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Foreign-Owned Banks Ripping Millions From the NZ Economy
Wednesday, 24 October 2012, 9:58 am | New Zealand First Party
24 October 2012 Foreign-Owned Banks Ripping Millions From the NZ Economy The latest round of obscene profit snatching by foreign-owned banks is further proof that the Government must use New Zealand owned banks for all Crown and Local Government banking. ... More >>
Takapuna Visitor Centre Closure Another Black Mark
Wednesday, 24 October 2012, 8:32 am | New Zealand First Party
Spokesperson for Local Government 23 October 2012 Closure Of Takapuna Visitor Centre Another Black Mark For The Super City More >>
Is the PM’s Electorate Office to Become a Visitor Centre?
Tuesday, 23 October 2012, 5:13 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is asking whether the Prime Minister John Key’s electorate office is intending to moonlight as a tourism centre once five Auckland-based i-SITES are shut down. More >>
Peters: RMTU Annual Delegates Conference
Tuesday, 23 October 2012, 2:50 pm | New Zealand First Party
Speech: RMTU Annual Delegates Conference Wellington 2012 NZ Police College, Aotea Lagoon, Porirua Tuesday 23 October 2012, 1pm More >>
National Party Rift Exposed by Superannuation Inquiry
Thursday, 18 October 2012, 6:23 pm | New Zealand First Party
18 October 2012 National Party Rift Exposed by Superannuation Inquiry A Government ordered inquiry into the sustainability of New Zealand Superannuation is a warning shot to all people approaching retirement age, says New Zealand First. Rt Hon Winston ... More >>
Kiwi Parents Educational Views Ignored By The Government
Thursday, 18 October 2012, 10:37 am | New Zealand First Party
Tracey Martin MP Spokesperson for Education 18 October 2012 Kiwi Parents Educational Views Ignored By The Government New Zealand First says the Government is narrowing school curriculums to cover only academic outcomes while ignoring fully-rounded targets ... More >>
Government Are a Bunch of Time Wasters
Wednesday, 17 October 2012, 5:17 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has accused the Government of time wasting over the introduction of new laws to give grandparents caring for their grandchildren better financial assistance. More >>
Key Again Caught Red-Handed Over Dotcom – Peters
Wednesday, 17 October 2012, 3:03 pm | New Zealand First Party
Prime Minister John Key claimed in May 2012 there were no records and he had no recollection of what was discussed at a meeting with then-Justice Minister Simon Power who was at the time deciding whether to give Kim Dotcom approval to buy New Zealand property. More >>
Parents Rights Abused by Charter School Laws
Wednesday, 17 October 2012, 11:03 am | New Zealand First Party
The Government is eliminating parents’ right to information about their child’s education through the seriously flawed Education Amendment Bill, says New Zealand First. More >>
Peters Speech: NZ Manufacturers & Exporters Association
Monday, 15 October 2012, 5:37 pm | New Zealand First Party
Our economy is in serious trouble. For too long, successive governments have neglected the country’s manufacturing and export base. More >>
Water Fight Will Ignite Racial Tension – Peters
Monday, 15 October 2012, 4:37 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says race relations are under threat with the Government blindly proceeding with the sale of state-owned Mighty River Power. More >>
Newly Trained Teachers Forced To Look Overseas For Work
Monday, 15 October 2012, 2:04 pm | New Zealand First Party
Tracey Martin MP Spokesperson for Education 15 October 2012 Newly Trained Teachers Forced To Look Overseas For Work New Zealand First warns that hundreds of newly trained teachers will be forced to find jobs overseas when they qualify from University at ... More >>
Abused Children at Risk From Clueless Government
Monday, 15 October 2012, 10:52 am | New Zealand First Party
Asenati Lole-Taylor MP Spokesperson for Welfare/Social Policy 15 October 2012 Abused Children at Risk From Clueless Government New Zealand First is seeking Government assurances that its proposed abused children register will be stored in a secure ... More >>
Speech: Peters - Jobs Crisis in Manufacturing
Friday, 12 October 2012, 12:51 pm | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters New Zealand First Leader 12 October 2012 PLEASE CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Speech: EPMU Jobs Summit 9 Madeira Lane, Grafton, Auckland Friday 12 October 2012, 12.30pm More >>
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 >>
