Food price inflation crushing Kiwis’ budgets
With food price inflation hitting even higher highs, the Government must prioritise tax relief in next week’s Budget, National finance spokesperson Nicola Willis says. The latest
Read moreWith food price inflation hitting even higher highs, the Government must prioritise tax relief in next week’s Budget, National finance spokesperson Nicola Willis says. The latest
Read moreAfter six years of high-spending and high-waste budgets, the Minister of Finance’s late and reluctant entry to the cost-saving party will be a huge let-down for
Read moreNATIONAL HAS RULED OUT COMING TO ANY ARRANGEMENT WITH TE PĀTI MĀORI IN FORMING A NATIONAL-LED GOVERNMENT AFTER THE 2023 ELECTION, NATIONAL LEADER CHRISTOPHER LUXON SAYS.
Read moreLabour has failed our most vulnerable New Zealanders and has not prioritised mental health, National’s Mental Health and Suicide Prevention spokesperson Matt Doocey says. “Labour has
Read moreThe Tourism Minister’s recent comments that New Zealand is being hit with extreme pricing from tourist operations is undermining an industry already doing it tough, National’s
Read moreLabour needs to front up and make decisions around land use in the cyclone-affected Hawke’s Bay to stop the local horticulture industry from bleeding further money,
Read moreSpending on advertising within the core public service has almost tripled since Labour took office in 2017, National’s Public Service spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “Figures compiled
Read moreThe average stay for families in emergency housing has increased nearly eightfold in the last six years and is now approaching six months, National Housing spokesperson
Read moreKiwirail must urgently explain why it has effectively shut down the Auckland rail network today, causing disruption for thousands of commuters, National's Transport spokesperson Simeon Brown
Read moreThe Government must explain how a senior minister did not know her staff actively delayed publishing critical school attendance data only to release it alongside a
Read moreLabour has failed to protect our children from preventable diseases and viruses, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. “Measles is an incredibly contagious virus that
Read moreRising interest rates are putting further strain on the financial health of New Zealanders, according to the Reserve Bank’s latest Financial Stability report, National Finance spokesperson
Read moreCyclone-hit communities will be devastated at revelations that the Government’s decisions around land use have been further delayed, National’s Cyclone Recovery spokesperson Chris Penk says. “The
Read moreOver $327 million collected by the Auckland Regional Fuel Tax is sitting idle in the Government’s bank account, while Aucklanders remain stuck in traffic that is
Read moreLabour has mismanaged the economy and New Zealanders are paying the price, with new data showing even more people are drowning in debt, National’s Finance spokesperson
Read moreLabour’s announcement that they are increasing the Ute Tax to pay for wealthy kiwis to continue to get subsidies for Teslas is a kick in the
Read moreThis year’s Census is set to be the second consecutive expensive and embarrassing census failure, National's Statistics spokesperson Simon Watts says. “This Census, which is expected
Read moreThe Government's failure to keep commuter trains operating is causing significant and unnecessary disruption throughout Wellington, National’s Transport spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “Thousands of Wellington commuters
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