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Shameful Record on Gender Income Gap

Wednesday, 11 February 2015, 10:26 am | New Zealand First Party

New Zealand First Deputy Leader Tracey Martin says the National Government should be ashamed that nothing has been done to improve the gender income gap between men and women under its watch. More >>

Action Needed Now on Rural Suicides

Wednesday, 11 February 2015, 9:22 am | New Zealand First Party

The number of farmers committing suicide is a national disgrace, says New Zealand First. “New Zealand has lost 169 farmers to suicide and 120 people have died on farms in workplace accidents since 2008,” says New Zealand First Health Spokesperson ... More >>

Bluff Pays for Cricket World Cup Policing

Tuesday, 10 February 2015, 3:01 pm | New Zealand First Party

New Zealand First says a plan to slash Bluff police by two-thirds is Southland paying the price of a frozen police budget at the same time police are committed to major events and stunts like “zero tolerance” let alone Auckland. More >>

Apirana Mahuika

Monday, 9 February 2015, 1:16 pm | New Zealand First Party

Ngati Porou leader Apirana Mahuika will be a huge loss to Ngati Porou and the whole of Maoridom, New Zealand First Leader Rt Hon Winston Peters said today. More >>

Number of Agriculture Students Woefully Inadequate

Monday, 9 February 2015, 9:33 am | New Zealand First Party

A campaign to encourage students to study the agricultural disciplines at university is being called for by New Zealand First. More >>

Northland Region Needs More than Words

Thursday, 5 February 2015, 5:26 pm | New Zealand First Party

The National Government needs to go further than just rhetoric to help the Northland region prosper. More >>

World Cancer Day a Time to Rehink Sun Bed Laws

Wednesday, 4 February 2015, 4:04 pm | New Zealand First Party

World Cancer Day is a reminder for the National government to reconsider its position and ban commercial sun beds, says New Zealand First. “The evidence is strong that voluntary safety guidelines are not working in the industry with over half the sunbed ... More >>

Lower Dollar Boosts Dairy Auction But Makes Our Farms Cheap

Wednesday, 4 February 2015, 12:12 pm | New Zealand First Party

The welcome surge in global dairy prices, like that of wool recently, has nothing to do with government policies but it now leaves our farms at the mercy of cashed up foreign buyers. More >>

PM Must Come Clean on When Troops Committed to Iraq

Tuesday, 3 February 2015, 3:30 pm | New Zealand First Party

Prime Minister John Key has been hoodwinking New Zealanders about the deployment of troops to Iraq, says New Zealand First. “After months of New Zealand First pointing out that troops were in pre-deployment training and months of the Prime Minister ... More >>

Stop Dilly-Dallying And Declare Drought

Tuesday, 3 February 2015, 2:37 pm | New Zealand First Party

New Zealand First is lending its support to Otago Regional Council and will support drought declarations in regions affected by an increasingly worrisome adverse event. “It was time to declare drought on January 15 when we last made that call and in ... More >>

Registration of Paramedics Overdue

Tuesday, 3 February 2015, 11:51 am | New Zealand First Party

New Zealand First is backing the call by Paramedics Australasia (NZ) for an overall national registration under the Health Practitioners’ Competence Assurance Act. More >>

Will the Next Global Dairy Auction Follow Wool?

Monday, 2 February 2015, 5:23 pm | New Zealand First Party

With overseas-owned Synlait cutting its forecast and ahead of this week’s GlobalDairyTrade auction, the Rt Hon Winston Peters is highlighting how an overvalued New Zealand dollar has cost our exporters dearly with sharp recent falls against the United States ... More >>

Wealth Floods Out of NZ as Foreign Ownership Grows

Monday, 2 February 2015, 3:12 pm | New Zealand First Party

The wealth of rural towns is being exported as foreign buyers snap up New Zealand farms and businesses, says New Zealand First. More >>

Deaths Highlight Need for Review of Maternity Services

Monday, 2 February 2015, 2:22 pm | New Zealand First Party

New Zealand First is renewing calls for the government to order an urgent independent review of maternity services. “The failure of a midwife to follow proper procedure was raised by the coroner when looking into the deaths of Casey Nathan and her baby ... More >>