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Government Must Bring in the Experts to Sort Strait Ferries

Thursday, 18 December 2014, 1:09 pm | New Zealand First Party

New Zealand First is calling on the government to bring in maritime experts to sort out the Cook Strait ferries, including the ships, the management and command structure. More >>

Dairy Price Lift, Need for Fonterra to Deliver Value-Add

Wednesday, 17 December 2014, 3:08 pm | New Zealand First Party

While the 2.4 percent rise in GlobalDairyTrade, the biggest increase since 3 December 2013, is good news for New Zealand’s embattled dairy farmers at Christmas time, what they really need is for Fonterra to deliver on the value-add promise made at ... More >>

Phillip Smith’s Victims Forgotten

Tuesday, 16 December 2014, 1:34 pm | New Zealand First Party

The rights of the victims of murderer Phillip John Smith are being completely overlooked, says New Zealand First. More >>

Dishonesty Only Thing in Surplus in Forecasts

Tuesday, 16 December 2014, 1:29 pm | New Zealand First Party

The National Government has once again played its regular conjuring trick with the fiscal balance, says New Zealand First. More >>

C17 Fantasy Not for New Zealand

Monday, 15 December 2014, 1:14 pm | New Zealand First Party

New Zealand First is stunned by news that the New Zealand Defence Force has enquired about buying the $400 million C17 Globemaster III. More >>

Ruataniwha Saga Is Not Common Sense

Monday, 15 December 2014, 9:04 am | New Zealand First Party

With spring delivering below average rainfall on Hawke's Bay’s Ruataniwha and Heretaunga plains, New Zealand First is gobsmacked at the roadblocks being erected before the Ruataniwha Water Storage Scheme. “New Zealand used to be a country of ... More >>

Free GP Visits for Seniors Makes Economic Sense

Sunday, 14 December 2014, 10:36 am | New Zealand First Party

Giving three free GP visits to SuperGold cardholders makes economic sense -- the freebie to see the doctor will save health dollars, says New Zealand First. More >>

New Zealand First Resists Power Grab for Vector

Sunday, 14 December 2014, 10:35 am | New Zealand First Party

New Zealand First will resist any attempt to nationalise the Auckland Energy Consumer Trust (AECT), the majority owner of Vector, unless it has the full backing of households, flats and businesses in Auckland, Manukau and northern parts of Papakura. More >>

Calling for a Halt to Shark Dives While Evidence Collected

Friday, 12 December 2014, 3:24 pm | New Zealand First Party

New Zealand First wants a moratorium on shark diving until more research is done on potential dangers to paua divers. More >>

Chief Exec Pay Rises Way Over the Top

Friday, 12 December 2014, 12:09 pm | New Zealand First Party

Why is National allowing a poorly performing chief executive to get a pay rise bigger than many workers’ salaries, asks New Zealand First. More >>

Energy Exploration within Sanctuaries is Not OK

Thursday, 11 December 2014, 1:11 pm | New Zealand First Party

National’s decision to award an oil and gas exploration permit in an area that overlaps with a North Island West Coast Marine Mammal Sanctuary contradicts the clean green image that our Prime Minister and Minister for Tourism is extolling, says New ... More >>

Bans Solely on Recreational Fishers Unfair

Wednesday, 10 December 2014, 3:40 pm | New Zealand First Party

Discrimination against recreational fishers, particularly in Marlborough, needs to stop immediately, says New Zealand First. More >>

National’s Wrecking Ball Ruining Lives And Economy

Wednesday, 10 December 2014, 1:51 pm | New Zealand First Party

National’s narrow thinkers are wedded to failed economic policies that the OECD says are hurting Kiwis and the country as a whole, says New Zealand First. More >>

Fonterra Bosses Should Share Pay Cut

Wednesday, 10 December 2014, 11:02 am | New Zealand First Party

Fonterra’s big earning management and directors need to show solidarity with supplier-shareholders by taking a pay cut themselves after today’s announcement by Fonterra that their forecast payout to dairy farmers has practically halved, says New Zealand First. More >>

Purchased an Ageing Rustbucket - 12 Careful Owners

Wednesday, 10 December 2014, 10:44 am | New Zealand First Party

As already announced by New Zealand First, KiwiRail is replacing the ageing but reliable Arahura with the Stena Alegra. More >>

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 >>