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Grim Reaper's Contribution Offers No Solutions
Wednesday, 1 February 2006, 5:12 pm | New Zealand First Party
All that was missing from Don Brash's latest Orewa offering was the melodramatics of a dark cloak and sharp dagger as he simply reinforced his status as the 'grim reaper' of New Zealand politics, says the Rt Hon Winston Peters More >>
Deteriorating Maternity Care Shameful
Friday, 27 January 2006, 3:04 pm | New Zealand First Party
Standards of maternity care in New Zealand are clearly deteriorating and procrastination by the Minister of Health will not improve matters, says New Zealand First’s health spokesperson Barbara Stewart. More >>
Teen Sex And Drugs Don't Rock And Roll
Friday, 27 January 2006, 2:49 pm | New Zealand First Party
Research by the Adolescent Health Research Group suggesting that Maori who engage in unsafe sexual behaviour at a young age are also unhappy at home and smoke pot comes as no surprise to New Zealand First. More >>
Home Ownership Dream Won't Go Away
Friday, 27 January 2006, 11:10 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is concerned that escalating house prices throughout New Zealand are locking first homeowners out of the housing market, and warns of the long-term ramifications of this in terms of the traditional kiwi lifestyle. More >>
Peters names High Commissioner to South Africa
Tuesday, 24 January 2006, 4:03 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand’s next High Commissioner to South Africa will be career diplomat Malcolm McGoun, Foreign Minister Winston Peters announced today. More >>
Dizzy Dollar Heights Bad News For Farmers
Tuesday, 24 January 2006, 12:13 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is pleased that the Government is trying to alleviate the pressures that the high dollar is placing on our export sector, and commends moves by the Reserve Bank Governor to improve monetary conditions. More >>
An Apple A Day Can't Be Bad
Tuesday, 17 January 2006, 10:07 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is calling for common sense when it comes to food regulations, and suggests that Food Standards Australia and New Zealand compare apples with apples. More >>
Time To Protect Our Police - Mark
Tuesday, 10 January 2006, 5:14 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First spokesman for law and order Ron Mark was appalled today at the news of an attack on two police officers by a woman who allegedly set her pitbull-type dogs on them and then attacked them in their car. This latest incident came just ... More >>
Kiwi Camping Must Be Safe As Houses
Tuesday, 10 January 2006, 11:08 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is pleased that the Government is proposing to protect an iconic feature of the kiwi lifestyle by providing more camping grounds on DoC land. More >>
Where's Waitangi In Treaty Roadshow?
Monday, 9 January 2006, 4:15 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is perplexed that neither Waitangi nor Waitangi Day are to feature significantly in the Treaty 2 U roadshow. More >>
Iwi Are Doing It For Themselves
Thursday, 22 December 2005, 3:13 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says that the joint fisheries venture between Ngai Tahu and Tainui iwi makes good business sense, and sets a healthy precedent for inter-tribal economic co-operation. More >>
New Zealand First Making An Impact
Wednesday, 21 December 2005, 4:58 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First labour spokesperson Peter Brown has welcomed the government's announcement today that it will be increasing the minimum wage by eight percent from March next year. More >>
Merry Christmas To The Frontline
Wednesday, 21 December 2005, 4:57 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First Law and Order spokesperson Ron Mark today extended his well wishes to all of New Zealand’s frontline police for the upcoming holiday period. More >>
New Zealand First Delivers On Carbon Tax Promise
Wednesday, 21 December 2005, 1:15 pm | New Zealand First Party
The Rt Hon Winston Peters welcomed the announcement today that the government will be scrapping its proposed carbon tax as a consequence of a review which was established as part of New Zealand First's supply and confidence agreement. More >>
Peters Declares The Law On Expenditure Now Void
Thursday, 15 December 2005, 2:15 pm | New Zealand First Party
The Rt Hon Winston Peters has said that he is disappointed with the Judges' findings in relation to the electoral petition for the seat of Tauranga, as there now appear to be no rules to limit candidate expenditure. More >>
Peters: General Debate, 7 December
Wednesday, 14 December 2005, 3:12 pm | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS (Minister of Foreign Affairs): If I were a media tycoon who owned newspapers or other media outlets in this country, I would be wanting to know what on earth my money was being spent on. Journalism is a paid profession. Those ... More >>
Brown Pleased With Progress On Pensions
Tuesday, 13 December 2005, 5:26 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First Deputy Leader Peter Brown is pleased with indications from the Minister of Social Development and Employment, that an investigation into improving options for senior citizens eligible for overseas citizens pensions as well as New ... More >>
Trans Tasman Agency Not A Done Deal
Monday, 12 December 2005, 2:42 pm | New Zealand First Party
An announcement that the Australia New Zealand Therapeutic Products Authority will be going ahead albeit with a delayed start-up date is well and truly putting the cart ahead of the horse, says New Zealand First’s health spokesperson, Barbara Stewart ... More >>
GP Shortage Will Not Disappear On Its Own
Monday, 12 December 2005, 11:25 am | New Zealand First Party
Today’s report from the Royal New Zealand College of GPs expressing concern about declining GP numbers must surely result in some significant action from the Government, says New Zealand First’s health spokesperson, Barbara Stewart MP. More >>
Spare A Thought For The Farmers
Friday, 9 December 2005, 2:42 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says that the latest interest rate rise will hurt the very people we need to sustain our economy. More >>
