Lisa Martin Public and Digital Diplomacy Embassy of Israel in New Zealand Coronavirus knows no borders, as has become all too clear, and countries the world over are all facing the same challenges to public health and their economies. From the outset of the pandemic, Israel emerged as a leading
ACT Party “Labour must stop seeing employers as the enemy and avoid doing further harm to the productive sector,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Government was told its latest minimum wage hike will have a ‘disproportionately large’ negative impact on the number of jobs created over the coming year.
ACT Party “The Government must take the recent surge in gang violence seriously and should start by stripping gang members of firearms licences,” says ACT’s Firearms Law Reform spokesperson Nicole McKee. “Over the past few years, the number of gang members has increased by a third, and there’s
ACT Party “The Government must reconsider waiting for Medsafe approval before making COVID vaccines available, in light of the new more contagious COVID strain sweeping the world,” says ACT Leader David Seymour “We’ve got used to feeling a bit invincible as an island nation on a pandemic planet, this
ACT Party “Now more than ever a risk-weighted approach to managing incoming travellers is required to ensure we don’t experience another serious Covid-19 outbreak,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Rapid spread of a new ultra-virulent strain of Covid-19 in the UK and Europe is resulting in active risk mitigation
ACT Party “Labour must stop seeing employers as the enemy and avoid doing further harm to the productive sector,” says ACT’s Small Business spokesperson Chris Baillie. “The Government was told its latest minimum wage hike will have a ‘disproportionately large’ negative impact on the number of jobs created over
National Party While many families across the country will be looking forward to the summer break, the number of people on a benefit is a stark reminder that many Kiwis are struggling to make ends meet and are anxious to find work, National’s Social Development spokesperson Louise Upston says.
ACT Party “The Government’s vaccine rollout mustn’t take the same blinkered approach to the COVID-19 response it did earlier this year, which saw private facilities largely ignored, especially those who provide aged care,” says ACT Health spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “This led to unnecessary suffering in our aged
ACT party “The Government has chosen voodoo economics over proven economic realities by arbitrarily increasing the minimum wage to $20 an hour, a decision it admits could result in as many as 9000 fewer jobs being created next year,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Workplace Relations Minister Michael Wood says
ACT Party “The Prime Minister has empowered radicals who threatened to disturb the peace and rewarded them with the gift of someone else’s property,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Buying Fletcher Building out of Ihumatao has formalised Jacinda Ardern’s worst decision as Prime Minister. “It is the equivalent
National Party The Government will open a Pandora’s Box if it spends even a single cent of taxpayer money on cleaning up the mess it made at Ihumatao, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. “The Ihumatao situation is a problem of Jacinda Ardern’s own making, and taxpayers
ACT Party “It should shock people that a managed isolation booking system was developed that allowed people to book more rooms than they need, leaving multiple rooms empty while New Zealanders are desperate to return home,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “But actually it won’t surprise anyone, so used
ACT Party “Reports that the Cabinet will today rubber stamp the Government buying Fletcher Building out of Ihumatao is a terrible step toward formalising Jacinda Ardern’s worst decision as Prime Minister,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “If you own land and someone squats on it, the Prime Minister won’
ACT Party “Labour’s failure to ease the housing crisis is creating a new aristocracy,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The national median house price hit $749,000 in November, 41.3 percent higher than when Labour took office. “This is the greatest transfer of wealth from poor to rich
ACT Party “News that a travel bubble with Australia won’t happen until well into next year is a sad but not surprising indictment on the approach Jacinda Ardern has taken to the issue since it was first mooted,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Jacinda Ardern is a can’t
ACT Party “The Government needs to come back to the table for a proper and honest discussion about solutions to rural New Zealand, starting with what are clearly unworkable freshwater rules,” says ACT Primary Industries spokesperson Mark Cameron. “We have a string of examples of how the Labour Government just
