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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 >>
Formal Request for Inquiry: Te Roopu Taurima O Manukau Trust
Friday, 30 May 2014, 5:31 pm | New Zealand First Party
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. More >>
No Good Reason to Wait For Return to 10-Year Passport
Friday, 30 May 2014, 5:20 pm | New Zealand First Party
There is no good reason to wait for a return to a 10-year passport and Prime Minister John Key should immediately make the New Zealand passport valid for 10 years and reduce the cost, says New Zealand First More >>
Peters: Blenheim Public Meeting
Thursday, 29 May 2014, 2:56 pm | New Zealand First Party
Thank you for the opportunity to speak to you today in Blenheim - heartland New Zealand. This is an exporting region. More >>
Weak Response to Loan Shark Rip Offs
Wednesday, 28 May 2014, 5:21 pm | New Zealand First Party
Thousands of Kiwis are being left to the mercy of loan sharks and will continue to face exorbitant interest rates, says New Zealand First. More >>
Appalling Record on Pasifika Employment
Wednesday, 28 May 2014, 3:35 pm | New Zealand First Party
One in five Pacific young people do not have a job, an appalling fact that the National Government should be ashamed of, says New Zealand First. “Pasifika unemployment is now over double the rate of other New Zealanders,” says Spokesperson for Pacific ... More >>
In-Depth Audit of Trust by Auditor-General Required
Wednesday, 28 May 2014, 1:30 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First Leader Rt Hon Winston Peters is calling for the Auditor-General to urgently launch an inquiry into Māori intellectually disabled services trust, Te Roopu Taurima O Manukau. More >>
Half Immigrants Not In Skilled Category
Tuesday, 27 May 2014, 3:15 pm | New Zealand First Party
Immigration Minister Michael Woodhouse is unable to explain to unemployed Kiwi workers why the government is allowing so many permanent migrants into New Zealand who are not in the skilled category, says New Zealand First. More >>
Peters: An Energy Sector That Once Again Serves All NZers
Tuesday, 27 May 2014, 1:16 pm | New Zealand First Party
Thank you for the opportunity to speak to you today. It is always a pleasure to be visiting the city of Dunedin, with the best rugby stadium in Australasia, with the best game of this year’s Super 15 rugby played at the stadium last Saturday night. More >>
Threadbare Budget Has Nothing for Pasifika
Friday, 23 May 2014, 5:22 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First challenges the government to show where Pasifika will find “more jobs and higher incomes” as it claimed in Budget 2014. More >>
Horan accusations baseless and without foundation
Wednesday, 21 May 2014, 4:34 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says the accusations made in Parliament today by independent member Brendan Horan are baseless and without foundation. More >>
More People Get Hurt with the Long Delays
Wednesday, 21 May 2014, 3:08 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is calling for the Government to get serious about street prostitution in response to worsening violence and abuse towards sex workers and the public. “The Government has allowed the prostitution industry to follow the law of the jungle ... More >>
More People Get Hurt with the Long Delays
Wednesday, 21 May 2014, 3:01 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is calling for the Government to get serious about street prostitution in response to worsening violence and abuse towards sex workers and the public. More >>
$100 Million Cut – Where And How?
Friday, 16 May 2014, 5:29 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says the Government has seriously compromised community safety by using the Budget as an electioneering tool and neglecting essential areas like law and order. More >>
Budget Silent on Aged Care Workers’ Pay
Friday, 16 May 2014, 4:36 pm | New Zealand First Party
Aged care workers have been neglected once again by the National Government, says New Zealand First. “There was absolutely nothing in Budget 2014 that improves funding for aged care services and employees,” says Health spokesperson Barbara Stewart. ... More >>
Wood Producers the Losers From Budget Tariff Removal
Friday, 16 May 2014, 4:07 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says forestry businesses and sawmill workers will be the real losers from the Government’s removal of tariffs on imported building materials. Spokesperson for Primary Industries Richard Prosser said the budget removal of tariffs ... More >>
Budget Bribery Brings Window of False Hope
Friday, 16 May 2014, 1:36 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is astounded with the Government’s remark that this is a “family-friendly budget.” More >>
Call to Bring in Free GP Visits Immediately
Friday, 16 May 2014, 1:27 pm | New Zealand First Party
Free GP visits for six to 12s – great steal, but why not now? “It’s a Budget 2014 promise, straight out of New Zealand First policy, but the Government is making families wait more than a year, till 1 July 2015, to do it,” says New Zealand First ... More >>
Immigration Invasion Means Disaster for Many Kiwis
Friday, 16 May 2014, 1:19 pm | New Zealand First Party
Speaking to a Hutt Valley Grey Power meeting this morning, the Rt Hon Winston Peters accused the Government of “betraying New Zealanders” and any chance of improving housing and infrastructure in Auckland, with an immigration policy that will bring ... More >>
Too Little Too Late And Nothing More
Friday, 16 May 2014, 1:17 pm | New Zealand First Party
Temporarily removing duties and tariffs on building materials for home builders is a drop in the ocean, saving only about $3,500 on a new home, says New Zealand First. “The Government has made housing unaffordable by allowing uncontrolled immigration ... More >>
