National’s Economic Development spokesperson Todd McClay is calling on the Government to commit to a two-year moratorium on additional government costs on businesses as New Zealanders struggle under the weight of border closures and a slowing economy. “New Zealand is facing an unprecedented level of business closures without urgent
The Labour Government removed the early warning system for overwhelmed emergency departments when it scrapped DHB targets for waiting times, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. Data compiled by National on the length of time people spend waiting in emergency department shows the number of people waiting longer
National’s spokesperson for Covid-19 Response Chris Bishop has this evening released further details of a major IT scandal, raising serious questions about the Government’s Covid-19 vaccine roll out. “Last night I was contacted by two individuals who told me they had raised with the Minister of Health and
National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop and Immigration spokesperson Erica Stanford have written to the Government offering constructive suggestions to improve the MIQ and Emergency Allocation process in order to prevent further tragic outcomes in the future. The case of Mr Rael Kwasnik, a young man who applied twice
Just four people have been supported into jobs by the Government’s $50 million Maori Trades and Training Fund since June 2020, National’s Social Development and Employment spokesperson Louise Upston says. “Labour isn’t delivering the jobs it promised prior to the election, with its employment ‘action plans’ for
ACT Party ACT Tourism spokesperson Dr James McDowall. “Be warned, the Labour Government looks set to break more promises with Tourism Minister Stuart Nash saying in Parliament today on the potential for introducing bed taxes that would hit New Zealanders, ‘there’s a whole lot of work going on in
The National Party welcomes and affirms the joint statement from the New Zealand and Australia Foreign Ministers calling on China to grant ‘unfettered access to Xinjiang for United Nations experts, and other independent observers’, National’s Foreign Affairs spokesperson Gerry Brownlee says. “In a phone conversation with the Chinese Ambassador
ACT Party ACT Housing spokesperson Brooke van Velden “The madness of removing mortgage interest tax deductibility on rental properties is percolating through the nation, with almost 6500 people having signed ACT’s petition to abolish the bright-line test and reinstate the ability for landlords to deduct mortgage interest from their
ACT Party ACT Leader David Seymour “The Government needs to sharpen up if New Zealand is going to have any hope of surviving a multi-year pandemic,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “News that the Cook Islands bubble won’t be open before at least May shows the Government isn’t
ACT Party ACT Firearms Reform spokesperson Nicole McKee. “The Police Minister should use powers available to her under the Arms Act to protect many of the 10,000 firearms users caught up in a relicensing backlog from falling foul of the law,” says ACT Firearms Reform spokesperson Nicole McKee. “During
If Labour was serious about its housing policy it would’ve provided detail and criteria when it announced it, yet we’ve seen none of that, National’s Housing spokesperson Nicola Willis says. “The Government has announced interest costs will no longer be deductible, but hasn’t been able to
ACT Party ACT’s Climate Change Spokesperson Simon Court “The Climate Change Commission’s proposals for reducing our emissions will give massive power to government, hit Kiwis with higher costs, but fail to achieve its goal,” says ACT’s Climate Change Spokesperson Simon Court in ACT’s submission on the
Auckland Zoo Auckland Zoo is celebrating the hatching of four tiny Galápagos tortoises, the most hatched from a single clutch to date within the small Australasian zoo population of this ‘Endangered’ giant reptile – Chelonoidis vicina. The four hatchlings are the offspring of ‘young’ parents, 50-year-old mum Chippie and 49-year-old dad
A bill that will ban the importing, supply and acquisition of synthetic urine to pass a workplace drug test is to have its first reading in Parliament, MP for Waimakariri Matt Doocey says. “Drug testing in the workplace is used to keep people safe and prevent accidents and deaths. At
Police Minister Poto Williams needs to publicly denounce Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon’s comments that New Zealand’s police are racist, National’s Police spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “Meng Foon’s comments have been condemned by both the Police Commissioner and the Police Association, yet Police Minister Poto Williams
ACT Party ACT Leader David Seymour “One year on from New Zealand plunging into level four lockdown, we need some honesty about the Government’s COVID Response – it must get smarter or we’ll go broke,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “If anyone thinks the COVID show is over, I
