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Chinese Favoured Ahead of Southland Local for Just $200,000
Thursday, 3 August 2017, 4:33 pm | New Zealand First Party
The government’s farmer Landcorp favoured a Chinese bidder ahead of a local Southland farmer to buy Jericho Station for the sake of an extra $200,000, says New Zealand First leader and Northland Member of Parliament, Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>
MP Prison Visits Impeded by Minister
Thursday, 3 August 2017, 3:30 pm | New Zealand First Party
MP Prison Visits Impeded by Minister An alarming Ombudsman’s report based on an unannounced visit to Spring Hill Corrections Facility in Waikato proves Members of Parliament should be able to visit prisons without notice as is their statutory right, ... More >>
NZ First: Auditor-General Goes, But Accountability Paramount
Thursday, 3 August 2017, 1:06 pm | New Zealand First Party
Auditor-General Goes, But Accountability Paramount The circumstances of the Auditor-General’s resignation are seriously regrettable, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland MP Rt Hon Winston Peters. “However, anyone holding a higher public office must ... More >>
National Backs Water Royalties for Some
Thursday, 3 August 2017, 12:43 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says the National Government is being two-faced over water royalties, with one Waikato iwi set to receive six-figure sums from Chinese-backed NZ Pure Blue. More >>
National Backs Water Royalties for Some
Thursday, 3 August 2017, 11:34 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says the National Government is being two-faced over water royalties, with one Waikato iwi set to receive six-figure sums from Chinese-backed NZ Pure Blue. More >>
PM All at Sea on Dealing with Housing Crisis
Wednesday, 2 August 2017, 4:58 pm | New Zealand First Party
PM All at Sea on Dealing with Housing Crisis Prime Minister Bill English is proving more shaky and incompetent by the day on housing. “Today he claimed in Parliament that his government would ‘build Dunedin’ in the next three years,” says New ... More >>
Closures Undermine Police Presence in 21 Communities
Wednesday, 2 August 2017, 4:35 pm | New Zealand First Party
The 21 communities where police stations manned by volunteers have been shut down must be given an assurance by Minister of Police Paula Bennett that they will reopen, says New Zealand First Deputy Leader and Police Spokesperson Ron Mark More >>
Biosecurity a Sick Cow under Nathan Guy
Wednesday, 2 August 2017, 4:22 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand’s biosecurity has turned into a sick cow under Minister of Primary Industries Nathan Guy, says New Zealand First Biosecurity Spokesperson Richard Prosser. More >>
Speech: Peters - Taumarunui
Wednesday, 2 August 2017, 1:48 pm | New Zealand First Party
WINSTON PETERS SPEECH; NZ FIRST RESTORING FAIRNESS FOR TAUMARUNUI AND PROVINCIAL NZ EMBARGOED UNTIL DELIVERY Speech to Taumarunui Residents and Ratepayers’ Association public meeting Taumarunui Cosmopolitan Club, 10 Miriama Street, Taumarunui. Wednesday, ... More >>
Woodhouse Doing His Best to Hide a Scandal
Tuesday, 1 August 2017, 4:09 pm | New Zealand First Party
Immigration Minister Michael Woodhouse needs to front up to prove his claim the government is investigating and prosecuting widespread abuse of English language testing, says New Zealand First Leader and Member of Parliament for Northland, Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>
PM’S Stuck Record on Barclay Wearing Thin
Tuesday, 1 August 2017, 3:57 pm | New Zealand First Party
PM’S Stuck Record on Barclay Wearing Thin The Prime Minister’s cloak of “no responsibility” over the Todd Barclay affair is threadbare. “Mr English might as well tell all – his phone records show he was in constant contact with electorate ... More >>
Politics Is A Tough Business
Tuesday, 1 August 2017, 12:17 pm | New Zealand First Party
Politics is a tough business – those who understand that will feel sympathy for Andrew Little, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland MP Rt Hon Winston Peters. “He’s fought the good fight, but at the end of the day he was a victim of the ... More >>
Incompetent OIO Approves Sale Commerce Commission Rejects
Monday, 31 July 2017, 8:39 pm | New Zealand First Party
The Overseas Investment Office has been shown again to be a rubber-stamping machine after it approved the $175m sale of New Zealand company Tower to Vero Insurance of Australia, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland Member of Parliament Rt Hon ... More >>
Landmark Decision on Funding Raises Concerns
Monday, 31 July 2017, 4:43 pm | New Zealand First Party
Education Minister’s Landmark Decision on Funding Raises Concerns An Education Minister who has never been in front of a classroom is making a massive change to New Zealand’s school funding system – it’s alarming. “We want more detail ... More >>
Govt Misleads Parliament And Public Over House Building
Monday, 31 July 2017, 4:31 pm | New Zealand First Party
Govt Misleads Parliament And Public Over House Building The Prime Minister and his Ministers should be hauled before the Privileges Committee for misleading Parliament over the state of house building, says New Zealand First. “They have been deliberately ... More >>
Auckland Social Housing Already 78 Per Cent Behind Schedule
Monday, 31 July 2017, 10:13 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says National-led government’s flagship Auckland social housing build programme is already massively behind schedule just 18-days into it. More >>
Small Business Owner to Stand in Rimutaka for NZ First
Monday, 31 July 2017, 9:26 am | New Zealand First Party
Small business owner and operator, Talani Meikle, will represent New Zealand First as its candidate for the Rimutaka electorate in the upcoming General Election. More >>
Illegal Firearms Have Police Stretched
Sunday, 30 July 2017, 1:00 pm | New Zealand First Party
ILLEGAL FIREARMS HAVE POLICE STRETCHED ESPECIALLY IN NORTHLAND NZ First says a lack of police resources is emerging from the tragic shootings in Northland. “Our sympathies are naturally with the victims’ families and especially those of Wendy Campbell ... More >>
Will Dean Hamilton Get a Silver Fern Farms’ Golden Parachute
Sunday, 30 July 2017, 12:59 pm | New Zealand First Party
Will Dean Hamilton Get a Silver Fern Farms’ Golden Parachute, If So Why? NZ First is asking if Silver Fern Farms’ CEO Dean Hamilton, who announced his resignation late last week, is in line for a golden parachute just like his predecessor got. ... More >>
Fujixerox NZ’s Former Auditors, EY, Try to Muzzle NBR
Friday, 28 July 2017, 3:29 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is blasting Ernst & Young (EY), FujiXerox NZ’s former auditors, for its ham-fisted attempt at censoring NBR’s entry for the EY sponsored Business Journalism Awards. More >>
