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Front Up Over The Foreshore Please Helen
Monday, 1 September 2003, 1:05 pm | New Zealand First Party
The Prime Minister needs to front up at the foreshore and seabed consultation hui that are being held around the country said New Zealand First Maori affairs spokesperson, Bill Gudgeon. More >>
The Aussies: I Say “Let Them Sing”
Friday, 29 August 2003, 11:52 am | New Zealand First Party
“Whilst we all cheer whenever the All Blacks beat the Wallabies, there is time when we should stand up for our friends across the ditch,” New Zealand First Deputy Leader, Peter Brown said today. More >>
Health System In Crisis
Friday, 29 August 2003, 11:51 am | New Zealand First Party
Maternity services in New Zealand are under siege as a result of general practitioners fleeing the service and foreign mothers coming here to give birth said New Zealand First family affairs spokesperson Barbara Stewart. More >>
GE Moratorium Should Stay On Foodstuffs Says Peter
Thursday, 28 August 2003, 1:35 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First leader Winston Peters has announced that his party has not been convinced that the GE moratorium should be lifted on foodstuffs. More >>
Health Minister Must Stop Making Hollow Promises
Thursday, 28 August 2003, 10:16 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has called on the Health Minister to stop using Health Boards as an excuse for inaction and to honour her Government’s commitment to fixing our failing mental health system. The fact that none of the three District Health Boards in Auckland ... More >>
NZ First Welcomes New Building Guarantee
Wednesday, 27 August 2003, 5:55 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First welcomes the Registered Master Builders Federation re-launching of the Master Build Guarantee, which will help to ensure that the best building practices are consistently being used. More >>
Storm Clouds Gathering
Wednesday, 27 August 2003, 2:53 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is warning New Zealanders not to be sidetracked by political diversions and to heed the ominous economic signs. More >>
New Zealand First Seeks Eating Disorder Funds
Tuesday, 26 August 2003, 3:04 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First youth affairs spokesperson Craig McNair has called for immediate research into eating disorders amongst New Zealand children. More >>
New Zealand First Opposes Immigration Legislation
Monday, 25 August 2003, 11:46 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has prepared a minority report opposing the Immigration Amendment Bill, which is being reported back to the House today. More >>
Fart Tax - One more case of mad cows disease
Friday, 22 August 2003, 3:35 pm | New Zealand First Party
An address by Rt Hon Winston Peters to the Waikato Federated Farmers rally against ‘ridiculous taxes’ at Garden Place, Hamilton on 22 August, commencing at 12.30pm. More >>
Crime, Lawlessness And Liquor Linked – Says Peters
Friday, 22 August 2003, 3:32 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is applauding the move by the Wellington City Council to do what other councils around the country have done and ban liquor in public places. More >>
Labour Ducks Leadership Over Foreshore And Seabed
Monday, 18 August 2003, 3:34 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says the Government has shown political cowardice and created legal confusion by not vesting ownership of the foreshore and seabed with the Crown. More >>
Government Short-Changes NZ Kids
Friday, 15 August 2003, 6:10 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has called for the Government to stop hiding behind the skirts and vacuous protestations of public servants and take responsibility for ensuring that New Zealand retains its only specialist intensive care air ambulance service ... More >>
Serious Crime On The Rise
Thursday, 14 August 2003, 5:21 pm | New Zealand First Party
“Crime statistics released today by the New Zealand Police show that crime has risen yet again, this only confirms what New Zealand First has always said we must double the size of the police force,” said law and order spokesperson Ron Mark. More >>
Invest More In NZ Says New Zealand First
Thursday, 14 August 2003, 4:59 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is calling on the Government to invest in New Zealand’s infrastructure rather than in overseas economies. More >>
Where Is The Missing Asylum Seeker?
Thursday, 14 August 2003, 1:04 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First Leader Rt Hon Winston Peters has revealed that an asylum seeker has been missing from the Refugee Centre in Henderson since April and that his disappearance has been kept secret by the Immigration Service and Refugee Council. More >>
Day Of Reckoning For Labour In Auckland
Thursday, 14 August 2003, 9:20 am | New Zealand First Party
It is the sound of the chickens coming home to roost . It is not a pleasant sound but it is the day of reckoning. More >>
Get This One Right : Brown Challenges
Wednesday, 13 August 2003, 4:02 pm | New Zealand First Party
“Today I will submit an amendment to the Smoke-free Environments (Enhanced Protection) Amendment Bill to give the public an opportunity to have their say through a referendum before it is enacted,” said New Zealand First Deputy Leader, Peter Brown. More >>
Another Community Care Failure
Tuesday, 12 August 2003, 5:18 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is calling for the re-establishment of secure mental health institutions after an incident in which a Kaitaia mental health patient attempted to hit a police officer with an axe today. More >>
Tvnz Tokenism Belittles Maori Says Peters
Tuesday, 12 August 2003, 10:10 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has described the appointment of a Maori “programme policeman” by TVNZ as a gross insult to all New Zealanders and Maori in particular. More >>
