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Government Backs East Coast Marine Infrastructure
Saturday, 12 September 2020, 11:10 am | New Zealand First Party
Infrastructure Minister Shane Jones has today announced the Government is supporting the creation of new marine infrastructure in northern Te Tairāwhiti on the North Island’s East Coast. The Government has approved in principle an allocation of ... More >>
New Zealand First Commits $100m To Boost The Aquaculture Sector
Thursday, 10 September 2020, 3:19 pm | New Zealand First Party
In the formation of the current Government, New Zealand First made it a coalition agreement condition to recognise the potential for aquaculture in promoting regional economic growth. Aquaculture was one of New Zealand First’s priorities and we are ... More >>
SPEECH At Tiwai Point: Turning The Tiwai Story Around
Wednesday, 9 September 2020, 9:25 am | New Zealand First Party
Good morning. Thank you for taking time between shifts to come and listen to New Zealand First. This election is the most important one facing voters in over a generation. How the country’s economy recovers from the Covid pandemic will be front and centre ... More >>
New Zealand First Renews Commitment To Telford.
Tuesday, 8 September 2020, 4:15 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First Leader Rt Hon Winston Peters visited Telford this morning to renew its commitment to Telford and the agricultural sector. “We’re are proud that Mark Patterson played a lead role in keeping the gates open at the Telford Agricultural ... More >>
New Zealand First Pledges Support For More Prisoner Training Programmes
Tuesday, 8 September 2020, 12:03 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First today pledged support for more prisoner programmes across the country to help prisoners rejoin society by building their skills and expertise through training and support initiatives. “We know that prisoners with steady work, support ... More >>
NEW ZEALAND FIRST PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR HILLSIDE WORKSHOP
Monday, 7 September 2020, 5:20 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First pledges to re-establish Hillside as a key part of New Zealand’s rail infrastructure once again, said New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters. At a visit to the site today, Winston Peters said that New Zealand First has a long ... More >>
Additional Public Holiday Unneeded
Monday, 7 September 2020, 3:21 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First does not support the call by the Labour Party for an additional public holiday. “New Zealand First has concerns that an additional public holiday will place undue strain on employers,” said New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters. ... More >>
Time for Australia to Take This Terrorist Home
Thursday, 27 August 2020, 3:24 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters today welcomed the life without parole sentence of the Australian terrorist. More >>
Practical Changes Made to Winter Grazing Regulations Welcome
Wednesday, 26 August 2020, 1:16 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First welcomes today’s announcement to amendments to the winter grazing rules announced by Agriculture Minister Damian O’Connor. More >>
New Zealand First Support For Health Select Committee Hearing Into Alert Level Decision
Tuesday, 25 August 2020, 12:56 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First leader Winston Peters has announced that the New Zealand First Caucus agrees with the request of Dr Shane Reti to reconvene the Health Select Committee in light of the Government’s Alert Level decision yesterday. “The decision to ... More >>
New Zealand First Welcomes Long-awaited Route 52 Upgrades
Wednesday, 19 August 2020, 4:33 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First welcomes the $14.6 million investment in long-awaited upgrades to Route 52 between Central Hawke’s Bay and Tararua District as announced by Infrastructure Minister Shane Jones. “I am over the moon that my plea to Minister Jones and Minister ... More >>
Speech: New Zealand First Announces A New Border Protection Force
Wednesday, 19 August 2020, 3:49 pm | New Zealand First Party
The latest COVID outbreak means nothing is the same anymore. We again all have to live with the threat of the Covid-19 pandemic. There are real lessons to be learnt. We can hope for a worldwide vaccine but will not be enough for any future pandemic ... More >>
New Zealand First Welcomes Election Delay
Monday, 17 August 2020, 10:12 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First Leader Rt Hon Winston Peters has welcomed the Prime Minister’s decision to delay the General Election until October 17. More >>
Matters For Decision
Sunday, 16 August 2020, 3:02 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First leader Winston Peters today called for a delay to the election as a result of the Covid-19 outbreak “Since Monday evening, August 10, we have said that our health response must come first and politics second. That remains our ... More >>
Leader Of New Zealand First Responds To Questions On The General Election Date
Thursday, 13 August 2020, 10:36 am | New Zealand First Party
“At this difficult time our concern must be focused on the health of our team of five million. That team includes all politicians and their parties. That is why I immediately suspended New Zealand First’s campaign. Health first, politics second. ... More >>
New Zealand First Announces Its Fourth Tranche Of Candidates
Saturday, 8 August 2020, 6:09 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is pleased to announce the next tranche of candidates that will represent our values and spread our message across the country at this year’s election. We thank these hardworking New Zealanders for putting their hand up to take on the ... More >>
Historic Bill To End Female Genital Mutilation
Thursday, 30 July 2020, 6:27 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First welcomes the passage of the Crimes (Definition of Female Genital Mutilation) Amendment Bill today, which protects women and girls from abhorrent abuse. It brings New Zealand in alignment with the World Health Organisation classification ... More >>
Greens Prove Themselves Unstable And Untrustworthy
Wednesday, 29 July 2020, 9:01 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First leader Winston Peters today questioned the Green Party’s decision to support National MP David Carter’s Private Member’s Bill to repeal the Electoral (Integrity) Amendment Act. ‘There is a certain irony about the Green Party’s ... More >>
New Zealand First Response To COVID-19 Public Health Response Amendment Bill Announcement
Wednesday, 29 July 2020, 1:02 pm | New Zealand First Party
“While New Zealand First will support the passage of the enabling COVID-19 Public Health Response Amendment Bill, New Zealand First has invoked the ‘Agree to Disagree’ provisions of the Coalition Agreement because, on behalf of the ‘team of five million,’ ... More >>
National And Labour Play Politics With First Responder’s Lives
Tuesday, 28 July 2020, 12:57 pm | New Zealand First Party
National and Labour have conducted a dodgy backroom deal to kick the ‘Protection for First Responders and Prison Officers Bill’ back to select committee with no debate or consultation. “The fact that ‘poor drafting’ has been used as an ... More >>
