Christian Heritage Party closing broadcast 1993 (4.00-6.30) Graham Capill. Leader Christian Heritage Party: “No doubt you have heard many promises from other parties during the election campaign as to how they would fix up our woes. But that is all it is. It is their ideas as to what New Zealand needs. Christian Heritage wants a different foundation. We are convinced the only way forward to reduce crime, strengthen families, enhance freedom, and to ensure harmony between young and old, Maori and Pakeha, rich and poor, is to return to our Christian roots.” Christian Heritage Party of New Zealand Reduce crime Strengthen/Families Enhance Freedom Ensure harmony “We are not trying to Christianise New Zealand by legislation. We are simply saying that our legal system, our schools, our homes, and even businesses need to again recognise that the ten commandments are a good guide as to how we should live. It was that Christian foundation that gave rise to the harmonious relationship between the early missionaries and the Maori people. It was that Christian foundation that induced Kate Sheppard to fight to give women the vote for the sake of family life. It was that Christian foundation that caused William Wilberforce to stand up, and bring freedom from slavery to thousands of men, women and children. What we are suggesting are not merely our ideas. But we are seeking to follow what our creator says, as given in his manual for life, the bible. Recently church leaders (Image: Making choices: Social justice for our times) their signatures to a joint statement on social justice. Every single issue they raised Christian Heritage addresses. We are committed to upholding the importance of the Treaty of Waitangi. No other party is more concerned about human dignity and the need to provide the basics of life for everyone. We are concerned about mutual responsibility, and do not endorse the selfishness which so often is the hallmark of our society. We have as a priority goal of full employment, providing community work which restore dignity to the unemployed. And as a Christian Party, we are committed to caring for people, including giving legal status to the unborn child.” Uphold Treaty of Waitangi. Reinforce human dignity. Mutual responsibility. Priority of full employment. Provide community work. Care for all people. Legal status to the unborn child. “Christian Heritage has policies on every aspect of government (image: Policy manifesto 1993. Hope for your family. Hope for your future.). Every policy is built on that sound foundation. If you care for your family and what they are going to inherit, if you want a caring, compassionate society, which allows true freedom, then I urge you to vote Christian Heritage. We will provide a solid foundation for strong families and a strong nation.” Christian Heritage Party of New Zealand. Alliance closing broadcast 1993 (6.30-11.00) Alliance Jim Anderton MP. Leader of the Alliance: “In a million homes like these all over New Zealand, people have been bombarded with policies and issues over the last few months of the election campaign. I wonder whether you have enough answers to make an informed vote on Saturday. Take unemployment, the most critical problem facing the New Zealand community. Which party is offering real solutions to unemployment? New Zealand has 325,000 jobless. It has a soaring crime rate. The highest level of youth suicides in the word. A growth industry in food banks. And all of these terrible things are linked directly with the appalling level of unemployment we have in this country. An Alliance government would invest $1600 million in 40 to 50,000 new jobs. New housing, upgrading our schools and hospitals, making our roads safer, replanting our forests, and making our rivers and harbours free from pollution. An economic development fund that will invest in new industry at local, regional, and national level. And an Alliance government that would allow local communities to participate in their own decisions about those industries. The Alliance will repeal the Employment Contracts Act. Surely all New Zealanders should have the right to play a constructive role in their own society. And we can afford it. With more jobs there’ll be fewer unemployment benefits to pay. With a fair tax system those on low incomes will pay less tax and therefore have more money to spend in their local communities. Those on higher incomes will pay a little more tax, but the whole of our society will be better off. We’ll make sure that companies pay their fair share of tax. We’ll abolish the unfair GST and replace it with a financial transactions tax. The Alliance wants a fair society because we are concerned about the wellbeing of all New Zealanders. These railway tracks are about all that we now own of the rail system in this country. We haven’t just sold our most important assets to overseas companies, we’ve paid them to steal them from us. Our banks, our forests, our energy resources, our telecommunications services. And all in the name of reducing overseas debt, which is now nearly four times more than it was when we started. And no-one voted for this. Labour and National governments have simply betrayed the country and they do not deserve to be re-elected for it. And now they want us to pay for our most important social services: health and education. The Alliance will restore free health services to New Zealand because we believe health care should be available according to need, not ability to pay. We’ll remove doctors’ fees, hospital and prescription charges, and we’ll put doctors and nurses back into hospitals like this instead of high priced bureaucrats and managers. And health cards and community cards of all kinds will be abolished because we believe all New Zealanders should be treated as equals, not first and second class citizens. The Alliance is concerned about the future for New Zealand. And there is no greater investment we can make in that future than in education. That is why in an Alliance government education will be free. Free from kindergarten, kohanga reo, through primary, secondary and tertiary level. No school or student fees, no means testing for student allowances, simply free education. And greater encouragement for technical training, apprenticeships and second chance education. So the Alliance cares about New Zealand and New Zealanders and the environment. Because unless we care about our people and our country we won’t have much of a future. That is why the Alliance stands for a fair society. And a better system of government. Mixed member proportional (MMP) will give us that better government. So what are you going to do on election day? Vote for parties that helped create the problems we now face? Or a party which offers solutions to those problems? The Alliance’s policies are for people. They’re your policies. So on Saturday vote Alliance. Together we can make a difference. Jeanette Fitzsimons: - Hauraki. Co Deputy Leader of the Alliance “And until not just women, but the values women hold are equals…” John Wright. Alliance Candidate Rangiora. “The Alliance is unique. It is cooperation in action, it is the way of the future.” Sandra Lee – Auckland Central. Co Deputy leader of the Alliance: “I’m proud to be part of the Alliance. I’m proud to be one of those people.” Hamish MacIntyre MP. Alliance Member for Manawatu: “What is right and fair for all New Zealanders.” Matiu Rata. Alliance candidate Northern Maori: “it is an election where difference shall be our strength.” Alliance. Labour Party closing 1993 (11.07-20.00) Announcer: “The rallies, meetings, interviews, debates are behind us. The 1993 election campaign is all but over. Millions of words have been spoken over these past few weeks, most of them are already forgotten. But others have stayed with us, memorable for their honesty.” Moore: “Because I don’t trust you Mr Bolger. Because it is my generation’s turn to pay back New Zealand. Look, I’d rather have Helen Clark beside me than Ruth Richardson behind me. It is jobs, it is growth, it is health. It is everything you believe in. Announcer: “It now comes down to how you decide to use your vote. And never before in an election has your vote carried so much weight. It is a close race, that much we all know. But despite the presence of the smaller parties, the reality is that the winner of this election can only be either Labour or National. A vote for a minor party is not a vote for change. Only Labour can stop the Bolger-Richardson government. As the campaign has unfolded, the differences between the two major parties have become more obvious. While Labour has put forward strong, clear policies, National has been evasive when asked about its true agenda for the future. Nowhere is this more apparent than on the subject of our public health system. Helen Clark: “The first thing that goes is hospital charges, and the Bill that made them possible. Second thing that goes, the requirement for Crown Health Enterprises to make a profit, that nonsense is going to stop. Third thing that goes is private patients jumping the queue for surgery in public hospitals. Fourth thing that goes tendering out surgery from public hospitals, that would leave them half empty and is going to stop. Fifth thing, we set the new subsidies for children and senior citizens, with reductions for working families for their children to see the doctor from the first of February next year. That is the plan. Moore: “It is life and death for our hospitals. Make no mistake, the American Revolution is not over. This is just the beginning. If they get away with this, there’ll be nothing left to rescue, or to fix up. The Bolger government is tearing the heart out of our health system. Clark: “They are destroying the public health system and the public know that. They know that a lot of the change has been held up pending the outcome of the general election. And if we don’t stop it now, it will not be able to be stopped. Text and announcer: Health. “Labour will abolish the Bolger government’s hospital charges. Mr Bolger wouldn’t answer when asked if hospital charges would be raised further under National. Labour will restore a no-fault accident compensation system. Mr Birch has already started his ACC privatisation experiments. He won’t say what the future holds. Announcer: “One in four of our young people are learning nothing except how to hold out their hands for dole money. Youth unemployment has always concerned Labour, which is why Mike Moore has spent years preparing policy which goes to the heart of this problem. It is an issue the Bolger government has chosen to ignore. Until three weeks ago. Michael Cullen: “I think the voters have really been looking for answers on youth unemployment in this campaign. And from Labour they’ve got a clear commitment to ensure that young people have employment or training. We are not going to start young people off in life feeling worthless, being on the dole. Text and announcer: Youth unemployment. “Labour will ensure no-one under 20 is left on the dole with nothing to do. The Bolger government denies that acceptance of unemployment is part of their plan. But where is their solution? Announcer: “And where do the jobs and growth come from that New Zealand needs. Not from the Bolger-Richardson hands-off approach. Being work fit in the 1990s means being well-trained and educated. Ignorance and lack of education is not bliss. It is a costly breeding ground for unemployment and social upheaval. Government has to take a lead in opening up more educational opportunities to more New Zealanders, because no-one else will.” Moore: “And our education policy is clear, standards will be raised, we will register teachers. Compulsory bulk funding of teachers’ salaries will go. We’ll be able to assist the students in terms of when they pay their loans back and what the income is for parents, we’ll be able to help them. Cullen: “We’ve always been the education party in New Zealand, and in the opinion polls it is always Labour that is identified as the party best able to address education issues. And that includes things like ensuring a proper number of teachers at kindergartens, that teachers are registered, that class sizes are going down. Text and announcer. Education. “Labour will increase allowances to tertiary students in need. National has looked at abolishing tertiary allowances. Lockwood Smith keeps on denying this is his plan.” Announcer: “Credibility has been talked about a great deal during this election campaign. Often the talking has been done by Jim Bolger. You’ll remember he also did a lot of talking during the last election campaign. He made lots of promises. And broke all of them. Cullen: “Labour is the only party in this campaign whose promises have been carefully scrutinised and whose policies have been out there in the public arena. Mr Bolger has been hiding National’s policies, doesn’t want them scrutinised, while the third parties’ policies haven’t been subject to any real scrutiny at all by the media.” Sonya Davies: “We are not promising anything that can’t be delivered. That would be fatal, I don’t think this country could stand another bout of being promised something and then it not happening. Moore: “Because they’ve broken the people’s hearts, but they haven’t broken our spirit. Because New Zealanders will not accept this. They do not want a society that has gone rotten before it has gone ripe, it is heart breaking that here we live in a country rich enough to feed the world, but we can’t feed our own citizens only a couple of miles from here. And there is something fundamentally sick and wrong with a society that brands children as poor or rich when they want to be educated and want to be made well. Clark: “We’ve had a reputation of being with the best in the world on human rights, political, economic and social rights, and this government has destroyed our reputation.” Davies: “But if National gets in again, I’m fearful for the nuclear free policy. I’m fearful for what will happen in health and I think education is going to be the next. I wouldn’t be surprised if they unleashed Bill Birch onto that. And you know, I think, I wouldn’t want to live here. Clark: “We have made promises which we know we can meet. It is a modest programme, and we would all love to do more. But let’s promise what we know we can do. If we can surprise people by being able to do more, I’ll be delighted. Moore: New Zealanders are smart, they know this country can be better. That is why the hardest questions I’ve had during this campaign haven’t come from the media, they’ve come from the people. New Zealanders have been asking me, why don’t we have more jobs now that things are supposed to be getting better. Why must we pay to go to our own hospitals? Why can’t we afford to go to our own universities and Polytechs? Why is there more violence on the streets? Why are we being held up to international shame over the treatment of our young people? Are things really getting better? I don’t need to tell you how much is at stake in this election. New Zealand is at a cross roads: two very different paths lie before us. Our unemployed youth will either be given opportunity, or paid to do nothing but get into trouble. Our public health system will either be saved or destroyed by privatisation. Our public education system will remain either open to all, or just to the wealthy. Our ACC will either stay, or be eroded. Myself, Helen Clark, Michael Cullen and the rest of our team are eager to meet the challenge ahead. We won’t allow a single person in this country to be left out in the cold. We won’t allow the New Zealand of hope to become the New Zealand of desperation. We believe in the New Zealand we love. It’s future is now in your hands. Text: Labour. Only Labour can stop National. National 1993 closing (20.20) Music: “There is a beat in my heart like the beat of the land. The pulse picking up now, growing. The feeling surges. We’re not looking back because we are on the right track. In the heartland, it is coming from the heart land. It is coming from my land, New Zealand. Together we are making the country strong, we are redeeming now and it won’t be long, we are well on our way, never look back, we are picking up pace and are on the right track. In the heartland, it is coming from the heartland. Bolger: “I passionately believe in the essential goodness of New Zealanders. And I know they support me and my campaign for a decent society. Over the past three years, as part of that campaign, we have worked together to turn our country around. In recent weeks we have talked of the spirit of recovery. The spirit of ordinary New Zealanders everywhere that made the recovery possible. And the recovery makes all of our ambitions achievable, be they jobs, education or health. Over the past month, you have seen the cut and thrust of the election campaign. It has centred on four important issues: the economic recovery; the recovery’s effects on interest rates and home mortgage rates; and the recovery’s effect on job creation. The fourth issue is the Labour Party’s big spending promises and the tax increases that would be needed to pay for them. And the damage they would do to the recovery. Woman: “I think that the country is on the right track and I think that it will improve dramatically in the next ten years. Man with mountain behind: “It is not easy to do the right things and I think in many cases this is what the government has done. They’ve bit the bullet and we all had to bite it with them.” Woman at home: “Families want stability and this is what it is all about.” Bolger: “The speed and the scope of New Zealand’s economic recovery has surprised people at home and international observers. Our economic growth, for instance, was the worst among 24 OECD countries, just three years ago. And yet today it rates second (Text: Second best growth rate in the OECD). It may surprise you, but New Zealand’s growth of just on three percent this year is better than that of the United States, or Japan, or Germany. And it has been predicted that next year we will do better still. Why is this happening? It is happening because this National government brought its spending under control. This has brought interest rates down, helping ordinary Kiwi families and exporters alike. Our exports have become far more cost competitive in the market places of the world. They’ve growth from 15 billion dollars a year three years ago to over 19.3 billion dollars today (bar graph of Overseas Trade). And they are setting new records every month. Man: “We are on track, we are in the ninth consecutive quarter of recovery, that is historically a very high figure, a very long standing recovery by New Zealand standards. We haven’t seen anything like it since the 1970s. Woman: “Well I feel over the last few years, and under the National government, it hasn’t always been easy. I mean there have been some very tough and unpopular policy decisions to be made. But most of these have been really necessary in order to set New Zealand on the path to recovery.” Man: “Over 20% down to six and a half percent, you know, is that success or isn’t it.” Bolger: “For many people the best part of the recovery is lower interest rates and lower home mortgage rates. These have fallen because inflation has fallen from over 5% to 1.5% since we took over (inflation graph). We can all remember when home mortgage rates (mortgage interest rate graph) were 15 to 20%. Now they are as low as 6.5% and may well fall further. If you have a 60 thousand dollar mortgage over 25 years, it is now $330 cheaper than it was in 1991. Of if you had kept your repayments the same (Text: Mortgage rates halved.) you’d get rid of the loan in 12 years instead of 25. This would save you over 130 thousand dollars in interest. That is how the recovery is helping thousands of kiwi families already. The bad news is that if Labour were to be elected to office tomorrow, all these gains would be threatened. Labour’s big spending promises would lead to both higher taxes and higher interest rates. All that has been so painfully won could be even more painfully lost. Woman: “Everybody needs a plan and a goal and a path to follow. And if you keep on changing the rules you can’t maintain that stability.” Man: “Probably, for the first time in, I would say seven or eight years, we are looking at the opportunity of being able to have the kind of growth we need. Woman in house: “We had to be pulled kicking and screaming into the 90s and I think now we’ve got there a period of stability is called for. The changes have been good, some maybe a little bit fast, but now I want, for my family, just to see stability. So I know their future is secure. I don’t want to see too many chopping and changing again, so I don’t want a change in government. Bolger: “Employment has been one of the big issues of this campaign. In 1993, the recovery has meant that on average the number of registered unemployed (Text: Registered unemployed falling by 100 every day.) has fallen by 100 people a day every day, seven days a week. At last, unemployment that climbed by over 100,000 under Labour is on the way down. There are more people in work today than when I became Prime Minister. Our economy has never produced jobs at a faster rate (Employment graph). The fastest growth we’d seen previously in the late 70s and early 80s was about half of what it is today. The independent forecasting group Infometrics has estimated that 138,000 new jobs over the next five years. Again, you can see the importance of the recovery. And how vital it is we do nothing to threaten it. Young man: “From a student point of view, of someone just emerging, it has had the effect that perhaps more students, and more people coming out of university are starting to pick up jobs faster than they did, say, just a few years ago.” Woman: “And the recovery has really started. So unemployment will continue to drop. Bolger: “The fourth issue is that of taxation. The National Party stand is clear and unequivocal. We will not increase personal tax, GST or corporate tax during our next term in office. Labour, by contrast, has given just about as many answers on tax as they have spokespersons. Announcer and text: “Mike Moore, Helen Clark, Michael Cullen all endorsed the increased taxes option in the Wellington Inner City Mission survey of MP’s”, Dominion, 15/7/91. “The people who earn more should pay more” Mike Moore, Dominion, 22/4/91. “Government’s should raise taxes instead of having more widespread user pays for social services.” Michael Cullen, Christchurch Press, 20/11/91. “We shouldn’t be afraid to raise income taxes to match sound fiscal policy with dynamic social policy.” David Lange, Dominion, 10/8/92. Bolger: “Labour leaders are at sixes and sevens on tax, and here is the important bit. Labour’s big spending promises have been calculated by the New Zealand Treasury to cost $1.4 billion dollars. 1.4 billion. The only way this could be paid for is by tax increases. GST would increase (Text: Up to 17.5% GST under Labour) to about 17.5% to cover that cost. Let’s be quite clear, when you vote tomorrow you can vote against increased taxes by voting National. Or you can vote for increased taxes by voting Labour. Farming man: “Well I don’t want to pay more taxes.” Bolger: “So these have been the four key issues of this campaign. National’s economic recovery, with its lower interest rates, greater business activity and the new jobs it is creating. Contrasted, with Labour’s tax and spend policies. The choice has never been so stark. But now the talking is over. And tomorrow you must cast your vote. I invite you to vote for continuity and recovery by voting National. You either vote for the recovery or against it. It is as simple as that. We’ve had our say, tomorrow you get yours. Recovery music. The spirit of recovery. A message from the N.Z. National Party.