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Come Home from China and Sort Out Your Immigration Mess!
Thursday, 1 August 2013, 12:47 pm | New Zealand First Party
Immigration Minister Woodhouse should sort out the flood of parental reunion immigration applications before he touts for more business in China, says Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>
Hospital Treatment of Elderly Unacceptable
Thursday, 1 August 2013, 10:55 am | New Zealand First Party
1 August 2013 Hospital Treatment of Elderly Unacceptable Today’s report that an elderly woman was sent home from Middlemore Hospital at 1:10am is a disturbing revelation of what is now considered acceptable practice by some hospital emergency departments, ... More >>
Supergold Card Benefits Keep Coming
Thursday, 1 August 2013, 9:38 am | New Zealand First Party
1 August 2013 Supergold Card Benefits Keep Coming New Zealand First has commended Challenge Service Stations for introducing an 8 cents per litre discount on up to 100 litres petrol for over 600,000 SuperGold Card holders nationwide. The SuperGold ... More >>
Schools Waiting Weeks for Action on Truancy
Wednesday, 31 July 2013, 3:03 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says small towns are feeling the pressure from the Government’s refusal to properly fund truancy services, with many schools reporting long delays to get action on truancy. More >>
"Government Fiddles Parental Reunion Figures"
Wednesday, 31 July 2013, 2:21 pm | New Zealand First Party
31 July 2013 Government Fiddles Parental Reunion Figures Rt Hon Winston Peters has accused the Government of hiding thousands of parent category applications to manipulate immigration figures from China downwards. In Parliament today Mr Peters questioned ... More >>
Help Also Needed Below the Bombay Hills
Wednesday, 31 July 2013, 12:51 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says the Government has overlooked a critical factor in the funding for supporting victims of sexual abuse – they are not all north of the Bombay Hills. More >>
No to Fat Tax – Yes To Diet and Exercise
Wednesday, 31 July 2013, 12:49 pm | New Zealand First Party
Targeted campaigns to encourage healthy eating and regular exercise would be more useful than trying to impose an across the board “fat tax” to curb obesity, says New Zealand First health spokesperson Barbara Stewart. More >>
Congratulations on OBE for Public Service
Wednesday, 31 July 2013, 10:04 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has congratulated Feleti Penitala Teo on being awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in recognition of his contribution to public service in Tuvalu. Mr Teo is the Deputy Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat ... More >>
Special Needs Taxi Announcement Underwhelming
Tuesday, 30 July 2013, 4:37 pm | New Zealand First Party
Special Needs Taxi Announcement Underwhelming New Zealand First says the Government’s response to fixing the transport calamities experienced by some of our most vulnerable special needs students is underwhelming. The Government announced today a new complaints ... More >>
Housing Hypocrisy Pointed Out by NZ First
Tuesday, 30 July 2013, 3:08 pm | New Zealand First Party
30 July 2013 Housing Hypocrisy Pointed Out by NZ First Rt Hon Winston Peters has pointed out in Parliament how China does not allow foreigners to buy property while it is “open slather” for citizens of China to buy houses in New Zealand. Mr Peters ... More >>
NZ First Opposes Snapper Catch Limit Reduction
Tuesday, 30 July 2013, 2:07 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is totally opposed to plans to reduce the recreational catch limit from nine down to three in the important Snapper 1 Fishery. More >>
Freeze Property Sales to Foreign Buyers Urges Peters
Monday, 29 July 2013, 8:58 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has again called for an immediate freeze on property sales to foreign buyers to avoid a ‘backdoor’ sell out of New Zealand land and homes. This follows the belated realisation by Labour that there is a serious problem with foreign buyers ... More >>
Concurrent Preventative Focus Needed for Hepatitis C
Sunday, 28 July 2013, 11:46 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is urging the Government to reconsider making tattoo hygiene a priority, in recognition of today being World Hepatitis Day. “In Australia, Hep C is a notifiable disease and they are working through their third Hep C Strategy. More >>
Cathedral Court Result a Tragedy – Peters
Friday, 26 July 2013, 11:03 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First leader Rt Hon Winston Peters says that the Court of Appeal’s decision to find against the Great Christchurch Buildings Trust is a tragedy for the world-famous Cathedral and cultural continuity in Canterbury. More >>
Government Makes Prostitution More Desirable
Thursday, 25 July 2013, 2:26 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has accused the Government of taking far too long to respond to the high levels of street prostitution in local communities in Auckland and Christchurch. More >>
Budgeting Services ‘Boost’ Actually Reduces Services
Wednesday, 24 July 2013, 4:37 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says the Government is not paying enough attention to ensuring budgeting services receive extra funding to assist struggling families. More >>
"Creating The New Enemy – Senior Citizens! NZ First Speech
Monday, 22 July 2013, 10:57 am | New Zealand First Party
Four days ago, on 18 July, New Zealand First celebrated its twentieth anniversary. We marked the day with a renewed pledge to restore our country’s reputation as a fair and prosperous nation. More >>
Speech: New Zealand First Twentieth Anniversary
Sunday, 21 July 2013, 1:43 pm | New Zealand First Party
For twenty years New Zealand First has been a strong presence in New Zealand politics and we owe it to an army of dedicated people. We were born in the BOP and we grew throughout the country because of a tireless band of workers. More >>
New Zealand First Calls For End to Aerial 1080
Friday, 19 July 2013, 3:13 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Dr Jan Wright is wrong to be calling for an increase in the use of 1080 poison on DOC land. Outdoor Recreation spokesperson Richard Prosser says New Zealand First will seek to find ... More >>
Minister Holding Out On Data Purpose
Friday, 19 July 2013, 10:54 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is calling on the Minister of Education to come clean on the true purpose of the National Standards Progress and Consistency Tool (PaCT) data. More >>
