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Lakes to Get Long Awaited Facelift
Wednesday, 26 March 2008, 12:02 am | New Zealand First Party
The news that the government is to invest in the restoration of Rotorua’s lakes has been a long time coming and is a welcome announcement, says New Zealand First conservation spokesperson Doug Woolerton. More >>
Kiwis Against Sale of State Owned Assets
Tuesday, 25 March 2008, 1:35 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is not surprised to see the results of the ONE News Colmar Brunton poll which emphatically confirmed New Zealanders’ desire to keep prime dividend producing assets in New Zealand hands, says the party’s economic development spokesperson ... More >>
Mother Nature Still Rules
Thursday, 20 March 2008, 2:00 pm | New Zealand First Party
MAF’s estimate of a one and a quarter billion dollar loss to farmers due to drought shows not only the huge size of our agricultural exports, but also their vulnerability, says New Zealand First spokesperson for agriculture, Doug Woolerton. More >>
Government Cold On Solar Heating
Wednesday, 19 March 2008, 4:26 pm | New Zealand First Party
The low uptake of solar-powered heating systems needs some serious attention from the Government if they want to increase the number of homes using them, says New Zealand First energy spokesperson Peter Brown. More >>
Government Cold on Solar Heating
Wednesday, 19 March 2008, 4:25 pm | New Zealand First Party
The low uptake of solar-powered heating systems needs some serious attention from the Government if they want to increase the number of homes using them, says New Zealand First energy spokesperson Peter Brown. More >>
Peters: Stratford Grey Power - "Perseverance"
Wednesday, 19 March 2008, 11:58 am | New Zealand First Party
There’s an old saying that “perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.” We in New Zealand First know a thing or two about perseverance. More >>
No Winners in Health Debacle
Wednesday, 19 March 2008, 12:15 am | New Zealand First Party
No-one involved the controversy surrounding the Hawkes Bay DHB is going to come out smelling of roses says NZF health spokesperson Barbara Stewart. More >>
High Cost Of HIV Refugees Predictable
Monday, 17 March 2008, 1:03 pm | New Zealand First Party
The news that New Zealanders will be paying out around $1 million per year to treat HIV- positive Zimbabwean refugees is both predictable and frustrating, says New Zealand First associate immigration spokesperson Peter Brown. More >>
Ministers: Reject Airport Sale
Friday, 14 March 2008, 2:12 pm | New Zealand First Party
It is disappointing but understandable that shareholders have backed an attempt by a Canadian group to acquire a 40 percent stake in Auckland International Airport, and it is now up to the Government to reject the sale, says New Zealand First economic ... More >>
Housing For Refugees While Kiwis Live In Camps
Thursday, 13 March 2008, 3:35 pm | New Zealand First Party
The actions of Housing New Zealand in denying a Christchurch family housing assistance and advising they move into a camping ground, while keeping state housing vacant for future refugees, are absolutely disgraceful, says Christchurch-based MP Ron Mark. More >>
Pleading For Dairy Industry
Thursday, 13 March 2008, 12:17 am | New Zealand First Party
It is a sad day when one is reduced to pleading for ministers to turn down Overseas Investment Office approval of a Russian company seeking to own a dairy factory, says New Zealand First primary production spokesperson Doug Woolerton. More >>
Emergency Care Situation Shameful
Wednesday, 12 March 2008, 3:38 pm | New Zealand First Party
Emergency Care Situation Shameful The current situation where 100,000 people in Northern Wellington and Kapiti are denied access to the 24-hour emergency medical services they were promised is nothing less than shameful, says New Zealand First ... More >>
Research and Innovation Cash Welcome
Tuesday, 11 March 2008, 2:30 pm | New Zealand First Party
The government’s funding of $700 million to promote research into agriculture and innovation in food science is welcome and long overdue, says New Zealand First agriculture spokesperson Doug Woolerton. More >>
Retirement Of Maori Broadcasting Bastion
Friday, 7 March 2008, 5:23 pm | New Zealand First Party
Whai Ngata’s decision to retire as General Manager of Maori Programming at TVNZ will be a great loss to all, says New Zealand First’s broadcasting and Maori affairs spokesperson Pita Paraone. More >>
From Russia With Love
Thursday, 6 March 2008, 2:58 pm | New Zealand First Party
Russian food products group, Nutritek, should have their application for majority shareholding and control of the New Zealand Dairies’ Studholme plant rejected out of hand by the Minister of the Overseas Investment Office, says New Zealand First ... More >>
From Russia With Love
Thursday, 6 March 2008, 2:51 pm | New Zealand First Party
Russian food products group, Nutritek, should have their application for majority shareholding and control of the New Zealand Dairies’ Studholme plant rejected out of hand by the Minister of the Overseas Investment Office, says New Zealand First ... More >>
Youth Court Threat to Public Safety
Thursday, 6 March 2008, 1:11 pm | New Zealand First Party
The Youth Court is rapidly becoming a threat to public safety with its soft approach to dangerous young criminals on bail, claims New Zealand First law and order spokesman, Ron Mark. More >>
No Mercy Shown From Reserve Bank
Thursday, 6 March 2008, 12:12 am | New Zealand First Party
The Reserve Bank’s announcement today that the official cash rate remains unchanged at 8.25 per cent is scant comfort for New Zealand’s home-owners and exporters, says New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters. More >>
Board Sacking Last Resort
Wednesday, 5 March 2008, 9:50 am | New Zealand First Party
It is to be hoped that the sacking of the Hawkes Bay DHBs board and replacement by a Commissioner is a last resort and not an intimation of things to come, says New Zealand First health spokesperson Barbara Stewart. More >>
Another Day - Another Health Debacle
Wednesday, 5 March 2008, 9:47 am | New Zealand First Party
There seems to be no end to the bad news coming out of the health sector, says New Zealand First health spokesperson Barbara Stewart. “The Health and Disability Commissioner’s report about the almost unbelievable events at Wanganui Hospital makes several points ... More >>
