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Home Ownership - The Impossible Dream
Thursday, 29 July 2004, 2:04 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First housing spokesperson Brent Catchpole says too many Kiwis are being denied the opportunity to purchase a home in the wake of ever-increasing property prices. More >>
Interest Rates Too High Says Peters
Thursday, 29 July 2004, 1:51 pm | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters says the Reserve Bank is going to strangle the economy by continually raising interest rates. More >>
Government Invited Benefit Scam
Monday, 26 July 2004, 12:57 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First social services spokesperson Bill Gudgeon says he’s not surprised by claims that increasing numbers of unemployed people are signing up for sickness benefits to avoid work testing by Work and Income. More >>
TVNZ Could You Please Explain?
Monday, 26 July 2004, 12:43 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First leader Rt Hon Winston Peters wants to know why TVNZ has decided that taxpayers should pay for an additional front person on the Breakfast Show, after deciding in July last year that one presenter could do the job. More >>
Legal Gymnastics Sets Alleged Killer Free
Friday, 23 July 2004, 12:50 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First leader Rt Hon Winston Peters says he’s appalled that a legal technicality has allowed an alleged 14 year-old killer to walk free from the murder of schoolboy Jordan Adams. More >>
Mental Health Reforms Are PC Nonsense
Thursday, 22 July 2004, 2:12 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First mental health spokesperson Ron Mark says he fears that the Government’s failing mental health system could result in another tragedy. More >>
Don Should Have Walked In Rain To Rugby
Thursday, 22 July 2004, 11:56 am | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters says unlike Don Brash he walked in the rain to the rugby test between the All Blacks and Australia in Wellington like thousands of other people and at no stage did he seek a ride in a motorcade. More >>
Parole Board At It Again
Thursday, 22 July 2004, 12:40 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First Law and Order spokesperson Ron Mark is demanding that the Crown Law Office advice regarding Parole Board decisions involving Dr David Chaplow be made public and those responsible for allowing his involvement be brought to account. More >>
Crown Forestry Rental Trust Has Learnt Little
Wednesday, 21 July 2004, 10:53 am | New Zealand First Party
The Crown Forestry Rental Trust appears to have learnt little from the Maori Affairs Select Committee examination into its activities said New Zealand First Leader, Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>
Schooling Shortfall Finally Addressed
Wednesday, 21 July 2004, 12:45 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First list MP Dail Jones says the Education Minister’s response to the need for more secondary schools in North West Auckland has been slower than a drive on Auckland’s motorway on a wet Monday morning. More >>
New Zealand On Sale To Highest Bidder
Tuesday, 20 July 2004, 3:29 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First leader and MP for Tauranga, Rt Hon Winston Peters, says that the Government’s plans to relax rules on foreign investment in local companies will mean that an even higher proportion of the wealth generated in New Zealand will go overseas. More >>
Support For Separated Dads A Good Move
Monday, 19 July 2004, 2:38 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First social services spokesperson Bill Gudgeon says he’s thrilled that a dedicated house for fathers and children during marriage separation is being recognised for the much needed service it is providing. More >>
Call For Free Doctors Visits For Under Sixes
Monday, 19 July 2004, 2:15 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has called for the Government to reinstate free doctor’s visits for children under six following new Ministry of Health statistics showing that almost one in six Pacific Island and one in eight Maori children fail a school-entry hearing ... More >>
Primary Teacher Strikes Inevitable –NZ First
Monday, 19 July 2004, 11:59 am | New Zealand First Party
Bitter industrial action by primary teachers is inevitable, New Zealand First education spokesperson Brian Donnelly has warned. More >>
1984, A Time For Sorrow, Not Celebration
Monday, 19 July 2004, 12:01 am | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters says few New Zealanders have joined the 20th birthday celebrations of the Lange, Douglas, Clark government that came into office in 1984. More >>
DOC - Time To Share The Vision
Friday, 16 July 2004, 3:20 pm | New Zealand First Party
It is time the Minister of Conservation shared his vision for the future of the South Island high country with the taxpaying public, says New Zealand First’s conservation spokesman Edwin Perry. More >>
Why Is 'Most Wanted' Overstayer Still Here?
Thursday, 15 July 2004, 4:31 pm | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters wants to know why New Zealand's most wanted overstayer is still here and will not be automatically expelled when his travel documents come through. More >>
Time For Action – Not Talk Over Social Ills
Thursday, 15 July 2004, 3:28 pm | New Zealand First Party
An increase of 10,000 complaints reported to Child Youth and Family Services in the past year cements New Zealand’s reputation as one of the worst countries in the world for reported child abuse, says New Zealand First social services spokesperson Bill ... More >>
Blind Eye Approach To Immigrant Crime
Thursday, 15 July 2004, 1:29 pm | New Zealand First Party
The justice system in this country is beginning to feel the strain of immigrant crime according to New Zealand First courts spokesperson Dail Jones. More >>
Young Offenders Taken On Skiing Jaunt Says Mark
Thursday, 15 July 2004, 1:04 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First law and order spokesman Ron Mark wants the Ministers of Social Welfare and Justice to explain why youth offenders, who stole over 400 cars in Canterbury, have been taken on a skiing trip by CYF in an “attempt to rebuild their confidence”. More >>
