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Firearms Owners Right to Be Concerned

Wednesday, 28 August 2013, 4:42 pm | New Zealand First Party

New Zealand First says firearms licence holders are right to be concerned about changes to firearms law which are due to come into effect in December this year. More >>

“Flexi” Super – The Buzzword That Means Downsizing

Wednesday, 28 August 2013, 3:32 pm | New Zealand First Party

New Zealand First has pledged to fight the unfair and unworkable “flexible” superannuation proposal every step of the way to prevent the Government and its flexi-puppet Peter Dunne changing the superannuation system. More >>

Employ More Nurses Says NZ First

Wednesday, 28 August 2013, 11:52 am | New Zealand First Party

The Government is creating a health crisis by not employing enough nurses in public hospitals and aged care facilities, claims New Zealand First Health spokesperson, Barbara Stewart. She says nursing graduates are looking for jobs while nurses in ... More >>

Heartland Losing Heart through Government Neglect

Tuesday, 27 August 2013, 6:55 pm | New Zealand First Party

Andrew Williams MP Spokesperson for Commerce 27 August 2013 Heartland Losing Heart through Government Neglect New Zealand First says the Government is in denial about its neglect of regions and should start putting something back into the places that ... More >>

Kiwis Should Be At the Front of the Job Queue

Friday, 23 August 2013, 8:50 am | New Zealand First Party

New Zealand First MP Denis O’Rourke has appealed to the Government not to be pressured by commercial interests to bring in immigrant workers ahead of Kiwis looking for jobs. More >>

Manage Snapper Catch More Responsibly Says NZ First

Thursday, 22 August 2013, 3:31 pm | New Zealand First Party

New Zealand First says the fish stock in the Snapper 1 Fishery needs to be managed far more responsibly to avoid further depletion of the inshore fisheries resource. More >>

Fear That NZ Will Be Targeted After Secret Trade Talks

Wednesday, 21 August 2013, 3:55 pm | New Zealand First Party

New Zealand First has again demanded that the Prime Minister reveal details of the secret deals the Trade Minister is negotiating at the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) talks in Brunei. More >>

Come Clean on TPPA Prime Minister Says NZ First

Tuesday, 20 August 2013, 3:45 pm | New Zealand First Party

Rt Hon Winston Peters has challenged the Prime Minister to publicly explain the concessions New Zealand is secretly making at the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) negotiations. More >>

More Victims Created By Novopay Fallout

Tuesday, 20 August 2013, 3:26 pm | New Zealand First Party

New Zealand First says the flawed Novopay system is creating new problems that are impacting on children’s learning in the classroom. Today marks the first anniversary of the very expensive Novopay payroll system and Education spokesperson Tracey Martin ... More >>

Share Sweeteners Are an Admission of Failure

Tuesday, 20 August 2013, 1:07 pm | New Zealand First Party

Share Sweeteners Are an Admission of Failure The Government’s use of instalment receipts for the share offer of Meridian Energy is yet another admission that the asset sales are a complete failure says New Zealand First. Up to 49 per cent of Meridian ... More >>

Winston Peters Speech To GCSB Bill Public Meeting

Tuesday, 20 August 2013, 8:50 am | New Zealand First Party

The issue we face is not whether we have security agencies or not New Zealanders are realists. We live in an imperfect, often evil world. We need to have security agencies such as the GCSB. We need leadership on issues of national security that ... More >>

Legislation Attempts to Protect Children

Monday, 19 August 2013, 10:03 am | New Zealand First Party

If the Government is serious about protecting children from harm, it would do well to fast track the Sentencing (Protection of Children from Criminal Offending) Amendment Bill which is currently awaiting its first reading in Parliament says New Zealand ... More >>

NZ First Speech: Dunedin South

Saturday, 10 August 2013, 1:34 pm | New Zealand First Party

Tonight’s meeting is an opportunity to focus on the importance of regional New Zealand. More >>

Public Health Priorities Must Change

Friday, 9 August 2013, 1:24 pm | New Zealand First Party

Public health costs in New Zealand are set to soar unless we seriously target obesity says New Zealand First. University of Otago researchers have found that obesity and excess body weight are set to overtake smoking as the major cause of declining health ... More >>

Teapot Tape Revelations Outrageous Says Peters

Thursday, 8 August 2013, 3:49 pm | New Zealand First Party

The partial revelation of the teapot tape investigations by Police today show an outrageous disregard of procedure and legal process, says Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>

Focus on Public Hospital Targets Out Of Control

Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 3:22 pm | New Zealand First Party

The Government’s obsession on Public Hospitals getting patients through emergency departments as quickly as possible is getting out of control, says New Zealand First’s associate spokesperson for health Barbara Stewart. More >>

Winston Peters’ Phone Records in Teacup Tape Probe

Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 3:21 pm | New Zealand First Party

Rt Hon Winston Peters says he is outraged to learn that police wanted to use his personal telephone records to prosecute a cameraman whose tape recorder captured the teacup conversation between John Key and John Banks in the 2011 election campaign. More >>

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