The Government’s move to introduce saliva testing as additional surveillance testing technology is welcome but long overdue, National’s Covid-19 spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “The Roche/Simpson report recommended the urgent rollout of saliva testing a year ago but the Government has been inexplicably slow to make use
The Prime Minister and the Immigration Minister need to answer as to why the terrorist Ahamed Aathill Mohamed Samsudeen was not able to be deported based on sections 163 and 164 of the Immigration Act 2009, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. “Immigration Law in New Zealand provides that
Alfred Ngaro indigenouscoalition.org Less than a month out from the infamous Durban conference, former National Party MP, Hon Alfred Ngaro has spoken out on the government’s equivocation over whether NZ will attend the 20th anniversary of a conference that purported to address racism and tolerance, but quickly descended
New Zealand’s low vaccination rate can also be credited to late and lazy engagement with primary care providers such as pharmacies, says National’s Health spokesman Dr Shane Reti. “From when the Covid vaccine was first approved for routine vaccine fridges on May 28 this year, the pharmacy credentialing
The Government has had months to plan for a situation where there could be an Alert Level border in the country, like Auckland and the rest of the country, but once again its failed to prepare, National’s Transport spokesperson David Bennett says. “Once again we’re seeing confusion and
Darroch Ball Co-Leader/Spokesperson Sensible Sentencing Trust “Sentencing notes from the terrorist’s trial in July shows he was allowed back into the community with minimal monitoring due to the judge putting the ISIS sympathiser’s considerations before the safety of the community,” says Darroch Ball co-leader of
Ted Johnston BSc BA LLB, New Conservative Justice Spokesperson New Conservative believes that Labour has delayed on very important terrorism safety legislation, because of its constant focus on laws grounded in their ideology. The terrorism laws have needed urgent action since at least March 2019, and only this recent stabbing
Free Speech Union Two years ago in Christchurch, New Zealand was subjected to a horrific act of extreme violence, in the name of ideology. Now another terrorist attack has been carried out, this time in Auckland. Both of these despicable acts of terrorism on New Zealand soil were committed by
Darroch Ball Co-Leader/Spokesperson Sensible Sentencing Trust “The revelation that the terrorist who stabbed six people yesterday had been released on bail in July and was facing active charges shows a total failure inherent in our system,” says Darroch Ball co-leader of Sensible Sentencing Trust. “The decision and
It’s time for the Government to initiate a process that would remove New Zealand citizenship or residency from a person who commits a violent act in our country, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. National believes the law change is needed after reports that yesterday’s terrorist attack
Ted Johnston Justice Spokesman New Conservative “Labour’s weak and incompetent handling of terrorist suspects is as bad as its dealing with Housing, Mental Health, Homelessness and Child Poverty problems,” says New Conservative Justice Spokesman, Ted Johnston. Terrorists won’t care if they are told to “be kind.” This latest
Yesterday’s cyber-attack on New Zealand’s telecommunications network is a clear sign the Government has failed again to protect New Zealand’s cyber borders, National’s Digital Economy and Communications spokesperson Melissa Lee says. “Alongside the recent drop of New Zealand in the United Nations ITU Global Cybersecurity
A lack of planning by the Government for a Delta outbreak has meant as of 1 pm yesterday 78 Covid-19 positive people were isolating at home, having not yet been moved into quarantine, National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop says. Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins revealed
The suggestion by the Minister of Police that media should use the Official Information Act to find out if the officers who arrested the MIQ escapee were vaccinated against Covid-19 is astounding, says National’s Police spokesperson Simeon Brown. Asked by NewstalkZB Christchurch host John MacDonald this morning whether
The Government must explain why the health system was so unprepared for a Delta outbreak and why no new ICU bed spaces were provisioned over the five months since Delta first appeared in our MIQ facilities, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. “What’s worse is that the
The Government needs to explain exactly why the South Island should not immediately drop to alert level 2, says Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins. “There hasn’t been a positive case of Covid in the South Island for almost a year. None have been reported from the latest Delta
