Follow Scoop Parliament, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/scoop17 Thu, 20 Jan 2022 18:55:39 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/106fXs2PGVXD3F81xbO3cezdsCmHakzH The Government’s strong focus on supporting more people into work is reflected in benefit figures released today which show a year-on-year fall of around 21,300 people receiving a main benefit in the December 2021 quarter, Minister for Social ...]]> Thu, 20 Jan 2022 04:30:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/106fXs2PGVXD3F81xbO3cezdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/106fXs2PGVXD3F81xbO3cV1cWWor9YPv The Government’s strong focus on supporting more people into work is reflected in benefit figures released today which show a year-on-year fall of around 21,300 people receiving a main benefit in the December 2021 quarter, Minister for Social ...]]> Thu, 20 Jan 2022 04:29:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/106fXs2PGVXD3F81xbO3cV1cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/106fXs2PGVV7RnhyFAszrylmFkX7M1Jw Northland will move to Orange at 11:59pm tonight, 20 January 2022, while the rest of New Zealand will remain at Orange as the Government prepares for Omicron to enter the community.]]> Thu, 20 Jan 2022 03:42:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/106fXs2PGVV7RnhyFAszrylmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/106fXs2PGVW5h6q_XqFM0-T5HJgy6HUf Jacinda Ardern and Labour have no plan for Omicron just like they had no plan for Delta, National Leader Christopher Luxon says. “The threat of Omicron became apparent in December but nothing seems to have happened in the last month to prepare New Zealand. ...]]> Thu, 20 Jan 2022 03:37:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/106fXs2PGVW5h6q_XqFM0-T5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/106fXs2PGVWFY8eXumfjdylmFkX7M1Jw “Back from a long holiday the Government has finally fronted about the imminent arrival of Omicron – only to admit what we suspected all along, there is no plan,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Fresh from making announcements about announcements, ...]]> Thu, 20 Jan 2022 03:13:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/106fXs2PGVWFY8eXumfjdylmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/106fXs2PGVUJZW51RHdr511cWWor9YPv A Royal New Zealand Air Force C-130 Hercules has departed Base Auckland Whenuapai for Tonga carrying aid supplies, as the New Zealand aid effort ramps up, Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta and Defence Minister Peeni Henare said today.]]> Thu, 20 Jan 2022 01:44:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/106fXs2PGVUJZW51RHdr511cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/106fXs2PGVUfjlgdlI8zl-T5HJgy6HUf Today’s quarterly benefit data release is further confirmation that Labour have engineered a benefit dependency crisis in New Zealand, National’s Social Development and Employment spokesperson Louise Upston says. “At a time when businesses across ...]]> Thu, 20 Jan 2022 00:55:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/106fXs2PGVUfjlgdlI8zl-T5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/106fXs2PGVVGFqk9G90dXiejEQ2Mq9rY “Labour is putting the Treaty at the centre of everything, but is the Treaty at the heart of Labour? The Labour Party constitution is 113 pages, but it mentions treaty only three times. It says that the Treaty should be honoured, but it doesn’t ...]]> Wed, 19 Jan 2022 21:02:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/106fXs2PGVVGFqk9G90dXiejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/106fXs2PGVVe5Bgdz1Rc1ilmFkX7M1Jw “Four weeks since Chris Hipkins last fronted on the COVID-19 response, he couldn’t tell New Zealanders anything new about how the Government will confront the imminent landfall of Omicron,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “There are two possible ...]]> Wed, 19 Jan 2022 04:50:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/106fXs2PGVVe5Bgdz1Rc1ilmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/106fXs2PGVXpFENwgsKkMuzdsCmHakzH Tonga Update – 3pm 19 January 2022 The Tonga Government is responding to efforts on the ground. Power has been restored, and clean-up and damage assessments are ongoing. Relief supplies are being distributed by Tongan authorities. Work to clear the airport ...]]> Wed, 19 Jan 2022 03:41:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/106fXs2PGVXpFENwgsKkMuzdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/106fXs2PGVUGZ_BCoo-uA-zdsCmHakzH The lottery of human misery that is MIQ has now just become human misery for the million Kiwis abroad who are shut out of their own country, National’s COVID-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “The decision announced last night to ...]]> Wed, 19 Jan 2022 01:27:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/106fXs2PGVUGZ_BCoo-uA-zdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/106fXs2PGVWxmk1z2N-mFiejEQ2Mq9rY “The most visible Prime Minister in New Zealand political history was nowhere to be seen as the border was effectively closed to overseas Kiwis last night,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Covid-19 Ministers met yesterday. Did they make ...]]> Tue, 18 Jan 2022 23:38:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/106fXs2PGVWxmk1z2N-mFiejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/106fXs2PGVUN-voIKBruK-T5HJgy6HUf “The Government’s decision to yet again cancel the MIQ lottery will be devastating for Kiwis abroad and it’s time for a solution,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “We can’t go on like this, families have been torn apart and businesses can’t ...]]> Tue, 18 Jan 2022 09:08:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/106fXs2PGVUN-voIKBruK-T5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/106fXs2PGVU0v0Lo0unEK5VjH6qdYdAk “Distributors are being driven out of the country by a government that hates cars and loves tax”, says ACT’s Transport spokesperson Simon Court. “The Clean Car Standard has been labelled ‘counter-productive nonsense’, and both Isuzu Utes ...]]> Tue, 18 Jan 2022 04:38:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/106fXs2PGVU0v0Lo0unEK5VjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/106fXs2PGVVdrxB2xWHp_l1cWWor9YPv New Zealand is ready to assist Tonga in its recovery from Saturday night’s undersea eruption and tsunami, Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta and Defence Minister Peeni Henare said today. Air Movements personnel stack and secure pallets of disaster ...]]> Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:49:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/106fXs2PGVVdrxB2xWHp_l1cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/106fXs2PGVUQnhcWuc4IOsb1naedg1wr The findings of the latest NZIER Quarterly Survey of Business Opinion (QSBO) – that business confidence has fallen markedly – should come as no surprise, National Spokesperson for Small Business, Andrew Bayly says. “When businesses don’t feel ...]]> Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:42:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/106fXs2PGVUQnhcWuc4IOsb1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/106fXs2PGVVw3CaMu7eHOaCY3L745TL_ “Kiwis need tax relief and businesses need workers as Labour’s cost of living crisis continues to bite,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “ NZIER’s Quarterly Survey of Business Opinion reveals more than half of businesses increased their prices ...]]> Tue, 18 Jan 2022 00:49:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/106fXs2PGVVw3CaMu7eHOaCY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/106fXs2PGVWtVAAN_OMxH11cWWor9YPv New Zealanders are fast getting used to Michael Wood’s profligate spending, with $85 million to revive rail workshops in Dunedin just the latest instalment, National’s Transport spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “Transport officials advised against ...]]> Mon, 17 Jan 2022 23:15:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/106fXs2PGVWtVAAN_OMxH11cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/106fXs2PGVUQnhf9aKYPNKCY3L745TL_ “Omicron is, to quote the PM, a ‘whole new virus,’ and we can’t be caught out with another March 2020 response, so Cabinet needs to confront reality with new goals and strategies today,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “In simple terms, ...]]> Sun, 16 Jan 2022 19:58:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/106fXs2PGVUQnhf9aKYPNKCY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/106fXs2PGVXoWudc7inSIJVjH6qdYdAk The Opposition shares concerns for the people of Tonga and supports New Zealand standing ready to provide assistance, Opposition Leader Christopher Luxon says. “Our thoughts are with the people of Tonga as they deal with the damage and distress brought ...]]> Sun, 16 Jan 2022 07:10:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/106fXs2PGVXoWudc7inSIJVjH6qdYdAk