Refund RUC charges on Nelson Fires Hay Convoy
Road User Charges incurred by trucking companies and smaller operators transporting hay to farmers in Nelson should be refunded, says National’s South Island Regional Development spokesperson Andrew Falloon. “Over the...
High Country farmers face more uncertainty, costs
Details of the Government’s plan to end tenure review show some farmers will have wasted time and money on the regime and all farmers on Crown pastoral land will face...
National MPs condemn terrorist attack in India
National MPs Todd McClay and Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi have condemned the recent terrorist attack in India. “We are deeply saddened by this senseless terror attack in Pulwama, India, in which...
Jones gives soft loan to hot pools, Kiwis take bath
A $7.5 million loan from Shane Jones to privately owned luxury hot pools in Methven leaves more serious questions hanging over the Provincial Growth Fund, National’s Economic and Regional Development...
KiwiBuild starving private builders
Housing Minister Phil Twyford’s pet housing project KiwiBuild is not only unlikely to reach any targets set, but those houses it does deliver will be at the expense of houses...
Examination of cause of sterilisation failure vital
The Hawke’s Bay DHB must undertake a detailed, transparent review of the cause of the sterilisation failure which led to at least 55 patients having inadequately sterilised surgical equipment used...
Another broken promise
Transport Minister Phil Twyford confirmed today that the Government has no intention of keeping Jacinda Ardern’s campaign promise to build light rail from Wynyard Quarter to Mt Roskill within four...
Further evidence of weakening economic outlook
The Reserve Bank has added to the body of evidence that the New Zealand economy is losing momentum under this Government’s anti-growth policies, National’s Finance spokesperson Amy Adams says. “The...
Regions will suffer under centralisation of training
The Government’s proposed reform of vocational education will strip power from regional New Zealand and hand all of it to Wellington bureaucrats, National’s Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment spokesperson Shane...
Government badly lets down our most vulnerable
The annual Salvation Army State of the Nation report shows that a Government which claims to make the wellbeing of children and families its top priority is failing them miserably,...