Hon Judith Collins · [email protected]

July 22, 2022 at 4:00 AM

Collins' Comments July 2022

NationBuilder Dear John, Did you know that I am doing Technology Talks on Facebook? As the National Opposition Research, Science, Innovation, AI and Technology spokesperson I continue to promote the idea that focusing on the Technology sector will create exciting and profitabl…

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July 8, 2022 at 4:00 AM

Collins' Comments July 2022

NationBuilder Dear John, At the end of June, New Zealand’s own Rocket Lab launched the CAPSTONE mission to the Moon which marks the beginning of the NASA project to return people to the moon. It is 50 years since humanity first went there. As founder of Rocket Lab Peter Beck s…

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June 24, 2022 at 5:23 AM

Collins' Comments June 2022

NationBuilder Dear John -- It was great to welcome Christopher Luxon the leader of the National Opposition to Papakura this week. He attended a breakfast that was put on by the hardworking Papakura Business Association and its Town Centre Manager Tracy Shackleton. A big crowd …

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June 10, 2022 at 5:17 AM

Collins' Comments June 2022

NationBuilder Dear John -- I hope you took time to enjoy the Queen’s Birthday weekend holiday and the remarkable fact that it was Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth’s 70th Jubilee celebration. What an inspiration she has been and still is, to generations of Britons and people of the …

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June 1, 2022 at 10:44 PM

Collins' Comments June 2022

NationBuilder Dear John, Drury’s Transformation Drury has a Totara heartwood mile post marker outside its historic school building on Great South Road that says it is 22 miles from the centre of Auckland. The mile post has been there since the 1860’s. Now almost 160 years late…

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May 13, 2022 at 4:00 AM

Collins' Comments May 2022

NationBuilder Dear John, I am excited to be going to Taupo to speak at the annual Tech Week event next week. This event is all about ways that the tech sector is developing ideas for enhancing the future. The week provides a platform for everyone to meet, share ideas and creat…

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April 29, 2022 at 4:00 AM

Collins' Comments April 2022

NationBuilder Dear John, ANZAC Day 2022 It was great to attend the Dawn Service at the Papakura Cenotaph with over 700 other people who gathered to remember our ANZACs. In spite of the cold and damp morning, it was attended by many from the Papakura RSA. I went to the Drury Co…

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April 14, 2022 at 4:00 AM

Collins' Comments April 2022

NationBuilder Dear John, ANZAC Day 2022 remembrance services ANZAC DAY - 25 April 2022 DAWN SERVICE in Papakura Town Centre A DAWN SERVICE has now been scheduled for 6 am on Monday 25 April 2022 at the Cenotaph in Papakura. Everyone is welcome to attend this special commemora…

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April 8, 2022 at 3:00 AM

Collins' Comments April 2022

NationBuilder Dear John, Back in January a constituent came to me concerned that the train and ferry that he needed to take to get to work from Papakura were overcrowded for the Covid-19 Red alert level scenario. He wanted to know why Auckland Transport were not following the …

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March 25, 2022 at 3:00 AM

Collins' Comments March 2022

NationBuilder Dear John, As spokesperson for the National opposition on Research Science Innovation and Technology it is a great opportunity to follow up on a few enquiries that I have had from constituents about the availability of Ultra Fast Broadband fibre connections in ar…

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March 11, 2022 at 3:00 AM

Collins' Comments March 2022

NationBuilder Dear John, Golf Day 2022 With the great summer weather continuing I am happy say that the Annual Ambrose Golf Day Fundraiser is going ahead at Pukekohe Golf Course on 25 March starting at 12 noon to prepare for the shotgun start. There will be a number of politic…

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February 25, 2022 at 3:00 AM

Collins' Comments February 2022

NationBuilder Dear John, I recently attended the Electorate AGM and was pleased to see so many people there to support myself and National colleagues. It was great to have the opportunity to thank the hardworking team for their success last year. In particular, the successful …

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February 12, 2022 at 9:26 AM

Collins' Comments February 2022

NationBuilder Dear John, I hope you enjoyed the long weekend that we had for Waitangi Day, 6 February. It was a day that was remarkable in 2022 for a number of reasons.  As well as New Zealand’s Waitangi Day it was 70 years since Her Royal Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second ac…

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January 31, 2022 at 9:59 PM

Collins' Comments January 2022

NationBuilder Dear John, Wishing you a happy New Year. I hope you enjoyed a break over the Christmas and New Year and the opportunity to catch up with family and friends that you hadn’t seen for a while. I am back enjoying the life of an electorate MP and I hope to see many of…

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December 10, 2021 at 12:13 AM

Collins' Comments December 2021

NationBuilder Dear John, As you know we have a new Leader of the National Party and National Opposition, Christopher Luxon who was elected MP for Botany at the last election in 2020. I would like to thank all the people who have contacted me over the months that I was Leader o…

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November 26, 2021 at 3:24 AM

Collins' Comments November 2021

NationBuilder Dear John, Groundswell Protest Although it wasn’t widely reported in our Media the Groundswell Protests across New Zealand were a success. They showed a united farming community who were following all the Covid-19Delta safety rules with great respect. At the same…

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November 11, 2021 at 10:09 PM

Collins' Comments November 2021

NationBuilder Dear John, The protest in Wellington has been downplayed by the Prime Minister and others have commented that it was a peaceful crowd. However Parliamentary Security advised all staff and Members of Parliament to stay inside the Parliamentary precinct while the p…

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November 2, 2021 at 7:49 AM

John, we're fighting for you

New Zealand National Party Hi John --I am back in Auckland and have been out in a few different electorates catching up with small business owners and locals.In typical Kiwi fashion, the people I meet put on a brave face. However, often after a few minutes of talking about the…

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October 28, 2021 at 11:37 PM

Collins' Comments October 2021

NationBuilder Dear John, Greetings to all of you and my thanks for the work you are doing to stay home and follow the Covid-19 level 3 protocols.  I also warmly thank all who have been vaccinated against Covid-19 at this time. You are doing your bit to get Auckland and the Wai…

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October 22, 2021 at 12:28 AM

Collins' Comments October 2021

NationBuilder Dear John, Shock and sadness after death of British MP I am sure we were all shocked and saddened to hear of the death of British Conservative MP Sir David Amess last week. It is a sobering reminder that we live in times where there are deepening divisions in our…

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October 1, 2021 at 12:53 AM

Collins' Comments October 2021

NationBuilder Dear John, Three Waters Plan Legislation Did you realise that the government is pushing through Bills about drinking water, waste water and storm water?  Piece by piece, using their 10 seat majority? Well they are and who controls our water and who will own the i…

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September 17, 2021 at 1:57 AM

Collins' Comments September 2021

NationBuilder Dear John, The long short sharp lockdown in Level 4 First I want to thank everyone in Auckland who is coping with another week in lockdown. Auckland is doing the hard yards to keep everyone else in New Zealand COVID-19 Delta free. This week we should think of the…

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September 2, 2021 at 8:35 PM

Collins' Comments September 2021

NationBuilder Dear John, It is wonderful to have support from across New Zealand for my petition to get the Epidemic Response Committee reinstated. It is also great to have heard from the people who have phoned and emailed in support of the House sitting from 31 August. There …

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August 23, 2021 at 4:56 AM

Collins' Comments August 2021

NationBuilder Dear John, Covid Level 4 Lockdown I hope you are safe and well at home as we continue this Level 4 lockdown. I can imagine that some of you may be feeling anxious, fed up, even angry! This virus is virulent, unpredictable and brings challenges that affect us all.…

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August 9, 2021 at 2:23 AM

Collins' Comments August 2021

NationBuilder Dear John, Law and Order We’re working hard to hold the Government to account and ensure New Zealand remains a safe place to live, work and raise a family.To National, that means making sure victims are at the heart of our justice system, offenders are held to ac…

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July 16, 2021 at 12:00 AM

Collins' Comments July 2021

NationBuilder Dear John, I was excited to launch the Demand the Debate publicity campaign last weekend. I think it will be a really effective way to communicate to the New Zealand voting public on important issues that are otherwise lost in the ‘news’. People are asking Nation…

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July 2, 2021 at 3:30 AM

Collins' Comments July 2021

NationBuilder Dear John, This week I am focused on our democratic right to free speech and our need for this government to take action on a number of other fronts and not just promise a budget for something that won’t happen like rolling out better mental health care. The Nati…

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June 18, 2021 at 4:40 AM

Collins' Comments June 2021

NationBuilder Dear John, The government has announced that six transport projects from the NZ Upgrade Programme announced in January 2020, will not go ahead. Mill Road four lane widening has been cancelled. This project was progressed under a National government so that it sho…

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June 4, 2021 at 6:10 AM

Collins' Comments June 2021

NationBuilder Dear John, It seems that the government did not deserve great applause for the recently announced Budget. I said it before and I will say it again this was not a budget for jobs it was a budget for benefits. There is very little in Budget 2021 or in plans for the…

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May 27, 2021 at 10:39 PM

Collins' Comments May 2021

NationBuilder Dear John, Greetings to all of you. A Budget for benefits not jobs The government has surprised everyone with their policies over recent weeks as they softened us up for their fourth Budget announced last week. It was interesting that we saw announcements that pu…

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May 7, 2021 at 5:15 AM

Collins' Comments May 2021

NationBuilder Dear John, Transparent Government is paramount for Democracy My National caucus and I want to know what Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern really thinks about the report called He Puapua that Labour commissioned in 2019. He Puapua in its un-redacted format sets out a …

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April 23, 2021 at 4:00 AM

Collins' Comments April 2021

NationBuilder Dear John, Anzac Day 2021 It will be a great relief to many to return to the usual commemoration of ANZAC Day this year after the lockdown one we experienced last year. Sadly for some New Zealanders and Australians, the situation will still be a restricted Covid-…

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April 9, 2021 at 2:57 AM

Collins' Comments April 2021

NationBuilder Dear John, Trans-Tasman Bubble win It is great to know that many people in Australia and New Zealand are going to be free of the travel  restrictions of the past year by mid- April. I know that many of you supported my petition to the government to have the borde…

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March 26, 2021 at 3:49 AM

Collins' Comments March 2021

NationBuilder Dear John, Petition to open the trans-Tasman Bubble I am overwhelmed by the wonderful response I have had from people contacting me in support our National Opposition petition to get a travel bubble opened between Australia and New Zealand as soon as possible. By…

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March 15, 2021 at 10:32 PM

Collins' Comments March 2021

NationBuilder Dear John, Housing In the December 2020 Housing figures just released, the number of people waiting for social housing in Papakura has jumped to 661 people with a “severe and persistent” housing need. Sadly this is up by almost 500 people since National left the …

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February 15, 2021 at 11:05 PM

Collins' Comments February 2021

NationBuilder Dear John, It was great to be back in Parliament last week following a successful weekend for the Waitangi Day celebrations. I will be looking forward to speaking next year and I am grateful for that. There are many other issues for us to bring to the Government …

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January 29, 2021 at 2:11 AM

Collins' Comments January 2021

NationBuilder Dear John, Vaccines against Covid-19 – Where are ours? It is time to stop relying on kindness and spin and start listening to the medical experts. We need Covid-19 vaccines in New Zealand. Currently we have none although we were told we would be at the front of …

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January 24, 2021 at 8:42 AM

State of the Nation Speech

New Zealand National Party Dear John --Happy New Year and my very best wishes for 2021. I hope that you have had an enjoyable summer so far.With today’s announcement of a probable case of community transmission of COVID-19 in Northland we will be working constructively as more…

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January 15, 2021 at 3:13 AM

Collins' Comments January 2021

NationBuilder Dear John, What happened to Hard and Early as new Covid Strains appear in managed isolation? What happened to hard and early? Why has it taken so long to bring in pre-departure covid 19 testing for travellers from countries with high rates of Covid-19 infection …

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November 27, 2020 at 12:53 AM

Collins Comments November 2020

NationBuilder Dear John, Many thanks to all of you who supported me and the National Party in the Papakura Electorate during the 2020 Election. It is really exciting to have your mandate to be your Member of Parliament for Papakura for another three years.  While the election …

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September 19, 2020 at 10:01 AM

Campaign Launch

New Zealand National Party Dear John --Tens of thousands of Kiwis like you are working hard across New Zealand to help make National the Government. I want to thank you for what you are doing. We’re building real momentum with just 28 days till Election Day.Tomorrow afternoon,…

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July 17, 2020 at 7:33 AM

John, we'll deliver infrastructure for the Upper North Island

New Zealand National Party Dear John -- Today we announced New Zealand’s largest-ever infrastructure package.National is, and will continue to be, the Party of meaningful infrastructure investment that makes a difference in the lives of New Zealanders. We need to acknowledge …

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July 15, 2020 at 8:08 AM

National will deliver

New Zealand National Party Dear John -- Yesterday evening I was elected Leader of the New Zealand National Party alongside Gerry Brownlee who was elected as Deputy Leader.I am incredibly proud to step into the leadership role at this crucial time for our Party, our country, an…

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September 30, 2019 at 11:29 PM

Thank you for signing up

NationBuilder John -- Thank you for signing up to receive updates from myself and the National Party. We are honoured to have you a part of our team. Supporters like you have always been our greatest strength. I am excited to have you on board and will get in contact soon! …

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