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Time To Get Tough On Drug Pushers
Tuesday, 9 September 2003, 5:05 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is seriously concerned that drug dealers are pushing drugs to youngsters on an increasing scale. More >>
Co-Management A Form Of Co-Madness
Tuesday, 9 September 2003, 5:02 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has questioned the Government’s concept of “co-management” of the foreshore and seabed, saying that the issue is in danger of being decided “on the run”. More >>
Soft Justice From Soft Government
Tuesday, 9 September 2003, 2:34 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has accused the Government of creating a justice and corrections system that appears to tolerate killing and drug abuse. More >>
Government Leaves Elderly Out In The Cold
Tuesday, 9 September 2003, 10:50 am | New Zealand First Party
“It is shocking to hear that some senior citizens are not turning on heaters because of the constant hikes in electricity prices,” said New Zealand First senior citizens spokesperson, Barbara Stewart. More >>
Mental Health Timebombs Tick Away
Monday, 8 September 2003, 2:06 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First mental health spokesperson Ron Mark is calling for the Government to stop making empty promises and act after North Shore Hospital was forced to close three beds for mental health patients. More >>
Peters Speech: Political Prawns In The Seafood Ind
Monday, 8 September 2003, 8:41 am | New Zealand First Party
An address by Rt Hon Winston Peters to Maritime and Seafood Educators Conference at 6.30pm, 5 September 2003 Armitage Hotel, Cameron Road, Tauranga More >>
Minister Of Defence Lets Down People Of The West
Friday, 5 September 2003, 5:27 pm | New Zealand First Party
On 12 March 2003 a meeting was held at Whenuapai Village Hall concerning development options for the land currently occupied by the Whenuapai airbase said New Zealand First MP Dail Jones. More >>
Put Kid’s Health First
Friday, 5 September 2003, 2:01 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has warned that the implications of a British study showing that the vast majority of children had TV’s in their bedrooms should be noted by New Zealand parents. More >>
Instant Kiwis Supported For Life
Friday, 5 September 2003, 1:59 pm | New Zealand First Party
“The Ministers of Health and Immigration have conspired to betray the interests of all tax paying New Zealanders and the sick,” said New Zealand First leader Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>
MPs Form Parliamentary Club Of New Zealand Lions
Friday, 5 September 2003, 12:01 am | New Zealand First Party
They’re usually on opposite sides of the House, but on 18 September 2003 20 MPs from four parties come together to form the Lions Club of New Zealand Parliament. To launch the club, the MPs are hosting a black tie dinner and charity auction at Parliament’s ... More >>
This Is A Joke
Thursday, 4 September 2003, 5:23 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First believes Kiwi engineers going to Iraq hoping that the kiwi logo they wear will be a protective shield are in for a rude shock. More >>
Government Inaction Already Creating Division
Thursday, 4 September 2003, 11:26 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is concerned that a Zimbabwe like situation is developing in Port Waikato where residents have been told not to walk along the beach or even fish as a result of a dispute over trusteeship. More >>
‘Public Domain’ Another Step On Path To Republican
Thursday, 4 September 2003, 11:21 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has criticised the acceptance by some Maori of a concept of ‘public domain’ in relation to our foreshore and seabed. More >>
Refugee Hiv Infection Outrageous Says Peters
Thursday, 4 September 2003, 10:13 am | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters has called on the “successful and popular” Prime Minister to explain why an HIV positive Zimbabwean refugee has been allowed to stay here to commit violent crimes and infect women with the AIDS virus. More >>
High Immigration Keeps Interest Rates Up
Thursday, 4 September 2003, 10:04 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says the Reserve Bank is keeping interest rates high, seriously affecting exporters, because of the huge inflow of immigrants fuelling housing inflation. More >>
Wake Up Call On Child Obesity
Wednesday, 3 September 2003, 12:05 am | New Zealand First Party
“The revelation that children may die before their parents because of the obesity epidemic hitting New Zealand’s children should ring alarm bells in homes and schools,” said New Zealand First’s spokesperson for family affairs, Barbara Stewart. More >>
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 >>
