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Kiwirail under Threat of Privatisation
Wednesday, 27 June 2012, 3:55 pm | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters New Zealand First Leader 27 June 2012 Kiwirail under Threat of Privatisation New Zealand First says the Government appears set to repeat past mistakes by devaluing KiwiRail so it can be flicked off on the cheap to a private ... More >>
Women’s Refuge Audit Document Released by NZ First
Wednesday, 27 June 2012, 2:28 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has accused the Government of failing to carry out adequate background checks before funding the financially-troubled Te Roopu Whakaruruhau o Ngā Wahine Māori Women’s Refuge in Palmerston North. More >>
Peters: Positive Ageing Forum
Friday, 22 June 2012, 11:23 am | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters New Zealand First Leader 22 June 2012 EMBARGOED AGAINST DELIVERY PLEASE CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY More >>
Three Free GP Visits a Year for Supergold Card Holders
Friday, 22 June 2012, 11:21 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has announced a new senior citizens health initiative to provide holders of the SuperGold Card with three free GP visits each year. More >>
NZ First Lays Down a Challenge to National MP Maggie Barry
Thursday, 21 June 2012, 5:11 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First challenges National MP Maggie Barry to stand by her comments made at various election campaign meetings and attend a crucial meeting trying to stop the Government from shutting down TVNZ7. More >>
Nats Hypocrisy There for All to See – Peters
Thursday, 21 June 2012, 5:04 pm | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters New Zealand First Leader 21 June 2012 Nats Hypocrisy There for All to See – Peters New Zealand First says the Government should stop flinging mud at other political parties around asset sales and take a look at its own shoddy ... More >>
Pension Lobbyists Eye Big Profits From Working Mums And Dads
Thursday, 21 June 2012, 4:27 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First wants the Financial Services Council (FSC) to reveal who is funding its highly orchestrated campaign to privatise superannuation. More >>
Corrections Restructure Could Affect Frontline Services
Thursday, 21 June 2012, 2:04 pm | New Zealand First Party
Asenati Lole-Taylor MP Spokesperson for Corrections 21 June 2012 Corrections Restructure Could Affect Frontline Services New Zealand First warns that the 130 job losses at Corrections could impact on frontline staff and endanger the safety of the public. ... More >>
National Told to Put New Zealanders First
Wednesday, 20 June 2012, 2:50 pm | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters New Zealand First Leader 20 June 2012 National Told to Put New Zealanders First New Zealand First has previously repelled efforts to undermine our country’s sovereignty and is calling on the Government to follow its example ... More >>
NZ First Committed To Buying Back State-Owned Assets
Wednesday, 20 June 2012, 2:03 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First will use its influence on the next coalition Government to buy back our state-owned power companies which are being flogged off by National. Rt Hon Winston Peters says New Zealand First is committed to buying back the shares ... More >>
Parliamentary Debate Needed on Dairy Industry Restructuring
Wednesday, 20 June 2012, 11:42 am | New Zealand First Party
Richard Prosser MP Spokesperson for Agriculture 20 June 2012 Parliamentary Debate Needed on Dairy Industry Restructuring New Zealand First warns that a vote by farmers that could end in the privatisation of Fonterra is being done under a cloak of Parliamentary ... More >>
NZ on the Road to Becoming a Sordid Underage Sex Mecca
Wednesday, 20 June 2012, 11:24 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is asking the Government to explain why it is allowing the country to become a sordid South Pacific brothel where the trafficking of underage Māori and Pacific Island girls to work as street prostitutes is common. More >>
Infant Death Numbers Increasing under National
Wednesday, 20 June 2012, 9:09 am | New Zealand First Party
Barbara Stewart MP Spokesperson for Health 20 June 2012 Infant Death Numbers Increasing under National More >>
Key And English Practicing “Sesame Street” Economics
Tuesday, 19 June 2012, 2:22 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says the Government is making managing the economy look like a Muppet show in meltdown. More >>
Women Penalised under Flawed Policy Proposal
Monday, 18 June 2012, 4:28 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is asking the Financial Services Council to explain to women why they would receive substantially less superannuation under its flawed Kiwisaver Plus retirement proposal. More >>
Pacific Islanders Sidelined by Social Welfare ‘Reforms’
Monday, 18 June 2012, 4:02 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is asking the Government to explain why it has not appointed a member of the Pacific Island community to the board charged with implementing changes to social welfare. More >>
"Remember - This is no Time For Amnesia”
Sunday, 17 June 2012, 2:47 pm | New Zealand First Party
When we walked back into Parliament, the Opposition were a beaten lot. They’d spent the three years of our absence being knocked around and trampled on by National and its motley bunch of cohorts. More >>
Entitlement Age for Superannuation to Stay at 65 – Peters
Saturday, 16 June 2012, 12:02 pm | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters New Zealand First Leader 16 June 2012 Entitlement Age for Superannuation to Stay at 65 – Peters New Zealand First is reaffirming its "unequivocal" position for the age of entitlement for Government Superannuation to remain at 65. ... More >>
Government Silent on Cost to Privatise the Welfare System
Thursday, 14 June 2012, 10:53 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is astounded that the Government is unable to say how much it will cost to implement its programme to privatise the welfare system. Welfare spokesperson Asenati Lole-Taylor says she was dismayed to hear that Social Development Minister ... More >>
TPP Negotiations Must Be Stopped Or It’s Goodbye Sovereignty
Thursday, 14 June 2012, 9:53 am | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters New Zealand First Leader 14 June 2012 TPP Negotiations Must Be Stopped Or It’s Goodbye Sovereignty New Zealand First is calling on the Government to put on hold the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations and ask New Zealanders ... More >>
