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Miners Pay the Price of Government’s Asset Sales
Wednesday, 29 August 2012, 3:56 pm | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters New Zealand First Leader 29 August 2012 Miners Pay the Price of Government’s Asset Sales Programme New Zealand First says hundreds of sacked Solid Energy workers are paying the price of the Government’s intention to flog ... More >>
Leaked Memo Shows Kiwirail Infrastrucre Rotten to the Core
Wednesday, 29 August 2012, 2:39 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has obtained a leaked KiwiRail document which paints a bleak picture of our national railway infrastructure which is rotting from the ground up. More >>
Members Bill Would Provide Fonterra with Economic Cream
Tuesday, 28 August 2012, 4:36 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says its Private Members Bill to change Reserve Bank rules would provide big benefits to exporters like Fonterra who today announced a $500 million cut to its payout for this dairy season. More >>
More Kiwirail Safety Issues Uncovered By NZ First
Tuesday, 28 August 2012, 3:38 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has renewed calls for the Government to launch a full scale inquiry into its KiwiRail Turnaround Plan which is responsible for creating a dangerous rail network. More >>
True Unemployment Rate Hidden By Successive Governments
Tuesday, 28 August 2012, 11:51 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is calling on the Government to scrap the Household Labour Force Survey (HLFS) as the official measure of employment. Data released this week by Roy Morgan suggests a total of 228,000 New Zealanders, 9.1 per cent of the workforce, ... More >>
Nats Blunder On With Special School Cuts
Tuesday, 28 August 2012, 10:00 am | New Zealand First Party
Barbara Stewart MP Spokesperson for Disability Issues 28 August 2012 Nats Blunder On With Special School Cuts Quality education has been further compromised by National’s decision to close down half of the country’s Residential Special Schools, says ... More >>
New Zealand Water Rights a Total Mess – Peters
Friday, 24 August 2012, 4:08 pm | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters New Zealand First Leader 24 August 2012 New Zealand Water Rights a Total Mess – Peters New Zealand First says Prime Minister John Key’s foolish actions have led the country into chaos over water rights. Rt Hon Winston ... More >>
Euthanasia: PM Should Provide Evidence Or Apologise
Friday, 24 August 2012, 2:06 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is calling on Prime Minister John Key to name the doctors who are breaking the law by committing acts of euthanasia in our hospitals. Rt Hon Winston Peters says if Mr. Key has evidence that crimes have been committed then he is duty ... More >>
Napier-Gisborne Railway Future Up In the Air – NZ First
Friday, 24 August 2012, 11:53 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is renewing calls for the Government to reveal whether it intends to close the Napier-Gisborne railway line. Transport spokesperson Brendan Horan first called for the information to be released during Question Time in Parliament in May. More >>
Hefty Auckland Rates Hikes to Pay for New Council HQ
Friday, 24 August 2012, 9:11 am | New Zealand First Party
Hefty Auckland Rates Hikes to Pay for New Council HQ New Zealand First is asking Local Government Minister David Carter to explain why Auckland Council is spending almost $200 million on new headquarters without public consultation. It is understood ... More >>
Failed Government Policies Growing Economic Inequality
Thursday, 23 August 2012, 5:05 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says the Government’s failed economic policies have directly contributed to low wages and record high inequality levels which are leading the country down a dead end road. More >>
Rail Passenger Safety Put At Risk By Indecisive Government
Thursday, 23 August 2012, 4:17 pm | New Zealand First Party
Brendan Horan MP Spokesperson for Transport 23 August 2012 Rail Passenger Safety Put At Risk By Indecisive Government New Zealand First has today uncovered two more unsafe rail crossings which makes a mockery of Government assurances that the main ... More >>
Government in the Pocket of the Booze Industry
Thursday, 23 August 2012, 9:58 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says the Government is being totally irresponsible in allowing the booze industry to self-regulate Ready-to-Drink beverages (RTDs) despite the Law Commission recommending tough restrictions. More >>
Flawed Kiwirail Turnaround Plan Creates Big Safety Issues
Wednesday, 22 August 2012, 10:54 pm | New Zealand First Party
Brendan Horan MP Spokesperson for Transport 22 August 2012 Flawed Kiwirail Turnaround Plan Creates Big Safety Issues New Zealand First says the Government’s deeply flawed KiwiRail Turnaround Plan has created a raft of serious health and safety issues within ... More >>
Key And Williamson Ducking for Cover Over Crafar Farms
Wednesday, 22 August 2012, 3:45 pm | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters New Zealand First Leader 22 August 2012 Key And Williamson Ducking for Cover Over Crafar Farms New Zealand First is asking John Key and his minister Maurice Williamson why they are obfuscating on questions about the illegal ... More >>
Bring All Prisons Back Under Full Justice Ministry Control
Wednesday, 22 August 2012, 1:47 pm | New Zealand First Party
Asenati Lole-Taylor MP Spokesperson for Corrections 22 August 2012 Bring All Prisons Back Under Full Justice Ministry Control New Zealand First is calling on the Government to dump foreign-owned contractor Serco from running Mt Eden Corrections Facility ... More >>
Fairfax Reporter Gets It Seriously Wrong – NZ First
Tuesday, 21 August 2012, 4:26 pm | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters New Zealand First Leader 21 August 2012 Fairfax Reporter Gets It Seriously Wrong – NZ First New Zealand First says Fairfax reporter Tracey Watkins latest diatribe on events in Parliament today is a disgraceful piece of journalism. ... More >>
Launch an Independent Banking Inquiry – Peters
Tuesday, 21 August 2012, 1:28 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is calling on the Government to launch a full scale, independent inquiry into huge profits being posted by mainly foreign-owned banks operating in our country. More >>
Review Unfair Decile-Based Funding System – NZ First
Tuesday, 21 August 2012, 12:26 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is calling for the Government to review its flawed school funding model which is hampering the learning needs of some students. Education spokesperson Tracey Martin says students at decile 3 to 10 schools are handicapped by the current ... More >>
Speech: Peters - Opening of Vietnam Remembered Exhibition
Friday, 17 August 2012, 6:16 pm | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters New Zealand First Leader 17 August 2012 EMBARGOED AGAINST DELIVERY PLEASE CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Speech: Opening of the Vietnam Remembered Exhibition Tairawhiti Museum, 42 Stout Street, Gisborne Friday 17 August, 6pm OPENING ... More >>
