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Nats Blind To Employer Needs
Wednesday, 8 September 2004, 3:02 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First labour spokesperson Peter Brown says he’s astounded that National, which claims to be business friendly, has opposed amendments to the Holidays Bill to ensure that employers also get a fair go. More >>
Building Bill Shortfalls Evident In Manukau City
Wednesday, 8 September 2004, 3:00 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First housing spokesperson Brent Catchpole says the Audit NZ review of Manukau City Council’s building consent procedures highlights the shortfalls of the Building Bill. More >>
NZ First Calls For Referendum On Civil Union Bill
Wednesday, 8 September 2004, 2:06 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First MP Edwin Perry has called for a public referendum to be held on the Civil Union and Relationship (Statutory References) bills. More >>
Parliament To Revisit Easter Trading
Wednesday, 8 September 2004, 11:33 am | New Zealand First Party
The Rt Hon Winston Peters is reviving the issue of Easter Sunday trading when the Shop Trading Hours (Easter Trading Local Exemption) Bill is debated in Parliament this afternoon. More >>
Arthritis Sufferers Second Class Citizens
Tuesday, 7 September 2004, 3:40 pm | New Zealand First Party
Arthritis sufferers in New Zealand are treated like second rate citizens, says New Zealand First health spokesperson Barbara Stewart. More >>
DOC's Priorities A Mystery Says Perry
Tuesday, 7 September 2004, 1:45 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First conservation spokesman Edwin Perry says that once again members of the public are doing work for which the Department of Conservation receives taxpayer funding. More >>
National Health System A Juggling Act
Friday, 3 September 2004, 3:43 pm | New Zealand First Party
The description of the provision of health services as a ‘juggling act’ by the Chief Executive Officer of Capital and Coast district health board Margot Mains, is sadly equally applicable to the public health system as a whole, says New Zealand First ... More >>
Prisoner Payout Should Go To Victims Says Peters
Friday, 3 September 2004, 12:09 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says it is outrageous that the High Court has awarded $130,000 to five inmates at Paremoremo while their victims get nothing but grief and suffering. More >>
Peters Calls For Inquiry Into Edwards Case
Thursday, 2 September 2004, 7:15 pm | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters has called for an independent inquiry into the police decision not to prosecute Phillip Edwards for a violent incident reported at 8 Rocky Nook Road Auckland in September 2002. More >>
NZ First Welcomes Farmers’ Views
Wednesday, 1 September 2004, 4:38 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has welcomed Federated Farmers support for the Crown ownership of the Foreshore and Seabed and protection for customary rights of the Maori. More >>
Dental Care In Tooth Fairy Land
Tuesday, 31 August 2004, 3:00 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has accused district health boards of embarking on another round of time consuming and expensive ‘consultations’ while children suffer from inadequate dental care due to lack of treatment at schools. More >>
Educate Teens On Dangers Of Cannabis Use
Tuesday, 31 August 2004, 12:57 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First youth affairs spokesperson Craig McNair is calling for more effective education strategies to ensure that teenagers are aware of the long-term health effects of heavy cannabis use. More >>
NZ First Vote On Dog Tail Docking
Tuesday, 31 August 2004, 12:28 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First will vote for the Animal Welfare (Restriction on Docking of Dogs’ Tails) Bill to be sent to a parliamentary select committee for consideration. More >>
Citizenship Not For Sale Says Peters
Tuesday, 31 August 2004, 12:06 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says the Government is moving slowly in the right direction over removing automatic citizenship rights for children born to parents who are not permanent residents or citizens of this country. More >>
Peters: Bring Back Compulsory Military Training
Tuesday, 31 August 2004, 12:05 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has urged the Government to seriously consider bringing back a form of compulsory military training for troubled youth to ease the worrying shortage of military personnel. More >>
Peters Speech: “Look out 2005, here we come!”
Monday, 30 August 2004, 9:01 am | New Zealand First Party
An address by Rt Hon Winston Peters to a public meeting, James Cumming Wing (Gore Town Hall), Ardwick Street, Gore, 12.30pm Friday 27 August 2004 More >>
Aussie Bank Does DOC's Job
Monday, 30 August 2004, 12:58 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First conservation spokesperson Edwin Perry is asking why the Department of Conservation is putting begging bowls in an Australian owned bank to save the kiwi while DoC spends millions of dollars buying South Island high country. More >>
Peters: “Look out 2005, here we come!”
Friday, 27 August 2004, 1:24 pm | New Zealand First Party
An address by Rt Hon Winston Peters to a public meeting, James Cumming Wing (Gore Town Hall), Ardwick Street, Gore, 12.30pm Friday 27 August 2004 More >>
Borrow Money For Roads Now Says Brown
Friday, 27 August 2004, 1:02 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First transport spokesperson Peter Brown is urging the Government to respond to recommendations that it should borrow up to $2.4 billion for roading projects in Auckland, Tauranga, Wellington and 402 main road passing bays by 2012. More >>
Don't Forget Maori Housing
Thursday, 26 August 2004, 4:20 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has called for the Housing Minister to take a new look at the old Maori Affairs Housing Scheme to ease the looming housing crisis among Maori. More >>
