National Party

Divide and conquer tactics yet to sink the Government

21 Apr 18, 10:05am

Despite National’s attempts to paint the three-headed Government as uneasy bedfellows, the Labour, Greens & NZ First alliance has held up rather well… so far
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Bridges says claim of massive public service shortfall is ‘pure, manufactured spin’

10 Apr 18, 12:18pm

Jason Walls

80 comments

The Opposition leader hits back at claims the previous Govt critically underfunded key areas of public service, accusing the PM of playing politics and spinning the issue
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‘This will be a rebuilding budget’ – PM and Finance Minister say

9 Apr 18, 5:18pm

Jason Walls

159 comments

The Prime Minister is warning the state of the Government’s books is much worse than anticipated and says next month’s budget will be the 'rebuilding budget'
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The tricky route to road safety

7 Apr 18, 9:36am

Peter Dunne

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Peter Dunne outlines what a truly effective road safety strategy needs to focus on
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'Vote Health will be a major Budget focus area'

4 Apr 18, 12:34pm

Jason Walls

41 comments

As National and Labour play the blame game over the state of the public health system, the Finance Minister says Vote Health will be a ‘major focus’ area in May’s Budget
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One hell of a week for the Government

31 Mar 18, 8:31am

Jason Walls

2 comments

The Claire Curran saga, the expelling (or non-expelling) of Russian spies, new laws and an RBNZ shake up – a lot happened this week; here’s what you might have missed
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Phew: The Russians are not coming

28 Mar 18, 10:32am

Peter Dunne

79 comments

Peter Dunne questions whether the Prime Minister is 'playing a long game' with the assertion that Russian spies are not active in New Zealand
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Parliament votes to extend bright-line test by three years

28 Mar 18, 10:05am

Jason Walls

99 comments

The Bill that will see the bright line test extended from two-years to five has passed its third reading and now awaits the Royal Assent to become law
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Is the RBNZ’s new policy committee a political tool for the Government?

27 Mar 18, 2:33pm

Jason Walls

9 comments

National’s Amy Adams is concerned the RBNZ’s Monetary Policy Committee will allow the Finance Minister to ‘exert political influence’ over the RBNZ
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Govt announces Kiwibuild project

25 Mar 18, 1:26pm

David Hargreaves

176 comments

Housing and Urban Development Minister says 29 hectares of Unitec land at Mt Albert will be transferred to Crown ownership; between 3000 and 4000 homes to be constructed
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Where are the KiwiBuild houses? Twyford responds to Collins

21 Mar 18, 12:44pm

Jason Walls

34 comments

National’s housing spokeswoman Judith Collins challenges Housing Minister Phil Twyford over a lack of KiwiBuild homes so far
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Pre-fabricating a brighter future

19 Mar 18, 4:07pm

David Hargreaves

72 comments

The Government's decision to have a 'significant' portion of the Kiwibuild houses pre-fabricated is logical, but risky
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Adams and IRD at odds over bright line test extension

15 Mar 18, 2:27pm

Jason Walls

6 comments

National’s new finance spokeswoman Amy Adams says the IRD “don’t support [the bright line test] going to five years” – but a spokesman for the department says her comments are “not strictly true”
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Unasked questions about the future of tax

15 Mar 18, 8:06am

David Snell

6 comments

EY's David Snell says the Government’s Tax Working Group asks some great questions, but misses others
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Cullen group puts GST exemptions back on the table

14 Mar 18, 12:20pm

David Hargreaves

49 comments

The Tax Working Group's paper calling for submissions explicitly seeks views on whether there could be items exempt from GST in order to benefit low income people
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All around the houses

12 Mar 18, 3:41pm

David Hargreaves

61 comments

David Hargreaves fears the Government's desire to push through difficult-to-implement offshore housing buyer legislation may prove a distraction in tackling the most pressing housing shortage issues
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Collins' unleashed: Twyford 'on notice'

12 Mar 18, 6:41am

Jason Walls

88 comments

National's new leader Simon Bridges has placed Judith Collins in his top 5 and given her the shadow housing portfolio, a role he says she asked for
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Labour's housing policies may fall short like National's policies did

11 Mar 18, 5:02am

Rodney Dickens

152 comments

Rodney Dickens says section prices are the key to solving the housing affordability problem, not higher density around transport hubs. He warns against force-feeding in areas that won't deliver the intended outcome
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Adams picks up Joyce’s ‘fiscal hole’ baton

8 Mar 18, 7:16am

Jason Walls

47 comments

National’s new Finance Spokesperson Amy Adams says she will continue to hound the Government over its alleged fiscal hole, as well as criticizing it for increasing net Crown debt when it said it plans on reducing it
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Bridges sees no more resignations… for now

7 Mar 18, 4:58pm

Jason Walls

6 comments

The new National Party leader is not expecting any more of his MPs to quit before the new Caucus line up is announced within the next week, but says more will likely go 'over time'
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