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Bleak Times for NZ as Dairy Prices Continue to Slide
Thursday, 2 July 2015, 11:39 am | New Zealand First Party
Bleak Times for NZ as Dairy Prices Continue to Slide The outlook for the New Zealand economy, as dairy prices took another huge tumble overnight, is bleak as New Zealand First has consistently warned. “On one hand we have an economy at a standstill ... More >>
Livestock Threatened, Farmers Face Unfair Competition
Wednesday, 1 July 2015, 7:27 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand farm livestock could be under threat from contaminated grain, but the government refuses to act. More >>
Minister Refuses to Guarantee Social Bonds
Wednesday, 1 July 2015, 7:26 pm | New Zealand First Party
Fears that the social bonds experiment on the mentally ill will turn into a simple drive to make money were reinforced in Parliament today, says New Zealand First. More >>
Roll Out of Free GP Visits Welcomed
Wednesday, 1 July 2015, 12:39 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First welcomes the free GP visits for under-13 year olds being introduced today, but why were families made to wait over a year? More >>
Postcode Healthcare Affecting Suicide Rates
Wednesday, 1 July 2015, 9:32 am | New Zealand First Party
Postcode Healthcare Affecting Suicide Rates Regional New Zealand continues to suffer from a suicide rate comparatively higher than in cities – the government must take some of the blame for cutting health services, says New Zealand First “Its investment ... More >>
Big Station Sold to US Joint Venture
Tuesday, 30 June 2015, 8:24 pm | New Zealand First Party
Another huge tract of Crown land has now gone into foreign hands, says New Zealand First. More >>
They Double-Crossed That Bridge When They Came to It
Tuesday, 30 June 2015, 8:22 pm | New Zealand First Party
Only three months after the Northland by-election, National has double-crossed on seven bridge promises by falling to deliver on the 10 two-lane bridges they promised, says New Zealand First Leader and Member of Parliament for Northland Rt Hon Winston ... More >>
Stop Picking on Farmers Over Milk, Focus on the Supermarkets
Tuesday, 30 June 2015, 2:38 pm | New Zealand First Party
Stop Picking on Farmers Over Milk, Focus on the Supermarkets Blaming farmers for the price of milk is wrong when supermarkets are creaming profits, says New Zealand First Primary Industries Spokesperson Richard Prosser. “It is concerning that farmers ... More >>
Stop Picking on Farmers Over Milk, Focus on the Supermarkets
Tuesday, 30 June 2015, 2:25 pm | New Zealand First Party
Blaming farmers for the price of milk is wrong when supermarkets are creaming profits, says New Zealand First Primary Industries Spokesperson Richard Prosser. More >>
Call for Inquiry into Supermarket Duopoly
Tuesday, 30 June 2015, 2:03 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is calling for an inquiry into the true state of supermarket competition in New Zealand as the high price of milk hurts families and households. More >>
Stop Driving Bulldozers through School Communities
Tuesday, 30 June 2015, 10:33 am | New Zealand First Party
It’s time for Education Minister Hekia Parata to see sense and listen to the community of Redcliffs School in Christchurch, says New Zealand First Deputy Leader and Education Spokesperson Tracey Martin. More >>
Beekeepers Make Smart Move
Monday, 29 June 2015, 3:21 pm | New Zealand First Party
The recent bee industry restructure into one body is a move in the right direction, says New Zealand First. More >>
National Watching From Sidelines as Tragedy Looms
Monday, 29 June 2015, 1:13 pm | New Zealand First Party
A rural tragedy is looming in New Zealand, and its tentacles will reach out everywhere, warns New Zealand First Leader and Member of Parliament for Northland Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>
State House Sell-Off to Benefit Australia’s Less Well Off
Monday, 29 June 2015, 12:51 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand taxpayers could soon be paying to look after Australia’s less well off, says New Zealand First Leader Rt Hon Winston Peters and Member of Parliament for Northland. “If the mad plan of Finance Minister Bill English to sell state ... More >>
Time to Pull Out From Changing the Flag
Monday, 29 June 2015, 12:40 pm | New Zealand First Party
The government’s failed flag roadshow proves they should pull out from changing the flag now, says New Zealand First. More >>
Urban Cycleways Are Not the Priority
Monday, 29 June 2015, 11:36 am | New Zealand First Party
Despite the Minister for Transport conceding the flood repair bill for roads in the lower North Island could be $60 million, New Zealand First is stunned that National believes $333 million for urban cycleways is a more important transport priority ... More >>
Legislation Needed to Tackle Obesity
Monday, 29 June 2015, 11:16 am | New Zealand First Party
Legislation Needed to Tackle Obesity Health Minister Jonathan Coleman needs to go back to the doctors if he believes that voluntary measures around marketing and sugar reduction from the food industry will lower New Zealand’s obesity rate, says New ... More >>
Our Winter of Discontent
Monday, 29 June 2015, 8:58 am | New Zealand First Party
As William Shakespeare once wrote: “Now is the winter of our discontent.” More >>
National to Put State Houses in Overseas Hands
Saturday, 27 June 2015, 10:48 am | New Zealand First Party
The National Government is giving up on state housing, says New Zealand First Leader and Member of Parliament for Northland Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>
Diplomat Unfairly Targeted Over $11m New York Apartment
Friday, 26 June 2015, 12:23 pm | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters New Zealand First Leader Member of Parliament for Northland 26 JUNE 2015 Diplomat Unfairly Targeted Over $11m New York Apartment A New Zealand diplomat is unfairly in the spotlight for the government’s extravagant purchase ... More >>
