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Urgent Action Needed To Retain Doctors
Friday, 20 July 2007, 11:54 am | New Zealand First Party
The Medical Council’s call for new measures to help New Zealand retain the doctors it trains must not fall on deaf ears says New Zealand First health spokesperson Barbara Stewart. More >>
Greens Totally Out of Touch on Oil Exploration
Friday, 20 July 2007, 11:47 am | New Zealand First Party
Recent comments by Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons regarding oil and gas exploration in the Great Southern Basin show just how out of touch and hypocritical the Greens are with New Zealand’s current energy reality, says New Zealand First ... More >>
Biofuel Development Poses Cost Questions
Friday, 20 July 2007, 10:38 am | New Zealand First Party
While New Zealand First acknowledges the importance of developing biofuels it has extended a warning that land use and food supply issues need to be carefully considered. More >>
Urgent Action Needed To Retain Doctors
Friday, 20 July 2007, 12:06 am | New Zealand First Party
The Medical Council’s call for new measures to help New Zealand retain the doctors it trains must not fall on deaf ears says New Zealand First health spokesperson Barbara Stewart. More >>
Kids Deserve Protection From Clan Labs
Thursday, 19 July 2007, 5:10 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says that Kiwi children need enhanced protection from the increasing phenomenon of clandestine drug laboratories being situated in residential premises. A report of the National Drug Intelligence Bureau, released publicly yesterday, shows ... More >>
Doing Nothing Is Not An Option
Thursday, 19 July 2007, 4:53 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First law and order spokesman Ron Mark has today hit back at critics of his Young Offenders (Serious Crimes) Bill. More >>
Bureaucratic Dithering Puts Kiwi Patients At Risk
Thursday, 19 July 2007, 12:32 am | New Zealand First Party
Cancer patients in New Zealand are suffering the consequences of yet more bureaucratic dithering says New Zealand First health spokesperson Barbara Stewart. More >>
How Long Can This Be Allowed To Go On?
Tuesday, 17 July 2007, 4:17 pm | New Zealand First Party
The New Zealand dollar's skyrocketing trajectory, reaching record highs and creating carnage in our export sector, is an economic crisis built on a failed ideological policy prescription unsuited to New Zealand's reality, said New Zealand First Leader ... More >>
An Opportunity Lost
Monday, 16 July 2007, 4:23 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First believes the Government has made the right decision to park the Therapeutic Goods Amendment Bill, given a lack of parliamentary consensus and petty politicking from some quarters over the matter, says Winston Peters. More >>
They're Even Buying in Mataura
Thursday, 12 July 2007, 2:54 pm | New Zealand First Party
Foreign buyers are continuing to snap up residential housing throughout New Zealand, and despite the Finance Minister’s repeated assertions, they are having a major impact in pricing Kiwis out of the market, says New Zealand First housing spokesperson ... More >>
They're Even Buying In Mataura
Thursday, 12 July 2007, 12:34 am | New Zealand First Party
Foreign buyers are continuing to snap up residential housing throughout New Zealand, and despite the Finance Minister’s repeated assertions, they are having a major impact in pricing Kiwis out of the market, says New Zealand First housing spokesperson ... More >>
Gangs Now A National Shame
Wednesday, 11 July 2007, 2:10 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand should be ashamed that the gangs terrorising our society are now tarnishing our international reputation, says New Zealand First law and order spokesman Ron Mark. More >>
Peters: Events
Friday, 6 July 2007, 5:08 pm | New Zealand First Party
An address by Rt Hon Winston Peters to a public meeting in Christchurch on Friday 06 July 2007 in the Games Room, Cashmere Club, 50 Colombo St, Cashmere at 12:30pm More >>
Still Too Many Unskilled Migrants
Thursday, 5 July 2007, 4:47 pm | New Zealand First Party
While acknowledging that the New Zealand Residence Programme for the coming year has been set slightly lower, New Zealand First remains concerned at the high proportion of unskilled migrants entering the country. More >>
Timber Use Announcement Good For Forestry
Wednesday, 4 July 2007, 2:01 pm | New Zealand First Party
A requirement that the designs for new government buildings (up to four storeys) must include a timber based option is not only good news for forestry owners, but an important step towards a more sustainable future, says New Zealand First forestry ... More >>
Pet Scanning Decision Any Day Now
Wednesday, 4 July 2007, 10:37 am | New Zealand First Party
The final decision on whether New Zealanders will soon have access to PET scanning is due any day now says New Zealand First health spokesperson Barbara Stewart. More >>
Put In The Miles Over Food Miles
Tuesday, 3 July 2007, 3:15 pm | New Zealand First Party
Threatened boycotts of New Zealand products because of the 'food miles' component of getting our exports to markets is a challenge to both producers and the government, according to New Zealand First Economic Development spokesman Doug Woolerton. More >>
Victoria Cross A Symbol Of NZSAS' Valuable Work
Monday, 2 July 2007, 1:01 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters has offered his congratulations to a member of the New Zealand Special Air Service (NZSAS) for being awarded the Victoria Cross, saying that the outstanding service of the individual is testament to the valuable ... More >>
Pharmac's Court Case – a Chance for Answers
Monday, 2 July 2007, 12:58 am | New Zealand First Party
The eight women taking Pharmac to court over its decision to fund Herceptin trials for only 9 weeks instead of 12 months is a very clear indication of the increasing sense of injustice felt by women requiring breast cancer treatment, says New Zealand ... More >>
No More Talk, No More Chances - Mark
Friday, 29 June 2007, 12:42 am | New Zealand First Party
Yesterday’s full-out gang fight in broad daylight on a Whakatane street, with up to 30 rival Mongrel Mob and Black Power members using swords, knives and whatever they could lay their hands on as weapons, reinforces the call by New Zealand First ... More >>
