Reducing child poverty was a flagship promise by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern but the latest report shows that once again her Government has failed to deliver on its promises, National’s spokesperson for Children Dr Shane Reti says. “A government report shows there has been no measurable change in housing
David Seymour ACT Leader The Minister for Child Poverty Reduction is letting Maori and Pacific children down according to new school attendance rates. A report released today by the Government ‘Child Poverty Related Indicators’ shows that the school attendance rates of Maori and Pacific children have taken a huge hit
Teanau Tuiono Green Party Green Party MP Teanau Tuiono walked out of the House yesterday in support of Te Pati Maori, who call for debate in the House about kaupapa Maori to include Maori voices. “We continuously see and hear the National Party deliberately inciting racist debates in the House.
Of the 231 shovel-ready projects Infrastructure Minister Grant Robertson announced to much fanfare last year, only one project has been completed, National’s Infrastructure spokesperson Andrew Bayly says. “It has been has been 12 months since the shovel-ready infrastructure projects were announced. By most normal definitions of the words shovel-ready,
David Seymour ACT Leader The Government needs to start looking at evidence and data before it rushes out a policy that is nothing more than a marketing campaign. The Waikato Times has revealed that up to 1500 lunches from Labour’s free school lunches programme are going to waste each
Since 2017 the Government has wasted $35 million of taxpayer money on light rail and has nothing to show for it, National’s Transport spokesperson Michael Woodhouse says. “The Government has spent millions of dollars on a project that can’t even get off the drawing board. But that’s
The Government that said it would be the most open and transparent ever has once again done the exact opposite, National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop says. After the debacle of last month’s Health Select Committee hearing which saw it filled with endless explanations about the end-to-end user
Teanau Tuiono Green Party MP A successful hikoi in Manawatu has challenged the decision by the Manawatu District Council to defer introducing Maori Wards to 2024. “Today I walked with iwi, hapu and whanau from across the Manawatu to protest against Manawatu District Council deferring of Maori wards to 2024”
The Prime Minister’s comments today in Question Time that Chris Hipkins’ promise that New Zealand would be at the “front of the queue” for Covid-19 vaccines actually meant that we would be at the front of the queue in terms of signing contracts are baffling, says National’s Covid-19
Darroch Ball Co-Leader/Spokesperson Sensible Sentencing Trust Sensible Sentencing Trust is once again calling for the government to introduce bodycams for all frontline officers with yet another short clip of an arrest bringing accusations of police brutality. “The trial by social media has begun again with shortened cell-phone footage of
Darroch Ball Co-Leader/Spokesperson Sensible Sentencing Trust The government has announced the introduction of ‘Firearm Prohibition Orders’(FPO) which in a nutshell is telling criminals who don’t care about the laws, that there are more laws in place to not care about, says Darroch Ball co-leader of Sensible Sentencing
The Government’s announcement to open up MIQ spots for thousands of additional migrant workers is another kick in the guts for migrants already in New Zealand and waiting to reunite with their families, National’s Immigration spokesperson Erica Stanford says. “While the announcement of additional construction workers is good
After years of calling for Firearm Prohibition Orders against violent gang members to be implemented, the Government is finally listening, National’s Police spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “We still have questions regarding the Government’s proposal, such as whether its policy will include additional search powers against those who have
The Government has suddenly placed consultations with iwi on how the Department of Conservation can give better effect to the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi, on-hold following National releasing the draft recommendations last week. “Neither the Prime Minister nor the Minister of Conservation have addressed the recommendations that propose
The Government knew how long the security guard who tested positive for Covid-19 had been without a Covid test for six days before finally coming clean to New Zealanders, National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop says. Reply 14693 (2021) has been answered Portfolio: COVID-19 Response (Hon Chris Hipkins) Question:
Don Brash Hobson’s Pledge Trust hobsonspledge.nz Using flawed reasoning to give 44km of the Bay of Plenty coastal and marine area to a few private individuals and groups is not what is expected of the High Court of New Zealand, Hobson’s Pledge spokesman Don Brash said yesterday.
