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New Zealand First Member’s Bill To Improve Access To Palliative Care
Friday, 18 October 2024, 12:04 pm | New Zealand First Party
The ‘Improving Access to Palliative Care Bill’ seeks to guarantee that every New Zealander has the right to receive high-quality palliative care whenever it is needed. More >>
Rt Hon Winston Peters: As Promised – We Are Taking Back Our Country
Sunday, 13 October 2024, 3:26 pm | New Zealand First Party
To our members here today, when you go home from this meeting please thank your wives your husbands and your children, for the sacrifices you have all made to be part of a great political movement. More >>
NZ First Invokes 'Agree To Disagree' On New Covid Royal Commission
Tuesday, 25 June 2024, 1:20 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First’s position from the beginning of discussions, has been to stop the current Royal Commission altogether and start a new, broader, independent, and public inquiry. We have consistently advocated for this position. More >>
Banking Inquiry On Its Way
Wednesday, 12 June 2024, 1:21 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First campaigned to take on foreign owned banks, and we committed to that in our coalition agreement by ensuring the inquiry has a broad and deep criteria that focuses on competitiveness, customer services, and profitability. More >>
Responsible Budgeting
Saturday, 1 June 2024, 1:36 pm | New Zealand First Party
The coalition government’s Budget 2024 was released on Thursday, and New Zealand First is celebrating the crucial policy initiatives we secured. More >>
New Zealand First Member’s Bill To Protect Freedom Of Speech
Friday, 24 May 2024, 1:20 pm | New Zealand First Party
The “Protection of Freedom of Expression Bill” will ensure that no organisation or individual, when acting within the law, is unreasonably denied use of a public venue for an organised event or gathering due solely to holding a differing opinion ... More >>
New Zealand First Member’s Bill To Protect Women’s Spaces
Friday, 10 May 2024, 1:26 pm | New Zealand First Party
The ‘Fair Access to Bathrooms Bill’ will require, primarily in the interest and safety of women and girls, that all new non-domestic publicly accessible buildings provide separate, clearly demarcated, unisex and single sex bathrooms. More >>
Tikanga Is Not Law. It Is Cultural Indoctrination
Tuesday, 7 May 2024, 1:53 pm | New Zealand First Party
The tikanga regulations will compel law students to be taught that a system, which does not conform with the rule of law, is nevertheless law which should be observed and applied. More >>
Jamie Arbuckle MP - Re: My Position As Marlborough District Councillor
Tuesday, 7 May 2024, 10:39 am | New Zealand First Party
This is my fifth term as a Marlborough District Councillor, I am passionate about local issues, and I will continue to work hard for my community. More >>
Court Of Appeal: Trifecta Of Victory For NZFirst, Trifecta Of Failure For Opponents
Tuesday, 26 March 2024, 1:01 pm | New Zealand First Party
For the third time since April 2020, New Zealand First has defeated the Serious Fraud Office and all those complicit in a malicious attack against a political party going about its lawful business in a lawful manner. In April of 2020, six months ... More >>
Rt Hon Winston Peters - ‘SailGP Debacle’ A Disaster For New Zealand’s Future
Monday, 25 March 2024, 4:03 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand has recently lost the hosting rights of some major international sporting events including the America’s Cup, the Rugby Championship, Netball World Cup, and the Wellington Sevens. We are now at a huge risk of losing SailGP as well. And ... More >>
Rt Hon Winston Peters - Media Misrepresentation, Inconsistency, And Dripping Bias
Tuesday, 19 March 2024, 3:13 pm | New Zealand First Party
Many in the mainstream media have taken what was said in New Zealand First’s State of the Nation Speech in Palmerston North on Sunday and deliberately, deceitfully, and ignorantly misrepresented what I said and why I said it. The headlines and commentary ... More >>
Rt Hon Winston Peter - "State of the Nation - We Got Back Up Again"
Sunday, 17 March 2024, 2:35 pm | New Zealand First Party
Good afternoon. Thank you for, in your very busy lives, turning up to this meeting today. On October 14th last year New Zealanders overwhelmingly voted for change. That is exactly what this new government is bringing. New Zealand First campaigned ... More >>
Completing The First 100 Days Plan
Friday, 8 March 2024, 2:30 pm | New Zealand First Party
The New Zealand public voted for a change in direction at the 2023 general election and that is exactly what this coalition government has been delivering in its first 100 days. There was an immediate focus on the economy, easing the cost of living, ... More >>
New Zealand First Policy Announcement: Parliamentary Conscience Votes
Tuesday, 3 October 2023, 1:25 pm | New Zealand First Party
· New Zealand First will put an end to the use of conscience votes in parliament and return democracy to the people. · New Zealand First has always believed that important decisions that change the social fabric of our country forever should not ... More >>
New Zealand First Policy Announcement
Monday, 2 October 2023, 1:09 pm | New Zealand First Party
Seniors and Superannuation: · NZ First will keep the age of National Superannuation entitlement at 65 years and the current 66% of net average wage maintained, and not lowered by shifting the link to inflation. · NZ First will fund rates relief for ... More >>
New Zealand First Backs “Manifesto For Auckland”
Sunday, 1 October 2023, 7:49 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has studied Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown’s “Manifesto for Auckland” and endorses it as a needed next government immediate priority. Much of what the Mayor’s office is saying is mirrored by Councils all around New Zealand who desperately ... More >>
New Zealand First Policy Announcement: Law And Order
Thursday, 28 September 2023, 1:08 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First believes that keeping society safe should be the priority of law-and-order policies. Every New Zealander deserves to feel safe, secure, and have their person and property respected. That is why New Zealand First continues to fix the flaws ... More >>
Labour’s Dirt Campaign Exposed With Media Help
Thursday, 28 September 2023, 12:44 pm | New Zealand First Party
In last night’s leaders debate Labour Leader Chris Hipkins referred to a quote without giving any explanation of its content, which was about the ‘disease of co-governance’ that is perpetuated by the Māori elite, and he said it was racist. ... More >>
Caution RNZ - Your Bilious Bias Is Showing
Tuesday, 26 September 2023, 12:51 pm | New Zealand First Party
When RNZ first began it was with the intention that there would be an honest and sole broadcaster in which the people of New Zealand could have confidence in what they were hearing was neutral, factual, and professional. Sadly, that worthy reputation ... More >>
