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Fears Remain Over Secrecy of TPPA Deal
Sunday, 14 June 2015, 11:35 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First remains concerned over the secrecy around the TPPA and the fact we will be locked into a treaty we had few details about. More >>
False TB Results Show Change is Needed
Saturday, 13 June 2015, 11:00 am | New Zealand First Party
The Government should change the testing regime and stop the aerial use of 1080 if it is to get serious about reducing Bovine Tuberculosis (Bovine TB) in cattle says New Zealand First. More >>
Live Sheep Export Trend Detrimental to New Zealand
Friday, 12 June 2015, 4:10 pm | New Zealand First Party
The government needs to front up about the conditions on the ship taking 50,000 “breeding” sheep to Mexico and the real reason for exporting so many, says New Zealand First. “We have sympathy for farmers who are destocking in drought conditions, both for ... More >>
Rural Mental Health Programme a Knee-Jerk Reaction
Thursday, 11 June 2015, 1:05 pm | New Zealand First Party
With 169 farmer suicides since 2008 National should be putting money into getting more GPs into rural areas, says New Zealand First Spokesperson for Health Barbara Stewart. More >>
Huge Sheep Shipment Suggests Farm Stocking in Mexico
Thursday, 11 June 2015, 10:39 am | New Zealand First Party
The massive number of sheep being exported to Mexico suggests that this is not a breeding programme, says New Zealand First. More >>
Reserve Bank Admits It’s Been Wrong
Thursday, 11 June 2015, 10:27 am | New Zealand First Party
The Reserve Bank’s cut to the official cash rate is an admission it has been wrong all along, says New Zealand First. “Today’s action is way too little, way too late,” says New Zealand First Leader and Member of Parliament for Northland, Rt ... More >>
Pharmac And Kiwi Health Costs in Jeopardy under TPPA
Thursday, 11 June 2015, 9:33 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealanders face higher medical costs under the TPPA – there’s nothing in the new leaks to say that is not the case, says New Zealand First. More >>
Electric Vehicles Must Spark Government Action
Wednesday, 10 June 2015, 9:05 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First supports the call by the Motor Industry Association and the Sustainable Business Council to accelerate a shift to fully electric vehicles, making meaningful progress on climate change. More >>
Commissioner Appointment Will Lead to More Cuts
Wednesday, 10 June 2015, 4:59 pm | New Zealand First Party
Appointing a commissioner to take over from the Southern District Health Board (DHB) will only lead to more service cuts, says New Zealand First. More >>
KPMG Backs New Zealand First on Dairy Outlook
Wednesday, 10 June 2015, 3:35 pm | New Zealand First Party
KPMG’S AgriBusiness Agenda released at the National Fieldays supports New Zealand First’s outlook for the dairy sector while Fonterra looks set to scythe hundreds of jobs. More >>
Government State House Negligence Costs Lives
Wednesday, 10 June 2015, 2:25 pm | New Zealand First Party
Seven years of neglect has cost lives and turned state housing into a nightmare no one wants to touch, says New Zealand First. More >>
Sir Peter Williams, QC
Wednesday, 10 June 2015, 11:00 am | New Zealand First Party
Sir Peter was a friend, a tremendous criminal lawyer, a fighter for the underdog, an advocate for penal reform, and he took a deep and active interest in the legal system. More >>
Good Riddance to Wellington Super City Proposal
Tuesday, 9 June 2015, 4:08 pm | New Zealand First Party
Ratepayers who feared being swallowed up by Wellington have reason to celebrate today, says New Zealand First. More >>
PM’S Hands-Off Approach on Quarries Sickening
Tuesday, 9 June 2015, 10:19 am | New Zealand First Party
The Pike River inquiry into 29 mine deaths was told in 2011 the thousand quarries in New Zealand had not been inspected 'for ages'. Nothing has changed,” says New Zealand First. More >>
Images Tell Truth of Minister Brownlee’s Iraq Visit
Sunday, 7 June 2015, 7:46 pm | New Zealand First Party
Minister of Defence Gerry Brownlee’s visit to the Taji military base and an interview on TV One’s Q+A has inadvertently revealed the parlous state of security within the Iraqi base, let alone outside it, says New Zealand First Defence Spokesperson ... More >>
The Eyes Have It Says New Battle Expert Brownlee
Sunday, 7 June 2015, 1:09 pm | New Zealand First Party
In one brief visit to Iraq Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee has assessed the battle readiness of Iraqi troops. More >>
Too Little Money to Run Regional Health
Friday, 5 June 2015, 2:15 pm | New Zealand First Party
Penny pinching on health spending for the regions is failing New Zealanders, says New Zealand First Health Spokesperson Barbara Stewart. “The government blames district health boards but the lack of money for health services goes straight to National’s ... More >>
It's Now Or Never to Stand up for the Regions
Thursday, 4 June 2015, 4:14 pm | New Zealand First Party
Speech to the Local Government New Zealand Rural and Provincial Mayoral Forum Wellington More >>
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 >>
