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DoC Funding Cuts a Disaster for Our Conservation Estate

Wednesday, 27 March 2013, 9:36 am | New Zealand First Party

DoC Funding Cuts a Disaster for Our Conservation Estate New Zealand First says the drastic cuts to Department of Conservation funding for the second consecutive year shows a Government totally lacking in vision on how to protect our environment. Conservation ... More >>

Government Flouts High Court Ruling Over Salisbury School

Wednesday, 27 March 2013, 9:31 am | New Zealand First Party

Barbara Stewart MP Spokesperson for Disability Issues 27 March 2013 Government Flouts High Court Ruling Over Salisbury School New Zealand First says it is unacceptable that the Government has ignored a High Court ruling to keep Salisbury School open ... More >>

Cook Strait Lemon Tied Up Yet Again

Tuesday, 26 March 2013, 4:10 pm | New Zealand First Party

Rt Hon Winston Peters New Zealand First Leader 26 March 2013 Cook Strait Lemon Tied Up Yet Again New Zealand First has accused KiwiRail of wasting tens of millions of taxpayers’ money on the Cook Strait ferry Aratere, which was tied up for several ... More >>

Job Losses Will Gut Morale at the Department of Conservation

Tuesday, 26 March 2013, 12:16 pm | New Zealand First Party

Barbara Stewart MP Spokesperson for Labour 26 March 2013 Job Losses Will Gut Morale at the Department of Conservation New Zealand First says the loss of 140 Department of Conservation jobs will place enormous stress on those who have to take up the ... More >>

Regional Development Fund Slashed And Squandered

Monday, 25 March 2013, 8:37 am | New Zealand First Party

A Government fund intended for regional specific projects to grow the economy has instead been used to fund the organisation Kiwi Expatriates Abroad (KEA), says New Zealand First. More >>

Gangs See Whanau Ora As A Cash Cow For Drugs

Friday, 22 March 2013, 11:41 am | New Zealand First Party

New Zealand First says facts show that criminal gangs are planning to grow their illegal drug cartels by using funding from the Government’s seriously flawed Whanau Ora scheme. More >>

Prime Minister John Key Is The King Of Overseas Holidays

Friday, 22 March 2013, 9:48 am | New Zealand First Party

Rt Hon Winston Peters New Zealand First Leader 22 March 2013 Prime Minister John Key Is The King Of Overseas Holidays New Zealand First says Prime Minister John Key is taking so many holidays that his own office staff either can’t keep track, or ... More >>

Government Not So Colour-Blind

Thursday, 21 March 2013, 3:27 pm | New Zealand First Party

New Zealand First says the Government is talking rubbish when it states that its immigration policies are colour-blind when in fact they are exceptionally favouring Chinese reunion parents. More >>

Health Service Cuts Puts Lives at Risk

Thursday, 21 March 2013, 3:23 pm | New Zealand First Party

The Government’s reduction in health services in Marlborough will have a negative impact on people living in the region, says New Zealand First. More >>

Farm Debt Laws Need to Be Overhauled

Wednesday, 20 March 2013, 5:03 pm | New Zealand First Party

New Zealand First says the case of a farm receivership in Taranaki, which resulted in a farm debt negotiator and a journalist allegedly being assaulted, highlights the need for Parliament to consider introducing a Farm Debt Mediation Bill. More >>

Christchurch Rebuild Hampered by Widespread Fraud

Wednesday, 20 March 2013, 4:02 pm | New Zealand First Party

New Zealand First is accusing the Government of dithering over wide-scale fraud associated with the Christchurch rebuild. It is understood that fraudulent activity includes the deliberate over payment of contractors, and full payments to contractors for ... More >>

Pasifika People Unfairly Targeted by Government’s Youth Wage

Wednesday, 20 March 2013, 1:38 pm | New Zealand First Party

New Zealand First says Pasifika people will be seriously disadvantaged under the Government’s misguided minimum and youth wage policy which should be scrapped. The Government’s policy will from next month see the minimum wage increase by a ... More >>

Protect the Savings of New Zealanders

Wednesday, 20 March 2013, 1:09 pm | New Zealand First Party

New Zealand First is calling for the introduction of a bank depositors’ guarantee scheme to protect the savings of blameless Kiwis during any financial crisis. The policy would provide a government guarantee for deposits of up to $100,000 in New ... More >>

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