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Police Congratulated On Recruitment Efforts
Wednesday, 20 June 2007, 4:26 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First law and order spokesman has congratulated Police on their recruiting efforts, following today’s announcement that they expect to exceed recruitment targets for the current year by 50 officers. More >>
Decline In Fisheries Apprehensions Concerning
Tuesday, 19 June 2007, 4:37 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has today expressed serious concern that the Ministry of Fisheries is failing to protect our coastline from poaching. More >>
Is The Governor Of The Reserve Bank Racist Too?
Tuesday, 19 June 2007, 2:30 pm | New Zealand First Party
One wonders if the same derisory labels will be applied to the Governor of the Reserve Bank as those often hurled at New Zealand First when we both make the same observation – that immigration is fuelling housing inflation in Auckland and beyond, says New ... More >>
Peters: We The People
Monday, 18 June 2007, 9:29 am | New Zealand First Party
For New Zealand First the human factor in politics is paramount. We can talk about economics. We can talk about policy and politics. We can talk about society in all its many forms. But at the end of the day politics is really about people – human ... More >>
Zaoui Saga Cost $3 Million And Rising
Thursday, 14 June 2007, 5:10 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First Deputy Leader Peter Brown says he's appalled that the ongoing Ahmed Zaoui case has so far cost New Zealanders almost $3 million with no end in sight to the four year old saga. More >>
Review Security Contract Says NZ First
Wednesday, 13 June 2007, 4:43 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has called on the Defence Minister to intervene in a contract for the provision of security guard services at the Defence Force’s Headquarters of Joint Forces. More >>
Ambulance Service Under Stress
Wednesday, 13 June 2007, 9:23 am | New Zealand First Party
In common with many other areas of the public health system the ambulance service is struggling to perform under the weight of the demands made on it, says New Zealand First health spokesperson, Barbara Stewart. More >>
Government Committing Educational Infanticide
Tuesday, 12 June 2007, 2:21 pm | New Zealand First Party
The Labour government is killing its progeny with its dictates on what foods schools can offer its students, says New Zealand First education spokesperson Brian Donnelly. More >>
Innovative Approach Required For Lamb Prices
Monday, 11 June 2007, 4:53 pm | New Zealand First Party
The anger being shown by European farmers over the low price of lamb highlights the need for greater co-operation and innovation by New Zealand’s meat industry says New Zealand First Primary Production spokesman Doug Woolerton. More >>
Majority Of HIV Migrants Still Awol
Monday, 11 June 2007, 2:22 pm | New Zealand First Party
The Immigration service is yet to find 40 Zimbabwean nationals who are now overstaying after not having applied for residence during a special HIV/AIDS residency amnesty period, says New Zealand First associate immigration spokesperson Peter Brown. More >>
Better Youth Mental Health Services Needed
Monday, 11 June 2007, 2:09 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First mental health spokesperson Ron Mark says he's concerned about the lack of mental health facilities on offer for youth at risk of committing violent or sexual crime. More >>
Innovative Approach Required to Overcome Low Lamb
Monday, 11 June 2007, 1:54 pm | New Zealand First Party
The anger being shown by European farmers over the low price of lamb highlights the need for greater co-operation and innovation by New Zealand’s meat industry says New Zealand First Primary Production spokesman Doug Woolerton. More >>
More Health Strikes Threatened
Monday, 11 June 2007, 1:20 pm | New Zealand First Party
The announcement that senior doctors would be holding unprecedented stopwork meetings next month means that strike action has now been either taken or threatened by almost everyone in the health system from cleaners to senior doctors, says New Zealand First ... More >>
Export Facilitator For Northland
Friday, 8 June 2007, 3:52 pm | New Zealand First Party
Northland businesses will soon have a helping hand to develop their ability and capacity to export with the appointment of a specialist Export Facilitator, says New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters. More >>
Peters Speech - Just Do It
Friday, 8 June 2007, 3:47 pm | New Zealand First Party
An address by Rt Hon Winston Peters to Palmerston North District Grey Power on Friday 08 June 2007 at the Palmerston North Convention Centre, Main Street, Palmerston North at 12:30pm More >>
Export Year Gives Boost to BOP Exporters
Friday, 8 June 2007, 3:39 pm | New Zealand First Party
Bay of Plenty exporters will soon have added support with the recent appointment of an Export Facilitator as part of the Bay of Plenty's Export Year 2007 regional programme, says New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters. More >>
Export Facilitator For Northland
Friday, 8 June 2007, 3:22 pm | New Zealand First Party
Northland businesses will soon have a helping hand to develop their ability and capacity to export with the appointment of a specialist Export Facilitator, says New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters. More >>
Reserve Bank Act Needs Re-Write
Thursday, 7 June 2007, 9:26 am | New Zealand First Party
The latest rise in the Official Cash Rate strengthens the need to re-write the Reserve Bank Act, says New Zealand First economic development spokesperson Doug Woolerton. More >>
Immigration Changes A Small But Positive Step
Wednesday, 6 June 2007, 4:54 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First associate immigration spokesperson Peter Brown has welcomed the announcement of a "fine-tuning" of the Skilled Migrant Category, but says that the acceptance of 47,000 immigrants a year is still too many. More >>
Deportation Laws Farcical
Wednesday, 6 June 2007, 10:49 am | New Zealand First Party
Figures revealing that nearly 40 percent of those detained under the Immigration Act are held as a result of their deliberate obstruction of the removal process show that the current deportation laws are ineffective and border on farcical, says New ... More >>
