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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 >>

PHOS Top Heavy

Thursday, 13 November 2003, 4:58 pm | New Zealand First Party

The PHO management fee funding increase announced by the Ministry of Health this week is yet another example of money going to pay the fat-cat bureaucrats rather than provide health care for patients, says New Zealand First health spokesperson ... More >>

Families Commission Neutered By Government

Thursday, 13 November 2003, 1:54 pm | New Zealand First Party

New Zealand First has repeated its opposition to the politically correct Families Commission as proposed by the Government. More >>

Labour Fears Direct Democracy

Thursday, 13 November 2003, 11:49 am | New Zealand First Party

New Zealand First says Helen Clark has insulted the intelligence of New Zealanders by suggesting that they cannot be trusted with binding Citizens Initiated Referenda. More >>

Another Immigration Scam In Paradise

Wednesday, 12 November 2003, 4:49 pm | New Zealand First Party

New Zealand First has accused the Immigration Minister of allowing a jobs for residency scam to operate under her nose at the Immigration Service in New Zealand. More >>

How Many More Young Lives Must Be Lost?

Wednesday, 12 November 2003, 4:37 pm | New Zealand First Party

“The headline is hard to miss ‘15-year-old killed running a drug house’ yet it seems that this Government is continually missing the point when it comes to New Zealand’s horrendous youth drug and crime statistics,” said youth affairs Spokesperson Craig ... More >>