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NZ First Welcomes Commitment to Improving Animal Welfare
Monday, 25 November 2019, 12:19 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First supports the changes recommended by the Winter Grazing Taskforce to improve animal welfare outcomes through the winter months, and the establishment of a pan-sector action group to implement them. More >>
1800 New Police, Delivered
Thursday, 21 November 2019, 2:31 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is proud to have delivered on a key Coalition Agreement commitment to adding 1800 new frontline police, with the graduation of Recruit Wing 332 in Porirua today. More >>
$3.5m To Reduce Repeated 1080 Use
Thursday, 21 November 2019, 8:25 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is proud to announce the Provincial Growth Fund (PGF) has allocated $3.5 million to develop innovative predator control approaches which will reduce the need for repeated 1080 use. More >>
Cowboy Clampers Will Be Stymied
Tuesday, 19 November 2019, 8:24 pm | New Zealand First Party
Cowboy Clampers Will Be Stymied The ‘wheel clamping’ Bill that will cap clamper fees to $100 passed its third reading in Parliament today. New Zealand First welcomes The Land Transport (Wheel Clamping) Amendment Bill to combat predatory wheel clamping ... More >>
Mental Health Commission Back on Track
Tuesday, 19 November 2019, 8:22 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First welcomes the passage of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission Bill through its first reading in Parliament. More >>
New Zealand’s Key Assets Are Not for Sale
Tuesday, 19 November 2019, 2:51 pm | New Zealand First Party
Today the Government announced the delivery of the promise to protect New Zealand interests by applying a new National Interest Test to the sales of our most sensitive and high risk assets to overseas buyers. More >>
Electoral Law Breach Allegations
Tuesday, 19 November 2019, 1:47 pm | New Zealand First Party
Allegations raised this morning by Stuff Limited / Fairfax concern a party matter but I am confident that New Zealand First has operated within electoral laws, now and for the last 27 years. Declarable donations were declared to the Electoral Commission. More >>
Kiwis to Have Their Say on End of Life Choice
Wednesday, 13 November 2019, 8:50 pm | New Zealand First Party
Kiwis to Have Their Say on End of Life Choice New Zealand First backs the public to decide on the End of Life Choice Bill via a referendum at the 2020 General Election. The Bill, with New Zealand First’s referendum provision incorporated, passed its ... More >>
Addressing Miscarriages of Justice
Wednesday, 13 November 2019, 8:20 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is proud that a key Coalition Agreement commitment which will provide for a more transparent and effective criminal justice system has been realised. More >>
Tax-Free Deployments For Kiwi Troops
Friday, 8 November 2019, 10:48 am | New Zealand First Party
A Member’s bill has been proposed that would provide income tax exemptions for all New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) personnel while on operational deployment overseas. More >>
A balanced Zero Carbon Bill passed
Thursday, 7 November 2019, 4:59 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is proud to have brought common sense to the Climate Change Response (Zero Carbon) Amendment Bill, which passed its final reading in Parliament today. Party Leader Rt Hon Winston Peters says months of hard work went into negotiating ... More >>
Paramedics' Status to be Recognised
Tuesday, 5 November 2019, 9:25 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has listened to calls to recognise paramedics as registered health professionals under the Health Practitioners’ Competence Assurance Act (the Act). More >>
M. Bovis Eradication Progress Welcomed
Wednesday, 30 October 2019, 12:34 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is pleased to have received the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) report on the Coalition Government’s Mycoplasma bovis eradication efforts, which shows significant progress in the fight against the disease. New Zealand First Spokesperson ... More >>
NZ First Welcomes Primary Sector Support for Climate Plan
Thursday, 24 October 2019, 10:20 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First Leader Rt Hon Winston Peters says the Government’s steps to reduce farm livestock emissions are necessary and timely More >>
Speech: Peters - NZ First Conference
Sunday, 20 October 2019, 2:28 pm | New Zealand First Party
Winston Peters Speech to the 26th Annual New Zealand First Annual General Meeting Sunday, 2.00pm 19 October 2019. More >>
Giving Farmers the Tools They Need to Reduce Methane
Friday, 18 October 2019, 2:39 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First supports the Coalition Government’s announcement that it will invest $100,000 in a Cawthron Institute project to turn native red seaweed (Asparagopsis armata) into a cattle feed supplement that could significantly reduce methane emissions. More >>
Win for Mental Health in the Waikato
Thursday, 17 October 2019, 2:23 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is today welcoming the announcement of a $100m mental health facility for Waikato to improve outcomes for those with mental health and addiction issues in the region. More >>
NZ First Delivers Major Supergold Card Upgrade for Seniors
Tuesday, 1 October 2019, 11:07 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is proud to have delivered an upgrade of the SuperGold Card website and a new smartphone app, which will help unlock the full benefits of the SuperGold Card for 750,000 New Zealand seniors. More >>
Work visa changes putting New Zealanders first
Tuesday, 17 September 2019, 4:12 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is today applauding the announcement of a new temporary work visa process. This new system will prioritise New Zealand workers while ensuring temporary foreign workers can be recruited to fill genuine regional and sector shortages. “New ... More >>
NZ First driving better mental health outcomes for kiwis
Thursday, 12 September 2019, 3:08 pm | New Zealand First Party
A key coalition commitment to re-establish the mental health commission, negotiated by New Zealand First, is on its way to being realised. Today, appointees to the board of the initial Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission were announced by the Coalition ... More >>
