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Two Week Manawatu Gorge Closure is Not Good Enough
Friday, 10 April 2015, 4:14 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First wants the National Minister of Transport to explain to the region why it will be at least two weeks before the Manawatu Gorge (SH3) reopens for traffic. More >>
Rescue Helicopter Needs Bridge to Government Funding
Friday, 10 April 2015, 2:45 pm | New Zealand First Party
The problems with the Northland Emergency Services Trust date back a long time and is one of funding for a rural and provincial rescue helicopter and these services need a direct bridge to government funding, says Northland’s new Member of Parliament. More >>
Closing New Zealand Prisons is Pure Folly
Friday, 10 April 2015, 1:40 pm | New Zealand First Party
Closing publicly-run prisons to populate a privately-run prison is pure folly, says New Zealand First. “The review announced will destabilise an already pressured staff and is being used to justify the building of an unnecessary privately-run corrections ... More >>
Worsening Police Safety Sees Call for Tasers
Thursday, 9 April 2015, 12:34 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First wants Police Officers to be issued with tasers after an Official Information Act request revealed Police suffered from 1,656 injuries in 2013/14 at a cost to Police of over $2 million. “Even then it is hard not to disagree with ... More >>
Fruit Fly Long Haul Could’ve Been Avoided
Thursday, 9 April 2015, 10:42 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is concerned the Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) have admitted they are in for the long haul with their fight against the Queensland Fruit Fly. More >>
Scrutiny Removed for Better Public Service Results
Thursday, 9 April 2015, 8:58 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says National is avoiding scrutiny of its ‘Better Public Service results’ by removing important social policy data previously available with the Ministry of Social Development’s Annual Statistical Report, not being published ... More >>
Indian Students Exploited by Employers
Wednesday, 8 April 2015, 2:17 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says Kiwi employers and new immigrant employers are exploiting thousands of Indian ‘students’ flooding into New Zealand. “They are too afraid to speak out as their purpose in migrating to New Zealand is to gain permanent residence. ... More >>
Kiwis Looking to Enlist Bowled an under Arm by the Aussies
Wednesday, 8 April 2015, 1:32 pm | New Zealand First Party
The second class nature of New Zealanders in Australia has been further highlighted by an effective ban on New Zealanders looking to enlist in Australia’s armed forces. More >>
Iconic Māori College Still Needed
Wednesday, 8 April 2015, 9:26 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First Deputy Leader and Education Spokesperson Tracey Martin says the government should do more to collaborate with the Catholic church in saving Hato Petera Māori College. More >>
Government Underspends Family Care Scheme by $20m
Tuesday, 7 April 2015, 1:11 pm | New Zealand First Party
The Government underspend of over $20 million on the Funded Family Care Scheme demonstrates just how out of touch they are with the needs of disabled New Zealanders, says New Zealand First. “The Government promised to spend $23 million each year to deliver ... More >>
Ports of Auckland Management Short Sighted - Peters
Tuesday, 7 April 2015, 11:15 am | New Zealand First Party
The Rt Hon Winston Peters, Leader of New Zealand First and Member of Parliament elect for Northland, has blasted Ports of Auckland management as short sighted, given how wedded it remains to expanding the Port deep into the Waitemata Harbour. More >>
Govt. Snubs Lt Col William Malone’s Band From Anzac Day 2015
Sunday, 5 April 2015, 2:33 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is to protest to the Prime Minister after discovering that the volunteer 7th Battalion Band, the drums of which carry battle honours from Gallipoli including Chunuk Bair, has been shunted aside for Wellington’s Centennial ANZAC ... More >>
A Case of Missing Batons
Friday, 3 April 2015, 10:04 am | New Zealand First Party
Where are the prison officers’ batons that Corrections Minister Sam Peseta Lotu-Iiga claims have been issued to deal with a high level of assaults in prisons? More >>
Minister Dismisses Removing Paedophile Name Suppression
Thursday, 2 April 2015, 4:23 pm | New Zealand First Party
After refusing leave yesterday for the Rt Hon Winston Peters, the Member for Northland, to introduce a Bill removing the right of paedophiles to name suppression, Social Development Minister Anne Tolley has today described that Bill as “a knee-jerk ... More >>
RNZAF NH90’s a Scandal
Thursday, 2 April 2015, 1:48 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First believes the purchase of the Air Force’s state-of-the-art NH90 helicopters verges on a scandal. More >>
“Gerrymandering” the Iraq Deployment
Thursday, 2 April 2015, 11:30 am | New Zealand First Party
The truth is slowly emerging over New Zealand’s involvement in Iraq, after months of the government denying New Zealand First MPs were right about the depth of our involvement. More >>
Safety in Prisons a Major Concern
Thursday, 2 April 2015, 10:06 am | New Zealand First Party
Staff and prisoners are at risk in Corrections facilities because of the shortage of staff, says New Zealand First. More >>
Government Fiddles While Dairy Prices Plummet
Thursday, 2 April 2015, 10:02 am | New Zealand First Party
On the anniversary of free milk in schools introduced in 1937, the latest plummet in GlobalDairyTrade prices, as predicted by New Zealand First last night, can be traced to government inaction and poor management by Fonterra, says the Rt Hon Winston ... More >>
Darby And Joan Off Chopping Block, at What Cost?
Thursday, 2 April 2015, 9:35 am | New Zealand First Party
The two ancient Kauri trees beside the Darby and Joan bridge in Northland will not be victims of National’s vote-buying attempt. Prime Minister John Key promised yesterday in Parliament that the two protected trees in Waipoua Forest, blocking ... More >>
Child Poverty Ignored by Government
Thursday, 2 April 2015, 9:33 am | New Zealand First Party
The April 1 changes from the National Government do not go far enough to stop Kiwi children living in poverty. “A raft of changes from the government to ‘help families get ahead’ have been announced but none focus on the thousands of New Zealand children ... More >>
