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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 >>
Wanganui Logging Situation Farcical Says NZ First
Tuesday, 7 December 2004, 12:32 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First conservation spokesperson Edwin Perry says the situation regarding rimu logging in the Taunoka Conservation Area near Wanganui has become farcical. More >>
Heart Patients Deserve Explanation
Monday, 6 December 2004, 2:51 pm | New Zealand First Party
The 47 patients who have waited for more than six months for cardiothoracic surgery at Wellington Hospital are entitled to a personal apology and explanation about the delay says New Zealand First health spokesperson Barbara Stewart. More >>
Government Fails Elderly Again
Friday, 3 December 2004, 2:42 pm | New Zealand First Party
The Government’s under-funding of the aged-care sector further demonstrates its lack of regard for the elderly says New Zealand First’s health spokesperson Barbara Stewart. More >>
Turtles Faster Than Minister
Friday, 3 December 2004, 2:41 pm | New Zealand First Party
If bets were being taken on whether the red-eared slider turtle could establish itself as another foreign pest before the Minister of Conservation banned sales of it, my money would be on the turtles, says New Zealand First’s conservation spokesman Edwin ... More >>
Sack DHB As First Economy Measure
Thursday, 2 December 2004, 4:49 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First’s health spokesperson Barbara Stewart has called for the sacking of the Auckland District Health Board as the first measure to reduce the $67 million deficit the board is facing. More >>
Meridian Commended For Water Deal
Thursday, 2 December 2004, 4:03 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has strongly commended Meridian Energy’s deal with McKenzie Basin farmers to provide 150 million cubic metres of water per year for irrigation. More >>
More Support For Search And Rescue Needed
Thursday, 2 December 2004, 10:02 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First MP Brent Catchpole is again calling for increased funding of marine search and rescue. More >>
How Many Zaouis Are Here?
Wednesday, 1 December 2004, 4:51 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has called on the Government to explain why nearly a thousand foreigners with false, lost or destroyed travel documents have been allowed into the country since January 2001. More >>
Tauranga Bridge: Half A Solution
Wednesday, 1 December 2004, 10:39 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First transport spokesperson Peter Brown has described the Government’s offer to pay for only part of the Tauranga Harbour Link bridge as stingy, and not nearly enough to ensure that the high-priority project gets underway as soon as possible. More >>
Civil Union Bill Should Go To A Referendum
Wednesday, 1 December 2004, 12:15 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First MPs have unanimously agreed the Civil Union Bill should be put to a referendum. More >>
National Signs Up To Join Robbery Of Pensioners
Tuesday, 30 November 2004, 9:59 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First deputy leader Peter Brown says National’s announcement that it will continue the Superannuation Fund in its current form means that Don Brash has committed to actually reducing superannuitants’ income by thirty-five dollars a week. More >>
Wrong Message Sent To Offenders
Friday, 26 November 2004, 3:33 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First law and order spokesperson Ron Mark today called for a judge who wiped a Rotorua teenager’s $43,000 of unpaid fines to be removed from the bench. More >>
It’s Time For Men To Be Men And Not Bullies
Friday, 26 November 2004, 11:58 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First social services spokesperson Bill Gudgeon says he’s appalled by the number of women falling victim to domestic violence at the hands of men who think it is okay to abuse women. More >>
