ACT Party ACT Health spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “Pharmaceutical funding was totally absent from today’s health review, and that’s about where it is in this Government’s priorities,” according to ACT Health spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “The Government will, of course, point to the Pharmac review announced earlier
Green Party Green Party spokesperson for Social Development & Employment Ricardo Menéndez March. Research released today reinforces the need for significant changes to our social safety net, the Green Party says. “Everyone deserves to live with dignity, but our current social safety net doesn’t do enough for our most
Replacing all District Health Boards across the country will see our regions and smaller communities lose their voice and their autonomy, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. “Our regions know what works for them when it comes to keeping their communities healthy, and that isn’t always having
ACT Party ACT Leader David Seymour. “Information uncovered by the ACT Party has led the Auditor-General to deem the Government’s Ihumatao purchase ‘unlawful,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Grant Robertson illegally spent taxpayer money to solve a political problem created by Jacinda Ardern. “ACT has always said this
The Auditor-General has confirmed the Labour Government unlawfully used millions of taxpayer dollars to settle the Ihumatao land dispute. In response to a letter from National’s Housing spokesperson Nicola Willis, written in March, the Auditor-General has confirmed today that the $30 million deal to buy the disputed
Any moves to muzzle elected District Health Board members from commenting honestly on the Government’s health system restructure should not be allowed to happen, National’s Deputy Leader and Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. “I’m very concerned to hear some elected DHB members feel the new code
Free Speech Coalition The Free Speech Coalition is calling on the Public Service Commissioner Peter Hughes to revoke new rules which came into effect on Monday which apply rules of political neutrality onto DHB members – including those elected by the public. “Requiring politicians to act in a ‘politically impartial manner’
ACT Party ACT Leader David Seymour “The Prime Minister yesterday told her weekly press conference she was “disheartened” the ACT Party doesn’t want to engage with the Government over its proposed Hate Speech Laws, despite ACT writing to the Justice Minister and agreeing for the caucus to meet with
Labour’s celebratory social media posts touting a “record 32,880 people moved into work” are disingenuous and only tell one part of the story, National’s Social Development & Employment spokesperson Louise Upston says. “What Labour aren’t telling us, is that more people were put on a benefit
National is pleased a solution has finally been found for some of the migrants split from their families after the Government forced them to endure more than a year of distress and uncertainty, National’s Immigration spokesperson Erica Stanford says. “News that many migrants, including our critical nurses and health
ACT Party ACT Leader David Seymour “ACT welcomes the news that migrant families who have been cruelly separated for far too long will be reunited, but 1500 empty MIQ rooms shows there’s no reason both them and desperately needed workers can’t be here now,” says ACT Leader David
Green Party Dr Elizabeth Kerekere During Waitangi this year the Green Party’s Te Matawaka caucus announced their priority for an independent Maori Health Authority. We have heard the call from Tangata Whenua wanting any authority to be independent, and properly resourced. “For too long Maori have not received the
ACT Party ACT Leader David Seymour “The Government’s proposed Hate Speech Laws mean someone could spend longer in jail for having an unpopular opinion than assaulting a child, male assaults female, participating in a riot and common assault,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “A cabinet paper released last week
With gangs trying to take control of New Zealand’s largest city, it’s time to get tough on organised crime, National’s Police spokesperson Simeon Brown says. The National Party has launched a petition calling on the Government to introduce Firearm Prohibition Orders (FPOs) immediately. The law change would
The Government needs to explain why it’s allowing DHBs to discharge our elderly people from hospital in the middle of the night, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. In January alone, 156 patients aged 80 years and older were discharged from hospital between 1 am and 8
ACT Party ACT Leader David Seymour. “A Ministry of Health graph drawn by a graphic designer with no data to inform it is the perfect metaphor for this Government, all spin and no substance,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Like most things with this government, they present a nice picture
