Tag: National Party

National Party leader Simon Bridges has slapped down a potential alliance with the Greens and derided the growing number of people on unemployment benefit....

With elections looming next year, more influential politicians have been making the rounds familiarising people about the opposition’s policies. Visiting last week was Gerry Brownlee,...

'Courageous and symbolic’ is how Minister of Health Dr David Clark acknowledged MP Jami-Lee Ross’ presence at new mental health unit. They were at the...

Rogue MP Jami-Lee Ross - now an independent - has this afternoon tweeted that he has assigned his proxy vote to the National Party...

OPINION: At this point in time, Jami-Lee Ross - rogue MP, renegade - is on his own, literally and figuratively. He is now an independent MP. And...

Information has emerged claiming former Botany MP Jami-Lee Ross has manipulated, intimidated and bullied at least four women during his time in Parliament. It has...

Embattled MP Jami-Lee Ross reported National Party leader Simon Bridges to the Police for fraudulently handling party donations. Ross, in a two-hour long meeting with...

Embattled MP Jami-Lee Ross has quit as Botany's Member of Parliament during a dramatic press conference in which he defended himself against a “corrupt”...

Botany MP Jami-Lee Ross is firmly denying accusations that he is the person who leaked National Party leader Simon Bridges’ travel expenses. Bridges called a press conference...

Botany MP Jami-Lee Ross has announced that he will be taking a few months away from Parliament for health reasons. Ross, who is also the...

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The Auckland Council has now voted to open their final stage of consultation on the proposed Regional Fuel Tax for Auckland. If this is...

He's a good mechanic. The last time seasoned politician and former Speaker of the House David Carter visited east Auckland he not only campaigned...

Howick's Dan Bidois, a Harvard-educated economist, is standing as National Party's candidate to contest the Northcote seat left vacant after Jonathan Coleman's resignation from...

The Prime Minister has repeatedly misled New Zealanders by claiming the previous Government was planning a 20 cent per litre fuel tax hike, as...

The Botany electorate's sizeable Chinese community is fond of MP Jami-Lee Ross. It was obvious at his victory party on General Election night, and is...

New Zealand is a country of small and medium-sized businesses, and that's particularly true here in Auckland. Small and medium-sized businesses drive our economy, and...

Jami-Lee Ross says he feels a bit like ‘mother hen’ during his first week back in parliament. The Botany MP has been re-elected by a...

It’s not every day that the Prime Minister, Bill English taps you on the shoulder and wants to know how you are doing. There was...

National MP Andrew Bayly says ensuring the Hunua electorate gets its fair share of infrastructure and resources is top of his priorities list. Bayly, who...

Get to know your local candidates ahead of the general election! Here at the Times, we're taking a slightly different approach to our election coverage...

The National Party has confirmed five people will contest the Pakuranga electorate seat which will this year be vacated by National MP Maurice Williamson. Mr...