A report released today shows the Government is squarely to blame for the border testing bungle that resulted in a security guard at a MIQ hotel going five months without being tested when he should have been tested fortnightly, National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “The Government announced
Labour’s move to kill a National Member’s Bill to give primary and intermediate schools the tools to teach a second language is narrow-minded and misses a golden opportunity to equip our kids with greater language skills, National’s Education spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. Labour had previously supported National’
Darroch Ball Co-Leader/Spokesperson Sensible Sentencing Trust If found guilty, the two ferals from Flaxmere charged for “one of the worst child abuse cases” need to not only face the maximum prison time possible but they should not be afforded the usual weak sentence reductions from the likes of culture
Golriz Ghahraman Green Party spokesperson for Electoral Reform. The Green Party is calling on the Government to hold Facebook accountable for its role in enabling behaviour which threatens democracy, by strongly regulating data privacy and the spread of dangerous disinformation. “Facebook has admitted it enables a range of harmful practices
Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins is saddened by the passing of former National Minister, the Honourable Ian Shearer, who died on Tuesday, aged 79. Dr Shearer represented the Hamilton East electorate from 1975 to 1984. He served as Minister for the Environment, Minister of Broadcasting, and the Minister of
While the problems and case for change when it comes to our three waters is clear, the Government’s proposed solution is already fraught with serious risks, National’s Local Government spokesperson Christopher Luxon says. “The Government seems to be forging ahead with a plan to create four to five
People of all ages throughout New Zealand are suffering due to a lack of treatment available for eating disorders, National’s Mental Health spokesperson Matt Doocey says. Tomorrow Mr Doocey will accept a petition from Rebecca Tomms who is advocating for more expert care and subsidy assistance for young people
Labour’s repeated refusal to allow senior officials to be questioned before Parliament’s Health Select Committee is an abuse of power, National’s Covid-19 spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “For the third Parliamentary sitting week in a row Labour MPs on the Health Select Committee have voted against a National
Free Speech Union Because the issues are so important, Professor Philip Joseph, the author of New Zealand’s leading textbook on Constitutional and Administrative Law, has volunteered to support the Free Speech Union’s lead barrister Jack Hodder QC before the Supreme Court in its appeal relating to the banning
Revelations Associate Justice Minister Willie Jackson met with the Mongrel Mob at gang headquarters and Black Power in the Beehive on multiple occasions indicate that, far from hostile, Government relations with gangs are practically friendly, National’s Police spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “Gangs are recruiting faster than the police, violent
The National Party agrees that teaching New Zealand history to our kids should be a core part of the curriculum, but we have serious concerns around elements of the current proposal, National’s Education spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. “Aotearoa New Zealand’s Histories is designed to be taught every year
Brooke van Velden ACT’s Deputy Leader and Health spokesperson A petition with more than 100,000 signatures has today been tabled at Parliament after being accepted by ACT’s Deputy Leader and Health spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “This petition shows how strongly New Zealanders feel about overhauling PHARMAC and
Julie Anne Genter Green Party The Green Party is launching a petition calling on the Government to remove legislative barriers to public ownership of our public transport depots, vehicles and services. “Public transport is an essential service, and it makes sense for it to be publicly owned,” says Green Party
The OECD’s criticism of our slow vaccine rollout should serve as a grim warning to the Government that it needs to pick up the pace, National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop says. New Zealand has the second slowest Covid-19 vaccine rollout in the OECD and ranked 115th in
CensusAtSchool Co-director Rachel Cunliffe Seven out of ten New Zealand school students say that learning at home was the same or better during lockdown compared to learning in school normally, the latest results of a nationwide survey suggests. The insight comes from CensusAtSchool TataurangaKiTeKura, a non-profit, online educational project that
Darroch Ball Co-Leader/Spokesperson Sensible Sentencing Trust The revelation that Associate Minister of Justice Willie Jackson has met with gang members as a ‘part of his job’ shows the total misdirection this government is heading in with justice and law-and-order, says Darroch Ball, co-leader of Sensible Sentencing Trust. “It would
