Minister ignores pleas to tell the truth
Source: National Party Health Minister David Clark ignored repeated pleas to tell the truth about Counties Manukau DHB and to clear their names from public servants whose reputation he had unfairly damaged, National’s MP for Botany Jami-Lee Ross says. “This come after last week’s release of a damning voicemail where Dr Clark tried to silence […]
Read More →Law and Order targets sent to waste paper bin
Source: National Party The Government’s pledge to put fewer people in prison is already starting to bite, as it drops previous targets aimed at solving more crime and keeping New Zealanders safe, National’s Police spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “Police Minister Stuart Nash has confirmed to Parliament’s Justice committee that the Government has formally dropped two […]
Read More →Government driving land into foreign ownership
Source: National Party The Government’s backward and ill-thought through changes to overseas investment regulations are having a perverse effect and driving more land into the hands of overseas investors, National’s Spokesperson for Viticulture Stuart Smith says. “Forestry is getting an easy pass under the Overseas Investment Act which allows for significant foreign investment in land. […]
Read More →Govt must take opportunity to fix broken LGOIMA
Source: National Party The escalating transparency issues at Auckland Council are a sign that the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act is broken, and central Government must take steps towards reform by supporting National MP Denise Lee’s Member’s Bill that would strengthen Councillors ability to access Official Information. Ms Lee, who is National’s Local […]
Read More →Green Party abandoning its ‘principles’
Source: National Party Green Party voters are feeling rightfully ripped off after Land Information Minister Eugenie Sage’s extraordinary U-turn to allow an overseas bottling plant to purchase more land to expand their operation, National’s Land Information Spokesperson David Bennett says. “This U-turn becomes more extraordinary when you consider that Ms Sage used that very bottling […]
Read More →Tourists latest target for Labour’s new taxes
Source: National Party Labour has turned its tax sights on tourists with its proposal to impose new taxes up to $35 each on visitors coming to New Zealand, National’s Tourism Spokesperson Todd McClay says. “There is no reason to make New Zealand a less attractive destination when it is already expensive to get here,” says […]
Read More →Speech to Fieldays on climate change
Source: National Party Thank you for having me here. My time as Economic Development Minister underlined for me the importance of the primary sector and regional New Zealand. There can be a lot of talk from politicians about diversification away from primary industries – moving away from farming into areas like IT and finance. Promoting […]
Read More →National calls for common ground on climate policy
Source: National Party Today in a keynote speech at the 50th Annual Agricultural Fieldays Opposition Leader Simon Bridges has taken a significant step toward a bipartisan approach to climate change policy. “Today I have written to the Prime Minister and Minister for Climate Change offering to work with them to establish an independent, non-political Climate […]
Read More →Govt has no plan for solving emerging energy gap
Source: National Party The Government has confirmed it has little idea on how to solve the emerging energy challenges, in spite of its plan to phase down non-renewable electricity generation around the country, National’s Energy and Resources spokesperson Jonathan Young says. “The Government has promised to make New Zealand carbon neutral by 2050, including by […]
Read More →Did Minister offer jobs in exchange for silence?
Source: National Party Health Minister David Clark has attempted to gag public servants, appearing to offer them jobs in return for their silence, National’s MP for Botany Jami-Lee Ross says. “In a voicemail obtained by National, Dr Clark offers to consider former Counties Manukau District Health Board chairman Rabin Rabindran for further appointments while at […]
Read More →Curran avoids select committee questions
Source: National Party Broadcasting Minister Clare Curran refused to answer crucial questions about her portfolio at select committee today leaving the committee at a loss to know what is happening in the area, National’s Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media spokesperson Melissa Lee says. “The Minister’s plans for Radio New Zealand and RNZ+ have been the […]
Read More →Davis’ school conflicts raise serious questions
Source: National Party National’s Education spokesperson Nikki Kaye says the extraordinary admission by Kelvin Davis that he will not answer questions regarding the impact of his Government’s policies on young Māori raises more serious questions about the Government’s handling of partnership schools. “There are close to 800 young Māori in partnership schools that have been […]
Read More →Clumsy and chaotic Kelvin clutching at straws
Source: National Party The incompetent and bumbling Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis is being forced to sell a lie that National’s plans for Waikeria Prison were like a ‘US-style mega prison’ but is failing miserably to do it convincingly, National’s Corrections Spokesperson David Bennett says. “Perhaps Mr Davis gets as nervous in the House as he […]
Read More →Indecent assault not violent, according to Little
Source: National Party In a remarkable admission today, Justice Minister Andrew Little has dismissed an indecent assault on a Corrections Officer as ‘not violent’, National’s Justice Spokesperson Mark Mitchell says. “When asked to provide an example of a non-violent offence, Mr Little referenced an indecent assault case in 2016 where a prisoner with a long […]
Read More →Arrogant Nash doesn’t bother to read official advice
Source: National Party The Ardern-Peters Government is playing Russian Roulette with public safety as it continues to make a mess of law and order, with Police Minister Stuart Nash admitting today that he doesn’t bother to read official advice, National’s Police Spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “In an extraordinary performance before the Justice Select Committee this […]
Read More →PM again misleads New Zealanders
Source: National Party The Prime Minister has again misled New Zealanders, this time breaking her promise that one of regional New Zealand’s most important roading projects would not be affected by the Government’s transport changes, National’s Transport spokesperson, Jami-Lee Ross says. “New Zealanders were told just months ago by Jacinda Ardern and Transport Minister Phil […]
Read More →Jones defies powerless PM again
Source: National Party Shane Jones’ defiance of the Prime Minister over repeatedly calling for the resignation or sacking of company leaders is a major test of her leadership, National’s Economic Development spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. “New Zealand First is in open defiance of the Prime Minister, with her Deputy suing her own Government and her […]
Read More →More hypocrisy from Government & Greens
Source: National Party The hypocrisy of the Government has been thrown into sharp relief today with Land Information Minister Eugenie Sage unable to justify her party’s about face on sensitive land sales to foreigners for water bottling, National’s Land Information spokesperson David Bennett says. “Just prior to last year’s election Ms Sage promised that in […]
Read More →PM needs to rein in motor mouth Jones
Source: National Party The time has come for the Prime Minister to step in and discipline her Regional Economic Development Minister who repeatedly seeks publicity by attacking business leaders, National’s Regional Economic Development spokesperson Paul Goldsmith said today. “Business confidence in New Zealand is plummeting and the reasons for that are mounting. “The Government’s low […]
Read More →Twyford gives meth users free rein in HNZ homes
Source: National Party The Government’s ‘no-eviction’ policy for bad social housing tenants is likely to see Kiwibuild first-home buyers in developments with anti-social neighbours and no course of action to move them on, National’s Housing Spokesperson Judith Collins says. “Hard-working New Zealanders buying their own home don’t expect to have to put up with anti-social […]
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