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New Minister Needs To Probe Probe
Monday, 10 January 2005, 1:44 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is calling for an urgent review of the status and objectives of the much-vaunted schools broadband Probe project. More >>
Agent Orange Denials Exposed By MP – NZ First
Monday, 10 January 2005, 12:14 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says the latest revelations in the agent orange saga show that successive National and Labour governments have kept passing the buck over the shabby treatment of Vietnam veterans. More >>
Ruapehu Lake Intervention Needed More Than Ever
Wednesday, 5 January 2005, 11:04 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has asked the Ministers of Internal Affairs and Conservation to urgently consider adopting interventionist strategies on the Ruapehu crater lake to minimise the risk to surrounding areas. More >>
New Zealand Becoming A Toothless Nation
Thursday, 23 December 2004, 11:11 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First spokesperson for health Barbara Stewart is criticising the Government for not acting sooner to rescue our failing school dental service. More >>
New Zealand Becoming A Toothless Society
Thursday, 23 December 2004, 9:30 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First spokesperson for health Barbara Stewart is criticising the Government for not acting sooner to rescue the appalling state of our school dental service. More >>
Intervene Over Ruapehu Lake - NZ First
Wednesday, 22 December 2004, 4:39 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has asked the Ministers of Internal Affairs and Conservation to urgently consider adopting interventionist strategies on the Ruapehu crater lake to minimise the risk to surrounding areas. More >>
Auckland Regional Transport A Priority
Wednesday, 22 December 2004, 4:11 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First supports the call by Manukau City Mayor Sir Barry Curtis for an urgent meeting of Auckland councils concerning regional transport. More >>
Government Bullied Into Selling Powerco Shares
Tuesday, 21 December 2004, 4:45 pm | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters has accused the Government of being bullied into approving the sale of a majority stake in New Plymouth based Powerco to Australian Prime Infrastructure. More >>
NZ No Place For Australian Rejects
Tuesday, 21 December 2004, 4:36 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First associate immigration spokesperson Dail Jones is urging the Government to end the practice of accepting refugees and asylum seekers who are turned away by Australia. More >>
STV Is Not The Problem
Tuesday, 21 December 2004, 4:33 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says that the STV voting system was not the cause of the problems that plagued the local body elections in October. More >>
Funding Increase Small Step In Right Direction
Tuesday, 21 December 2004, 1:57 pm | New Zealand First Party
The granting of $18 million extra to district health boards to help ease immediate funding pressures is a small step in the right direction says New Zealand First health spokesperson for the elderly Barbara Stewart. More >>
A Black Mark On Treaty Negotiations
Tuesday, 21 December 2004, 10:40 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says that the Cabinet reshuffle which has seen Mark Burton take over Treaty negotiations from Margaret Wilson doesn’t bode well for the settlement process. More >>
Same Old Faces, Faded Labels - Peters
Monday, 20 December 2004, 4:44 pm | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters says Helen Clark’s “new” cabinet has a tired and familiar look that reveals the serious talent deficit in Labour’s pre-election cabinet. More >>
Control Needed On Crossbows
Monday, 20 December 2004, 4:01 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand law and order spokesperson Ron Mark today called for an urgent law change to bring crossbow ownership under the same regulations as firearms. More >>
Control Needed On Crossbows
Monday, 20 December 2004, 4:00 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand law and order spokesperson Ron Mark today called for an urgent law change to bring crossbow ownership under the same regulations as firearms. More >>
Medical Student Fee Rise Is Deplorable
Friday, 17 December 2004, 1:52 pm | New Zealand First Party
“The series of decisions which have lead to the 10% increase in fees for doctors at the University of Otago are deplorable,” says New Zealand first education spokesperson, Brian Donnelly. More >>
Removing Ethnicity Component A Sensible Move
Friday, 17 December 2004, 1:47 pm | New Zealand First Party
“The government decision to remove the ethnicity component from the formula for calculating school decile levels is sensible,” says New Zealand First spokesperson Brian Donnelly. More >>
Corrections Responsible For ERU Disaster
Friday, 17 December 2004, 12:48 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First law and order spokesperson Ron Mark is calling for heads to roll in the Corrections Department and says weak and flawed leadership across regional and national levels of management can be blamed for the failed actions and inappropriate ... More >>
Jim Peters' - Resource Management Speech
Friday, 17 December 2004, 12:45 am | New Zealand First Party
“When I picked up my copy of the bill, took it home, and thought back over the past 5 years, I, like Dr Nick Smith, found a significant similarity to the work done in 1999 by the Upton committee. In fact, if I had time, I could go through examples ... More >>
Council Building Levies Could Be Detrimental
Thursday, 16 December 2004, 6:20 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First housing spokesperson Brent Catchpole says he’s concerned that excessive council levies will cause property developers and home handymen to operate illegally and without proper regard to building regulations. More >>
