Immigration Minister Kris Faafoi’s decision to lapse and refund 50,000 temporary visa applications is further evidence his Government has no plan to reopen New Zealand up to the world post-vaccination and isn’t listening to the desperate calls from businesses for international labour, National’s Immigration spokesperson Erica
In a predictable but disappointing move Labour yesterday blocked an inquiry into the slow roll out of mental health facilities, National’s Mental Health spokesperson Matt Doocey says. “Both Labour and National have criticised how long it’s taking to get a shovel in the ground and build these 15
The Government needs to work out urgently what’s happening with Canterbury’s vaccine roll out, which is looking increasingly shambolic and slow, National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “Canterbury DHB has only carried 5544 first Covid-19 vaccination doses, well behind much smaller DHBs like Whanganui, Hawke’s
Neville Dodd President Sporting Shooters Association of New Zealand Inc. Guns are inanimate but the Government seems determined to personify them as evil as more and more pointless restrictions have been passed into law. That is the view of Neville Dodd, president of Sporting Shooters, on the new law that
The Prime Minister is all spin and no substance. She has not encountered a target she will not fail to meet nor made an announcement that will not go undelivered, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. “In Parliament today Jacinda Ardern had no answers to my questions about the
Today we accepted a petition from Lindsay Calvi-Freeman signed by nearly 15,000 people. The petition calls for the Government to reverse their decision to remove tax deductibility of interest for landlords, National’s Shadow Treasurer Andrew Bayly and Housing spokesperson Nicola Willis say. “Labour are misrepresenting interest deductibility by
Kelvin Davis Deputy Leader Labour Party Kia ora, Ra whanau ki a tatou! Today is the 105th birthday of the Labour Party. It’s a big milestone for Labour, and a great chance for all of us to come together and celebrate everything that brought Labour to where we are
dairyowners.org The Dairy and Business Owners Group is calling on retailers, restaurateurs and business owners to stand for council election in 2022 as part of a ‘business extinction rebellion.’ “You have to wonder if councillors and council managers have shares in Westfield given how they want to destroy retail
National’s Mental Health spokesperson Matt Doocey will ask the Health Select Committee to open an inquiry into the 15 new inpatient mental health facilities later this morning. “Both the Government and the Opposition have agreed that the pace of building the new mental health facilities needs to increase and
Finance Minister Grant Robertson has no plan to fix the severe labour shortage that is crippling New Zealand businesses and will see many more close their doors for good, National’s Shadow Treasurer Andrew Bayly says. “Grant Robertson is sitting by idly and watching as unpicked fruit rots on the
It is very telling that Minister of State Services Chris Hipkins, speaking on behalf of the Justice Minister, would not express confidence in the Chief Human Rights Commissioner Paul Hunt following the revelation that he donated $200 of taxpayer money to the Mongrel Mob, National’s Police spokesperson Simeon Brown
Darroch Ball Co-Leader/Spokesperson Sensible Sentencing Trust Prisoners at Wellington Women’s Prison are reportedly ‘unhappy’ with the free dinner they get because it is served to them too early. “It seems we have entered the twilight zone when we are seriously entertaining the complaints from prisoners that their free
The Government’s sheer incompetence on rolling out saliva testing is staggering, National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “In September last year the Government’s expert advisors told it to introduce saliva testing as soon as possible. Saliva testing is still a form of PCR testing, but the
Darroch Ball Co-Leader/Spokesperson Sensible Sentencing Trust Public money shouldn’t be funding a Mongrel Mob Chapter that has had several of its members arrested as part of an international drug and crime ring. The Human Rights Commissioner needs to personally pay back the $200 that was forked out from
First published 5 June 2019 A letter authored by Natural History Museum Head of Earth Sciences Prof Richard Herrington and fellow expert members of SoS MinErals (an interdisciplinary programme of NERC-EPSRC-Newton-FAPESP funded research) has today [5 June 2019] been delivered to the Committee on Climate Change The letter explains that
I am calling for the resignation of Human Rights Commissioner Paul Hunt following the news that he used taxpayer’s money to make a donation to the Mongrel Mob when he spoke at their gang pad in May, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. “It is an incredible lapse
