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National Fully Committed to ‘Ghost’ Highway
Thursday, 4 June 2015, 3:58 pm | New Zealand First Party
National is attempting to gain praise for building a “ghost” highway into Northland, says New Zealand First Leader Rt Hon Winston Peters. “There are no plans, no costings and not even a viable route for a Warkworth to Wellsford highway, yet the government ... More >>
Minister Putting Relationship with National Ahead of Maori
Thursday, 4 June 2015, 3:54 pm | New Zealand First Party
The Minister of Māori Development needs to stand up against the Government’s underhanded deal which blatantly flouts the good faith between Māori and the Crown. “When questioned in Parliament today regarding Ngāti Whātua’s proposed court action ... More >>
Concern for Aucklanders Over 1080 Drop
Thursday, 4 June 2015, 1:20 pm | New Zealand First Party
Aucklanders should be concerned about a planned 1080 poison drop in the Hunua Ranges, their catchment for drinking water, says New Zealand First. More >>
Teachers Being Blamed Unfairly
Thursday, 4 June 2015, 11:43 am | New Zealand First Party
Teachers are being blamed unfairly in the latest research report into the way maths is taught, says New Zealand First Deputy Leader and Education Spokesperson Tracey Martin. More >>
Children’s Teams Expected to Work for Free
Thursday, 4 June 2015, 9:48 am | New Zealand First Party
The government is treating non-government organisations (NGOs) as a source of free labour in working with vulnerable children, says New Zealand First. “National has bragged about new Children’s Teams created under the Vulnerable Children Act but ... More >>
Thousands of Children to Receive Clothing Allowance
Thursday, 4 June 2015, 9:07 am | New Zealand First Party
Thousands of children will receive a clothing allowance after a New Zealand First Bill passed in Parliament last night. More >>
Stalling on Supergold Card Discounts Shut Out New Applicants
Wednesday, 3 June 2015, 4:20 pm | New Zealand First Party
SuperGold Card discounts are being thwarted by National stalling its review of the travel concession programme, says New Zealand First. More >>
Stalling on Supergold Discounts Shuts Out New Applicants
Wednesday, 3 June 2015, 4:17 pm | New Zealand First Party
SuperGold Card discounts are being thwarted by National stalling its review of the travel concession programme, says New Zealand First. More >>
Education Ministry’s Alarm Bells Should Be Ringing
Wednesday, 3 June 2015, 3:01 pm | New Zealand First Party
Education Ministry’s Alarm Bells Should Be Ringing with National Standards Report It’s time to put teachers’ judgements first in assessing student standards, says New Zealand First. “Ticking boxes just does not work and must go,” says New Zealand ... More >>
More Needed to Save Our Sight
Wednesday, 3 June 2015, 2:33 pm | New Zealand First Party
3 JUNE 2015 More Needed to Save Our Sight The government is not doing enough to address Macular Degeneration (MD) despite it being New Zealand’s leading cause of blindness, says New Zealand First. “Last week was Macular Degeneration Awareness Week yet ... More >>
Loan Sharks Still Circle Despite New Lending Code
Wednesday, 3 June 2015, 2:08 pm | New Zealand First Party
Loan Sharks Still Circle Despite New Lending Code New Zealand families still face extremely high interest rates when they borrow from loan sharks despite new regulations, says New Zealand First. “The government’s new Responsible Lending Code does not ... More >>
Southland Wins as Dairy Hub Gets Go Ahead
Wednesday, 3 June 2015, 10:25 am | New Zealand First Party
The green light for the Southern Dairy Hub is exciting for Southland, says New Zealand First. “As New Zealand has a diversity of soils, rainfall and growing conditions, the hub will enable Southland specific solutions to be developed, says Primary Industry ... More >>
Defending Farmers Against Bank Brutality
Wednesday, 3 June 2015, 9:38 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says farmers need a fair go to try and fix financial problems in difficult times, especially when they have been given poor advice by their banks. More >>
Heads Need to Roll Over Falling Dairy Prices
Wednesday, 3 June 2015, 9:03 am | New Zealand First Party
With the first GlobalDairyTrade auction of 2015/16 continuing a losing streak, New Zealand First wants to know if Trading Among Farmers (TAF) is part of the government’s review. More >>
Ghetto-Like School Fails to Stir Key into Action
Tuesday, 2 June 2015, 5:25 pm | New Zealand First Party
Northland College’s ghetto-like conditions are not stirring Prime Minister John Key into fixing the neglect in Northland, says Northland Member of Parliament and New Zealand First Leader Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>
Head of Road Policing Refuses to Listen
Tuesday, 2 June 2015, 3:57 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is increasingly frustrated that the Police’s top brass is so fixated with targets and tickets, that it is fast losing the war on safer roads. More >>
Crown Limos in Northland by-Election a Fraud on the Taxpayer
Friday, 29 May 2015, 12:15 pm | New Zealand First Party
With a budget blowout for Crown limos it’s time the National Party refunded the taxpayer for the swarm of limos used in the Northland by-election, says New Zealand First. “The Prime Minister and Ministers merrily billed the taxpayer for the Crown ... More >>
Call in Some Experts to Save Kiwirail
Friday, 29 May 2015, 11:30 am | New Zealand First Party
The government must urgently appoint some shipping and transport business talent to KiwiRail to avoid the further waste of hundreds of millions of dollars of taxpayers’ money on a failing rail and ferry network, says New Zealand First Leader and Member ... More >>
Saudi Lawsuit Threat Exactly Why TPPA Worrying
Friday, 29 May 2015, 9:46 am | New Zealand First Party
The threat of a lawsuit after New Zealand stopped the live sheep trade is a warning on what we can expect under a TPPA deal, says New Zealand First. More >>
Deception, Division and Denial – The Ugly Truth
Thursday, 28 May 2015, 3:00 pm | New Zealand First Party
Why won’t National relate GDP to population growth? We’ve learned over the years never to take anything at face value in politics. If you’ve watched proceedings over the past few days you will have noticed the Government ramming through Budget ... More >>
