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Peters: Labour class of 2003 – Doyens of Duplicity
Tuesday, 22 July 2003, 1:05 pm | New Zealand First Party
One of the most common misconceptions about Parliament is that it should be made up of highly intelligent motivated people who always act in the best interests of the country. More >>
Big Brother Not Watching
Friday, 18 July 2003, 12:04 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has called on the Government to provide the Police with the manpower to regain control of our streets. More >>
Immigration Policy Blamed For Rates Hike
Thursday, 17 July 2003, 12:49 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First Leader Rt Hon Winston Peters has pointed out the recent rates hike by the Auckland Regional Council means that ratepayers are now paying for the Government’s stupid immigration policy. More >>
Penalties Are The Price Of Crime
Wednesday, 16 July 2003, 4:01 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First Justice Spokesman, Mr Dail Jones, today reinforced New Zealand First’s opposition to the government’s proposed Criminal Records (Clean Slate) Bill and the Clean Slate Bill of marijuana advocating Green Party MP Nandor Tanczos. More >>
Use Votes, Not The Mail Urges NZ First
Wednesday, 16 July 2003, 4:00 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has suggested that farmers vent their frustration at the ballot box and not at New Zealand Post workers who face health risks dealing with offensive matter posted in protest at the flatulence tax. More >>
Peters Welcomes Billboard Interest
Wednesday, 16 July 2003, 3:25 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has welcomed the interest shown by the Greens and ACT in the highly successful billboards highlighting policy issues. More >>
CYF Job Too Important For Part-Time Effort
Wednesday, 16 July 2003, 1:11 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says the decision of chief social worker Shannon Pakura to take on a part-time job in the office of Tariana Turia provides mixed messages to the public regarding her commitment to her primary occupation at Child Youth and Family. More >>
Restore Law And Order In New Zealand First
Tuesday, 15 July 2003, 5:54 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has suggested that the Government deploy 35 extra police officers to deal to the warring gangs in the Bay of Plenty and Palmerston North before it attempts to help restore law and order in the Solomon Islands. More >>
Tenth Anniversary To Celebrate
Tuesday, 15 July 2003, 3:27 pm | New Zealand First Party
Celebrations marking one of the most important events on the political calendar - the tenth anniversary of the founding of New Zealand First - will start in Tauranga on Friday. More >>
Ratepayers Flogged Over Transport Costs
Tuesday, 15 July 2003, 11:55 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has warned that ratepayers in many parts of the country face huge increases in their rates bills to meet spiralling transport costs. More >>
Police Executives May Require Assistance With Plan
Friday, 11 July 2003, 2:16 pm | New Zealand First Party
Police Executives may need to revisit their staff deployment strategies to give more practical priorities to differing levels of criminal offending, said Ron Mark, New Zealand First Law and Order Spokesman. More >>
Correctness Will Not Solve Health Disparity
Thursday, 10 July 2003, 2:31 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has called on the Government to dump its agenda of political correctness and spend extra money on adequate healthcare for all New Zealanders – especially those at the bottom of the heap. More >>
Gangs Flourish Under Soft Government
Wednesday, 9 July 2003, 12:38 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has asked the Government why it tolerates gang warfare that threatens public safety in the Bay of Plenty. More >>
Come Clean Over Crown Ownership Dr Cullen
Monday, 7 July 2003, 1:30 pm | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters has warned the Government not to enter into any secret deals with its Maori MPs over the ownership of the foreshore and seabed around New Zealand. More >>
Insight Into Prisons To Be Gained
Friday, 4 July 2003, 1:50 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First Leader and Tauranga MP, Rt Hon Winston Peters, today advised that members of his Caucus, namely Ron Mark, Dail Jones, Pita Paraone, Edwin Perry, Bill Gudgeon and Craig McNair will be visiting the Auckland Central Prison and Auckland ... More >>
Dollars Ahead Of Health - Paraone
Friday, 4 July 2003, 1:12 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First Health spokesperson Pita Paraone today slammed the government for putting too much pressure on District Health Boards to balance the books. More >>
Cervical Screening Programme A Mess
Thursday, 3 July 2003, 2:26 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First women’s affairs spokesperson Barbara Stewart says women should be outraged that the Government is fobbing off an international expert’s criticisms of our cervical screening programme. More >>
Dopey Kyoto Tax Angers Farmers
Wednesday, 2 July 2003, 1:53 pm | New Zealand First Party
A meeting held in Hamilton yesterday shows that the Government is out of step with farmer’s views as opposition against the proposed ‘flatulence tax’ increases, said New Zealand First agriculture spokesperson Doug Woolerton. More >>
Immigration Panic Move Fails To Address Problems
Tuesday, 1 July 2003, 4:45 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has described the Government’s new immigration policy as floundering around in the dark with a system that allows far too many immigrants into the country. More >>
Dangerous Offender On Home Detention
Tuesday, 1 July 2003, 4:12 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First today revealed that an offender with a history of violence and intimidation has been released on home detention in Christchurch. More >>
