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We’ve Had Enough And We’re Not Taking Any More

Wednesday, 3 July 2002, 1:21 pm | New Zealand First Party

The bleakness of our weather at this time of the year is testimony that this is no time to hold an election. More >>

Still No Way To Run Our Monetary Policy – Peters

Wednesday, 3 July 2002, 10:46 am | New Zealand First Party

The Rt Hon Winston Peters MP, Leader of New Zealand First, said that the Reserve Bank’s decision to raise the official cash rate to 5.75% was another indicator that the policy target agreement needs to be amended. More >>

Where Lies The Truth?

Wednesday, 3 July 2002, 10:44 am | New Zealand First Party

3 July 2002 “At a meeting at Greenwood Park Retirement Village last Monday National’s Tony Ryall accused a senior Radio New Zealand journalist of a serious breach of journalistic ethics,” New Zealand First deputy leader Peter Brown said. More >>

New Zealand Racing Industry Not Getting A Fair Go

Tuesday, 2 July 2002, 10:01 am | New Zealand First Party

“The New Zealand Racing Industry is not getting a fair go and is in desperate need of an internationally competitive policy,” New Zealand First Leader and Tauranga MP Winston Peters said today. More >>

Labour In Debit? - Winston Peters Speech

Monday, 1 July 2002, 2:08 pm | New Zealand First Party

Why are we having an election in the middle of winter? What constitutional crisis brought this on? It is clear isn’t it? More >>

Immigration Or You?

Monday, 1 July 2002, 9:40 am | New Zealand First Party

Northland was the birthplace of politics in this country - it was where the Treaty of Waitangi was signed and the first place of governance under European influence. More >>

Helen Gets Her Sums Wrong

Monday, 1 July 2002, 9:38 am | New Zealand First Party

“The Prime Minister’s attempts to con voters into opting for a one party government have foundered on bad logic and worse arithmetic,” New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters said. More >>

Will New Zealand Wake Up On The 27th Or The 28th ?

Friday, 28 June 2002, 2:44 pm | New Zealand First Party

In the Second World War the Germans used the term Blitzkrieg - lightening war - to describe a certain type of campaign. More >>

The Law Is An Ass: Peters

Friday, 28 June 2002, 11:19 am | New Zealand First Party

“If detaining gate-crashing asylum seekers is unlawful then the law is an ass,” New Zealand First leader,” Winston Peters said. More >>

Final ACT List

Friday, 28 June 2002, 11:18 am | New Zealand First Party

“The worst kept secret around Parliament this week has been the ACT Party’s list,” New Zealand First leader Winston Peters said today. More >>

Claim Against Tree Planting Absurd: Peters

Friday, 28 June 2002, 10:56 am | New Zealand First Party

“The Treaty Industry’s vice-like grip on New Zealand has never been more patently absurd than with the postponement of tree planting on Auckland’s One Tree Hill because of an outstanding Treaty claim,” New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters said. More >>

Peter's Welcomes Cullen's Damascus Experience

Wednesday, 26 June 2002, 10:27 am | New Zealand First Party

“I think he’s finally got it,” the New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters said today in response to Labour’s Cullen belatedly suggesting it was time for the Government to look at the Reserve Bank’s policy target agreement. More >>

Fixing The Lawlessness - Peters Speech

Wednesday, 26 June 2002, 10:21 am | New Zealand First Party

When we launched the New Zealand First 2002 Election campaign on 17 June we said we would do things in the next three years: that this election was about the rights of ordinary Kiwis: More >>

Security, Super, And Success

Monday, 24 June 2002, 1:20 pm | New Zealand First Party

There is an election coming. A winter election. A winter election following one of the shortest Governments of your lives. There is no constitutional reason for this election being held now. More >>

National's Policy On Treaty & Citizenship A Sham

Monday, 24 June 2002, 1:19 pm | New Zealand First Party

“The National party’s claim to be for one citizenship rules and to settle Treaty of Waitangi issues by 2008, considered against their past record when they had the power to do something about these issues, is a total sham,” New Zealand First Leader ... More >>

Robberies And Lawlessenss Will Be Tackeled Head On

Monday, 24 June 2002, 12:20 am | New Zealand First Party

New Zealand First Leader and MP for Tauranga, Rt Hon Winston Peters, today said that, “the growth in armed robberies being experienced throughout New Zealand, and including this weekend’s robbery of Tauranga’s Te Puna Tavern, are the very incidents the New ... More >>