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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 >>
Replace Hated Provisional Tax with Business P.A.Y.E
Wednesday, 15 July 2015, 3:00 pm | New Zealand First Party
Replace Hated Provisional Tax with Business P.A.Y.E At Mangawhai today with Commissioners for the Kairpara District Council New Zealand First Leader and former Treasurer, the Rt Hon Winston Peters, has advocated for a bold New Zealand First policy to replace ... More >>
Prisons Again Proving Unsafe
Wednesday, 15 July 2015, 12:32 pm | New Zealand First Party
The latest attack on a prisoner in Auckland is evidence that taxpayer money could be better spent in Corrections facilities, says New Zealand First. More >>
Keep Iconic WW1 Painting in New Zealand
Wednesday, 15 July 2015, 9:22 am | New Zealand First Party
Keep Iconic WW1 Painting in New Zealand New Zealand First Deputy Leader Spokesperson for Arts, Culture & Heritage Ron Mark is seeking government assurance that the iconic Gallipoli painting, Simpson and his Donkey, will not leave New Zealand when ... More >>
Foreign Buyers Register
Tuesday, 14 July 2015, 4:34 pm | New Zealand First Party
Foreign Buyers Register – Immitation is the Most Sincere Form of Flattery New Zealand First Leader, the Rt Hon Winston Peters, thinks the Labour Party should support New Zealand First’s Land Transfer (Foreign Ownership of Land Register) Amendment ... More >>
Ignoring Medicalert Puts New Zealanders at Risk
Tuesday, 14 July 2015, 4:00 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says District Health Boards (DHB) should have protocols in place to make sure health practitioners look at the patient information of New Zealanders who wear MedicAlert bracelets and necklaces. More >>
Dodgy Public Sector Results Need Checking
Tuesday, 14 July 2015, 3:39 pm | New Zealand First Party
Pressure is mounting on the government to have their public sector “results” independently audited as more questions are raised about National’s reduced benefit figures , says New Zealand First. More >>
The Government’s Banker Abandons Ruatoria And Rural NZ
Tuesday, 14 July 2015, 1:46 pm | New Zealand First Party
The Government’s Banker Abandons Ruatoria And Rural New Zealand Westpac’s abandonment of Ruatoria illustrates the crony capitalism of this government where the little guy does not get a look in,” says Rt Hon Winston Peters, New Zealand First Leader ... More >>
Proclamation From on High – for John Banks
Tuesday, 14 July 2015, 12:18 pm | New Zealand First Party
The Attorney General’s satisfaction with Crown Law’s conduct in the Banks case should not go unquestioned, says the Rt Hon Winston Peters, Leader of New Zealand First and Member of Parliament for Northland. More >>
Self-Serving Minister Should Be Sacked
Tuesday, 14 July 2015, 11:54 am | New Zealand First Party
The Rt. Hon Winston Peters is describing Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy’s latest position on swamp Kauri as self-serving nonsense. His explanation is designed to clear him and his Ministry from failing to uphold the law. More >>
West Coast Rimu Needs Same Protection as Northland Kauri
Tuesday, 14 July 2015, 11:00 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is demanding that the same protections afforded to the export of Northland swamp kauri be extended to windblown rimu from the West Coast. More >>
Kiwirail Needs Clean Out
Friday, 10 July 2015, 2:16 pm | New Zealand First Party
The only way KiwiRail can survive commercially is to clean out the board and management that have created the mess and bring in people who know the transport industry, says New Zealand First Leader and Member of Parliament for Northland Rt Hon Winston Peters. ... More >>
Looking for Details on $175 Million Lost From Education
Thursday, 9 July 2015, 1:44 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First's Education Spokesperson Tracey Martin wants to know the details of the government’s underspending on education. More >>
Black Widow Spiders the Final Black Mark for Biosecurity
Wednesday, 8 July 2015, 12:16 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First wants the Auditor-General to conduct an investigation into the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) with poisonous black widow spiders discovered in table grapes. “Enough of this honesty box biosecurity,” says New Zealand First’s ... More >>
