The Government’s announcement to open up MIQ spots for thousands of additional migrant workers is another kick in the guts for migrants already in New Zealand and waiting to reunite with their families, National’s Immigration spokesperson Erica Stanford says. “While the announcement of additional construction workers is good
After years of calling for Firearm Prohibition Orders against violent gang members to be implemented, the Government is finally listening, National’s Police spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “We still have questions regarding the Government’s proposal, such as whether its policy will include additional search powers against those who have
The Government has suddenly placed consultations with iwi on how the Department of Conservation can give better effect to the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi, on-hold following National releasing the draft recommendations last week. “Neither the Prime Minister nor the Minister of Conservation have addressed the recommendations that propose
The Government knew how long the security guard who tested positive for Covid-19 had been without a Covid test for six days before finally coming clean to New Zealanders, National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop says. Reply 14693 (2021) has been answered Portfolio: COVID-19 Response (Hon Chris Hipkins) Question:
Don Brash Hobson’s Pledge Trust hobsonspledge.nz Using flawed reasoning to give 44km of the Bay of Plenty coastal and marine area to a few private individuals and groups is not what is expected of the High Court of New Zealand, Hobson’s Pledge spokesman Don Brash said yesterday.
Dane Giraud Free Speech Union The Free Speech Union says Mighty Ape’s decision to ban books on transgender issues shows contempt towards New Zealanders and our ability to arrive at informed opinions. It has today [ 10th May] written a public letter to the company’s founder calling for the
Our public housing system is at breaking point with yet another record high number of New Zealanders waiting for a state house, National’s Housing spokesperson Nicola Willis says. The latest figures just released for the month of February show there are 23,259 people waiting for public housing, four
Roger Partridge nzinitiative.org.nz The Government’s proposal announced Friday, May 7th to impose compulsory industry-wide collective bargaining on employees and employers without their agreement or even their participation will harm everyone but unions,” said Roger Partridge, chair of The New Zealand Initiative. Partridge said The New Zealand Initiative’
The Prime Minister needs to be clear with New Zealanders about what her Government plans to do with ownership of conservation land, National Party Leader Judith Collins says. National has received a copy of draft recommendations from a recent hui where the Department of Conservation (DOC) discussed how to better
First-home buyers and taxpayers deserve answers from Housing Minister Megan Woods after the Government’s latest KiwiBuild disaster left them in the lurch, National’s Housing spokesperson Nicola Willis says. “Ormiston Rise going into receivership is a devastating blow for those first-home buyers who should have been months from moving
The Government should make senior leadership and Board members of Te Papa personally reimburse their travel to Canterbury for the funeral of a deceased leatherback turtle, National’s Arts, Culture & Heritage spokesperson Simon O’Connor says. “While it is all well and good for iwi to request the return
Darroch Ball Co-Leader/Spokesperson Sensible Sentencing Trust The fact that dangerous weapons are found during strip searches at youth justice facilities shows just how necessary they are; if these offenders don’t give them a reason to be searched, they wouldn’t have to be in the first place, says
A mere 339 saliva tests have been carried out in New Zealand’s MIQ facilities since they began in January, National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “The Government’s slowness to move on saliva testing for our border workers is staggering. “There could be up to 20,000
The upcoming Budget is an opportunity for the Government to show it does prioritise mothers and their new-borns by increasing the support available to them, National’s Social Investment spokesperson Louise Upston says. “If this Government is truly serious about improving the wellbeing of every child in New Zealand, then
The Government should change the rules around emergency accommodation to require motels to provide data about who they are housing to the Ministry of Social Development, National’s Social Development spokesperson Louise Upston says. “It’s unacceptable the Ministry of Social Development (MSD) doesn’t collect enough data around who’
Labour’s so-called Fair Pay Agreements are an ideologically-driven project without any sound analytical basis, National’s Workplace Relations spokesperson Scott Simpson says. “It is acknowledged in the Cabinet Paper that the FPA could lead directly to businesses having to cut costs by reducing staff numbers and hours or even
