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End of Occupation Welcome
Wednesday, 9 September 2015, 4:36 pm | New Zealand First Party
Northland MP Rt Hon Winston Peters says the Far North will be pleased the occupation of Kaitaia airport is over and that common sense prevails. More >>
Fishing Families Miss Out As National Ignore Promise
Wednesday, 9 September 2015, 3:28 pm | New Zealand First Party
Spokesperson for Fisheries and Outdoor Recreation 9 September 2015 Fishing Families Miss Out As National Ignore Promise More >>
Government Must Get Kaitaia Airport Open
Wednesday, 9 September 2015, 12:34 pm | New Zealand First Party
The government is being challenged to get New Zealand’s most northern airport at Kaitaia open and operational immediately by New Zealand First Leader and Member of Parliament for Northland Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>
Northland Business Axed, Foreign Giant Gets Privileged Deal
Tuesday, 8 September 2015, 4:37 pm | New Zealand First Party
“When alerted that a Northland business has been dumped from government contracts in favour of a foreign-owned corporate in the waste industry, Mr Joyce showed not an ounce of concern,” says New Zealand First Leader and Member of Parliament for ... More >>
Silver Fern Farms Has New Zealand First Drafting Bill
Friday, 4 September 2015, 3:40 pm | New Zealand First Party
A week after New Zealand First revealed Chinese moves on New Zealand’s largest beef exporter, Silver Fern Farms, the Party expects confirmation on Mondaythat it will involve up to half ownership. “New Zealand First is urgently drafting a Meat ... More >>
New Zealand First is the Party for Small Business
Friday, 4 September 2015, 2:42 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First congratulates the organisers of this important conference. We thank you for the opportunity to explain how our policies support SMEs. More >>
Christchurch Paedophile Deserves to Be Exposed
Thursday, 3 September 2015, 11:11 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First supports Christchurch sisters Karen Beaumont and Anne-Marie Forsyth and their fight to expose the paedophile who was convicted of sexually abusing them 20 years ago. “For the last two decades this paedophile has hidden behind name ... More >>
Dumping of Cheap Imports Will Hit Jobs And Business
Wednesday, 2 September 2015, 9:55 am | New Zealand First Party
Swamping New Zealand with cheap goods will hit manufacturing and business hard, says New Zealand First. More >>
Dairy Price Spring Reflects Lower Volumes And El Nino Fears
Wednesday, 2 September 2015, 9:20 am | New Zealand First Party
The first GlobalDairyTrade auction for September will put a spring into the step of farmers but reflects Fonterra reducing volume, the product mix sold, a much lower New Zealand dollar and growing fears of a serious El Nino drought. More >>
Lady Emily Latimer
Wednesday, 2 September 2015, 8:23 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First extends our sympathies to the family of Lady Emily Latimer after her sudden death. More >>
Barriers to Salisbury School enrolment must come down
Tuesday, 1 September 2015, 2:35 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is calling on the government to allow parents to enrol their children directly at Salisbury School for high needs girls in Richmond, Nelson. “The government removed the school’s ability to take applications and dramatically reduced the ... More >>
Apology Accepted
Tuesday, 1 September 2015, 1:26 pm | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters New Zealand First Leader Member of Parliament for Northland 1 SEPTEMBER 2015 Apology Accepted More >>
Goodbye Publicly Funded R&D as Chinese Eye Silver Fern Farms
Tuesday, 1 September 2015, 11:14 am | New Zealand First Party
With the Chinese set to make a substantial investment in Silver Fern Farms, New Zealand First is warning that taxpayer funded research and development worth over $200 million could easily head overseas. More >>
More Land Goes into Foreign Hands for Dairying
Monday, 31 August 2015, 4:30 pm | New Zealand First Party
European interests extending their dairy holdings in New Zealand are among the latest land sale approvals for foreign buyers, says New Zealand First. More >>
Silver Fern Farms Must Not Be Allowed to Go Chinese
Friday, 28 August 2015, 5:12 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is vowing to fight for the continued New Zealand ownership of New Zealand’s second largest meat cooperative as it faces sale to the Chinese. More >>
We Say It Again - Serco Must Go
Friday, 28 August 2015, 10:22 am | New Zealand First Party
Private prison operator Serco knew about the fight clubs at Mt Eden 18 months ago, but covered it up, says New Zealand First More >>
Seven Years on And National is in No Rush to Help Children
Thursday, 27 August 2015, 7:53 pm | New Zealand First Party
Seven years under a National government has done nothing to improve the appalling outcomes for New Zealand children in state care, says New Zealand First. More >>
National Dementia Plan Urgently Needed
Thursday, 27 August 2015, 5:22 pm | New Zealand First Party
The Ministry of Health has no plan to care for the 150,000 New Zealanders who are likely to have dementia by 2050, says New Zealand First. “When questioned in Parliament today Health Minister Jonathan Coleman could only point to an outline for dementia ... More >>
Minister’s Rheumatic Fever Claims Undermined by Figures
Thursday, 27 August 2015, 3:12 pm | New Zealand First Party
The Minister of Health, Jonathan Coleman, is failing to meet his targets in reducing rheumatic fever hospital admissions and is instead fiddling with the figures, says New Zealand First. More >>
Merchandise Exports Sharply Down
Thursday, 27 August 2015, 8:23 am | New Zealand First Party
National is choosing to ignore more than the canary in the mine with New Zealand’s merchandise exports in the year to July 2015, being down $2.1 billion on the corresponding point in 2014. More >>
