Another gang funeral procession in Porirua today has seen the Police hand over public roads to gangs once again, says National’s Police spokesperson Simeon Brown. Instead of warning the gangs to follow the law, Police have instead warned the public to avoid most areas of Porirua this afternoon because
The Government must front up and explain why its $75.8 million initiative to put more guidance counsellors in schools to cope with increasing mental health issues among children has seemingly achieved nothing, says National’s Mental Health and Suicide Prevention spokesperson Matt Doocey. I have been approached by school
Exhausted Aucklanders entering their 12th week in lockdown will be even more confused by yesterday’s messy and illogical announcement of yet further announcements to come about their future, says Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins. Aucklanders are broken. They’re tired, grumpy and worried for their city’s future.
Revelations that the Government used PR spin to deceive New Zealanders and mask its failure in securing the Covid vaccine is a disgrace, says Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins. That the Government started funding expensive spin doctors three months before it bothered to fund anyone to negotiate to buy
Freedom & Right Coalition Team Today, the New Zealand Police have arrested our MC who entertained and hosted last Saturday’s protest picnic and march at the Auckland Domain. He has now been released from custody and both he and one other male will appear in court before a judge
Ken Orr Spokesperson Right to Life N.Z. Inc. The actions of the Labour government are an increasing threat to the human rights of New Zealanders. It is the duty of the state to protect the human rights of all New Zealanders from conception to natural death. Right to Life
The most at-risk New Zealanders are waiting nearly three times longer for a state house, and Labour scrapped the target to house them quicker, National’s Housing spokesperson Nicola Willis says. Data she has obtained through written questions shows that the average time to house Priority A applicants has gone
The time has now come for a Royal Commission into the Government’s clear lack of preparation for Delta and the move to a suppression strategy, says Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins. News reports during the past week indicate the Government only began planning for a Delta outbreak in
The Freedoms & Rights Coalition Team In Auckland yesterday thousands took to the streets yelling “Jacinda Out!” and “Power to the People!” This march followed a peaceful picnic protest at the Auckland Domain where crowds swelled to around 15,000 people. The scenes that played out yesterday remind you of
It is unbelievable that the Wellington Grand Mercure MIQ hotel had a grand total of just one guest for a week while over 100 rooms in the hotel remained empty, National’s Covid-19 spokesperson Chris Bishop says. This is a massive slap in the face for the tens of thousands
The quiet announcement by Minister Michael Wood today that the much-awaited trundling tram to the airport will cost $14 billion shows it is nothing but economic lunacy, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins and National’s Transport spokesperson David Bennett say. “Jacinda Ardern’s first announcement as Labour Leader was
National has forced the Government to back down on an electoral power grab buried in a Covid bill. “The Government proposed to give itself the power to repeatedly delay local body elections through a change hidden quietly in the Covid Response (Management Measures) Legislation Bill,” says National’s Local Government
A fall in small business sales for the third consecutive month highlights the harm that has been done to small businesses in New Zealand, National’s Economic Development and Small Business spokesperson Todd McClay says. The Xero Small Business Index data for September shows small businesses sales in Auckland were
The Financial Professional Services Trading Advice Transparency Bill, which was drawn from the ballot last week, will remove an inherent conflict of interest that exists for those providing advice on the trading viability of troubled companies, National’s Barbara Kuriger says. “Businesspeople, creditors and investors need to be assured any
John McCormick Chairman Hawkes Bay Friends of Israel Kiwi girl Killed in Israel. In what I believe to be our first victim of terrorism 19-year-old Miss Judith Sinton of Auckland was shot dead on Kibbutz Shamir in northern Israel on June 13 1974. She was a tourist working on the
National’s position on vaccine certification is simple and we have been calling for a reliable proof of vaccination to be available since February, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. “The Government should have begun work on providing proof of vaccination long ago – perhaps when I first enquired about
