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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 >>
Health & Safety Reforms – Another “We Told You So"
Monday, 20 July 2015, 3:53 pm | New Zealand First Party
Having warned in May that National’s Health and Safety reforms could open a Pandora’s Box the Rt Hon Winston Peters wants Kiwis to be reassured that New Zealand First is hearing their concerns loud and clear. More >>
National Government Outed on Secret Water Negotiations
Saturday, 18 July 2015, 6:14 pm | New Zealand First Party
The National Government has been outed with Environment Minister, Nick Smith, confirming negotiations with many Iwi on demands for water ownership. This of course has been in the past denied by National. More >>
Government Idle as Gorge Closes – Once Again
Friday, 17 July 2015, 2:39 pm | New Zealand First Party
The latest closure of the Manawatu Gorge, the third in just three months, proves it has been neglected and needs the government’s immediate attention, says New Zealand First. More >>
Serco And Corrections Minister Need to Go
Friday, 17 July 2015, 11:46 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says Serco’s prison contract should be terminated after prisoners have been able to start and run a fight club at Mt Eden Corrections Facility. More >>
Global Dairy Price Fall Catches National Fiddling
Thursday, 16 July 2015, 5:08 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First Leader and former Treasurer, the Rt Hon Winston Peters, believes the New Zealand economy risks falling back into recession. More >>
Solar Power Opening at Mid-North Hospice
Thursday, 16 July 2015, 1:09 pm | New Zealand First Party
It’s a pleasure to be here with you today. Thanks to Chris Burrows and the Board for the invitation, and the honour of ‘Switching On’ phase one of your new solar power system. More >>
Tasers for All Frontline Police Backed by New Zealand First
Thursday, 16 July 2015, 12:30 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is repeating its call made three months ago for all frontline police officers to be issued with tasers. “It is so easy for liberals who have never faced a violent criminal high on P to bemoan tasers, but the fact is this, tasers save ... More >>
