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OIA Reveals Need for Body Armour Inquiry
Thursday, 16 August 2007, 1:11 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First law and order spokesperson Ron Mark has written to the Auditor General seeking an inquiry into the Police’s stab resistant body armour shambles, saying failures to meet deadlines, size, quality and material requirements may have ... More >>
OIA Reveals Need For Body Armour Inquiry
Thursday, 16 August 2007, 12:54 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First law and order spokesperson Ron Mark has written to the Auditor General seeking an inquiry into the Police’s stab resistant body armour shambles, saying failures to meet deadlines, size, quality and material requirements may have ... More >>
New Bill To Safeguard Benefit Dependent Children
Thursday, 16 August 2007, 12:32 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is finalising a member’s bill to increase parental responsibility and safeguard benefit dependent children says New Zealand First health and social services spokesperson Barbara Stewart. More >>
Lavs Busy Going Nowhere - Mark
Tuesday, 14 August 2007, 2:34 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First defence spokesman Ron Mark has once again condemned the government’s purchase of 105 light armoured vehicles (LAVs) for the New Zealand Army, as recent figures on their use show that many of the vehicles have barely moved in almost three ... More >>
Move Towards Food Labelling Gathering Strength
Friday, 10 August 2007, 3:16 pm | New Zealand First Party
Foodstuffs (NZ) is to be congratulated for responding to public demand by providing country of origin information says New Zealand First health spokesperson Barbara Stewart. More >>
Immigration Changes Welcome, But Solo Dept Needed
Wednesday, 8 August 2007, 1:24 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First leader Winston Peters has welcomed the changes introduced in the rewritten Immigration Act tabled in Parliament today, but believes that the changes have not gone far enough to address serious failings in our immigration system. More >>
Gang Initiatives Fail To Address Core Issue
Wednesday, 8 August 2007, 9:38 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says that the anti-gang initiatives proposed by the Government fail to address the problem of the existence of criminal gangs. Law and order spokesperson Ron Mark, who is campaigning for a total ban on gangs, says the new measures are ... More >>
The Key To Blocking AIA Sale
Tuesday, 7 August 2007, 5:22 pm | New Zealand First Party
The blather over the proposed sale of Auckland Airport can be put to bed right now as a pivotal stake of the airport's shares are held by central government agencies, which should act in New Zealand's interests and block any sale, says New Zealand ... More >>
Young Offenders Account For 43% Of Apprehensions
Tuesday, 7 August 2007, 5:03 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First law and order spokesperson Ron Mark says that the narrow focus on youth offending only skims the surface of crime committed by young persons, with latest statistics revealing that 43% of apprehensions in 2006 were of offenders aged ... More >>
Tax Dodge Another Reason To Reject Airport Sale
Friday, 3 August 2007, 1:10 pm | New Zealand First Party
Reports that Dubai Aerospace would deliberately structure Auckland International Airport to avoid company tax liabilities if their bid for a controlling stake is successful is yet another reason why the purchase attempt should be rejected, says ... More >>
Data On Foreign Ownership Must Extend To Farms
Friday, 3 August 2007, 11:03 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First rural affairs spokesperson Doug Woolerton is calling for more extensive data to be collated to enable the full extent of foreign ownership of farms and the subsequent effect on farm prices to be known. More >>
NZX Chief Echoes NZ First Call For Act Re-Write
Thursday, 2 August 2007, 5:21 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is welcoming comments made by NZX Chief Executive, Mark Weldon, calling for a move away from the present approach to monetary policy which strictly targets a narrow inflation figure. More >>
Delays Allowing Serious Crims To Stay In NZ
Thursday, 2 August 2007, 9:17 am | New Zealand First Party
A significant backlog of cases at the Deportation Review Tribunal is resulting in unacceptable delays in deportation appeal decisions, says New Zealand First associate immigration spokesperson Peter Brown. More >>
Introduce Migrant Integration Criteria Now
Wednesday, 1 August 2007, 4:24 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand should follow Australia’s lead and introduce integration testing for would-be migrants to ensure they can integrate into New Zealand society, says New Zealand First associate immigration spokesperson Peter Brown. More >>
Family Group Conferences Failing Dismally
Wednesday, 1 August 2007, 2:28 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First law and order spokesperson Ron Mark says anyone who believes that Family Group Conferences provide an effective deterrent for repeat and serious youth offending is kidding themselves. More >>
Rural Consumers Facing Rip Off
Wednesday, 1 August 2007, 2:25 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First telecommunications spokesperson Brian Donnelly says it's grossly unfair that rural consumers seeking access to Telecom's local loop may be forced to pay close to double that of consumers in the country's main centres. More >>
Detainee's Antics Make a Farce of the System
Wednesday, 1 August 2007, 11:50 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First associate immigration spokesperson Peter Brown says the Department of Corrections shouldn't be held responsible for the Iranian detainee admitted to hospital following his fortnight long hunger strike at Mt Eden Prison. More >>
De-Merger Report Stops Short
Tuesday, 31 July 2007, 2:34 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First police spokesperson Ron Mark has criticised a report into the costs and benefits of de-merging traffic from Police and has questioned its conclusions. The report, from the State Services Commission, identified a ‘middle option’ ... More >>
Corrections Changes a No-Brainer – Mark
Tuesday, 31 July 2007, 1:39 pm | New Zealand First Party
Changes in the Department of Corrections’ approach to prisoner behaviour and rehabilitation announced today have been welcomed today by New Zealand First spokesperson Ron Mark, who said that the Minister has finally taken on board what New Zealand First have ... More >>
NZ First Seeks Meeting With Auckland Mayors
Monday, 30 July 2007, 11:22 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First local government spokesperson Brian Donnelly has written to Auckland mayors seeking a meeting to discuss the proposed sale of Auckland Airport among other issues. More >>
