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Treaty Education Should Await Commission
Monday, 19 April 2004, 2:57 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says the Treaty of Waitangi “education” programme should have been suspended because of the planned commission of inquiry into the Treaty and its relevance to modern society. More >>
Protect our passports integrity says Mark
Monday, 19 April 2004, 1:19 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has again called for the current review of passport laws to involve retrospective checks to ensure the ongoing international integrity of New Zealand passports. More >>
No Chance Of Speedy Action On Fertility Policy
Friday, 16 April 2004, 3:16 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First health spokesperson Barbara Stewart has repeated her call for the Government to revise its funding policy for fertility treatment and pay for two IVF cycles for couples who agree to the implantation of only one embryo at a time. More >>
The Sixth And Seventh Ages - Sans Everything?
Friday, 16 April 2004, 12:48 am | New Zealand First Party
There are very few things certain in this life. One of them, unfortunately, is the sobering fact that we are all going to get older and even die. More >>
DOC Robbing Peter To Pay Paul
Thursday, 15 April 2004, 4:52 pm | New Zealand First Party
“News that the Department of Conservation is setting Operation Ark in motion in the Hawdon and Hurunui Valleys in North Canterbury in order to protect the endangered käkäriki and yellowhead populations is good news for the birds,” said New Zealand ... More >>
Local Government Commission Praised
Thursday, 15 April 2004, 4:50 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First commends the Local Government Commission for its determinations on membership and basis of election for the forthcoming 2004 local body elections. More >>
An Opportunity For The Next Decade
Thursday, 15 April 2004, 3:45 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First would be extremely disappointed if the Associate Minister for the Environment, David Benson-Pope, does not call for widespread public submissions on any proposed Resource Management Amendment Bill, said local government spokesperson ... More >>
Proactive Steps To Reduce Binge Drinking
Thursday, 15 April 2004, 3:42 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is calling on the Government to raise the drinking age back to 20 after ALAC’s latest report indicated that there is a deeply ingrained binge drinking culture, particularly among young people. More >>
Family Court Judge Receives Strong Support
Thursday, 15 April 2004, 2:04 pm | New Zealand First Party
Family Court Judge Receives Strong Support From New Zealand First MP (Mr Dail Jones) More >>
Free Trade With China
Thursday, 15 April 2004, 2:00 pm | New Zealand First Party
“The recent media hype with regard to a possible Free Trade Agreement with China is just another example of the Labour Party trying to dredge up old news and present it as a new idea in the hopes that it can restore its position in the polls” said ... More >>
Anderton Should Front With Infrastructure Report
Thursday, 15 April 2004, 9:36 am | New Zealand First Party
“Mr Anderton announced today what many of us have known and been saying for years, that an audit into our country’s key infrastructure shows that there needs to be substantial spending to ensure systems can cope,” said New Zealand First transport ... More >>
Victory For Common Sense
Thursday, 15 April 2004, 12:20 am | New Zealand First Party
Auckland based New Zealand First MP Dail Jones today expressed his delight at the Westhaven Marina finally being assured public ownership after the Ports of Auckland announced that the Government was the successful bidder for the marina at a cost ... More >>
Cost Of Disposal Should Lie With Dhb's
Thursday, 15 April 2004, 12:19 am | New Zealand First Party
“The cost of disposing of unused returned medicines should lie with the DHB’s not the pharmacists,” said New Zealand First health spokesperson, Barbara Stewart. More >>
Anderton Should Front Up Now With Report
Wednesday, 14 April 2004, 4:52 pm | New Zealand First Party
''Mr Anderton announced today what many of us have known and been saying for years, that an audit into our country’s key infrastructure shows that there needs to be substantial spending to ensure systems can cope,'' said New Zealand First transport ... More >>
Show Us Your Foreshore And Seabed Policy
Tuesday, 13 April 2004, 1:47 pm | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters has told National to “put up or shut up” over the foreshore and seabed issue instead of sitting in a glasshouse, throwing stones and making nonsensical statements. More >>
Official Papers Reveal Serious Corruption In NZIS
Tuesday, 13 April 2004, 9:04 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has called on the Government to make a clean sweep through the Immigration Service to get rid of staff involved in corrupt or fraudulent practices and the management that allowed it to happen. More >>
Extra Security Move Welcomed
Thursday, 8 April 2004, 5:46 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First welcomes the Prime Minister’s comments today that the Government is prepared to review the extra charges proposed in the Border Security Bill which is about to come before the House. More >>
Auckland Transport Bill Confused
Thursday, 8 April 2004, 2:16 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is happy to support the introduction of the Local Government (Auckland) Amendment Bill to the select committee in the hope that some of the fundamental flaws contained in the bill will be ironed out. More >>
Time To Stop The Tragedies
Thursday, 8 April 2004, 9:06 am | New Zealand First Party
It is well past time for New Zealanders to take steps to stop tragic deaths from house fires says New Zealand First housing spokesperson Brent Catchpole. More >>
NZ First Pleased To Reach Agreement
Wednesday, 7 April 2004, 1:51 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First Leader Rt Hon Winston Peters says his party is pleased to have reached agreement with the Government on landmark foreshore and seabed legislation which should preserve the coastal birthright of every New Zealander for centuries ... More >>
