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NZ First Calls for US Help to Rebuild RNZAF
Tuesday, 25 September 2012, 3:52 pm | New Zealand First Party
Richard Prosser MP Associate Spokesperson for Defence 25 September 2012 New Zealand First Calls for US Help to Rebuild RNZAF New Zealand First calls on the Government to accept the United States offer of military assistance to help rebuild the Air ... More >>
Key- English Working Relationship in Tatters
Tuesday, 25 September 2012, 3:26 pm | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters New Zealand First Leader 25 September 2012 Key- English Working Relationship in Tatters New Zealand First says the Dotcom investigation fiasco is evidence of a woefully dysfunctional working relationship between Prime Minister ... More >>
PM Shows Mega Disregard to Ministerial Roles
Monday, 24 September 2012, 2:01 pm | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters New Zealand First Leader 24 September 2012 Prime Minister Shows Mega Disregard to Ministerial Roles New Zealand First is demanding an absolute assurance from Prime Minister John Key that ordinary New Zealand citizens aren’t ... More >>
Students with Learning Disabilities Snubbed By Government
Friday, 21 September 2012, 4:29 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is calling on the Government to urgently amend the criteria so that all students with reading and writing disabilities are able to access extra assistance to sit NCEA exams. More >>
Kiwirail Now NZ’s Most Dysfunctional State Company
Friday, 21 September 2012, 10:17 am | New Zealand First Party
Brendan Horan MP Spokesperson for Transport 21 September 2012 Kiwirail Now NZ’s Most Dysfunctional State Company KiwiRail has become our most dysfunctional state-owned company with a growing list of maintenance failures and management bungles, claims ... More >>
New Reserve Bank Policy Tries to Solve Non-Existent Problems
Thursday, 20 September 2012, 5:01 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says the Reserve Bank’s new Policy Targets Agreement commits New Zealand’s economy to failure by not addressing its biggest problem – our seriously overvalued dollar. More >>
Defence Personnel in the Gun Over Government Funding
Wednesday, 19 September 2012, 1:38 pm | New Zealand First Party
Richard Prosser MP Associate Spokesperson for Defence 19 September 2012 Defence Personnel in the Gun Over Government Funding New Zealand First says the Government’s announcement of a pay rise for Defence personnel, coupled with a rise in rents to ... More >>
Current Account Deficit Fuelled by Overvalued Dollar
Wednesday, 19 September 2012, 11:53 am | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters New Zealand First Leader 19 Sept 2012 Current Account Deficit Fuelled by Overvalued Dollar A $300 million-plus blowout in our current account deficit is symptomatic of our overvalued dollar and is yet more proof of why New Zealand ... More >>
Christchurch Education Changes a ‘Slap in the Face’
Friday, 14 September 2012, 10:34 am | New Zealand First Party
Tracey Martin MP Spokesperson for Education 14 September 2012 Christchurch Education Changes a ‘Slap in the Face’– NZ FIRST More >>
Key Pokes Stick in Wasps Nest Over Water Rights
Friday, 14 September 2012, 9:22 am | New Zealand First Party
The Government has sparked a political and racial conflict over water rights that will pit New Zealanders against each other for decades, warns Rt Hon Winston Peters. This follows the hui at Ngaruawahia, which resolved to fund a Maori Council court ... More >>
Government Offer to Uninsured Home Owners Unfair
Thursday, 13 September 2012, 5:20 pm | New Zealand First Party
Denis O’Rourke MP Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Spokesperson 13 September 2012 Government Offer to Uninsured Home Owners Unfair New Zealand First says the Government’s planned offer to 50 uninsured home owners on Christchurch’s red zoned flat land ... More >>
All New Zealanders Will Win with Our Reserve Bank Overhaul
Thursday, 13 September 2012, 9:39 am | New Zealand First Party
All New Zealanders Will Win with Our Reserve Bank Overhaul New Zealanders will have an economically safer, more prosperous future if rules governing the Reserve Bank are amended, says a new independent economic report. New Zealand First leader Rt ... More >>
Jacqui Te Kani Leaves a Lasting Legacy for Kiwi Women
Wednesday, 12 September 2012, 4:49 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First offers its condolences to the family of respected Maori elder Jacqui Te Kani who died in Wellington Hospital last night. More >>
Smelter Meltdown A Symptom of Our Overvalued Dollar
Thursday, 6 September 2012, 11:21 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says the 100 redundancies at the Tiwai Point Aluminium Smelter shows the Government must address our seriously overvalued New Zealand dollar. More >>
Roving Paramedics in Porirua A Dumb Idea – NZ First
Wednesday, 5 September 2012, 12:57 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has called for an end to a “stupid” plan of closing Kenepuru Hospital's overnight accident and medical clinic and replacing it with roving paramedics. More >>
Midwife Selection Has Become a Risky Game of Lucky Dip
Tuesday, 4 September 2012, 3:55 pm | New Zealand First Party
Barbara Stewart MP Spokesperson for Health 04 September 2012 Midwife Selection Has Become a Risky Game of Lucky Dip More >>
New Zealanders Encouraged to Challenge Racist Policies
Tuesday, 4 September 2012, 11:27 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says if cynical backroom deals between the National and Maori parties leads to preferential treatment for Maori over water rights then all New Zealanders should claim to be Maori. More >>
Complete Government Back Down On Asset Sales Still Possible
Monday, 3 September 2012, 4:25 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says more pressure must be mounted on the Government to force them to cancel its highly unpopular asset sales programme. Rt Hon Winston Peters says today’s decision by the Government to delay the sale of Mighty River Power is nothing ... More >>
International Reputation Threatened by Trademark Breaches
Sunday, 2 September 2012, 2:34 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is calling on the Government to take immediate action to protect our good name internationally in light of the serious trademark infringements in China. More >>
Kiwirail Heads on the Line Over Fungi Infested Sleepers
Saturday, 1 September 2012, 12:08 pm | New Zealand First Party
Brendan Horan MP Spokesperson for Transport 01 September 2012 Kiwirail Heads on the Line Over Fungi Infested Sleepers More >>
