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Support for Campaign with Focus on Kids

Wednesday, 18 June 2014, 10:40 am | New Zealand First Party

Tick for Kids, the campaign that challenges political parties to focus on children and their welfare, is supported by New Zealand First, says Spokesperson for Family Affairs Barbara Stewart. More >>

Parents Deceived Over Russian Adoptions

Wednesday, 18 June 2014, 9:08 am | New Zealand First Party

Desperate Kiwi couples have been deceived by the National Government into believing they had a clear path to adopt children from Russia, says New Zealand First. More >>

Positive Approach to Funding for Rail Link

Tuesday, 17 June 2014, 10:14 pm | New Zealand First Party

The National Government is not ruling out funding to restore the Gisborne-Napier rail link, says New Zealand First. “In Parliament today Transport Minister Gerry Brownlee quickly denied a suggestion in my question that the government was preventing ... More >>

National Playing Game of Pretence

Tuesday, 17 June 2014, 3:05 pm | New Zealand First Party

The Government needs to stop playing political games with the New Zealand public, says New Zealand First Spokesperson for Social Policy Le’aufa’amulia Asenati Lole-Taylor. More >>

Go for Gold – Not Match Fixing Political Pre Nuptials!

Monday, 16 June 2014, 11:00 am | New Zealand First Party

Right now there are only three words protecting the rights of senior citizens in this country. More >>

Price Increases Make Life Even Tougher for Families

Saturday, 14 June 2014, 4:00 pm | New Zealand First Party

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Parliament Has Duty to Put Matters Right

Friday, 13 June 2014, 9:35 am | New Zealand First Party

Parliament must now make amends after the High Court of New Zealand, on 29 May 2014, overturned a Waitangi Tribunal decision that prevented two iwi from being heard by the tribunal, says New Zealand First. More >>

Kiwis Paying for Government’s Housing Mess

Thursday, 12 June 2014, 12:41 pm | New Zealand First Party

Kiwis Paying for Government’s Housing Mess Kiwi home loan borrowers and exporters are being sacrificed as the Reserve Bank desperately tries to deflate the country’s housing bubble, especially in Auckland, says New Zealand First. “The complete failure ... More >>

Health Ministry’s Prior Assurances Prove to Be Baseless

Friday, 6 June 2014, 1:35 pm | New Zealand First Party

The admission today by the Ministry of Health that they did nothing about a tipoff about financial Irregularities at Te Roopu Taurima O Manukau is appalling, says New Zealand First. More >>

The Regions Matter – Give Them a Share of Royalties

Friday, 6 June 2014, 1:29 pm | New Zealand First Party

The West Coast is reeling today from more job losses, and the National Government’s total neglect of the regions means there is nothing to soften the blow, says New Zealand First. More >>

Early Election All About the Banks’ Case

Thursday, 5 June 2014, 2:25 pm | New Zealand First Party

The Prime Minister’s decision to throw New Zealand into an early election was all about the John Banks’ court case – John Key was scared of today’s verdict, says New Zealand First. More >>

Key Running Scared Over TV Debates

Thursday, 5 June 2014, 1:43 pm | New Zealand First Party

New Zealand First Leader Rt Hon Winston Peters has accused John Key of running scared away from election television debates. More >>

Peters: Local Democracy Coalition Political Panel

Wednesday, 4 June 2014, 2:46 pm | New Zealand First Party

For the next few minutes please consider the two words ‘local’ and ‘government’. Taken separately, we all know what these words mean but together, as part of a political expression and put in the local government context, somehow a sense of meaning has ... More >>

Patient Safety Compromised by Cost Cutting on Blood Tests

Wednesday, 4 June 2014, 1:52 pm | New Zealand First Party

New Zealand First has called on doctors in Wellington’s public health system to ignore instructions to cut back on blood tests to save money. More >>

Ministry’s Belated Intervention Purely Covering Its Derriere

Tuesday, 3 June 2014, 4:27 pm | New Zealand First Party

The Ministry of Health’s latest intervention in the affairs of Te Roopu Taurima O Manukau Trust is nothing short of a derriere protection racket, says New Zealand First Leader Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>

Request for inquiry into Trust

Friday, 30 May 2014, 8:17 pm | New Zealand First Party

FORMAL REQUEST FOR INQUIRY New Zealand First Leader Rt Hon Winston Peters has written to the Auditor-General today requesting an inquiry into Te Roopu Taurima O Manukau Trust. “As we have previously stated there is sufficient evidence around significant ... More >>