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DOC’s Priorities Need Scrutinising
Monday, 8 December 2003, 4:36 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First conservation spokesperson, Edwin Perry, is calling on the Department of Conservation to re-examine its priorities following publication of the third annual report on progress on New Zealand’s Biodiversity. More >>
Operations For All
Friday, 5 December 2003, 12:08 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is urging the Labour government to drop its bizarre scheme that would see beneficiaries receive state funded private hospital treatment whilst the rest of the country queue up at under resourced public hospitals. More >>
Stat Dispensing Encourages Pill-Popping
Thursday, 4 December 2003, 6:21 pm | New Zealand First Party
Figures released by Pharmac showing that New Zealanders are taking more medicine than ever before are a cause for concern, says New Zealand First’s spokesperson on health, Pita Paraone. More >>
New Zealand First: Yes To Holidays Bill
Thursday, 4 December 2003, 6:20 pm | New Zealand First Party
“We had extensive discussion in caucus and decided that New Zealanders are entitled to fair and reasonable holiday entitlements, said Deputy Leader, Peter Brown. More >>
Minister Mocks Democratic Process
Thursday, 4 December 2003, 6:17 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is calling on Health Minister Annette King to deny that the formation of a joint agency with Australia to regulate therapeutic medicines, before the completion of the select committee inquiry, is undemocratic. More >>
Education Minister Fails Needs Of The Northshore
Thursday, 4 December 2003, 6:17 pm | New Zealand First Party
“The minority Labour Government is being totally irresponsible by not making immediate provision for a Senior High School in Albany to cater for year 10 to year 13 students,” said Dail Jones. More >>
Labour’s Immigration Talkback Campaign
Thursday, 4 December 2003, 4:31 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has released details of a radio talkback and letter writing propaganda campaign about immigration launched by the Labour Party today. More >>
Review Of The Resource Management Act
Thursday, 4 December 2003, 10:16 am | New Zealand First Party
The introduction of the Resource Management (Waitaki Catchment) Amendment Bill so soon after the introduction of the Resource Management (Energy and Climate Change) Amendment Bill, reflects the present government’s piecemeal and cavalier attitude ... More >>
Government Delays Hurting Marine Farming
Wednesday, 3 December 2003, 4:23 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says the Government’s marine farming and maritime resource policies are foundering in a sea of political mismanagement and administrative incompetence. More >>
Breast Screening Limitations Untenable
Wednesday, 3 December 2003, 4:22 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First’s spokesperson for women’s affairs, Barbara Stewart, has reiterated the party’s call for the narrow age limits for breast screening to be extended to include women from 40 – 70 years of age. More >>
Dental Clinics Decaying
Wednesday, 3 December 2003, 1:09 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is calling on the Health Ministry to give a high priority to the national review of school dental clinics in order to ensure that dental care is readily available for every child. More >>
Interest Rates Rise Would Risk Exporters
Wednesday, 3 December 2003, 11:20 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has warned that exporters will be severely hurt if the Reserve Bank lifts the Official Cash Rate tomorrow. More >>
Another Tragedy
Tuesday, 2 December 2003, 3:19 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First youth affairs spokesperson, Craig McNair is calling on the Government to implement his party’s youth policy on drugs after a 23-year-old male and his 15-year-old male friend were found dead in a Glen Innes garage. More >>
DOC Funds For "Feel Good" Projects
Tuesday, 2 December 2003, 2:29 pm | New Zealand First Party
The Department of Conservation appears to have plenty of money available for “feel good” projects and not enough to protect our rare natural treasures, said New Zealand First conservation spokesperson, Edwin Perry MP. More >>
Steve Tells Truth About Immigration
Tuesday, 2 December 2003, 10:35 am | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters has congratulated Social Development and Employment Minister Steve Maharey for being the first Labour cabinet member to publicly admit that mass immigration is being used to keep the economy afloat. More >>
Deliver The Mail Treen Says Peters
Monday, 1 December 2003, 12:48 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has suggested that Mike Treen of the Auckland Postal Workers Association concentrate on delivering the mail instead of becoming involved in politics on behalf of the Labour Party. More >>
Outlaw Patches And Gangs
Monday, 1 December 2003, 12:47 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is calling on the Government to outlaw gangs after a man was attacked in his home over the weekend by four alleged gang members near Wairoa. More >>
Gangs On The Rise, Government On The Run
Friday, 28 November 2003, 3:23 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First Law and Order spokesperson Ron Mark MP has again asked “ where is the commitment from the Government to effectively deal with gangs?” More >>
Wind Up Spendthrift Cfrt Says Peters
Thursday, 27 November 2003, 9:17 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has called on the Government to place the affairs of the Crown Forestry Rental Trust in the hands of a competent statutory body. Rt Hon Winston Peters said today that the scathing report today from a Parliamentary select committee ... More >>
Minister Swain Is No Lord Nelson!
Thursday, 27 November 2003, 12:02 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has accused the Transport Minister of being deliberately blind to the plight of the New Zealand shipping industry which is slowly bleeding to death under the Labour Government. More >>
