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Kiwis Missing Out on World Cup Netball

Wednesday, 12 August 2015, 1:25 pm | New Zealand First Party

Another Silver Ferns win, and another night without being able to watch the game live on taxpayer funded television – it’s the World Cup just across the Tasman and Kiwis are missing out. More >>

Treaty Negotiations Minister Needs to Get a Grip

Tuesday, 11 August 2015, 7:54 pm | New Zealand First Party

Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Chris Finalyson needs to get a grip and stop reverting to hissy fits every time some truth is told about his organisational spending, says New Zealand First Leader and Member of Parliament for Northland Rt ... More >>

Enhanced Protection for Sex Workers And the Public Required

Tuesday, 11 August 2015, 12:34 pm | New Zealand First Party

Workers in the prostitution industry and the general public will receive greater protection under reforms proposed by New Zealand FirstSpokesperson for Women Tracey Martin. More >>

Peters Calls upon Fonterra to Suspend Global Dairy Auction

Sunday, 9 August 2015, 10:31 am | New Zealand First Party

With the benchmark GlobalDairyTrade (GDT) price for Whole Milk Powder crashing, New Zealand First is calling on Fonterra’s Board to temporarily suspend Fonterra’s participation on GDT. More >>

Another Corrections Glitch

Saturday, 8 August 2015, 10:17 am | New Zealand First Party

The latest incident with electronic monitoring of prisoners shows that changes are desperately needed, says New Zealand First. More >>

Black Friday for Fonterra’s Farmer-Owners

Friday, 7 August 2015, 3:39 pm | New Zealand First Party

Fonterra’s revised farmgate milk price forecast to $3.85 per kilogram of milksolids (kg/MS), ends a black week for Fonterra farmers and the New Zealand dairy industry, says New Zealand First. More >>

Profit Before People Agenda Hits Again

Friday, 7 August 2015, 10:09 am | New Zealand First Party

More jobs are being cut at New Zealand Post because the government continues to put profit before people, says New Zealand First. More >>

No Answer to Chronically High Youth Unemployment

Thursday, 6 August 2015, 7:10 am | New Zealand First Party

High levels of youth unemployment continue to stagnate under the National Government with no reprieve in sight, says New Zealand First. More >>

Young Dads Need More Support

Thursday, 6 August 2015, 7:08 am | New Zealand First Party

A yawning gap in the level of support provided to first time fathers should not be ignored, says New Zealand First. More >>

Government Needs to Front on Saudi Backroom Deal

Wednesday, 5 August 2015, 9:57 pm | New Zealand First Party

New Zealand First wants full disclosure of the Saudi Arabia sheep farm deal putting New Zealand’s reputation, sovereignty and integrity on the line. More >>

Battle of Chunuk Bair Centennial

Wednesday, 5 August 2015, 2:55 pm | New Zealand First Party

“All New Zealand First wanted was 35-minutes of Parliamentary time so that the New Zealand Parliament could pay its respects to those who made the ultimate sacrifice 100 years ago,” says Ron Mark, New Zealand First Defence spokesperson. “Given ... More >>

Celebrating 50 Years Of Independence in the Cook Islands

Wednesday, 5 August 2015, 9:31 am | New Zealand First Party

New Zealand First congratulates the government and people of the Cook Islands as they celebrate 50 years of self-government. More >>

Les Munro - Per Ardua Ad Astra

Tuesday, 4 August 2015, 5:20 pm | New Zealand First Party

New Zealand First is saddened by the news that the last surviving Dambuster pilot, Les Munro, has passed away. “Les Munro was a legend from a squadron chock full of legends,” says Ron Mark, New Zealand First Defence Spokesperson. More >>

Air New Zealand Proves Solid Energy Can Be Saved

Tuesday, 4 August 2015, 1:37 pm | New Zealand First Party

With Solid Energy teetering on the edge of becoming the largest ever State-Owned Enterprise to fail, Air New Zealand’s recovery provides proof that the business can be turned around. More >>

Can the TPPA Be Rebooted?

Monday, 3 August 2015, 2:55 pm | New Zealand First Party

New Zealand First believes the only way to save the Trans-Pacific Partnership is to go back to the small group of countries who came up with the original concept and base an agreement on trade without various non-trade projects and agendas getting ... More >>