After 18 months of nearly daily press conferences, the Prime Minister has decided that at the very time case numbers are rising and spreading to other regions, she and her team will no longer front, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. New Zealanders will be unsettled by the news
The Ministry of Health’s decision to go to court rather than handing over patient data to Maori health providers to help them lift Covid vaccination rates among Maori is an embarrassment, says National’s Whanau Ora spokesperson Harete Hipango. I support Whanau Ora Commissioning Agency’s chief executive John
Andrew Little did not add one single resourced ICU bed to Auckland’s three district health boards in the almost 18 months since the end of the first Covid lockdown last year, says National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti. Ministerial answers show Auckland ICU, the biggest in the country,
The Government should move heaven and earth to make sure schools reopen in Auckland on October 18, National’s Education spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. Auckland students have endured seven weeks out of the classroom, they need to get back to school after the holidays. Unlike other countries, the Government has
The National Party is on board to take part in the Super Saturday vaccination drive on October 16th, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. In our own Covid-19 plan ‘Opening Up’ we outline the importance of pulling out all the stops to get as many Kiwis vaccinated as possible
The Government’s penchant to cuddle up to gangs has been laid out for all to see as Waikato Mongrel Mob President Sonny Fatu was given an ‘Essential Worker’ exemption and allowed to travel across the Auckland boundary, National’s Police spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “Over the past few weeks,
Brian Tamaki The Freedoms & Rights Coalition Team Yesterday, I had a visit from two officers from the New Zealand Police at my home informing me that I was to be charged with two offences under the ever-changing laws passed by the government now known as the COVID-19 Public Health
Conserve NZ It seems that many people want to hold faith leaders Brian Tamaki and Peter Mortlock accountable for backing protests that they consider to be potential “super spreaders” of Covid-19. So if people see this as a justifiable position, then there is another public figure who needs to also
News from Merck that their antiviral pill, Molnupiravir, reduces the chances that patients newly diagnosed with Covid-19 will be hospitalised by about 50 per cent is incredibly encouraging and should prompt the New Zealand Government to urgently contract for this drug and other next generation Covid treatments, National’s Covid-19
The Government’s incoherent and timid approach to the Covid pandemic shows it lacks the courage required to make tough decisions for the benefit of New Zealand, says Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins. “Yesterday’s announcement confirms what most New Zealanders – especially Aucklanders – have come to learn only too
Ted Johnson New Conservative Justice Spokesman New Conservative states that the NZ Labour government’s plans to require vaccinations for employment and access to public and private facilities and amenities is an injust and unnecessary attack on our freedoms. It robs us of our freedom of choice. We have a
The spread of Covid into the Waikato and increasing numbers of unlinked cases is all the proof needed to confirm Level 3 in Auckland is not containing the virus in line with the Government’s elimination strategy and a new approach is urgently required, says Leader of the Opposition Judith
The Government’s backdown on the inconceivable $785 million cycle bridge and their decision to instead prioritise the Eastern Busway is an overdue win for East Aucklanders, ratepayers and common sense, Botany MP Christopher Luxon and Pakuranga MP Simeon Brown say. “National has consistently called on the Government to scrap
Helen Houghton New Conservative Spokeswoman New Conservative is concerned that the High Court has upheld the requirement of doctors to cooperate in the killing of unborn children against their will. This relates to the recent decision by Justice Rebecca Ellis in the case of the New Zealand Health Professionals Alliance
Yesterday there was yet another breach of lockdown restrictions in Auckland by gang members. It is demoralising for the more than 1.7 million Aucklanders who have diligently adhered to public health instructions and stayed home, to see others flouting the rules so brazenly, National’s Police spokesperson Simeon Brown
The removal of the subsequent child policy yesterday demonstrates Labour has given up on supporting many New Zealand families to achieve financial independence, says National’s Social Development and Employment spokesperson Louise Upston. “The subsequent child policy was one of many tools National introduced in 2012 to support parents of
