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Labour And Ebonezer- The Employment Scrooges
Wednesday, 18 December 2002, 12:46 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First leader Rt Hon Winston Peters says Labour would have sent Elizabeth Brown down the road with four weeks pay and an employment shadow over her if it had not been for the public uproar over her sacking. More >>
Tribute To Te Kohanga Reo Trust Chief Executive
Tuesday, 17 December 2002, 9:47 am | New Zealand First Party
Tribute was paid today to the retiring Chief Executive, of Te Kohanga Reo Trust, Iritana Tawhiwhirangi, by New Zealand First leader Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>
Is This Charity Or What?
Monday, 16 December 2002, 4:35 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First leader Rt Hon Winston Peters has offered a bouquet to the staff of Telecom for choosing Lifeline as the recipient of a $30,000 donation from Telecom, and a brickbat to Telecom for spending $23,000 on a full-page advertisement in the ... More >>
Prison Management Cannot Escape Responsibility
Monday, 16 December 2002, 2:15 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand’s prisons are being run like “Hi De Hi” holiday camps, said New Zealand First corrections spokesperson, Ron Mark, in response to the weekend escape of two dangerous convicts. More >>
Poverty Report Makes Sorry Reading
Monday, 16 December 2002, 2:07 pm | New Zealand First Party
The latest poverty report makes sorry reading on the eve of Christmas, said Barbara Stewart, New Zealand First’s spokesperson for Social Services. More >>
Deport Suspected Terrorist Urges Peters
Monday, 16 December 2002, 11:41 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First Leader Rt Hon Winston Peters has urged the Government to put suspected terrorist Ahmed Zaoui on the first plane back to where he came from. More >>
Beneficiary Fraud
Friday, 13 December 2002, 12:12 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First Law and order spokesperson Ron Mark MP is asking the Minister for Inland Revenue what he intends doing about beneficiary fraudsters who run million dollar businesses and still collect benefits. More >>
ACC Inquiry
Thursday, 12 December 2002, 11:28 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First MP Peter Brown said he is disappointed that the Transport and Industrial Relations Select Committee is unable to undertake an inquiry into ACC in the immediate future due to a heavy workload. More >>
Scrooge Surplus At Cost Of Surgery
Thursday, 12 December 2002, 11:17 pm | New Zealand First Party
The Government’s financial position reflects a miserable string of broken promises rather than any economic expertise according to New Zealand First leader Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>
Send The Criminals Home Says Peters
Thursday, 12 December 2002, 5:12 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has called for the immediate deportation of immigrants convicted of serious crimes – irrespective of where they come from. More >>
No Glitter From Gary !
Thursday, 12 December 2002, 5:10 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First Leader Rt Hon Winston has advised Christchurch Mayor Garry Moore to concentrate on the problems confronting the city instead of acting like a tin pot African dictator. More >>
Britain - Here We Come!
Wednesday, 11 December 2002, 11:13 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First Leader Rt Hon Winston Peters has warned that the Somali problems in Christchurch shows that New Zealand is heading down a dangerous path towards the ethnic strife experienced by Britain. More >>
ACT Trying To Close Ncea Gate
Wednesday, 11 December 2002, 9:06 am | New Zealand First Party
“A member’s bill to place a moratorium on the introduction of Level 2 of the NCEA for two years is a waste of Parliament’s time,” stated New Zealand First education spokesperson, Brian Donnelly. More >>
Ageing Immigrants Add To Taxpayer Burden
Tuesday, 10 December 2002, 3:03 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has asked the Government why it has allowed permanent residence to 14,854 people between the age of 50 and 102 over the past three years. More >>
National’s Mutton Dressed As Labour’s Lamb
Tuesday, 10 December 2002, 12:56 am | New Zealand First Party
The Government’s latest defence “announcement” is an exercise in outright deception because it is simply a regurgitation of old National policies said New Zealand First defence spokesperson Ron Mark. More >>
Supreme Court Will Hurt Nz Trade
Monday, 9 December 2002, 3:26 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First Trade spokesperson Dail Jones has pointed out that the cost of doing business globally is likely to increase if appeals to the Privy Council are abolished. More >>
New Court A Constitutional Outrage Says NZ First
Monday, 9 December 2002, 2:34 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has warned the Government that it will commit a constitutional outrage if it abandons the Privy Council and establishes a local supreme court as the final court for New Zealanders. More >>
Banks Sells Out Aucklanders
Friday, 6 December 2002, 2:55 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has criticised the Auckland City Council for flogging off ratepayer assets to foreign investors. More >>
Immigration Hurting Economy Says Peters
Friday, 6 December 2002, 2:55 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says Bank of New Zealand information just released shows that high levels of immigration are now indirectly harming our export industries. More >>
Wild Animal Management Wanted
Friday, 6 December 2002, 2:54 pm | New Zealand First Party
The Department of Conservation’s wanton destruction of tahr in the Southern Alps demonstrates the need for sensible and rational wild animal management policies, says New Zealand First’s Conservation Spokesman, Edwin Perry MP. More >>
