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MFAT Boss Gets Pay Hike While Staff Handle Budget Cuts
Thursday, 11 October 2012, 2:56 pm | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters New Zealand First Leader 11 October 2012 MFAT Boss Gets Pay Hike While Staff Handle Budget Cuts New Zealand First says the big pay hike handed to Foreign Affairs and Trade Ministry chief executive John Allen is symptomatic of ... More >>
Christchurch Rent Freeze Needed To Ease the Rental Market
Thursday, 11 October 2012, 1:44 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is calling on the Government to impose a short term rent freeze in Christchurch to combat an out of control rental market. Christchurch Earthquake Issues spokesperson Denis O’Rourke says rents in Christchurch increased by an average ... More >>
PM Involved in Dotcom Cover-up – Peters
Wednesday, 10 October 2012, 2:14 pm | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters New Zealand First Leader 10 October 2012 PM Involved in Dotcom Cover-up – Peters New Zealand First is demanding Prime Minister John Key come clean about briefings he had with international law enforcement or security and intelligence ... More >>
Youth Pay Rate ‘Experiment’ Will Contribute to Unemployment
Wednesday, 10 October 2012, 10:06 am | New Zealand First Party
Youth Pay Rate ‘Experiment’ Will Contribute to Unemployment New Zealand First says the Government’s new youth minimum pay regime provides an unliveable wage that will actually worsen the rate of youth unemployment. Rt Hon Winston Peters says ... More >>
PM’s Office Was Aware of Dotcom in July Last Year
Tuesday, 9 October 2012, 10:27 am | New Zealand First Party
The Prime Minister’s office knew about Kim Dotcom’s application to buy his Helensville-mansion in July 2011 according to evidence unearthed by New Zealand First. The Prime Minister confirmed in reply to a written question from New Zealand First that his office knew ... More >>
National to Ram Anti-Democratic Bill through Parliament
Thursday, 4 October 2012, 1:44 pm | New Zealand First Party
Andrew Williams MP Spokesperson for Local Government 4 October 2012 National to Ram Anti-Democratic Bill through Parliament New Zealand First says our democracy is under serious threat through National’s intention to ram through changes to ... More >>
Synthetic Cannabis Not High Enough on Government Agenda
Thursday, 4 October 2012, 9:11 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says the Government isn’t moving fast enough in getting harmful synthetic cannabis removed from shop shelves. Health spokesperson Barbara Stewart says that while some 50 synthetic cannabis products have been banned, similar products ... More >>
Key Misleads the Country Over Dotcom Investigation
Wednesday, 3 October 2012, 12:53 pm | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters New Zealand First Leader 3 October 2012 Key Misleads the Country Over Dotcom Investigation New Zealand First says Prime Minister John Key has grossly misled Parliament and the public over the Kim Dotcom investigation. The comment comes ... More >>
Kiwirail Blunders Behind Gisborne - Napier Rail Link Closure
Wednesday, 3 October 2012, 11:11 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says KiwiRail’s expensive blunders over the Cook Strait ferry Aratere, buying cheap China-made locomotives, and importing dodgy Peruvian sleepers contributed to the closure of the Gisborne-Napier rail link. Rt Hon Winston Peters ... More >>
Pharmac Funding Cut Limits Health Options
Wednesday, 3 October 2012, 10:48 am | New Zealand First Party
Barbara Stewart MP Spokesperson for Health 3 October 2012 Pharmac Funding Cut Limits Health Options New Zealand First is calling on the Government to outline the health risks caused by a $30 million funding cut to Pharmac which has severely limited some ... More >>
New Family Court Changes Put Families At Risk
Tuesday, 2 October 2012, 2:03 pm | New Zealand First Party
Asenati Lole-Taylor MP Spokesperson for Social Policy/Welfare 2 October 2012 New Family Court Changes Put Families At Risk New Zealand First is calling on the Government to back down on proposed changes to the Family Court system including the introduction ... More >>
Key Continues to Blunder Over Dotcom Fiasco
Tuesday, 2 October 2012, 12:21 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says John Key has blundered by putting Cabinet Secretary Rebecca Kitteridge in charge of an internal review into the capabilities of the Government Communication Security Bureau. Rt Hon Winston Peters says Ms Kitteridge was working ... More >>
PM’s Ministerial Bungling Demands a Full Scale Inquiry
Friday, 28 September 2012, 11:35 am | New Zealand First Party
Prime Minister John Key’s appalling lack of knowledge into the Dotcom investigation scandal for which he has ministerial responsibility is a compelling reason for a full scale inquiry. Rt Hon Winston Peters says Mr Key’s ignorance on a raft of ... More >>
Mandatory Registration of Social Workers a No-Brainer
Friday, 28 September 2012, 10:21 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is calling for the mandatory registration of social workers to maintain the integrity of a system which deals with those in vulnerable situations. Welfare and Social Policy spokesperson Asenati Lole-Taylor says it is ridiculous ... More >>
Commission of Inquiry Needed On Illegal Dotcom Spying Saga
Thursday, 27 September 2012, 2:36 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is calling for a Commission of Inquiry into the illegal surveillance carried out by the Government Communications Security Bureau in regards to the Dotcom deportation case. More >>
Government’s Welfare Reforms a Mess of Contradictions
Thursday, 27 September 2012, 12:52 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says the Government’s welfare reforms were dressed up as hard hitting measures but are being watered down by the day. More >>
Government Inaction Leaves Kiwi Consumers In The Dark
Thursday, 27 September 2012, 10:50 am | New Zealand First Party
Barbara Stewart MP Spokesperson for Health 27 September 2012 Government Inaction Leaves Kiwi Consumers In The Dark New Zealand First is calling for the Government to introduce mandatory palm oil labelling for products being sold in our country. ... More >>
Aged “Care” Ignored by a Heartless Government
Wednesday, 26 September 2012, 5:19 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is demanding the Government does more than carry out random audits and monitoring to ensure elderly rest home residents are cared for properly. More >>
John Key Has Mega Flip-Flop Over Dotcom Fiasco
Wednesday, 26 September 2012, 4:21 pm | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters New Zealand First Leader 26 September 2012 John Key Has Mega Flip-Flop Over Dotcom Fiasco New Zealand First is accusing Prime Minister John Key of flip-flopping like a pair of wet jandals over the Dotcom investigation fiasco. ... More >>
Coal Workers Laid Off While Coal Being Imported
Tuesday, 25 September 2012, 5:07 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says Finance Minister Bill English is out of touch after he failed to explain why 63 workers at the state-owned Solid Energy Huntly coal mine have lost their jobs while the state-owned Genesis Energy Huntly Power Station has been importing ... More >>
