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Prison Or Brothel? Asks Nz First Mp
Friday, 7 March 2003, 9:12 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First corrections spokesperson Ron Mark says Paparua prison near Christchurch appears to be run more like a disorganised brothel than a penal institution. More >>
Death With Dignity Bill To Be Debated
Friday, 7 March 2003, 8:58 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First MP Peter Brown will get the opportunity to debate his private members ‘Death with Dignity’ Bill in the House within the next month after it was selected in the ballot. Mr Brown, who lost two relatives after drawn out illnesses, is a long ... More >>
Peters Questions Tranz Rail Safety
Thursday, 6 March 2003, 4:05 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First Leader Rt Hon Winston Peters produced brake parts that fell off a Tranz Rail train in North Canterbury when he raised the issue of rail safety in Parliament this afternoon. More >>
More Police Needed Now Says New Zealand First
Wednesday, 5 March 2003, 7:11 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First law and order spokesperson Ron Mark is calling on the Government to increase police numbers after figures were released showing outstanding leave had reached ridiculous levels. More >>
Government Condones Dodgy Developers
Wednesday, 5 March 2003, 7:06 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First MP Brent Catchpole is calling for an urgent public inquiry into cases of property developers evading their responsibility for leaking homes by hiding behind the veil of incorporation. More >>
No Blackmail Over Business Law Reform
Wednesday, 5 March 2003, 7:05 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has refused to bow down to the threat from the Commerce Minister Lianne Dalziel “to expose” New Zealand First’s refusal to accept a Business Law Reform Bill incorporating six or seven legislative items. More >>
NZ First Mps To Visit Refugee Resettlement Centre
Wednesday, 5 March 2003, 1:22 pm | New Zealand First Party
Four New Zealand First MPs will be visiting the Mangere Refugee Resettlement Centre on Sunday 9th March 2003 at 10.00am. More >>
Underwrite America's Cup Bid Says Nz First
Tuesday, 4 March 2003, 3:09 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says the Government should underwrite the America’s Cup team until sponsorship can be arranged for the next challenge in Europe. More >>
Floodgates For Immigrants Wide Open
Monday, 3 March 2003, 3:24 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First leader Rt Hon Winston Peters says the latest external migration figures show that immigrants are pouring into New Zealand at an increasing rate. More >>
Send Problem Japanese Students Home Says Peters
Friday, 28 February 2003, 12:47 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First Leader Rt Hon Winston Peters wants the Government to close a school for problem Japanese youths in West Auckland and to deport those connected with it. More >>
Tvnz Split Could Lead To Asset Sale
Thursday, 27 February 2003, 4:37 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is concerned that late changes to the TVNZ legislation could lead to the future sale of the transmission arm of the state-owned communications organisation. More >>
High Cost Taranaki Health Blunder
Thursday, 27 February 2003, 4:36 pm | New Zealand First Party
The situation in Taranaki’s public health bureaucracy with two chief executive officers being paid salaries totalling $520,000 has been described as a wasteful shambles by New Zealand First health spokesperson Pita Paraone. More >>
Continued Support For Vets Despite Study Results
Wednesday, 26 February 2003, 6:08 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First veterans affairs spokesperson Bill Gudgeon says veterans of the nuclear testing in the Pacific and Australia deserve compensation regardless of the findings of a study in Britain. More >>
Biosecurity Still Not Good Enough
Wednesday, 26 February 2003, 2:11 pm | New Zealand First Party
MAF is still inconsistent in keeping our borders safe from unwanted pests, said New Zealand First biosecurity spokesperson Brent Catchpole. More >>
Mean Prescription Policies Threaten Patient Safety
Wednesday, 26 February 2003, 2:10 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has called on the Health Minister to sort out the messy contract negotiations between pharmacies and District Health Boards before patient safety is jeopardised. More >>
Sorry Plight Over Super Savings
Tuesday, 25 February 2003, 9:56 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has called on the Government to ensure that state administered retirement savings are invested in New Zealand and not frittered away on shaky overseas markets. More >>
Otago University's Absurd Maori Policy
Tuesday, 25 February 2003, 12:15 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has described Otago University’s new Maori language policy as absurd political correctness and nothing to do with education. More >>
Farm Workers Exploited Under Minister’s Nose
Monday, 24 February 2003, 9:51 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has accused the Immigration Minister of condoning a dubious scheme under which Ukrainian workers come here as low paid farm labourers. More >>
Minister Of Justice Needs To Make Up His Mind
Monday, 24 February 2003, 9:50 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First Deputy leader Peter Brown is calling on the Minister of Justice, to stop having a bob each way on the prostitution bill and make a firm decision. More >>
Rail Shambles Unacceptable Says Brown
Friday, 21 February 2003, 2:17 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has called on the Government to take urgent action to fix the Wellington commuter rail system which has become a shambles, affecting thousands of people who rely on it for public transport. More >>
