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English - Forget Privatising SOEs
Wednesday, 26 September 2007, 1:30 pm | Grey Power New Zealand
Grey Power National President, Mr Graham Stairmand, today stated "If Bill English wants his Party to be the Government after the next election, he needs to forget any form of privatisation of SOEs. This will seal the fate of the National Party ... More >>
Grey Power Concerned By emmissions Policy
Monday, 17 September 2007, 11:59 am | Grey Power New Zealand
Grey Power National President, Mr Graham Stairmand stated today "Grey Power are very concerned that the government's policy on carbon emissions will tend to overall increase costs. There is comment that lower income people will be compensated, but we have ... More >>
Gold Card Reaction
Thursday, 30 August 2007, 10:02 am | Grey Power New Zealand
Grey Power National President, Mr Graham Stairmand stated today "After the launch by the Minister, the Gold Card has not been as well received by our members as was hoped. Some held very high (and probably unrealistic) expectations so their disappointment ... More >>
Grey Power Response To Electoral Finance Bill
Wednesday, 29 August 2007, 2:10 pm | Grey Power New Zealand
Grey Power National President, Mr Graham Stairmand said today "Grey Power is appalled at the totally repressive legislation contained in the Electoral Finance Bill. We believe that the bill is fatally flawed and removes the right of free speech. ... More >>
Super Gold Card
Wednesday, 29 August 2007, 1:45 pm | Grey Power New Zealand
Grey Power National President, Mr Graham Stairmand announced today that Grey Power are pleased to attend and support the launch of the Super Gold Card. More >>
More Feet On The Beat
Friday, 15 June 2007, 3:33 pm | Grey Power New Zealand
Grey Power rebuffs Counties Manukau police district field crime manager Detective Inspector Jim Gallagher's statement that handbags are not only commonly snatched in affluent areas but anywhere and everywhere. We would suggest that maybe as it ... More >>
Grey Power Lament Rising Electricity Costs
Tuesday, 12 June 2007, 10:28 am | Grey Power New Zealand
Grey Power National President, Mr Graham Stairmand said today "There has been much hand-wringing and agonising over the death of a women whose life support system failed when the power was cut off. While there is talk of guidelines and regulations, this ... More >>
Care Staffing Turnover: Grey Power’s Concerns
Tuesday, 5 June 2007, 11:30 am | Grey Power New Zealand
We, as an organisation, have real concerns about the very high turnover of staff providing daily care for older New Zealanders in their homes. The recent release from Business New Zealand has a turnover rate of 39 percent, but our information ... More >>
Grey Power National President outraged
Thursday, 31 May 2007, 12:23 am | Grey Power New Zealand
Grey Power National President, Mr Graham Stairmand, expressed total horror at the electricity disconnection of Folole Muliaga, which caused her death More >>
NZ Health
Wednesday, 9 May 2007, 4:17 pm | Grey Power New Zealand
Dick Stark, Joint Health Portfolio Holder for the NZ Grey Power Federation today stated that because of the disarray apparent within the administrative areas of Health and the emphasis being placed on funding rather than, care it is time to rethink ... More >>
Grey Power Heartened
Wednesday, 2 May 2007, 9:57 am | Grey Power New Zealand
Grey Power New Zealand Federation president, Mr Graham Stairmand, today stated that Grey Power is greatly heartened by the Minister of Health’s announcement of the largest ever investment in care and support of the elderly, involving $150 million ... More >>
Grey Power members voice their concerns on issues
Monday, 23 April 2007, 11:14 am | Grey Power New Zealand
The Grey Power Annual General Meeting was held last week in Martin at which Mr Graham Stairmand was re-elected National President for a further term and accepted the honour of Life Membership, along with re-elected Vice President Don Chapman. More >>
Public reaction to domestic electricity prices
Thursday, 29 March 2007, 11:30 am | Grey Power New Zealand
Mr Peter Rutledge, Grey Power spokesperson on Energy, has today commented on the public reaction to domestic electricity prices. "At last we are seeing public reaction to the excessive profiteering that is going on with domestic electricity pricing. ... More >>
Elderly Concerned About Bradford's Bill
Tuesday, 20 March 2007, 3:05 pm | Grey Power New Zealand
There is a fast growing concern amongst the majority of middle class and elderly citizens of New Zealand with regards to the “Anti Smacking Bill” bandied around Parliament recently. More >>
Grey Power's Mystery
Monday, 12 March 2007, 12:58 am | Grey Power New Zealand
The Grey Power National President, Mr Graham Stairmand, has today distanced Grey Power from this morning's article in the NZ Herald where reporter Paula Oliver stated in her headline that 'Grey Power thanks Peters for $20-00 weekly boost'. More >>
Grey Power targets errors in Energy Strategy
Friday, 23 February 2007, 3:51 pm | Grey Power New Zealand
"Residential electricity prices have risen 5.5% per year in real terms since 2000", said Graham Stairmand, President of Gray Power Federation today. "Government's NZ Energy Strategy is based on a forecast of prices rising by only 1% per year. It is ... More >>
Patients Dumped Off Waiting Lists
Wednesday, 31 January 2007, 10:04 am | Grey Power New Zealand
Grey Power is incensed with the “dumping” of patients off the surgical list nationally. The figures released by National’s Tony Ryall also show that that Canterbury DHB sent 4,700 patient back to their GPs. It is false economy as many of those sent back ... More >>
Grey Power: Why is Life Sentence NOT Life Sentence
Wednesday, 17 January 2007, 11:55 am | Grey Power New Zealand
The latest brutal murder of the elderly pensioner on the North Shore is yet another example of unprovoked, bullish behavior of the “low life” existing in our present day society. More >>
Grey Power Social Services Survey
Wednesday, 1 November 2006, 10:49 am | Grey Power New Zealand
Herewith, please find a spreadsheet with the percentage results from the recent Grey Power Social Services Survey and the one conducted in 2003. More >>
"Use The Surplus To Save Lives"
Thursday, 12 October 2006, 9:40 am | Grey Power New Zealand
Grey Power President, Mr Graham Stairmand said today that the Government should use some of its huge surplus to help save lives by restraining domestic electricity prices. Thousands of households in New Zealand suffer from fuel poverty which causes major ... More >>
