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Review Domestic Violence Act Says NZ First
Tuesday, 17 August 2004, 11:35 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First social services spokesperson Bill Gudgeon has called for a review of protection order provisions and police responses to domestic incidents under the Domestic Violence Act. More >>
Heartless
Friday, 13 August 2004, 11:48 am | New Zealand First Party
A bill to increase petrol tax and road user charges from next April is yet another example of the Government’s lack of consideration for motorists and the public, transport spokesperson Peter Brown says. More >>
Packaging Accord Wishful Thinking
Friday, 13 August 2004, 12:12 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says that the voluntary packaging accord announced this week is pie in the sky stuff and not grounded in the real world. More >>
Powerco Too Busy Selling Itself To Provide Power
Friday, 13 August 2004, 12:09 am | New Zealand First Party
The problems with Powerco’s electricity supply to Tauranga residents might only increase once ownership of the lines company is diverted to Australia, because they will be more interested in profits than service, says Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>
Stop Powerco Sale Says Peters
Thursday, 12 August 2004, 3:17 pm | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters has called on the Finance Minister to stop the sale of the Taranaki-based lines company Powerco because the sale process “flies in the face of all requirements of the law”. More >>
Local Democracy Means Local Decisions
Wednesday, 11 August 2004, 4:51 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is relieved that the Minister of Local Government, the Hon Chris Carter, indicated during today’s question time that he had no wish to interfere with funding decisions made by local councils. More >>
Maori Students’ Stance Bizarre Says Jones
Wednesday, 11 August 2004, 2:40 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First MP Dail Jones is trying to work out how Maori student leaders can reject the sovereignty of Parliament yet make submissions to the select committee dealing with the foreshore and seabed legislation. More >>
Domestic Violence Investigation Scheme Applauded
Wednesday, 11 August 2004, 2:03 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First social services spokesperson Bill Gudgeon has praised the new domestic violence investigation system initiated by the Wairarapa police. More >>
Action On Housing Urgent Says NZ First
Tuesday, 10 August 2004, 5:28 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is strongly supporting the Public Health Association’s calls today for an urgent and immediate need for action on housing because many people are living in crowded and substandard conditions. More >>
Spare A Thought For The Ratepayers
Tuesday, 10 August 2004, 2:15 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is urging local councils to take ratepayers’ views into account when making decisions on the projects they will fund. Ratepayers need to be fully informed of councils’ cost-benefit analysis for each project. More >>
Govt. Must Come To Party With Primary Teachers
Monday, 9 August 2004, 5:19 pm | New Zealand First Party
The Government is playing a perilous game with the education of our young people in its current negotiations with primary teachers, claims New Zealand First education spokesperson Brian Donnelly. More >>
Peters Gives Foreshore Assurance
Monday, 9 August 2004, 1:26 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has given an assurance that the interests of Auckland City Council, America's Cup Village, Ports of Auckland and other groups with similar concerns will be protected by the final foreshore and seabed legislation. More >>
Shonky Property Developers Targeted
Monday, 9 August 2004, 9:56 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has signaled its intention to put the heat on shonky property developers. More >>
Building Industry Needs Skilled Workers
Friday, 6 August 2004, 3:12 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First housing spokesperson Brent Catchpole says it’s time to ensure the survival of the building industry by training New Zealanders to work in it. More >>
Nursing Situation Critical
Friday, 6 August 2004, 2:00 pm | New Zealand First Party
An international study showing that 23 per cent of New Zealand nurses are trained elsewhere should be of grave concern to the Minister of Health, said New Zealand First’s health spokesperson Barbara Stewart. More >>
Greens Prevent Debate On GM
Thursday, 5 August 2004, 2:04 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First junior whip Dail Jones has accused the Greens of playing politics over genetic modification by stalling their own Private Members Bill relating to the Moratorium on Genetically Modified Organisms. More >>
Easter Trading Revived With NZ First Bill
Thursday, 5 August 2004, 1:17 pm | New Zealand First Party
The issue of Easter Sunday trading has been revived with New Zealand First MP Doug Woolerton’s private members bill drawn from the ballot today. More >>
Fishing Jobs Poached From Kiwis
Thursday, 5 August 2004, 10:54 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has criticised the Nelson-based Sealord Fishing Company for electing to hire 20 Filipino workers to work on its trawlers. More >>
Cancer Patients Facing Treatment Crisis
Wednesday, 4 August 2004, 3:59 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand is facing a cancer treatment crisis and thousands of patients will die needlessly over the next few years because early detection and treatment cannot be guaranteed, according to Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>
Lift Drinking Age Now Says NZ First
Wednesday, 4 August 2004, 11:59 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First youth affairs spokesperson Craig McNair says the Government can no longer ignore the effects the lowered drinking age is having on teen drinking and it should raise it urgently. More >>
