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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 >>
Partnership Not Confrontation Needed From Government
Wednesday, 13 June 2012, 1:33 pm | New Zealand First Party
Andrew Williams MP Spokesperson for Local Government 13 June 2012 Partnership Not Confrontation Needed From Government New Zealand First says the Local Government Amendment Bill will undermine democracy by having local authorities taking orders ... More >>
Pay Rise for Oceania Aged Care Workers a Good First Step
Tuesday, 12 June 2012, 1:26 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is pleased Oceania rest home workers have won a 3.22 per cent wage rise so they are paid in line with those working for other aged care providers. More >>
Thousands of Local Government Jobs to Go – NZ First
Tuesday, 12 June 2012, 10:02 am | New Zealand First Party
12 June 2012 Thousands of Local Government Jobs to Go – NZ First New Zealand First is forecasting thousands of job losses in local government as a result of the National Government’s damaging austerity measures. Local Government spokesperson Andrew ... More >>
Special Needs Unit Closure Would Be ‘Cruel’ On Children
Friday, 8 June 2012, 3:34 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is supporting moves to stop the Government from closing the Ranui Primary Special Needs Unit in West Auckland which would force the kids to attend mainstream classes. More >>
Assaults And Escapes Erodes Public Confidence
Friday, 8 June 2012, 11:36 am | New Zealand First Party
Mt Eden Prison Assaults And Escapes Erodes Public Confidence New Zealand First is asking the Government to explain why it continues to have confidence in foreign-owned contractor Serco to run Mt Eden Corrections Facility despite on-going assaults and ... More >>
Dumb Nats Still in Slash And Burn Mode
Thursday, 7 June 2012, 3:12 pm | New Zealand First Party
Tracey Martin MP Spokesperson for Education 7 June 2012 Dumb Nats Still in Slash And Burn Mode New Zealand First is warning all sectors of society to remain vigilant after the Government’s complete U-turn on increasing school class sizes. Education ... More >>
