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Rec. To Reduce Mobile Call Costs Welcomed

Tuesday, 2 May 2006, 9:07 am | New Zealand First Party

New Zealand First Communications spokesperson Brian Donnelly has welcomed the recommendation of the Commerce Commission aimed at reducing the cost of calls from fixed home and business lines to mobile networks. More >>

Time To Remove GST From Petrol

Thursday, 27 April 2006, 2:16 pm | New Zealand First Party

“The record high price of petrol and the multiplier on almost every other every day cost for families reinforces that the time is now right for the removal of GST from petrol,” says New Zealand First transport spokesperson Peter Brown More >>

Parker Case Highlights Worst Kind Of Politics

Thursday, 27 April 2006, 9:29 am | New Zealand First Party

"It is a sad indictment on our politics when a person of unquestioned talent and integrity is caught in a net of personalised scandal not of their making. Such is the case of David Parker, a man who is among the most credentialed MPs to be a ... More >>

Mark Supports Fitness Test Review

Monday, 24 April 2006, 10:21 am | New Zealand First Party

New Zealand First law and order spokesperson Ron Mark revealed today that discussions had taken place with Police Minister Annette King in December to review aspects of entry requirements for police recruits. More >>

Realism Required In Health Priorities

Thursday, 20 April 2006, 9:59 am | New Zealand First Party

"New Zealanders will continue to be disappointed in their health system unless urgent attention is given to matching the system's capacity to the public's expectations," says New Zealand First’s health spokesperson Barbara Stewart. More >>

Waiting List Fiddling Unacceptable

Thursday, 13 April 2006, 2:32 pm | New Zealand First Party

Hawke’s Bay District Health Board’s move to reduce specialist waiting lists by referring patients back to their doctors is another example of the precarious state of the health system, says New Zealand First Health spokesperson Barbara Stewart. More >>

Party Pills Toxicity Unknown

Thursday, 13 April 2006, 2:31 pm | New Zealand First Party

Concern expressed by an emergency department doctor from Waikato Hospital about the toxic dangers of party pills reinforces New Zealand First’s view that party pills are unsafe and their regulation should be re-assessed says health spokesperson Barbara ... More >>

Farmers Flock To Greener Pastures

Wednesday, 12 April 2006, 3:14 pm | New Zealand First Party

New Zealand First is concerned at reports that increasing numbers of farmers are selling up to buy cheaper farms in Australia. More >>

Youth Justice Overdue For Debate - Mark

Thursday, 6 April 2006, 3:12 pm | New Zealand First Party

New Zealand First MP Ron Mark said that many people who have reacted against his Member’s Bill, Young Offenders (Serious Crimes), have done so based on the false premise that it proposes ‘throwing 12-year-olds into jail’. More >>

Steering Group Formed While Teeth Decay

Thursday, 6 April 2006, 1:15 pm | New Zealand First Party

"The announcement of yet another steering group, six months after the launch of a $100m five-year programme to improve free dental health services for under 18s, is a pathetic response to a serious health problem," says New Zealand First’s ... More >>

Nats not sure if coming or going on Immigration

Thursday, 6 April 2006, 12:32 am | New Zealand First Party

You know a party is in real trouble when its leader puts out a press release claiming he is 'pleased' with a government initiative, in this case its recently announced immigration review, and the party's spokesperson rather belatedly puts out a contradictory ... More >>

Immigration Review Opens The Door For Real Change

Wednesday, 5 April 2006, 5:23 pm | New Zealand First Party

New Zealand First has welcomed the release of a discussion paper as part of a wide-ranging review of the Immigration Act. This review forms an important part of New Zealand First’s confidence and supply agreement with the government. More >>

Let The People Have Their Say

Wednesday, 5 April 2006, 2:52 pm | New Zealand First Party

There are few issues that over 80% of New Zealanders would agree on and even fewer when those issues take on a political tone. Yet in 1999 81.5% of New Zealanders (or 1.7 million voters) voted to reduce the number of MPs in Parliament from 120 to 99. More >>

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