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Chaotic Taxi Industry Needs More Regulation
Monday, 20 September 2004, 4:41 pm | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters is supporting calls from the New Zealand Taxi Federation for more controls on the taxi industry. More >>
Chaotic Taxi Industry Needs More Regulation
Monday, 20 September 2004, 4:39 pm | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters is supporting calls from the New Zealand Taxi Federation for more controls on the taxi industry. More >>
Peters Responds To Police File Contents
Friday, 17 September 2004, 5:08 pm | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters says the police file on the Edwards incident in Morningside in September 2002 raises serious questions about the way the case was handled. More >>
United Future Backflips On Seabed Bill
Friday, 17 September 2004, 11:54 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First MP Dail Jones says ports companies and recreational users of the foreshore and seabed will be bitterly disappointed by the actions of the United Future Party in failing to make a contribution to the select committee process on the Foreshore ... More >>
Police Explanation Unsatisfactory Says Peters
Thursday, 16 September 2004, 5:08 pm | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters says the Police statement about the incident involving Phillip Layton Edwards in Morningside in September 2002 simply raises more questions about the case. More >>
Fix Flakey Firearms Laws
Thursday, 16 September 2004, 5:05 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First law and order spokesman Ron Mark has expressed his outrage at the decision of a judge to impose a sentence of 350 hours community work on an offender who was found to be carrying a stolen semi automatic military-style firearm. More >>
Kiwi Troops Redundant In Iraq
Thursday, 16 September 2004, 11:29 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First defence spokesperson Ron Mark says he understands the Government’s decision to bring New Zealand troops home from Iraq. More >>
Super Savings Essential Says Peters
Wednesday, 15 September 2004, 5:06 pm | New Zealand First Party
Rt Winston Peters says the latest proposal from the Government to set up a limited central superannuation savings scheme is a small step in the right direction but it does not go nearly far enough. More >>
Maori Must Move On Meningitis Vaccinations
Wednesday, 15 September 2004, 2:18 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is calling on Maori health providers to spread the word about the Meningococcal B immunisation programme. More >>
RMA - Balancing Progress With Protection
Wednesday, 15 September 2004, 10:10 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has released a new policy “clarifying and streamlining” the Resource Management Act and deleting a clause relating to the “principles” of the Treaty of Waitangi. More >>
Peters Speech: Building A Road To Somewhere
Tuesday, 14 September 2004, 10:57 am | New Zealand First Party
As each wave of migration – be they the earliest Polynesian navigators or more recent voyagers from Europe and elsewhere – came to New Zealand, they saw a land of opportunity and potential. More >>
Media Advisory: Greypower Meeting In Napier
Monday, 13 September 2004, 5:00 pm | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters will be addressing a GreyPower meeting in Napier on Tuesday 21 September 2004 at 1:45pm. More >>
Mad Management Will Wreck Fisheries
Monday, 13 September 2004, 2:31 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says the Mininstry of Fisheries decision to reduce front line fisheries staff is a classic case of managers being totally out of touch with the reality of enforcement and sends a message to poachers that the coast is clear. More >>
Private Certifiers Not The Only Ones To Blame
Friday, 10 September 2004, 4:30 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First housing spokesperson Brent Catchpole says private certifiers are being made scapegoats by the Building Industry Authority in an effort to sweep aside problems of poor quality housing construction overseen by territorial authorities. More >>
The family dog to star in Woofs’ Day Out
Friday, 10 September 2004, 4:23 pm | New Zealand First Party
Family dogs will be the stars of a big day out - the day after the National Dog Show is held at the Trusts Stadium. More >>
Waitaki Water Wins
Friday, 10 September 2004, 3:54 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says that the formulation of a model for water allocation in the Waitaki Bill means that the sustainability of the river for present and future generations is secure. More >>
Compensate Vietnam Veterans Says Nz First
Friday, 10 September 2004, 11:29 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First veterans’ affairs spokesperson Bill Gudgeon is urging the Government to pay compensation to Vietnam veterans exposed to Agent Orange. More >>
Need Medical Care? First Pick Your DHB
Thursday, 9 September 2004, 1:35 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First’s health spokesperson says that inequalities in access to medical care from one area to another are becoming more obvious every week. More >>
Growing Interest Rates Strangling Economy
Thursday, 9 September 2004, 1:34 pm | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters says the Reserve Bank’s continually rising interest rates are totally unnecessary and will strangle the economy. More >>
Local Level Involvement In Easter Trading Denied
Thursday, 9 September 2004, 10:11 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters says he’s bitterly disappointed that Parliament has once again denied local councils and their communities the power to make decisions about Easter Sunday trading. More >>
