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Sorry Agent Orange Saga Unresolved
Thursday, 16 December 2004, 2:27 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First veterans’ affairs spokesperson Bill Gudgeon says Vietnam veterans who were exposed to Agent Orange have been grossly short changed by the Government. More >>
Tauranga Residents Must Have Say On Road Tolls
Thursday, 16 December 2004, 12:36 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First transport spokesperson Peter Brown is appalled that Tauranga residents were not consulted prior to a closed council meeting on tolling for the harbour link project and he’s accused the city council of selling out. More >>
Aquaculutre Reform Bill Welcomed - NZ First
Wednesday, 15 December 2004, 3:24 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First’s primary production spokesperson Doug Woolerton says he is delighted to see the Aquaculture Reform Bill passed through the House today. More >>
Government Must Account For BIA Failures
Wednesday, 15 December 2004, 3:22 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First housing spokesperson Brent Catchpole is calling on the Government to accept responsibility for the Building Industry Authority’s failures and help desperate homeowners get their leaky building problems resolved. More >>
Vets Apology Not Enough - NZ First
Wednesday, 15 December 2004, 10:33 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First defence spokesperson Ron Mark is urging the Government to pay compensation to Vietnam veterans exposed to Agent Orange and to assist families with children suffering from health issues linked to the spray. More >>
NZ First To Discuss Wilson Appointment
Wednesday, 15 December 2004, 9:43 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First will discuss the appointment of Hon Margaret Wilson as Speaker at the first caucus meeting of MPs in the New Year. More >>
Last Ditch Attempt To Protect Queen’s Counsel
Wednesday, 15 December 2004, 12:09 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First justice spokesperson Dail Jones will be making a last ditch effort to protect the position of Queen’s Counsel which the Government intends to terminate as a result of the provisions of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Bill. More >>
Record Surplus Benefits Foreign Investors - Peters
Tuesday, 14 December 2004, 4:05 pm | New Zealand First Party
The release today of the government’s financial statements for the past six months highlight its failings to run the economy for ordinary New Zealanders, said the Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>
Peters Challenges TVNZ News To Run Bailey Story
Tuesday, 14 December 2004, 4:01 pm | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters has challenged Television New Zealand to put the Judy Bailey salary controversy in tonight’s news bulletins and says he will be available to debate the issue with chief executive Ian Fraser on Close Up at 7. More >>
Common Sense Prevails Over Whenuapai
Tuesday, 14 December 2004, 2:11 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First MP Dail Jones has described Cabinet’s decision to defer the sale of the Whenuapai Air Base as a victory for common sense. More >>
Bailey's $800,000 Salary Obscene - Peters
Tuesday, 14 December 2004, 10:03 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has called on the Government to stop TVNZ paying obscenely high salaries to its staff following revelations that newsreader Judy Bailey has been given a $400,000 pay rise, taking her annual pay cheque to $800,000. More >>
Report Reveals Health Problem
Tuesday, 14 December 2004, 12:32 am | New Zealand First Party
The Minister of Health’s 148 page report “Implementing the New Zealand Health Strategy 2004” demonstrates perfectly the biggest problem with the health system, says New Zealand First health spokesperson Barbara Stewart. More >>
NZ First Puts Forward Urgent Zaoui Bill
Tuesday, 14 December 2004, 12:27 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First Leader Rt Hon Winston Peters has submitted an urgent amendment to the Immigration Act to the Leader of the House Michael Cullen, closing off the legal loophole that allowed the Supreme Court to free convicted Algerian Ahmed Zaoui. More >>
PM Should Spend Holidays Sorting Out Zaoui Mess
Friday, 10 December 2004, 10:21 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has called on the Government to urgently change immigration laws and spend the holidays sorting out the Zaoui bail fiasco. More >>
Hate Images Of Destiny Church Determined Vote
Friday, 10 December 2004, 9:47 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First MP, Brian Donnelly, claims that Brian Tamaki has been successful in determining the vote today in the Civil Union Bill. More >>
Accountability Lacking In Health Projects
Thursday, 9 December 2004, 5:29 pm | New Zealand First Party
Heads should roll over the shambles which developed around the building of Hawkes Bay’s new acute assessment ward in Hastings, says New Zealand First health spokesperson Barbara Stewart. More >>
New Zealand Today Welcomed Terrorism
Thursday, 9 December 2004, 5:12 pm | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters says the Zaoui bail outcome today means that New Zealand has thrown open its doors to international terrorism and placed a welcome mat at the border to any extremists who want to come here. More >>
NZ First Calls For Full Investigation Of Telecom
Thursday, 9 December 2004, 1:01 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is calling for a full investigation of Telecom and its operations following fresh allegations by the Commerce Commission that the company has been overcharging its mobile phone customers. More >>
Zaoui Case A Constitutional Test
Wednesday, 8 December 2004, 3:19 pm | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters says the Ahmed Zaoui bail application before the Supreme Court tomorrow is a test case that will determine whether an elected government or a panel of appointed judges is responsible for New Zealand’s security and safety. More >>
NZ First Welcomes Telecom Investigation
Wednesday, 8 December 2004, 1:01 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First communications and IT spokesperson Brent Catchpole has welcomed the Commerce Commission’s decision to investigate TelstraClear and Ihug’s applications for a regulated wholesale unbundled bistream internet service. More >>
