Tom Rutherford

MP for Bay of Plenty 🥝 Authorised by T Rutherford, 3/9 Domain Road, Papamoa.

[Simeon Brown @SimeonBrownMP]

Chris Hipkins and Labour are misleading Kiwis when they say the only tax they are taking to the election is a Capital Gains Tax.

This is untrue.

They have already announced a $5 billion Business Tax with their announced axing of Investment Boost.

And they have made it clear they will put back in place the Renters Tax by removing interest deductibility for landlords.

Labour might think they can get away with misleading Kiwis - but Kiwis know this is the same old tax and spend Labour Party.

You can’t trust Labour on Tax.

[Tom Rutherford @TomRutherfordMP]

Shameful.

[henry cooke @henrycooke]

National MPs united in expressing disgust at this comment by Stuart Nash, sent to Chris Finlayson about Katie Nimon. https://t.co/fEflGUli0f

[Tom Rutherford @TomRutherfordMP]

You couldn’t ask for a graph that more explicitly shows the difference between spending under Labour vs National.

Fixing the basics, building the future.

[Tom Rutherford @TomRutherfordMP]

Families deserve answers.

National is focused on supporting victims, creating safer communities, and holding violent criminals to account.

Labour on the other hand…

[The Platform NZ @theplatform_nz]

Tom Rutherford, National MP for BOP on his 'No Body, No Parole' Member's Bill being drawn.
https://t.co/v8mKM0QiJY

[Chris Lynch @chrislynchmedia]

Christchurch family’s fight for ‘no body, no parole’ law one step closer after bill drawn from ballot. @TomRutherfordMP
https://t.co/RfcpnSykpT

[Tom Rutherford @TomRutherfordMP]

Wow these are the people Labour want to work with 🙄

A Labour-Greens-Te Pāti Māori coalition would be an absolute circus.

[Tom Rutherford @TomRutherfordMP]

Labour hasn't issued a press release in two weeks. There's an election in six months.

[Tom Rutherford @TomRutherfordMP]

Labour complaining about prisons again.

People should consider the consequences of their actions before committing crime. That way they wouldn’t end up in prison in the first place.

Labour aren’t just soft on crime, their first priority is clearly criminals, not victims.

[Simeon Brown @SimeonBrownMP]

If Christopher Luxon got on a plane Labour would have been criticising the PM for his fuel usage. Labour are barking at passing cars while National is ensuring fuel supply for Kiwis and targeted support to those who need it the most.

[Tom Rutherford @TomRutherfordMP]

A very special day for us, while our community was dealing with something absolutely heartbreaking.

I’ve shared some reflections with the Herald here.

https://t.co/DYNj8WqZx3

[Mark Mitchell @MarkMitchellMP]

It is with a heavy heart that I send my thoughts and condolences to the family that have lost two of their loved ones in the Welcome Bay slip.

Our thoughts as a country are with you.

Thank you to teams that worked so hard to recover them, I know how you will be feeling.

[Tom Rutherford @TomRutherfordMP]

An incredibly distressing event in a place familiar to many New Zealanders. Our thoughts are with Australia.

[Mark Mitchell @MarkMitchellMP]

At the select committee today, I told Ginny that I thought gang membership had increased by about 2,000 under Labour.

I was wrong. It was 4,000, or 75%.

No wonder they were so upset.

[Tom Rutherford @TomRutherfordMP]

Cracking down on gangs, increasing Police foot patrols, strengthening Police powers and delivering tougher consequences for offenders is working.

[Tom Rutherford @TomRutherfordMP]

If we want real debates about employment, responsibility, accountability, and how our system works, the least the media can do is start with the facts.

[Tom Rutherford @TomRutherfordMP]

The media ran their story painting a picture of a man applying for nearly 8,000 jobs and being failed by the system. What they didn’t bother to mention: he’d been in prison, sentenced to 25 years for kidnapping and carjacking with a deadly weapon.

https://t.co/vxA2AN4O3i

[Tom Rutherford @TomRutherfordMP]

One of the questions I get most often from people in our community is why the quality of journalism in New Zealand has slipped so far. This is a perfect example.

New Zealand deserves better than cut-and-paste journalism that skips the fundamentals.