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KiwiRail Admits It Will Charter ‘El Lemon Dos’
Tuesday, 9 December 2014, 5:16 pm | New Zealand First Party
KiwiRail was quick to dismiss New Zealand First’s statement that the ferry Arahura would be replaced with the rust bucket Stena Alegra. But today that’s just what KiwiRail announced. More >>
Sedition Amendment Proposed for Countering Terrorism
Tuesday, 9 December 2014, 4:33 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First Leader Rt Hon Winston Peters put forward an amendment to the Countering Terrorism Fighters Bill in Parliament today, seeking to re-enact sedition laws repealed in 2007 with the support of all parties except New Zealand First. More >>
Obama’s Election Still Significant
Tuesday, 9 December 2014, 10:26 am | New Zealand First Party
The election of the first black President of the United States came about because enough of the US population consider themselves one nation. More >>
Moving to Beef up Rustling Laws
Tuesday, 9 December 2014, 9:11 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First wants tougher laws on cattle rustling as costs to farmers soar to over $120 million a year. More >>
National’s Underfunding Limits Farmers’ Environmental Work
Monday, 8 December 2014, 3:20 pm | New Zealand First Party
Farmers are under huge pressure to improve their environmental performance with regional plans setting nutrient limits using the management tool Overseer - but the tool is underfunded and not fit for purpose, says New Zealand First. More >>
Foreign Investors Rip the Welcome Mat From Kiwis
Monday, 8 December 2014, 1:53 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand cannot blame foreign residential investors for taking advantage of New Zealand’s lax investment rules, despite New Zealanders being either shunted out or finding it harder to buy property, says New Zealand First. More >>
New Zealand First “Will Say a Little Prayer”
Friday, 5 December 2014, 12:30 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is not prepared to support any change to Parliament’s prayer and has written to the Speaker to inform him of this. “There is nothing wrong with Parliament’s prayer and New Zealand First will not countenance a change,” says ... More >>
National Scared of Real Figures on Foreign Ownership
Thursday, 4 December 2014, 4:21 pm | New Zealand First Party
National is running scared of the real facts on the foreign buy up of New Zealand, says New Zealand First. More >>
Taxpayer Gives More for PM’s ‘Private’ Golf Tournament
Thursday, 4 December 2014, 2:03 pm | New Zealand First Party
There is serious hypocrisy in the government’s funding of golf in New Zealand, says New Zealand First. More >>
Wellington Super City Plan ‘Deadly’
Thursday, 4 December 2014, 12:59 pm | New Zealand First Party
A Wellington Super City will be the death knell for smaller centres and local decision making, says New Zealand First. “If the Local Government Commission and the National Government get their way any independence and power will be removed, with Wellington ... More >>
Troops Are Training in Waiouru for Iraq
Thursday, 4 December 2014, 9:31 am | New Zealand First Party
Both the Prime Minister and the Minister of Defence have potentially misled Parliament that the government has not instructed the Defence Force to prepare for deployment in Iraq. New Zealand First sources have revealed that troops knew as early as mid-November ... More >>
National Does Not Care About Dairy Farmers
Wednesday, 3 December 2014, 11:23 am | New Zealand First Party
More needs to be done to relieve pressure on the dairy industry, says New Zealand First Leader Rt Hon Winston Peters. “With the latest GlobalDairyTrade result certain to see Fonterra slash its milk price payout forecast to well under $5 per kilogram ... More >>
Poverty ‘Greets’ Many Immigrant Children
Tuesday, 2 December 2014, 5:03 pm | New Zealand First Party
Many Asian and Indian children immigrate to New Zealand only to end up living in poverty, says New Zealand First. “New Zealand has not delivered a better life for these youngsters and their families,” says Spokesperson on Ethnic Affairs Mahesh ... More >>
Talking Solutions to Poverty
Tuesday, 2 December 2014, 4:59 pm | New Zealand First Party
The government needs to start talking about solutions to child poverty and acting on them, says New Zealand First. “We need a proactive attack on child poverty and less of the Government’s reactive stance,” says Spokesperson on Social Policy ... More >>
Save Hato Petera Maori School
Tuesday, 2 December 2014, 11:43 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is calling on the Government to step in immediately to save Māori Catholic co-ed school, Hato Petera College. “If it was good enough for the National government to rescue private school Whanganui Collegiate, which had run up huge debt, ... More >>
Zero Hours Contacts: NZ First’s Stand
Monday, 1 December 2014, 12:51 pm | New Zealand First Party
In a former life I used to be a delegate for the lowliest union in the country – that’s how they described it – the Labourers Union. More >>
Peters Warns of More Cook Strait Ferry Chaos Ahead
Monday, 1 December 2014, 9:35 am | New Zealand First Party
Peters Warns of More Cook Strait Ferry Chaos Ahead KiwiRail’s Cook Strait ferry service will be thrown into further chaos when the company announces shortly after Parliament rises for the year that it has purchased the rust bucket Stena Alegra ... More >>
Supporting Corrections Minister 'Stressed Sam'
Monday, 1 December 2014, 7:30 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is baffled by the intemperate media release issued by Corrections Minister Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga late on Friday afternoon. This follows New Zealand First Police spokesperson, Ron Mark’s interview on Morning Report this morning ... More >>
Actions Speak Louder than Words
Friday, 28 November 2014, 3:33 pm | New Zealand First Party
Actions Speak Louder than Words Ministers Adams and Tolley need to break the cycle of endlessly acknowledging reports and recommendations surrounding family violence and take some action, says New Zealand First. “‘The People’s Blue-Print’ ... More >>
Westland Milk Forecast Revision Deeply Cynical
Friday, 28 November 2014, 10:03 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is critical of New Zealand’s number two dairy cooperative, Westland Milk Products, for not being more upfront with its supplier shareholders over payout forecasts. This follows it slashing the payout forecast 40 cents on the same day ... More >>
