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National Launches Campaign to End MIQ

National Launches Campaign to End MIQ

The time has come to end the lottery of human misery that is MIQ, says National’s Covid Response spokesperson Chris Bishop. We have today launched a new petition so that Kiwis on and offshore can tell the Government in no uncertain terms that it’s time to end MIQ.

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PM Must Rule Out Summer Holiday ‘Timeshares’

PM Must Rule Out Summer Holiday ‘Timeshares’

In a round of confusing media appearances yesterday, the Government piled yet more needless uncertainty on long-suffering Aucklanders by suggesting families will be allocated timeslots to be allowed to leave the city over summer. It seems everyone except the Government can see that this idea is unworkable and ridiculous,” says

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Jacinda the Grinch Comes for Christmas

Jacinda the Grinch Comes for Christmas

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s admission on radio yesterday that the hard border around Auckland is set to remain in place over summer to unvaccinated people proves she’s prepared play The Grinch in order to mask her Government’s failures, says Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins. Speaking to

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Select Committee Farewells Biology on Birth Certificates
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Select Committee Farewells Biology on Birth Certificates

Bob McCoskrie National Director Family First The Governance and Administration Select Committee has confirmed its support for a law change that will deem birth certificates completely meaningless. Birth certificates will be based on the choice or even choices of the person, and no medical evidence will be required for the

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Public – Not Gangsters – Warned over Mob Tangi

Another gang funeral procession in Porirua today has seen the Police hand over public roads to gangs once again, says National’s Police spokesperson Simeon Brown. Instead of warning the gangs to follow the law, Police have instead warned the public to avoid most areas of Porirua this afternoon because

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Government’s Schoolkids’ Mental Health Failure Demands Answers

Government’s Schoolkids’ Mental Health Failure Demands Answers

The Government must front up and explain why its $75.8 million initiative to put more guidance counsellors in schools to cope with increasing mental health issues among children has seemingly achieved nothing, says National’s Mental Health and Suicide Prevention spokesperson Matt Doocey. I have been approached by school

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Government Just Got Messier

Government Just Got Messier

Exhausted Aucklanders entering their 12th week in lockdown will be even more confused by yesterday’s messy and illogical announcement of yet further announcements to come about their future, says Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins. Aucklanders are broken. They’re tired, grumpy and worried for their city’s future.

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Government’s Vaccine Deceit a Disgrace

Government’s Vaccine Deceit a Disgrace

Revelations that the Government used PR spin to deceive New Zealanders and mask its failure in securing the Covid vaccine is a disgrace, says Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins. That the Government started funding expensive spin doctors three months before it bothered to fund anyone to negotiate to buy

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COVID Is Not Killing Us, Control Is Killing Us!
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COVID Is Not Killing Us, Control Is Killing Us!

Freedom & Right Coalition Team Today, the New Zealand Police have arrested our MC who entertained and hosted last Saturday’s protest picnic and march at the Auckland Domain. He has now been released from custody and both he and one other male will appear in court before a judge

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Vaccinate or Starve?

Vaccinate or Starve?

Ken Orr Spokesperson Right to Life N.Z. Inc. The actions of the Labour government are an increasing threat to the human rights of New Zealanders. It is the duty of the state to protect the human rights of all New Zealanders from conception to natural death. Right to Life

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New Data Reveals State House Waiting Time Explosion
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New Data Reveals State House Waiting Time Explosion

The most at-risk New Zealanders are waiting nearly three times longer for a state house, and Labour scrapped the target to house them quicker, National’s Housing spokesperson Nicola Willis says. Data she has obtained through written questions shows that the average time to house Priority A applicants has gone

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Royal Commission into Delta Preparation Required

Royal Commission into Delta Preparation Required

The time has now come for a Royal Commission into the Government’s clear lack of preparation for Delta and the move to a suppression strategy, says Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins. News reports during the past week indicate the Government only began planning for a Delta outbreak in

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Takin’ it to the Streets

Takin’ it to the Streets

The Freedoms & Rights Coalition Team In Auckland yesterday thousands took to the streets yelling “Jacinda Out!” and “Power to the People!” This march followed a peaceful picnic protest at the Auckland Domain where crowds swelled to around 15,000 people. The scenes that played out yesterday remind you of

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MIQ Hotel All but Empty While Kiwis Stuck Offshore

It is unbelievable that the Wellington Grand Mercure MIQ hotel had a grand total of just one guest for a week while over 100 rooms in the hotel remained empty, National’s Covid-19 spokesperson Chris Bishop says. This is a massive slap in the face for the tens of thousands

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$14 Billion for a Tram Is Economic Lunacy
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$14 Billion for a Tram Is Economic Lunacy

The quiet announcement by Minister Michael Wood today that the much-awaited trundling tram to the airport will cost $14 billion shows it is nothing but economic lunacy, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins and National’s Transport spokesperson David Bennett say. “Jacinda Ardern’s first announcement as Labour Leader was

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National Halts Labour’s Local Government Power Grab

National Halts Labour’s Local Government Power Grab

National has forced the Government to back down on an electoral power grab buried in a Covid bill. “The Government proposed to give itself the power to repeatedly delay local body elections through a change hidden quietly in the Covid Response (Management Measures) Legislation Bill,” says National’s Local Government

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