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Brown Advocates Full Astern On Port Deal
Friday, 17 February 2006, 4:21 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First deputy leader and transport spokesperson Peter Brown has called for close scrutiny of Christchurch City’s ‘wheelings and dealings’ in the Lyttelton Port Company. More >>
Criticism of Attendance Reward Education Beat-Up
Friday, 17 February 2006, 3:59 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First Education spokesperson, Brian Donnelly has congratulated Wellington High School for its initiative in aiming to improve school attendance. More >>
Child Obesity Policy Step In The Right Direction
Friday, 17 February 2006, 1:47 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First welcomes Government initiatives to tackle the problem of child obesity but calls for urgency in their implementation says New Zealand First’s health spokesperson Barbara Stewart. More >>
Hamilton Wins The Race
Thursday, 16 February 2006, 11:02 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First congratulates Hamilton City on securing the V8 Supercar event, and says it will bring huge benefits to the city both financially and in terms of raising the profile of the city and the Waikato region. More >>
Labour Better Late Than Never on Telecomm's
Wednesday, 15 February 2006, 2:17 pm | New Zealand First Party
Labour's awaking on the need for fundamental change in our telecommunications industry is a welcome development, but comes nearly half a decade too late, says Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>
Tackle Roads Now – Brown
Wednesday, 15 February 2006, 2:08 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First transport spokesperson Peter Brown says Auckland's traffic problems can be solved by making full use of the taxes collected from the motorist and by borrowing against future income streams and economic gains. More >>
Public Broadcasting Beats Reality TV
Wednesday, 15 February 2006, 10:27 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First supports the call for TVNZ to model itself more on the BBC than the E! Channel, and has long been concerned that our television reflects American society more than our own. More >>
Maori Missing Out On Good Times
Friday, 10 February 2006, 12:46 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is concerned that Maori are not benefiting from the current high employment levels in New Zealand, and is urging the Government to find ways to include them in the good times. More >>
Government Must Get Friendly With Forest Owners
Thursday, 9 February 2006, 2:40 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is concerned that forest owners are increasingly converting their land to pasture, and is urging the Government to arrest this trend by ensuring that its policies encourage both the retention of existing forests and the establishment ... More >>
Nukes: Another National Flip Flop - Peters
Thursday, 9 February 2006, 9:27 am | New Zealand First Party
"National's latest flip flop on its nuclear policy (we have lost count of just how many there have been) is just another example of where National is forced to rethink its policy programme while New Zealand First just gets on with implementing ... More >>
Calm Required Over Cartoon Chaos
Wednesday, 8 February 2006, 11:28 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is concerned that the fallout from the Muslim cartoon controversy could impact adversely on our exporters, and is calling for a calm approach to the crisis. More >>
United Nations No Place For Treaty Claims
Wednesday, 8 February 2006, 12:41 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says that the idea of taking Treaty claims to the United Nations, as expressed recently by the chairman of Northland iwi Ngapuhi, is absurd, and will not help or hasten the Treaty settlement process. More >>
Assurances Sought On Maternity Care
Tuesday, 7 February 2006, 2:08 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is calling on the Minister of Health to make public the Government’s intentions regarding changes to maternity care. More >>
Weight of WTO May Be Good News for Aussies
Friday, 3 February 2006, 11:41 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is delighted that Australians may yet be able to enjoy the delicious taste of New Zealand apples, despite the best efforts of their Government to deny them this culinary pleasure. More >>
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 >>