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Nats' Tough Talk Is All Hot Air
Wednesday, 24 September 2008, 4:27 pm | New Zealand First Party
The National Party’s unwillingness to outlaw the display of gang tattoos show the party’s tough talk on gangs is all hot air, says New Zealand First law and order spokesman Ron Mark. More >>
Lack Of Action On TB Disturbing
Tuesday, 23 September 2008, 4:43 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says it is disturbing that nothing has been done to increase our level of vigilance about the diagnosis and screening of tuberculosis in visitors to this country. More >>
Greens Supporting Gangs - Mark
Tuesday, 23 September 2008, 4:41 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First law and order spokesperson Ron Mark says Green Party MPs are standing in the way of banning criminal gangs in New Zealand. More >>
Peters Thanks Neutral Members Of Committee
Tuesday, 23 September 2008, 9:58 am | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters says he is grateful to those Privileges Committee members who applied themselves fairly and neutrally to the hearings and kept open minds despite the enormous controversy swirling within and outside Parliament. More >>
NZ First Supports Universal Student Allowance
Friday, 19 September 2008, 11:32 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First will introduce a universal student allowance, party leader Rt Hon Winston Peters announced in a speech to Otago University students today. More >>
Whitebait Off The Menu
Wednesday, 17 September 2008, 3:20 pm | New Zealand First Party
Reports that whitebait are disappearing from rivers and streams are of great concern and could spell the end of another Kiwi icon, says New Zealand First environment spokesperson Doug Woolerton. More >>
Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is - Mark
Monday, 15 September 2008, 12:36 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First law and order spokesperson Ron Mark has challenged Labour and National to support his legislation outlawing gangs. More >>
Peters Welcomes Election Announcement
Friday, 12 September 2008, 2:36 pm | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters says New Zealand First welcomes the election announcement today and is ready to fight for its policies the length and breadth of the country. More >>
Winston Peters: A Land Full Of Noise
Friday, 12 September 2008, 11:27 am | New Zealand First Party
An address by Rt Hon Winston Peters to Grey Power Howick/Pakuranga Lloyd Elsmore Park, South Auckland, Friday, 12 September 2008, at 11am.More >>
New Zealand First Saddened By Officer’s Death
Thursday, 11 September 2008, 5:30 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First law and order spokesperson Ron Mark says that the Party is saddened by the death of a police officer and the wounding of another in an incident in Mangere early today. More >>
Rate Cut Welcomed
Thursday, 11 September 2008, 3:59 pm | New Zealand First Party
The decision by the Reserve Bank to drop the Official Cash Rate by 50 basis points to 7.5 percent is welcome news, says New Zealand First primary production spokesman Doug Woolerton. More >>
Rapist Refugee: Out!
Tuesday, 9 September 2008, 10:29 am | New Zealand First Party
An Iraqi refugee convicted of raping a Lower Hutt schoolgirl must not under any circumstances be allowed to remain in New Zealand, says New Zealand First associate immigration spokesman Peter Brown. More >>
ACT's Gross Hypocrisy
Friday, 5 September 2008, 2:46 pm | New Zealand First Party
Not only is Rodney Hide’s complaint to the Police nothing but obsessive and attention-seeking behaviour, it is grossly hypocritical, says New Zealand First leader Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>
Disabled Must Be Priority For Next Government
Friday, 5 September 2008, 2:44 pm | New Zealand First Party
A priority for the next government must be better outcomes for the disabled says New Zealand First’s health spokesperson Barbara Stewart. More >>
Minister Misleading On Defence Pay
Friday, 5 September 2008, 1:59 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First defence spokesperson Ron Mark is disappointed at a statement by the Minister on One News implying that Defence personnel are to receive a pay rise of between 12 and 14 per cent. More >>
Case Again Highlights Parole Failings
Friday, 5 September 2008, 1:15 pm | New Zealand First Party
Reports that the man who brutally beat Nan Withers is again behind bars after more serious offending highlights the fact that serious failings remain in the justice system’s approach to vicious and violent offenders, says New Zealand First law ... More >>
National’s Immigration Policy: ‘Come One Come All’
Friday, 5 September 2008, 12:03 am | New Zealand First Party
National’s newly released immigration policy shows the party has learnt nothing from its previous immigration failings, says New Zealand First associate immigration spokesman Peter Brown. More >>
Police Complaint "Grandstanding”
Thursday, 4 September 2008, 3:32 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First Leader Rt Hon Winston Peters has described Rodney Hide’s complaint to police today as obsessive, compulsive, grandstanding behaviour More >>
Defence: Problems with Recruitment & Retention
Wednesday, 3 September 2008, 5:46 pm | New Zealand First Party
The Defence Force’s annual report makes for some grim reading, particularly on the recruitment and retention front, says New Zealand First’s defence spokesperson Ron Mark. More >>
North Shore Should ‘Shiver In Fear’
Tuesday, 2 September 2008, 11:40 am | New Zealand First Party
The gloating by Brian Rudman in the Metro Herald about Aucklanders scoring “a famous victory over the villages like North Shore, Mayor Andrew Williams who shiver in fear about what the rest of us are up to” is a good example of how North Shore City, ... More >>
