The many thousands of jobs Jacinda Ardern’s Government promised New Zealanders its initiatives would create looks more like a pipedream than reality, National’s Employment spokesperson Louise Upston says. “The Government promised 20,000 jobs would be created as a result of its shovel-ready projects. But through Written Parliamentary
The Government should be much further down the road towards reconnecting New Zealand with the Pacific Islands than it currently is, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. “I’m pleased the Cook Islands travel bubble finally has a start date, but the time it took to figure out quarantine-free
The Prime Minister’s continued refusal to state her view on recommendations in the He Puapua report is a worrying sign for the future of the country, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. He Puapua sets out a roadmap to co-governance between the Crown and Maori by 2040. It
Darroch Ball Co-Leader/Spokesperson Sensible Sentencing Trust It hardly seems believable that government minister Marama Davidson would attend a ‘gangland get-together’ and have a conversation about how hard done by and picked-on gangs are, says Darroch Ball co-leader of Sensible Sentencing Trust. “It can now be no surprise we have
Reports the Sir Brian Roche group hasn’t provided any formal advice to the Government in relation to the recent positive Covid-19 cases at the Grand Millennium rightly begs the question, what is the point of the group, National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “In answers to Written
Darroch Ball Co-Leader/Spokesperson Sensible Sentencing Trust Sentence discounts for serious and violent offences must end, says Sensible Sentencing Trust. “New Zealand’s justice system has completely lost its compass, now seeing regular cases of innocent people losing their lives at the hands of others and their killers walking free,
Marama Davidson Green Party Co-leader The Green Party is launching its Reasonable Rents campaign to start a national conversation about the high cost of rents for the more than 1.4 million Kiwis who live in a rental home. “We all deserve a warm, affordable and accessible place to call
Figures obtained by the National Party show the number of grants to cover emergency or essential payments for benefit recipients have skyrocketed under the Labour Government, National’s Social Development and Employment spokesperson Louise Upston says. The total number of Advance Payment of Benefit applications and grants from March 2016
The Government has shown its true colours when it comes to gangs, with its Ministers now openly championing them as advocates for justice, National’s Police spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “It’s astonishing that a Government Minister, Marama Davidson, and the Chief Human Rights Commissioner Paul Hunt accepted an invitation
National is calling on Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to reveal where she stands on the report Labour commissioned, which proposes separate Maori authority across multiple layers of government and discusses constitutional change, such as a Maori Parliament. National has obtained a full, unredacted version of He Puapua – a report commissioned
Rural communities across the country will lose out under Labour’s radical health restructure, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. “National believes our health system should fundamentally be based around need, those who have the greatest need receive the greatest resources. “New Zealand’s rural communities are an
Jordan Williams Free Speech Coalition Responding to the judgement of the Court of Appeal on the Free Speech Coalition’s legal action against Regional Facilities Auckland Ltd, Coalition spokesperson Jordan Williams says: “Today’s judgement represents a significant improvement on that made by the High Court.” “We won on the
Dr David Law The New Zealand Initiative The Government’s recent housing package announcement primarily focused on measures to dampen housing demand, particularly from those who provide rental accommodation services, rather than the key drivers of inadequate housing supply. Focusing on these measures is likely to have little effect on
Officials cast serious doubt over the effectiveness of the Government’s housing package in the months before its announcement, questioning whether it would increase the supply of housing and outlined its dire impact on the lives of renters, National’s Housing spokesperson Nicola Willis says. “The advice from officials shows
Labour walking back its commitment to transport projects across the country is further proof it will say anything to get elected, but won’t actually deliver it, National’s Transport spokesperson Michael Woodhouse says. Labour announced a number of transport projects as part of the New Zealand Upgrade Programme, many
National is calling on the Government to let New Zealanders have more of a say on whether they want a Maori Health Authority, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. “The Government has stated that it has a te Tiriti obligation to segregate healthcare in New Zealand, dividing us into
