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NZ First Committed To Keeping Greens From Power
Thursday, 23 May 2002, 10:46 am | New Zealand First Party
Following the staged ‘walk-out’ of the Greens from Parliament last night, conveniently after they had used up all their speaking time, New Zealand First is more committed than ever to see that a dangerous irresponsible party like the Greens never get anywhere ... More >>
Greens Took Their GE Bat And Ball And Went Home
Thursday, 23 May 2002, 10:31 am | New Zealand First Party
“What is the point of voting for a party which doesn’t bother to turn up to vote in the House on critical legislation?”, asks NZ First spokesperson on GE, Brian Donnelly. More >>
Hansard Transcript Of Peters Speech
Thursday, 23 May 2002, 9:05 am | New Zealand First Party
Today the National Party is at the lowest ebb it has ever been. It takes money from crooks, it takes money from people who are proven to be corrupt, and it has sought to defend that and has placed in its political wing certain operatives from those ... More >>
Greens Spit The Dummy, A Taste Of Things To Come?
Thursday, 23 May 2002, 9:05 am | New Zealand First Party
“Parliament’s third reading of the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms (Genetically Modified Organisms) Amendment Bill has been remarkable for the petulance of Green MPs,” New Zealand First Leader, Winston Peters said. More >>
Minister Refuses To Dismiss Censor
Thursday, 23 May 2002, 9:01 am | New Zealand First Party
Internal Affairs Minister George Hawkins has failed to dismiss the Chief Censor, Bill Hastings, after complaints from New Zealand First MP Peter Brown. More >>
NZ Troops Possibly Put At Risk
Thursday, 23 May 2002, 9:01 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First Deputy Leader, Peter Brown MP, is wanting to know what the Government and most particularly the Minister of Defence is doing to protect New Zealand troops. More >>
Mr 1% Seriously Deluded… Again
Wednesday, 22 May 2002, 2:12 pm | New Zealand First Party
“The decision by Richard Prebble, who never polls over 1% in the preferred Prime Minister polls, to not contest this year’s election is the most positive step that could have been taken by that party,” New Zealand First leader Winston Peters said ... More >>
Government Plays God Over Diatranz Application
Wednesday, 22 May 2002, 2:00 pm | New Zealand First Party
A NZ First amendment to enable the Diatranz application for diabetes treatment to follow due process was defeated in the House yesterday during the committee stage of the Hazardous Substances Bill. More >>
Let’s Really Check The Cheque: Peters
Wednesday, 22 May 2002, 1:25 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First Leader, Rt Hon Winston Peters wishes to ask some questions that others should be asking about the cheque that never arrived. More >>
Tax Apartheid Illegal--Peters
Tuesday, 21 May 2002, 4:18 pm | New Zealand First Party
The Taxation (Annual Rates, Maori Organisations, Taxpayer Compliance and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill currently before the Finance and Expenditure Select Committee, which will mean that Maori Trusts will only be liable for 19.5% tax rates is of serious ... More >>
SFO Not The Place For Lap Dogs Or Poodles
Tuesday, 21 May 2002, 4:16 pm | New Zealand First Party
“David Bradshaw, the Director of the Serious Fraud Office, should never have been reappointed,” according to Rt Hon Winston Peters, Leader of New Zealand First. More >>
Police Not Racist, Nandor
Tuesday, 21 May 2002, 4:08 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First Leader, Rt Hon Winston Peters, is questioning the claims of Nandor Tanczos and his assertions in Parliament today that drug enforcement officers are racist, and that drug laws are racist. More >>
MP To Examine ‘Boy-Racer’ Legislation In NSW
Tuesday, 21 May 2002, 9:32 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First Law and Order Spokesman Ron Mark left today on a fact finding mission to investigate ‘boy-racer’ legislation in New South Wales, Australia. More >>
Now That’s Dopey!
Friday, 17 May 2002, 3:32 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has harsh criticism of Alliance Leader and Youth Affairs Minister Laila Harré’s drug education initiative, most notably the decision to have pro-cannabis activist Nandor Tanczos front the programme. More >>
Sexual Violence Not Needed In Our Society
Friday, 17 May 2002, 11:09 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First MP and campaigner for improved censorship standards Peter Brown has secured a meeting with the Minister of Internal Affairs, Hon George Hawkins next week to seek the removal of the present censor, on the grounds that he has failed ... More >>
Shock And Dismay At Fisheries Commission Payments
Friday, 17 May 2002, 11:09 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First leader Winston Peters has expressed shock and dismay at the extent to which commissioners have dipped into Waitangi fisheries assets. Commenting on revelations that $11 million in fees has been paid to Waitangi Treaty Fisheries commissioners ... More >>
Cabinet Should Make Special Appropriation
Thursday, 16 May 2002, 9:51 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First Law and Order and Police Spokesperson Ron Mark believes that the case of the serial shop killer in Auckland requires an immediate appropriation from the Government’s contingency fund to Auckland Police in order to mount a dragnet ... More >>
Me Thinks They Doth Protest Too Much
Thursday, 16 May 2002, 12:56 am | New Zealand First Party
“Something obviously is rotten in the state of party funding when National protests so much about an inquiry into anonymous donations and, at the same time, Labour protests too little,” New Zealand First leader Winston Peters said today. More >>
Immigration In Perspective
Wednesday, 15 May 2002, 2:06 pm | New Zealand First Party
In these times the issue of immigration is no longer simply an issue of economics, although it has deep economic consequences. It is no longer simply an issue of social cohesion, although there are also very grave problems with immigration on that count. More >>
Accessing Of Papers Relating To Ron Mark MP
Tuesday, 14 May 2002, 7:36 pm | New Zealand First Party
“I have seen the communication between the Chief of the Defence Force, Air Marshal Ferguson to Ron Mark MP, of today’s date. In it Air Marshal Ferguson states that he is: More >>
