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Project Aqua Rethink Demands Government Rethink
Tuesday, 30 March 2004, 10:13 am | New Zealand First Party
“The demise of the Project Aqua hydro development will leave a big gap in New Zealand’s energy supply,” said New Zealand First energy spokesperson, Peter Brown. More >>
Where Are The Parents?
Monday, 29 March 2004, 5:54 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is asking what has happened to the responsibility of families after the revelation that CYFS had over 5000 cases of child abuse waiting to be allocated to workers. More >>
Headache For The Minister, Heartache For Patients
Monday, 29 March 2004, 5:48 pm | New Zealand First Party
''On April 1, the Government brings in regulations that will impact adversely on physiotherapists, so much so I am informed, that many will close their doors and walk away from the industry,'' said New Zealand First ACC spokesperson, Peter Brown. More >>
Tighten Citizenship Laws Further Says Peters
Monday, 29 March 2004, 11:53 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has called on the Government to seriously tighten immigration rules over residency as well as citizenship, and to review some of the refugee decisions over the past twenty years. More >>
Judge Does The Right Thing Says Mark
Monday, 29 March 2004, 10:28 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First law and order spokesperson Ron Mark has congratulated Judge Andrew Becroft for taking a tough stance against youth offending. More >>
Parole Board Also Guilty In Isherwood Case - Mark
Monday, 29 March 2004, 9:28 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First law and order spokesperson Ron Mark says the Parole Board that freed sexual predator Gary Maui Isherwood and let him attack another victim should also be held to account for his offending. More >>
Waitaki Bill Changes A Step In The Right Direction
Friday, 26 March 2004, 9:19 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says that changes to the Resource Management (Waitaki Catchment) Amendment Bill mean that it will now be able to support the bill. More >>
Media Playing Politics Over Nick Smith Case
Thursday, 25 March 2004, 2:15 pm | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters said today he regretted the way the media choose to handle his comments about the Nick Smith case. More >>
The Treaty &Trickery of Waitangi & Constitution
Thursday, 25 March 2004, 12:33 am | New Zealand First Party
One of the most important electoral and constitutional changes in recent years in New Zealand was the introduction of Mixed Member Proportional representation. More >>
Youth Anti-Depressant Use Avoidable
Thursday, 25 March 2004, 12:10 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is calling on the Government to increase mental health services for children and young persons in the up-coming budget to avoid the over-prescribing of anti-depressant drugs. More >>
Money Down The Gurgler
Wednesday, 24 March 2004, 5:12 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is questioning the decision by the Gisborne District Council to allow a further 27 pokie machines into the area. More >>
Peters Questions "Bizarre" Acc Rehab Plan
Wednesday, 24 March 2004, 2:50 pm | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters has asked the ACC Minister Ruth Dyson to explain why some Waikato accident victims are being forced to go through a bizarre ACC vocational rehabilitation plan or lose their payments. More >>
Minister Lets Health System Lapse Into Chaos
Wednesday, 24 March 2004, 2:48 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand first is again calling on the Government to fix the ailing health system following yet another damning report into the state of public hospitals. More >>
EIT Boss Should First Get His Story Sorted Out
Wednesday, 24 March 2004, 10:16 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First’s education spokesperson, Brian Donnelly, has suggested that Bruce Martin, CEO of the Eastern Institute of Technology, needs to explain inconsistencies in his own statements before he criticizes MPs. More >>
Catchpole Calls For Healthy Houses
Wednesday, 24 March 2004, 12:04 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First MP Brent Catchpole is calling on the Housing Minister to do something about the overcrowding and poor housing contributing to the disturbing explosion of TB outbreaks in the Auckland region. More >>
Brash Running Scared Says Peters
Tuesday, 23 March 2004, 4:24 pm | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters has accused Don Brash of being too scared to face him in a television debate. More >>
Tb Getting Out Of Control
Tuesday, 23 March 2004, 4:00 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is calling on the Government to implement the immigrant health check policy immediately instead of phasing it in over a year, after the release of the latest TB figures for 2003 from Auckland. More >>
Peters Challenges Brash To Tv Debate
Tuesday, 23 March 2004, 11:05 am | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters has offered to appear on TVNZ’s Holmes show with National leader Don Brash tonight to debate the major political issues facing New Zealand. More >>
Sex Education Urgently Needed
Monday, 22 March 2004, 3:17 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is calling on the Government to act immediately and run a public sex education campaign aimed at teenagers to try and stem the alarmingly fast growing rates of sexually transmitted diseases in this age group. More >>
Stop Coastline Plunder Says Nz First
Monday, 22 March 2004, 10:42 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First Maori Affairs spokesperson Pita Paraone has called for a complete overhaul of laws relating to customary Maori fishing rights and the monitoring of them. More >>
