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Bizarre Cultural Ruling In Court Case
Thursday, 30 January 2003, 9:46 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First Leader Rt Hon Winston Peters has described the outcome of an Employment Court case involving a Wanganui mental health worker as “truly bizarre” and a potential threat to Maori employment. More >>
Plagiarist Prebble Denies Past Policies
Thursday, 30 January 2003, 9:43 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has described Richard Prebble’s pledge to investigate and expose Maori gravy trains as “total hypocrisy” because he helped create the gravy train industry as a Labour cabinet minister in the 1984-90 government. More >>
MP To Meet Police Over Fatal Fishing Boat Accident
Thursday, 30 January 2003, 8:56 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First transport spokesperson Peter Brown and his advisors are to meet two senior Wellington police officers tomorrow (Thursday, 30 January) to discuss reopening the investigation into the fatal collision between the Sydney Express and ... More >>
NZ First Questions MTV Spending
Wednesday, 29 January 2003, 5:33 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has questioned whether the increased spending on Maori television will actually benefit those that it is aimed at. More >>
Don's Giant Leap Backwards
Wednesday, 29 January 2003, 12:25 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has described Don Brash’s latest economic recipe as a giant leap backwards to the social and economic disasters of the Labour and National governments of the 80’s and early 90’s. More >>
Reserve Bank Should Cut Ocr Says Peters
Thursday, 23 January 2003, 11:32 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says the Reserve Bank should have reduced interest rates and eased the pressure on the dollar to help exporters. More >>
Immigration Pushes Up House Prices - Peters
Thursday, 23 January 2003, 10:36 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First claims the Government’s policy of uncontrolled immigration is systematically destroying the New Zealand tradition of home ownership. More >>
Bill Borrows From NZ First
Wednesday, 22 January 2003, 3:59 pm | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters has described the speech by Bill English today as a “desperate attempt” to halt National’s slide into political oblivion. More >>
Stop Playing James Bond Brown Advises Minister
Friday, 17 January 2003, 5:48 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First believes the Transport Minister should stop believing he is some sort of secret service agent in his dealings with Tranzrail and be more transparent. More >>
Stop Burying Your Head In The Sand
Thursday, 16 January 2003, 3:54 pm | New Zealand First Party
Illegal poachers are hammering fisheries resources to death and the issue receives insufficient attention, said New Zealand First law and order spokesperson Ron Mark. More >>
Lock-Up Eco Lunatics Says New Zealand First
Monday, 13 January 2003, 10:57 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has described the so-called ‘Biodiversity Action Group’, who claimed to have released possums onto Kapiti Island, as a bunch of absolute lunatics. More >>
Where Do These Refugees Fit In? Asks Peters
Friday, 10 January 2003, 11:22 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First wants the Government to explain which category it is using to bring in another 150 refugees when there are already hundreds of people in the country seeking such status. More >>
Pot Using MP Lacks Courage Of Convictions
Friday, 20 December 2002, 11:38 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First MP Craig McNair says he is disappointed that Nandor Tanzcos lacked the courage to answer questions about his cannabis use when he was interviewed by police. More >>
Use Surplus To Boost Exports Says Peters
Thursday, 19 December 2002, 3:51 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has urged the Government to use some of the surpluses outlined in the latest fiscal statement to provide incentives to exporters to boost growth and employment. More >>
Government Failing The Elderly
Thursday, 19 December 2002, 3:22 pm | New Zealand First Party
The Labour led minority Government has let down the elderly yet again by failing to deliver on their promise of removing asset testing for the elderly in long term care. More >>
Teens On Milky Alcopops a Cashcow For Govt
Thursday, 19 December 2002, 3:21 pm | New Zealand First Party
The Government is shedding crocodile tears over the problems created by teenagers bingeing on huge amounts of cheap and alcoholic-laden drinks. More >>
Facts Please On Airline Deal Says Peters
Thursday, 19 December 2002, 9:23 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says the Government, Air New Zealand and Qantas have still not released enough information to enable a decision to be made on whether the Australian airline should take a stake in the local carrier. More >>
Government Neglects Acc Victims
Wednesday, 18 December 2002, 4:10 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First MP and ACC spokesperson Peter Brown has accused the Government of closing down debate on the ACC debacle when there is obviously a serious problem with the system. More >>
Dunne’s Family Deal Falls Flat
Wednesday, 18 December 2002, 9:39 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says the Families Commission would be a good idea if it was based on the needs of the community rather than Labour’s need for votes for the next three years. More >>
Labour’s “Get Tough” Policy Is A Joke
Wednesday, 18 December 2002, 12:46 am | New Zealand First Party
Labour’s so-called get tough sentencing policy has again been shown to be a joke with a Christchurch teenager laughing at the court, said New Zealand First’s law and order spokesperson Ron Mark. More >>
