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Minister Must Clarify Government’s Education Agenda
Tuesday, 7 May 2013, 2:19 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is asking the Government for an assurance that it is not going to use the Novopay debacle to sneak in changes to the teacher pay scales system. More >>
GCSB Legislation Needs More Thought
Tuesday, 7 May 2013, 12:03 pm | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters New Zealand First Leader 7 May 2013 GCSB Legislation Needs More Thought Rt Hon Winston Peters says changes will be needed to new legislation covering the operations of the Government Communications Security Bureau within New ... More >>
Let’s Celebrate Young New Zealanders During Youth Week
Monday, 6 May 2013, 8:40 am | New Zealand First Party
5 May 2013 Let’s Celebrate Young New Zealanders During Youth Week New Zealand First says it’s time to accentuate the positive during Youth Week from May 4 - 12. Youth Affairs spokesperson Tracey Martin says youth often hit the headlines for ... More >>
National Standards – a Debacle Like Novopay?
Friday, 3 May 2013, 9:22 am | New Zealand First Party
There is increasing concern National Standards results are flawed and the Government is using flawed data to make educational achievements look better than they actually are says New Zealand First. More >>
Quake Outcasts File Judicial Review Proceedings
Wednesday, 1 May 2013, 3:43 pm | New Zealand First Party
The news that forty owners of vacant land and uninsured red zone property owners have filed judicial review proceedings in the High Court today against the Minister for Canterbury Earthquake Recovery and the Chief Executive of the Canterbury Earthquake ... More >>
Youth Wage a Flash Back to the 80s
Wednesday, 1 May 2013, 11:18 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says the Government seems determined to take us back to the past with the starting out wage that does nothing to solve the high rate of youth unemployment. More >>
China Forestry Purchase Wrong
Wednesday, 1 May 2013, 10:23 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says the Overseas Investment Office (OIO) approval of the sale of the New Zealand Super Fund's forestry assets to the Chinese Government is an appalling example of everything that is wrong with National's approach to growing the economy. More >>
Generous Parekura Was a Servant of the People – Peters
Monday, 29 April 2013, 7:28 pm | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters New Zealand First Leader 29 April 2013 Generous Parekura Was a Servant of the People – Peters More >>
Give Auckland a Chance to Breathe
Monday, 29 April 2013, 1:37 pm | New Zealand First Party
Auckland should restrict its artificial population growth and be given a chance to breathe before embarking on more expensive “patchwork” infrastructure projects, says New Zealand First. More >>
Groser’s Travel Costs Should Go to RSA Veterans
Friday, 26 April 2013, 4:14 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is urging the Government to make Trade Minister Tim Groser repay his exorbitant, job seeking travel costs and give the money to the RSA to help veterans gain access to health and social services. More >>
Reduced Grant for Veterans Falls Well Short of the Mark
Thursday, 25 April 2013, 9:16 am | New Zealand First Party
Andrew Williams MP Spokesperson for Veterans’ Affairs 24 April 2013 Reduced Government Grant for Veterans Falls Well Short of the Mark New Zealand First challenged the Government this week to renew $1 million of funding to RSA support services to help ... More >>
NZ First Demands the Renewal of RSA Support Services
Tuesday, 23 April 2013, 2:00 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has called on the Government to renew funding to RSA support services to help veterans gain access to health and social services. Veterans’ Affairs spokesperson Andrew Williams says that New Zealand First secured funding of $1million in 2007/2008 ... More >>
Speech to Grey Power: Don’t Take It Any More!
Friday, 19 April 2013, 2:58 pm | New Zealand First Party
A controversial American publisher once said this: “Few businessmen are capable of being in politics, They don’t understand the democratic process. They have neither the tolerance nor the depth it takes. Democracy isn’t a business.” The publisher ... More >>
Kiwi Workers Ignored in Favour of Foreigners
Thursday, 18 April 2013, 5:14 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says the Government needs to explain why it is issuing temporary work visas for supermarket workers at a time of record high unemployment. More >>
State Assets Being Flogged Off To Cover Leaky Schools Crisis
Thursday, 18 April 2013, 1:30 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is accusing National of flogging off state-owned assets so it can afford to pay for remedial work created by its botched policies and decisions. More >>
Overhaul of Power Companies Needed for NZ’s Future
Wednesday, 17 April 2013, 2:59 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has formulated policy that would place the three state-owned electricity generating power companies – Mighty River Power, which would be bought back, Genesis and Meridian – back into public ownership as a single generating entity. More >>
GCSB Legislation Needed With Strict Controls
Tuesday, 16 April 2013, 2:12 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First will support legislation to enable the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) to act against domestic terrorism and serious crime despite Government blunders over the Dotcom case. More >>
Council Restructure an Issue for All Wairarapa Residents
Friday, 12 April 2013, 1:57 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First urges the Wairarapa community to speak out about the way their local councils are organised. Local Government spokesperson Andrew Williams says a report commissioned by the Wairarapa Governance Review Working Party supporting ... More >>
Are the Greens Just Marijuana Fans?
Thursday, 11 April 2013, 5:19 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says Green Party co-leader Metiria Turei is off the planet by claiming in a TV interview that Maori growing marijuana are developing entrepreneurial and horticultural skills. More >>
New Zealand First Calls Foul Over Crime Reporting Line
Thursday, 11 April 2013, 4:58 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is questioning the worth of the new Crime Reporting Line (CRL) when there are still too few police to investigate the crimes which will supposedly be reported to it. More >>
