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Privatisation of Prisons Down the Drain Where It Belongs
Saturday, 25 July 2015, 8:42 pm | New Zealand First Party
It is about time the government stepped in to attempt to rectify the mess they’ve created by privatising New Zealand prisons but it’s still not good enough, says New Zealand First. More >>
Diver Killed by Shark Highlights Stewart Island Fears
Saturday, 25 July 2015, 8:08 pm | New Zealand First Party
A recreational scallop diver killed today by a Great White Shark in Tasmania highlights the risk commercial divers face in Stewart Island and the callous disregard shown by Conservation Minister Maggie Barry, to Stewart Islanders who want cage diving ... More >>
Health And Safety Reforms – a Pandora’s Box for NZ
Saturday, 25 July 2015, 10:10 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand needs health and safety regulations that incorporate common sense, says New Zealand First. More >>
Minister of Social Development U-Turns on Serco Comments
Friday, 24 July 2015, 3:24 pm | New Zealand First Party
Minister of Social Development U-Turns on Serco Comments Minister of Social Development Anne Tolley has attempted to dodge New Zealand First’s questions in Parliament relating to comments she made on TVNZ’s Q+A programme last week – but she has ... More >>
Accident Compensation Ombudsman Urgently Needed at ACC
Friday, 24 July 2015, 3:09 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is calling for the establishment of an Accident Compensation Ombudsman to stop New Zealanders being unfairly disadvantaged when challenging ACC decisions. More >>
Charter School Announcement No Surprise
Friday, 24 July 2015, 1:39 pm | New Zealand First Party
Education Minister Hekia Parata has announced that the failing Whangaruru charter school will remain open despite receiving advice to the contrary – not only will it remain open but surprise, surprise this government will funnel over $100,000 more ... More >>
Looming Dental Therapist Crisis Concern for NZ First
Friday, 24 July 2015, 10:33 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says there is a looming shortage of dental therapists in towns and regions across New Zealand and the Minister of Health is asleep at the wheel. More >>
NZ First Welcomes Pasifika Back Home to Western Springs
Friday, 24 July 2015, 9:15 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First welcomes the return of the Pasifika Festival to its historic home at Western Springs in 2016. More >>
TPPA More Important than Public Concern
Thursday, 23 July 2015, 5:25 pm | New Zealand First Party
TPPA More Important than Public Concern The government has robbed New Zealanders of a chance to address concerns about the TPPA, says New Zealand First. “New Zealand First’s Fighting Foreign Corporate Control Bill gave New Zealanders a chance to ... More >>
Minister of Corrections’ Report Card Reads Fail
Thursday, 23 July 2015, 1:27 pm | New Zealand First Party
Too many things have gone wrong in Corrections for the Minister to stay in the job, says New Zealand First. “The government needs to be honest about the performance of the Minister of Corrections Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga – they will find him wanting, ... More >>
Official Cash Rate Belies National’s Soothing Words
Thursday, 23 July 2015, 11:48 am | New Zealand First Party
While National vaingloriously talks up the economy, ill local and international economic winds have forced the Reserve Bank into an official interest rate cutting cycle, says New Zealand First. More >>
English Concedes NZ Farms Better Off in NZ Ownership
Thursday, 23 July 2015, 10:29 am | New Zealand First Party
The government has finally admitted its folly over foreign ownership of New Zealand’s farms, says New Zealand First. “When questioned in Parliament yesterday, Finance Minister Bill English first parroted the government line that Landcorp buying Crafar ... More >>
Key Wrongly Slams the Door Shut on Dairy Exports to Russia
Wednesday, 22 July 2015, 5:11 pm | New Zealand First Party
The Rt Hon Winston Peters says it is rank hypocrisy that the National Government is wrongly ordering New Zealand’s dairy industry to not export to the Russian Federation, even though New Zealand does not have sanctions against Russia. More >>
Productivity Gains From Workplace Protection
Wednesday, 22 July 2015, 3:00 pm | New Zealand First Party
Let us start with as word of appreciation to the Zonta Club of Wellington, the National Council of Women’s Wellington branch and Graduate Women Wellington for the invitation and opportunity to present New Zealand First’s political view on tonight’s subject. ... More >>
Stop Sweeping Serco under the Carpet
Wednesday, 22 July 2015, 2:32 pm | New Zealand First Party
The government must be accountable for Serco-run prisons and the ‘fight club’ mess at Mt Eden but they are being swept under the carpet, says New Zealand First. “Just this morning, National MPs on the Law & Order Select Committee, who make ... More >>
ACT & National Refuse to Support Gallipoli Painting Purchase
Wednesday, 22 July 2015, 12:58 pm | New Zealand First Party
A Gallipoli painting Aucklanders will know from the Museum’s Scars on the Heart exhibition, could be lost from public view and possibly New Zealand, all because Act and National are refusing to back New Zealand First’s motion for it to be purchased ... More >>
More Kiwis Miss Out as Immigration Continues to Rise
Wednesday, 22 July 2015, 12:49 pm | New Zealand First Party
The National government’s wholesale immigration policy is seriously limiting New Zealanders chances of finding a job and rental housing, says New Zealand First Leader and Member of Parliament for Northland Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>
Increase in Kickstart Breakfasts Admission of Failure
Wednesday, 22 July 2015, 10:47 am | New Zealand First Party
The government is touting the increase of “Kickstart Breakfast” numbers in schools as a success, however it is nothing more than an admission that they are failing miserably, says New Zealand First. More >>
Minister Cutting Corners with Treaty Negotiations
Wednesday, 22 July 2015, 9:52 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says the government is making a habit of engaging in Treaty of Waitangi negotiations with Māori Authorities that do not have the full support of their Iwi. “The Minister for Treaty of Waitangi negotiations Chris Finlayson is ... More >>
No Justification for Whānau Ora Spend
Tuesday, 21 July 2015, 8:59 am | New Zealand First Party
The decision to give $50 million worth of extra funding to Whānau Ora navigators in Budget 2015 was made by the Government without the Minister of Whānau Ora, Te Ururoa Flavell, having any information to justify the extra spending, says New Zealand ... More >>
