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Rt Hon Winston Peters -Budget speech
Thursday, 27 May 2004, 4:10 pm | New Zealand First Party
Well New Zealand – there you have it – you’ve just heard it - a battle of wits between unarmed opponents. More >>
Exporters Bear Brunt Of New Tax Initatives
Thursday, 27 May 2004, 3:34 pm | New Zealand First Party
“Exporters are willing to pay some of the costs of new border security measures, but not all”, Brent Catchpole New Zealand First biosecurity spokesman told Parliament this week during the debate about the Border Security Bill currently before the House. More >>
Home Detention For Stabbing Appalling
Tuesday, 25 May 2004, 2:29 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First law and order spokesperson Ron Mark is again calling on the Parole Board to stop releasing dangerous criminals back into the community. More >>
Winston Peters - 150th Year Anniversary Speech
Tuesday, 25 May 2004, 9:44 am | New Zealand First Party
I want to commence my comments today by offering my sincere thanks and gratitude to the voters of my electorate in Tauranga, for the privilege of having been selected by them to represent their views in this Parliament. More >>
Brash Telling ‘Porkies’
Friday, 21 May 2004, 2:03 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First transport spokesperson, Peter Brown, says Don Brash is telling ‘porkies’ in his speech about roading and road funding. More >>
Letter from Ron Mark MP to Hon Paul Swain
Friday, 21 May 2004, 9:30 am | New Zealand First Party
I am writing to ask you to initiate a commission of inquiry into the manner in which the Corrections Department has investigated and dealt with the widely reported instances of inappropriate relationships between inmates and prison officers. More >>
Registration Fees For Dental Therapists Excessive
Thursday, 20 May 2004, 10:31 am | New Zealand First Party
The Dental Council’s registration and annual practising certificate fees for dental therapists are excessively high and will be yet another administrative cost for district health boards to pick up,” said New Zealand First health spokesperson, Barbara Stewart. More >>
Bureaucracy Swamps Health System
Thursday, 20 May 2004, 12:42 am | New Zealand First Party
“Treasury reports showing that public hospitals are performing fewer operations in spite of funding increases should be sending a loud and clear message to the Government,” said New Zealand First health spokesperson, Barbara Stewart. More >>
Borrow For Roading Not Bureaucracy
Thursday, 20 May 2004, 12:40 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First Transport Spokesperson, Peter Brown, says the Government should be borrowing money for roading , not reintroducing a bond scheme to fund infrastructure. More >>
Telecom Asked To Reveal Donations
Thursday, 20 May 2004, 12:00 am | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters has called on Telecom to reveal whether it has made donations to the Labour and National parties to help maintain its monopolistic position in the New Zealand telecommunications market. More >>
PM should encourage Anzac relationship
Tuesday, 18 May 2004, 2:20 pm | New Zealand First Party
The Prime Minister should be working to bring Australia and New Zealand closer together, not claiming they are drifting further apart, National's Foreign Affairs spokesman, Lockwood Smith, said today. More >>
Tvnz's Blatant Misuse Of Taxpayer Funds
Tuesday, 18 May 2004, 10:09 am | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters has called on the Government to stop TVNZ’s highly paid management spending millions of dollars on foreign news and current affairs programming simply to obstruct and hamper TV3. More >>
Assurance Sought On Waitaki Bill
Tuesday, 18 May 2004, 12:57 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First wants an assurance from the Environment Minister that the Waitaki River Bill will go ahead. More >>
Lift Drinking Age Urgently Says Mark
Monday, 17 May 2004, 3:32 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is to make yet another attempt to raise the drinking age because of the serious effects of teen drinking on the whole community. More >>
Jones Commends Family Court
Monday, 17 May 2004, 8:48 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First Justice spokesman Dail Jones is delighted that the Judgment in the Nelson custody case has finally been released. More >>
India’s Election Result
Monday, 17 May 2004, 8:45 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First Foreign Affairs spokesman Dail Jones, congratulates the incoming Congress-Party led Government on its victory at the Indian elections. More >>
Nuclear Notes Reveal Brash Amateurism
Monday, 17 May 2004, 8:16 am | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters has described the release of the MFAT notes on the Brash meeting as unfortunate, but revealing of Dr Brash’s inexperience and inability to handle foreign affairs issues. More >>
Urgent Airport Probe Called By Peters
Friday, 14 May 2004, 8:59 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is calling for an inquiry into the sale of Paraparaumu Airport in 1995 to establish why proper procedures were not followed by the then National Government. More >>
“The changing tide of politics”
Friday, 14 May 2004, 12:48 am | New Zealand First Party
An address by Rt Hon Winston Peters to a Port Waikato/Clevedon Public Meeting Senior Citizen’s Hall, 7 Eat Street, Papakura Friday,14 May 2004 at 12.30pm More >>
DOC's Island Insurance Policy Sensible
Thursday, 13 May 2004, 9:09 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First conservation spokesperson Edwin Perry has expressed cautious approval of DoC’s announced plan to create two new island sanctuaries on Secretary Island and Resolution Island. More >>
