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Affordable Housing Must Be For Kiwi First Home Owners
Thursday, 29 November 2012, 3:13 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is calling for strict rules to ensure that any affordable housing built under government policies is bought by Kiwis buying their first home – not local or foreign investors. More >>
PM Wants a ‘Dictatorship’ Over State Services Commissioner
Thursday, 29 November 2012, 11:41 am | New Zealand First Party
PM Wants a ‘Dictatorship’ Over the State Services Commissioner New Zealand First is accusing the Government of making changes to legislation to give the Prime Minister John Key complete dictatorship over the State Services commissioner. Associate Finance ... More >>
Inflated Property Market Targeted by NZ First
Thursday, 29 November 2012, 11:34 am | New Zealand First Party
Inflated Property Market Targeted by NZ First New Zealand First says news that foreign nationals are buying real estate to fast-track their visa applications makes it imperative for measures to be introduced to stop the practice and make housing more affordable ... More >>
Be Warned: Dismantled Democracy Coming To A Place Near You
Wednesday, 28 November 2012, 2:05 pm | New Zealand First Party
Andrew Williams MP Spokesperson for Local Government 28 November 2012 Be Warned: Dismantled Democracy Coming To A Place Near You New Zealand First says the Government is not only systematically dismantling Local Government – the important second ... More >>
Airmen’s Families Deserve an Apology From the PM
Wednesday, 28 November 2012, 12:28 pm | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters New Zealand First Leader 28 November 2012 Airmen’s Families Deserve an Apology From the Prime Minister New Zealand First says news that three airmen died in a pre-dawn helicopter crash because it was too expensive to accommodate ... More >>
Overstayers Receiving Whanau Ora Funding An Outrage
Tuesday, 27 November 2012, 3:29 pm | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters New Zealand First Leader 27 November 2012 Overstayers Receiving Whanau Ora Funding An Outrage New Zealand First has obtained documents which show Whanau Ora funding is being used on immigrants with substance abuse issues who are ... More >>
Safety in Prisons - a Systemic Failure
Monday, 26 November 2012, 9:27 am | New Zealand First Party
Asenati Lole-Taylor MP Spokesperson for Corrections 26 November 2012 Safety in Prisons - a Systemic Failure New Zealand First is concerned about an apparent lack of safety at Rimutaka Prison following an incident in which a prisoner and visitor were trapped ... More >>
Foreign Ownership of NZ Homes Needs New Regulations
Sunday, 25 November 2012, 2:33 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First Leader 25 November 2012 Foreign Ownership of NZ Homes Needs New Regulations More >>
Statement From Rt Hon Winston Peters
Sunday, 25 November 2012, 12:05 pm | New Zealand First Party
RE: Brendan Horan MP – Sunday Star Times Article. This is a matter of a family dispute over a family will. More >>
Rural Pharmacies Struggling for Staff
Friday, 23 November 2012, 1:38 pm | New Zealand First Party
Barbara Stewart MP Spokesperson for Health 23 November 2012 Rural Pharmacies Struggling for Staff New Zealand First says pharmacists in rural areas are being put through unnecessary stress and anxiety because of inadequate Government policies. Health ... More >>
Speech: Peters - One Year On
Friday, 23 November 2012, 1:22 pm | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters New Zealand First Leader 23 November 2012 EMBARGOED AGAINST DELIVERY PLEASE CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY More >>
Government Continues Its Education Privatisation Agenda
Thursday, 22 November 2012, 3:36 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has accused the Government of continually stripping funding from public educational institutes as part of its privatisation agenda. More >>
Whanau Ora Hurting All New Zealand Taxpayers
Thursday, 22 November 2012, 2:26 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has accused the Maori Party of waffling about inanities over the seriously flawed Whanau Ora scheme which fails to tackle the big issues facing Maori. More >>
Prostitution Turf Wars Must Be Stopped Through Legislation
Thursday, 22 November 2012, 10:18 am | New Zealand First Party
Asenati Lole-Taylor MP Spokesperson for Social Policy 22 November 2012 Prostitution Turf Wars Must Be Stopped Through Legislation New Zealand First says turf wars in Auckland provide further proof that the Government must change the law to give local ... More >>
More Evidence Of Rent Gouging In Christchurch
Wednesday, 21 November 2012, 11:04 am | New Zealand First Party
Denis O’Rourke MP Spokesperson for Christchurch Earthquake Issues 21 November 2012 More Evidence Of Rent Gouging In Christchurch New Zealand First says more evidence of rent gouging has emerged with a Christchurch family with nine young children landed ... More >>
Minister Must Back Homegrown Education
Monday, 19 November 2012, 1:02 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is calling on the Education Minister to clearly spell out the future of the successful Te Kotahitanga education programme amid fears it will be “trashed”. More >>
Special Chinese Airline Deal – The Reasons Don't Stack Up
Sunday, 18 November 2012, 4:37 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says the Government must explain why it has given China Southern Airlines (CSA) frequent flyer club members an exclusive Sky City gambler visa deal even though the airline holds less than 15 per cent of the market. More >>
New Zealand First opposed to charging for water
Saturday, 17 November 2012, 2:33 pm | New Zealand First Party
The New Zealand First Party has welcomed Federated Farmers’ support for the final report of the Land and Water Forum, and has reaffirmed that the Party remains fundamentally opposed to the concept of charging for water. More >>
Education Ministry Has A Secret Novopay Agenda
Friday, 16 November 2012, 4:10 pm | New Zealand First Party
Spokesperson for Education 16 November 2012 Education Ministry Has A Secret Novopay Agenda New Zealand First says the Government’s response to the Novopay fiasco to sack the very staff working to resolve the teachers’ pay botch-up reeks of a secret ... More >>
PM Must Come Clean on His Role in the Gambler Visa Deal
Friday, 16 November 2012, 11:43 am | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters New Zealand First Leader 16 November 2012 PM Must Come Clean on His Role in the Gambler Visa Deal New Zealand First is calling for Prime Minister John Key to reveal the full extent of his involvement in the Sky City-China Southern ... More >>
