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
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
A letter from Hemi: We’ve set up an email address so you too can submit letters to the Prime Minister. We will format your letter in a suitable child-like font, perhaps make it look like crayon, so she will read it, then we will publish it and send
The word Government is a complete misnomer for the Labour Party. It’s akin to comparing Megan Markle with the truth. There is no relationship between the two. To use the word Government in its true sense when talking about Ardern and her mob of misfits is an abuse of
I’m rarely so irked by a speech that I feel compelled to respond, but Christopher Luxon’s maiden speech fits the bill. Through [sic] history, we have seen Christians making a huge difference by entering public life. Christian abolitionists fought against slavery; […] The world is a better place for
The Taxpayers’ Union have noticed that the only way to get the Prime Minister to do anything is to get a child to write to her. We agree and have taken on a new volunteer to help our readers to get their concerns read by the Prime Minister. Send your
Robin McCarthy Radio New Zealand ( RNZ) reported that Tourism Minister Stuart Nash addressed the Tourism Policy School in Queenstown. Although not stated, the Queenstown Resort College is a connected campus of the University of Otago amongst other educational providers. RNZ summarised the Minister’s policies by way of four bullet
Why aren’t the protesters who turned out in force to protest racial inequality by rejecting the 1981 Springbok tour filling the streets and protesting racial inequality here in 2021? They were fired up about injustice to black South Africans back then and are now ominously silent about white New
Here is the first letter to Jacinda, from Ben, aged 6: We’ve set up an email address so you too can submit letters to the Prime Minister. We will format your letter in a suitable child-like font, perhaps make it look like crayon, so she will read it,
The Government thinks that we have a water crisis and that $110 billion is going to be needed to fix the crisis: The cost of fixing New Zealand’s beleaguered water systems could amount to $110 billion over the next 30 to 40 years, according to the Department of Internal
Mary Be careful of what you wish for. The labour government taking a wrecking ball to property investment may well have very nasty side-effects. It is not rocket science that any landlord not able to recoup their costs via tax deductions must instead increase their income to cover their
Just 10 minutes – that is all a grieving daughter is pleading for so she can say a final goodbye to her late mother. Tapaita Lapao’o is the woman who was captured in a heartbreaking video crying behind the gates of a managed isolation facility while reaching out to a
