National Party
Farmers short-changed by Labour yet again
Labour needs to explain why it is severely restricting the number of dairy farm workers allowed into the country for no apparent reason, National’s Immigration spokesperson
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Labour needs to explain why it is severely restricting the number of dairy farm workers allowed into the country for no apparent reason, National’s Immigration spokesperson
Read moreAndrew Little’s failure to prepare the health system for a Covid-19 outbreak has meant that planned surgery for hips, knees and cataracts have been cancelled in
Read moreThe Ministry of Health’s admission that it has a major backlog of tests will come as a surprise to no one and is emblematic of the
Read moreNational is urging the New Zealand Government to create a special humanitarian visa for wider family members of Ukrainians who have settled in New Zealand, Immigration
Read moreThe Government should expel the Russian Ambassador to New Zealand, recall our own top diplomat from Moscow and then pass an autonomous sanctions bill so we
Read moreTravellers entering New Zealand should be able to enter the community immediately provided they have a negative Covid test on arrival, Opposition Leader Christopher Luxon says.
Read moreThe High Court’s decision that vaccine mandates for police officers and defence force personnel are unlawful and not justified must be a wake-up call for the
Read moreThe Government must speedily pass legislation allowing New Zealand to stand with our traditional partners in defence of our values, National’s Foreign Affairs Gerry Brownlee says.
Read moreThe Government’s approach to child poverty reduction has failed and they need to urgently change tack, National’s Child Poverty Reduction spokesperson Louise Upston says. “In 2017
Read moreThe Government has failed to prepare New Zealand for the move to Phase 3 with still nowhere near enough rapid antigen tests for everyone to be
Read moreWith inflation at 5.9 per cent, today’s interest rate rise of 0.25 per cent is simply the Reserve Bank doing its job, National’s Finance spokesperson Simon
Read moreNational is launching a campaign to demand that the Government allow pharmacies and supermarkets to sell rapid antigen tests, Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “Rapid
Read more“On Saturday afternoon I had an unfortunate accident where I fell from a platform, breaking both arms and sustaining spinal and rib fractures. “Since arriving at
Read moreNational Leader Christopher Luxon says Tim van de Molen will be taking leave from work to focus on his recovery from a recent accident. “I have
Read moreThe effects of the Government’s failure to support legislation to create an autonomous sanctions regime have never been starker, National’s Foreign Affairs spokesperson Gerry Brownlee says.
Read moreSchools across the country are on the verge of shutting due to staff being forced to self-isolate yet the Government remains more focused on spin over
Read moreThe Delta outbreak exposed Andrew Little’s failure to resource ICUs, and now Omicron is exposing his failure to resource general hospital beds, National’s Health spokesperson Dr
Read moreThe Government has left Kiwi tourism towns to fend for themselves while the first plane load of international visitors arrives in Australia, National’s Tourism spokesperson Todd
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