The Government should be focusing on making sure our kids are at school and learning, rather than have them discuss their white privilege, National’s Education spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. “Discussions around race and inequality are important and we should be having them. “But making young children discuss their ‘white
The Government is advancing plans to transfer 50 per cent of publicly-owned water assets in the South Island to Ngai Tahu ownership, National Leader Judith Collins says. Last Monday, the Department of Internal Affairs presented the Government’s preferred option for Three Waters reform to 23 mayors and South Island
Darroch Ball Co-Leader/Spokesperson Sensible Sentencing Trust New Zealand needs stronger laws that hold baby bashers to account, sentences that will lock offenders up and provide justice for the young defenceless victims, says Darroch Ball co-leader of Sensible Sentencing Trust. “The latest Hamilton assault leaving a three-week old baby with
Labour is far too focused on pushing people out of cars and isn’t taking into account that private vehicles will always be used by Kiwis, National’s Transport spokesperson Michael Woodhouse says. Proposals floated to make the transport sector net carbon zero by 2050 include reducing the number of
Almost three years after announcing its ‘Just Transition’ plan to help those people who were hurt by Labour’s short-sighted decision to ban oil and gas exploration, the Government hasn’t delivered on it, National’s Energy & Resources spokesperson Barbara Kuriger says. “Since cancelling any future oil and gas
Embassy of Israel in New Zealand * Israel is protecting its citizens from a wave of terrorism instigated by Hamas. Israel has taken steps to restrain and de-escalate the situation for a number of weeks. These steps have been answered by a wave of rockets and acts of terrorism from the
Labour has voted against an inquiry that would look into how banks and government agencies are making sure vulnerable people are still able to manage their financial affairs independently, despite moves to stop accepting cheques, National’s Treasurer Andrew Bayly says. “We have heard from numerous organisations that as many
Embassy of Israel in New Zealand Israel is currently experiencing a wave of large-scale terrorism, which is targeting major metropolitan areas throughout the country. No country would tolerate such extreme terrorism and aggression against its sovereignty and citizens. Israel has the right and the responsibility to defend its citizens. Israel
ACT Leader and Epsom MP David Seymour ACT Party ACT Leader and Epsom MP David Seymour will this weekend hold a rally to save the Laura Fergusson Trust. “The Laura Fergusson Trust has been a saviour for young disabled people for five decades. It has been somewhere for young people
Reducing child poverty was a flagship promise by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern but the latest report shows that once again her Government has failed to deliver on its promises, National’s spokesperson for Children Dr Shane Reti says. “A government report shows there has been no measurable change in housing
Teanau Tuiono Green Party Green Party MP Teanau Tuiono walked out of the House yesterday in support of Te Pati Maori, who call for debate in the House about kaupapa Maori to include Maori voices. “We continuously see and hear the National Party deliberately inciting racist debates in the House.
Of the 231 shovel-ready projects Infrastructure Minister Grant Robertson announced to much fanfare last year, only one project has been completed, National’s Infrastructure spokesperson Andrew Bayly says. “It has been has been 12 months since the shovel-ready infrastructure projects were announced. By most normal definitions of the words shovel-ready,
David Seymour ACT Leader The Government needs to start looking at evidence and data before it rushes out a policy that is nothing more than a marketing campaign. The Waikato Times has revealed that up to 1500 lunches from Labour’s free school lunches programme are going to waste each
Since 2017 the Government has wasted $35 million of taxpayer money on light rail and has nothing to show for it, National’s Transport spokesperson Michael Woodhouse says. “The Government has spent millions of dollars on a project that can’t even get off the drawing board. But that’s
The Government that said it would be the most open and transparent ever has once again done the exact opposite, National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop says. After the debacle of last month’s Health Select Committee hearing which saw it filled with endless explanations about the end-to-end user
Teanau Tuiono Green Party MP A successful hikoi in Manawatu has challenged the decision by the Manawatu District Council to defer introducing Maori Wards to 2024. “Today I walked with iwi, hapu and whanau from across the Manawatu to protest against Manawatu District Council deferring of Maori wards to 2024”
