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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 >>
Kiwi Deserves Christmas Present
Tuesday, 25 November 2003, 10:58 am | New Zealand First Party
With a month to go until Christmas Day New Zealand First's conservation spokesman, Edwin Perry MP, has challenged the Government to show its Christmas spirit by doubling the resources and raising the priority of kiwi recovery work. More >>
Jackets Great Deterrent To Crime
Monday, 24 November 2003, 9:38 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First law and order spokesperson Ron Mark is calling on police around the country to emulate some of their colleagues and require young offenders to wear bright identification jackets when they are doing community work. More >>
Breast Screening – Widen The Window
Monday, 24 November 2003, 4:30 pm | New Zealand First Party
“The Minister of Health, Hon Annette King, clearly does not understand the importance of introducing breast screening for younger women and starting at age 40,” said New Zealand First Deputy Leader, Peter Brown. More >>
Government Dodges Peters’ Legal Aid Questions
Thursday, 20 November 2003, 4:50 pm | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters has asked the Justice Minister to explain why he has refused to answer written questions about legal aid believed to have been granted to an 18 year old South Korean student facing serious sex assault charges in Tauranga. More >>
Decaying Dental Service
Thursday, 20 November 2003, 12:10 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First family affairs spokesperson Barbara Stewart says that former dental nurse, Health Minister Annette King should be ashamed of the new contract’s dentists are being asked to sign prohibiting criticism of the scheme and muzzling them so ... More >>
Breast Screening Petition At Parliament
Monday, 17 November 2003, 2:30 pm | New Zealand First Party
A petition calling on the Government to extend the breast cancer screening programme will be presented to New Zealand First Deputy Leader, Peter Brown, at 12.30pm Tuesday, 18 November at the front of Parliament Buildings. More >>
Family Court Powers Need Scrutiny
Friday, 14 November 2003, 3:13 pm | New Zealand First Party
“The increasing number of children who have been the subjects of custody disputes at some stage in their short and tragic lives and who have gone on to suffer the consequences indicates that a review of Family Court legislation is called for” said ... More >>
