech Is A Fundamental Right
Friday, 25 June 2021, 1:18 pm | New Zealand National Party
The National Party believe that freedom of speech is a fundamental right, National’s Justice spokesperson Simon Bridges says. “We completely oppose the criminalising of speech except in cases of incitement to violence which is already provided for ... More >>
New Zealand’s Transport In Disarray Under Labour
Friday, 25 June 2021, 12:36 pm | New Zealand National Party
News that just three months after funding was confirmed in ATAP 2021-2031 the Eastern Busway will now be delayed is just another sign that Labour can’t manage New Zealand’s transport priorities, National’s Transport spokesperson Michael Woodhouse says. ... More >>
Taxpayers Foot The Bill For Kelvin Davis Incompetence
Thursday, 24 June 2021, 6:34 pm | New Zealand National Party
Minister Kelvin Davis was missing in action during the Waikeria Riot and is now using taxpayer money to compensate those who were affected, National’s Corrections spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “We shouldn’t be having to pay anyone for the ... More >>
Labour’s Car Tax Another Tax Grab
Thursday, 24 June 2021, 3:51 pm | New Zealand National Party
Transport Minister Michael Wood has reluctantly admitted that while he plans to halt his car subsidy if too much money is paid out, he has no similar measure to make sure his policy doesn't turn into a tax grab, National’s Transport spokesperson ... More >>
