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NZ First Preliminary Caucus Responsibilities
Thursday, 29 August 2002, 9:28 am | New Zealand First Party
--- MP'S NAME ---- MAJOR PORTFOLIOS --- ASSOCIATE PORTFOLIOS RT HON WINSTON PETERS Commerce, Economic Development, Finance, Immigration Racing, Revenue, SOE’s PETER BROWN Accident Insurance, Energy, Labour, Transport BRENT CATCHPOLE Communications ... More >>
New Zealand First Caucus
Wednesday, 28 August 2002, 9:30 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has made a number of changes to its line up for the Parliamentary term. More >>
Government Trying Hard, Means Well But…
Wednesday, 28 August 2002, 12:06 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First’s spokesman on Law and Order Ron Mark has dismissed the Governments’ recently announced initiatives on youth crime as well intentioned but inadequate. More >>
Charity Begins At Home, Immigration Minister
Tuesday, 27 August 2002, 11:04 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has called on the Government to stop bringing in any more so-called refugees while New Zealanders are dying because of poor housing conditions and mentally ill people are being thrown on the streets. More >>
Length Of Training Debate Masks The Real Issue
Thursday, 22 August 2002, 6:15 pm | New Zealand First Party
“Debate over the relative value of different teacher training programmes based on the number of years required mask the real issues,” says NZ First MP, Brian Donnelly. More >>
Donnelly Compliments Act For Its Honesty
Wednesday, 21 August 2002, 8:50 pm | New Zealand First Party
“The line-up of spokesperson roles announced yesterday by ACT reflects the party’s educational policy,” said NZ First MP, Brian Donnelly. More >>
Enough Is Enough
Wednesday, 21 August 2002, 8:50 pm | New Zealand First Party
“Reports of 10 year olds watching pornographic movies and smoking cannabis while home alone after school, raise questions about the role of parents and the promotion of such activities,” NZ First MP Craig McNair said. More >>
Unseemly Seating Scramble
Wednesday, 21 August 2002, 10:49 am | New Zealand First Party
The New Zealand First leader Winston Peters has accused the National and Act parties of refusing to face the consequences of their recent poor electoral performance. More >>
Tanczos’s Promotion Of Drug Kits Is Nuts
Wednesday, 21 August 2002, 9:53 am | New Zealand First Party
“Green MP Nandor Tanczos is nuts to promote drug use by selling drug testing kits in a shop he part-owns”, NZ First’s MP Craig McNair said. More >>
Mallard Caught In Union Vice
Wednesday, 21 August 2002, 12:44 am | New Zealand First Party
“The Minister of Education, Trevor Mallard, has been caught between a PPTA rock and an NZEI hardplace with the recommendations of the independent arbitration panel on the secondary pay claim,” says NZ First MP, Brian Donnelly. More >>
Gregory Fortuin – Put up or Shut up!
Wednesday, 14 August 2002, 4:57 pm | New Zealand First Party
“Allegations by the Race Relations Commissioner, Mr Gregory Fortuin, that my comments regarding Mr Enoch Power are racist, are expressions of extremism and desperation and were made in ignorance of the facts”, said Peter Brown MP, Deputy Leader of New ... More >>
Trotters In The Trough
Wednesday, 14 August 2002, 1:14 pm | New Zealand First Party
“The Prime Minister may well have to call in the engineers to increase the number of Beehive oiffice suites in order to house all the Ministers, Ministers outside Cabinet and Under-Secretaries she has appointed today”, said New Zealand First Leader ... More >>
No More Queue Jumping Please - Peters
Wednesday, 14 August 2002, 10:11 am | New Zealand First Party
“Zimbabwe farmers displaced by the evil antics of that country’s ruthless dictator and Prime Minister Robert Mugabe, have our sympathy but no greater entitlement to be considered for resettlement in New Zealand, then any other genuine refugee,” said ... More >>
Do The Job You Are Paid For Minister
Wednesday, 14 August 2002, 10:10 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First Leader and MP for Tauranga, Rt Hon Winston Peters, has called on the Minister of Immigration, Lianne Dalziel, to do the job she is paid to do for the New Zealand taxpayer. More >>
Justice at last! Courts do the right thing!
Tuesday, 13 August 2002, 1:44 pm | New Zealand First Party
“The decision by the Court of Appeal to extend the non parole period from 17 years to 20 years, for Mark Lundy, double killer of his wife and daughter, is correct”, said New Zealand First Leader and MP for Tauranga Rt Hon Winston More >>
Labour Announces Raffle Results
Monday, 12 August 2002, 3:48 pm | New Zealand First Party
“John Tamihere, Ruth Dyson, Chris Carter elevated to the Executive! What do United Future think about that?” asked New Zealand First leader, Winston Peters. More >>
Immigration Minister Puts Up Smoke Screen
Monday, 12 August 2002, 9:27 am | New Zealand First Party
“Lianne Dalziel has failed to tell the truth about the Immigration Service, is ignoring evidence of widespread immigration scams, and is hiding behind a smokescreen of her own making,” New Zealand First leader Winston Peters said. More >>
Lesbian Parenting Dunne’s First Challenge
Friday, 9 August 2002, 11:46 am | New Zealand First Party
“The first challenge that Peter Dunne’s United Future is going to face is legislation to provide lesbian partners guardianship rights,” says NZ First MP, Brian Donnelly. More >>
"Bizzare" Political Union Arranged
Thursday, 8 August 2002, 4:37 pm | New Zealand First Party
“The alliance of Labour and United Future is a genetically engineered political wedding of Frankenstein proportions, said New Zealand First Leader, Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>
No Expenditure Required
Thursday, 1 August 2002, 10:10 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First leader Winston Peters has declined an offer from the Government to provide alternative accommodation for his party’s new members of Parliament following their outstanding success in the snap election called by Labour leader Clark. More >>
