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NZ Still on Course for Aged-Care Crisis
Monday, 25 May 2015, 1:30 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand Still on Course for Aged-Care Crisis New Zealand remains on course for an aged-care funding crisis with the government avoiding the issue in Budget 2015, says New Zealand First. More >>
A Fee Rise by Any Other Name is Still a Fee Rise Minister
Monday, 25 May 2015, 12:14 pm | New Zealand First Party
Student fees are going up despite the Tertiary Education Minister’s claims he’s doing students a favour in Budget 2015, says New Zealand First Deputy Leader and Education Spokesperson Tracey Martin. More >>
No Place in NZ for Anyone Supporting Forced Marriages
Sunday, 24 May 2015, 11:53 am | New Zealand First Party
Forced marriages have no place in New Zealand, nor do any of the people who adhere to such traditions, says New Zealand First Leader Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>
Robbing Research Cuts New Zealand’s Future Wealth
Friday, 22 May 2015, 7:51 pm | New Zealand First Party
Cutting research money is robbing New Zealand of its future wealth, says New Zealand First. More >>
Ice-Cream Top up for Corrections Unlikely to Turn Prisoners
Friday, 22 May 2015, 3:38 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is puzzled how an ice-cream top-up in Budget 2015 will do anything to stop re-offending, says New Zealand First. More >>
Too Much Pressure on Parents of Disabled Children
Friday, 22 May 2015, 3:00 pm | New Zealand First Party
Parents caring for disabled children are getting no empathy from National as it puts pressure on them to find jobs, says New Zealand First. “These parents already have the full-time job of raising children with disabilities, but because they receive ... More >>
Social Housing Not Our Problem Says National
Friday, 22 May 2015, 2:59 pm | New Zealand First Party
The future of social housing will be a disaster with National’s social housing reforms of Budget 2015, says New Zealand First. More >>
Supported Poverty Does Nothing for Kiwi Kids
Friday, 22 May 2015, 2:39 pm | New Zealand First Party
Budget 2015 is creating ‘supported poverty’ that will not improve the life of one single child, says New Zealand First. More >>
Budget Fails to Deliver for Regional North
Friday, 22 May 2015, 11:44 am | New Zealand First Party
The government has failed to deliver a much needed boost for New Zealand’s struggling regions like Whangarei and Northland which remain crippled by unemployment. “Whangarei and the Northland region have 9.9 per cent of the population unemployed. Nationally, ... More >>
Count Me In Programme Masks Neglect of Māori Youth
Friday, 22 May 2015, 11:31 am | New Zealand First Party
The funding of the Count Me In programme announced yesterday masks the government’s continued failure to act to curb Māori youth unemployment. “Māori youth unemployment has risen 40 per cent under this government. Forty-six per cent of Māori leaving ... More >>
Nothing to Celebrate for Education in Government’s Budget
Friday, 22 May 2015, 11:29 am | New Zealand First Party
The government should be ashamed of the way it's treated education in Budget 2015, says New Zealand First Deputy Leader and Spokesperson for Education Tracey Martin. “It’s making out it’s being big hearted with a $62.9 million cash injection ... More >>
Kiwis Desperate for Bowel Cancer Screening Roll-Out
Friday, 22 May 2015, 11:21 am | New Zealand First Party
Bowel cancer screening does not need more trial funding – it needs a national roll-out, says New Zealand First. “The government’s decision to fund only an extension to the bowel cancer screening trial is weak and irresponsible,” says Spokesperson ... More >>
Farmers Get Crumbs From Budget 2015
Friday, 22 May 2015, 10:55 am | New Zealand First Party
Budget 2015 offers crumbs for farmers, despite this being hard times for the people who are the lifeblood of our country, says New Zealand First. More >>
Police Budget 2015 – ‘King of Pain’ for Regional Policing
Friday, 22 May 2015, 10:26 am | New Zealand First Party
Is the government trying to put a mask over yet another frozen police budget, asks New Zealand First Police Spokesperson Ron Mark. More >>
Nothing for Northland And Regions in ‘I See Red’ Budget
Friday, 22 May 2015, 9:57 am | New Zealand First Party
The regions are off National’s radar in Budget 2015, and promises made to Northlanders by the Prime Minister have been broken, says the New Zealand First Leader and Member of Parliament for Northland Rt Hon Winston Peters. “If regional New Zealand wanted ... More >>
Defence Budget - under Staffed, Undervalued But Over There
Friday, 22 May 2015, 9:07 am | New Zealand First Party
The Defence Budget does nothing to return capabilities lost under Labour and National, says New Zealand First. “We question if $264 million of new operating funding, over four years, may in fact be sucked up by the Iraq mission,” says, New Zealand ... More >>
Split Enz ‘I See Red, I See Red, I See Red’
Thursday, 21 May 2015, 4:41 pm | New Zealand First Party
The National Government 2015 Budget is deficit everywhere, as Split Enz sang, “I see red, I see red, I see red”. More >>
Be Fair for All New Zealand – Stop Robbing the Regions
Wednesday, 20 May 2015, 10:14 am | New Zealand First Party
Regional New Zealand is being robbed and they know it, says New Zealand First. “The regions produce the wealth but the government siphons off billions for the rest of New Zealand. Where’s the regions fair share?, says New Zealand First Leader and ... More >>
Flag Referendum Gets Hit Hard in New Poll
Wednesday, 20 May 2015, 9:07 am | New Zealand First Party
The latest Campbell Live text poll confirms it is time for the Prime Minister to listen to the public and shelve his flag referendum, says the New Zealand First Leader Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>
Failing to Slow Down Exodus of Kiwi Doctors
Wednesday, 20 May 2015, 9:03 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand is heavily reliant on doctors from overseas as National does little to keep Kiwi doctors here, says New Zealand First. More >>
