Press Release: ACT Party “The Ministry of Housing and Urban Development has told the Government that its new tenancy law will increase rents in the middle of a housing crisis”, says ACT Leader David Seymour. The Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill has its first reading in Parliament yesterday. “The bill’s
Press Release: National Party The Government’s proposals for more regulation in New Zealand’s film industry will put jobs at risk, National’s Workplace Relations and Safety spokesperson Todd McClay says. “Labour, the Greens and New Zealand First are seeking to repeal National’s legislation governing the film industry
Press Release: Jami-Lee Ross Statement of Jami-Lee Ross 19 February 2020 Just like donations to political parties, the justice system should be open and transparent. That is what I believe and have sought. Until now, however, I have been unable to make a public statement regarding these allegations, despite wanting
Press Release: National Party Opposition Leader Simon Bridges has today announced a National Government would introduce a new offence to criminalise the non-disclosure of information relating to child abuse cases. “As a former Crown Prosecutor and father of three children I know something needs to be done about the appalling
Press Release: ACT Party “The Justice Minister has got it completely wrong when it comes to the silence of child abusers”, according to ACT Deputy Leader Beth Houlbrooke. “Andrew Little says New Zealanders wouldn’t accept ending the right to silence and that he won’t compel child abusers to
Press Release: New Conservative When a four-year-old boy is so badly bashed that the only two foreseeable options are death or permanent brain injury, then someone must be held accountable. New Conservative have long held the view that parents are responsible for their children, so then in a situation like
Press Release: New Conservative A damning report has revealed how a lack of action by this Labour/Green/NZF government enabled the tragic measles outbreak in Samoa last year, where most of those who died were children under the age of fifteen. Children. Since the current Labour government took over
Press Release: New Conservative New Conservative has stated that this year’s general election will be the most important in living memory, and we find that the fork in the road that is the Ihumatao situation is part of this. We know that the Ihumatao deal was already signed and
Press Release: ACT Party “After its dismal performance on Maori issues in government, Labour deserves to lose every single Maori electorate this year”, according to ACT Leader David Seymour. “Labour’s Maori caucus of 13 is a record and the Ministry is almost a third Maori. What have they achieved?
Press Release: National Party National Party Leader Simon Bridges on Sunday ruled out working with NZ First to form a Government after the 2020 election. “A vote for NZ First is a vote for Labour and the Greens,” Mr Bridges says. “National wants New Zealanders to have a clear choice
Press Release: National Party Further screening needed as outbreak ramps up The World Health Organisation’s decision to declare the coronavirus outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern reinforces National’s call for the Government to increase its efforts to prevent the spread of the virus to New Zealand,
Press Release: ACT Party “The Government needs to explain to New Zealanders why it isn’t following Australia in implementing a ban on travellers from mainland China”, ACT Leader David Seymour says. There are now 259 confirmed deaths resulting from coronavirus. Australia and the United States have introduced bans on
Press Release: Family of Mike Moore Former New Zealand Prime Minister Mike Moore passed away early this morning aged 71. Mr Moore was at his home in Auckland when he died, his wife Yvonne Moore said. Mr Moore, who was the country’s 34th Prime Minister, suffered a stroke in
Press Release: National Party Heartbreaking tales of kids as young as five wearing gang patches shows the Government’s approach to gangs isn’t working, National’s Justice spokesperson Mark Mitchell says. “The previous National Government focused on stopping children from joining gangs in the first place by investing in
Press Release: New Conservative With the escalation of the SARS-related, Wuhan coronavirus, we must protect our people. The state-funded RNZ reports that in the coming week’s visitors from Wuhan will begin arriving into New Zealand, while the “Ministry of Health says there are currently no restrictions on travel or
Press Release: Temple Sinai Just when world leaders gather in Jerusalem to remember the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau and to reaffirm a commitment to fight Antisemitism cowards defaced the exterior of Temple Sinai in Wellington, New Zealand with swastikas. The Union for Progressive Judaism and the Moetzah
