12 Jul 2023National PartyChaotic courts a billion-dollar shambles“The Labour government is now pouring more than a billion dollars of taxpayers’ money per year into the court system, while its outcomes remain as badRead more
10 Jul 2023National PartyNo resource consents for winter grazingFarmers and their stock have been caught in a stressful bureaucratic nightmare created by Labour, National’s Agriculture spokesperson Todd McClay says. “As part of Labour’s regulatoryRead more
10 Jul 2023National PartyMin of Health contracts raise new conflict questionsRevelations that the immediate family of a senior Minister has received at least a quarter of a million dollars from a ministry for which he hadRead more
9 Jul 2023National PartyAuckland’s roading repair backlog hits 1000kmAround 1000 kilometres of Auckland’s roading network is due for repairs, with Labour’s mismanagement likely to impact New Zealand’s largest city for the next decade, National’sRead more
7 Jul 2023National PartyLabour ignored rules on half-billion IT contractLabour ignored its own procurement rules in awarding a half a billion-dollar IT contract for Three Waters in an effort to save time, only to delayRead more
7 Jul 2023National PartyNational will deliver for Dunedin HospitalA National government will build the hospital Dunedin needs, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti and List MP based in Dunedin Michael Woodhouse say. “If electedRead more
7 Jul 2023National Party$10 million wasted on temporary back room staff An eye-watering $10 million bill for temporary back office staff at the Ministry of Education is unacceptable and demonstrates Labour's tolerance of wasteful spending, National’s EducationRead more
7 Jul 2023National PartyEQC assessments at a snail’s paceThe Labour government needs to move much faster to help the thousands of flood and cyclone-affected residents who have now been waiting months for answers onRead more
6 Jul 2023National PartyTe Pūkenga staff kept in the darkPoor communication from management is keeping Te Pūkenga staff in the dark about job losses at the mega-polytechnic, National’s Tertiary Education spokesperson Penny Simmonds says. “ItRead more
6 Jul 2023National PartyLabour’s mortgage heartbreakNew polling shows Labour’s economic mismanagement is wreaking havoc on New Zealanders, with tens of thousands being forced to consider selling their home, National’s Finance spokespersonRead more
6 Jul 2023National PartyLabour’s science curriculum a failure in the makingLabour’s new science curriculum will have a detrimental impact on student outcomes and achievement and should be scrapped right now, National’s Education spokesperson Erica Stanford says.Read more
5 Jul 2023National PartyLabour blows the booksLabour’s failure to manage the economy is translating into to more debt and bigger deficits, National's Finance spokesperson Nicola Willis says. “Treasury’s ‘Interim Financial Statements ofRead more
5 Jul 2023National PartyNew medical school will deliver more doctorsNational will deliver more doctors by creating a medical school at the University of Waikato and increasing medical school placements, National Leader Christopher Luxon says. “TheRead more
4 Jul 2023National PartyMore Kāinga Ora staff than KiwiBuild housesOn KiwiBuild’s fifth birthday there are still more Kāinga Ora staff members than KiwiBuild houses built, National’s Housing spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “Labour came to officeRead more
4 Jul 2023National PartyMore mortgage misery Labour’s economic mismanagement has plunged New Zealanders into more mortgage misery, with new data showing even more people struggling to keep up, National’s Finance spokesperson NicolaRead more
4 Jul 2023National PartyLabour is desperate to distract on healthAfter six years of failure leading to the current health workforce crisis, the best Labour can offer is half-baked announcements, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane RetiRead more
2 Jul 2023National PartyLabour failing home schooled childrenEducation Minister Jan Tinetti revealed on Q&A this morning that Labour is completely in the dark about the standard of education the thousands of young peopleRead more
