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The Paradox Of New Zealand’s Monetary System
Thursday, 21 March 2002, 5:38 pm | New Zealand First Party
Speech by Rt Hon Winston Peters, Bay Subaru Official Opening, Bay Subaru-Fiat, 398 Cameron Road, Tauranga, 6pm 21 March 2002 More >>
Reserve Bank Over Zealous In Raising Cash Rate
Wednesday, 20 March 2002, 11:55 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First Finance Spokesperson Winston Peters says that the Reserve Bank has acted far too quickly in raising the Official Cash Rate from 4.75 to 5.0% this morning. More >>
Maori Moko - Are We Getting Precious Or What?
Wednesday, 20 March 2002, 10:13 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is asking where the preciousness of some Maori will end after reports that some Maori groups are “outraged” by a restaurant in Amsterdam has named itself ‘moko’ and has advertised itself with a picture of a blond with a fake tattoo. More >>
'Where Are The Asians In The Greens?
Wednesday, 20 March 2002, 12:24 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is asking how the Green Party, the most homogeneous, white, Anglo-Saxon, middle-class party in Parliament, is allowed to get away with calls for calls for more Asians in the police. More >>
Donnelly Wins Rating Relief For Private Schools
Friday, 15 March 2002, 1:07 pm | New Zealand First Party
An amendment to the Local Government (Rating) Act put through by New Zealand First’s Brian Donnelly will mean that private, not-for-profit, schools and early childhood centres will be put on a level playing field with other educational institutions. More >>
Not The Type Of Immigrant New Zealand Needs
Thursday, 14 March 2002, 4:48 pm | New Zealand First Party
“The latest imprisonment for serious fraud of Mr Bejay Nandan alias Vijay Nandan, Birjay Nand, Vijay Nand, Bijay Prasade and Vijay Prasade, by a Wellington District Court Judge last Friday, for fraud, highlights the failure of the Immigration Service ... More >>
Shop Trading Hours Horse-Play Disappointing
Thursday, 14 March 2002, 3:17 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters is disappointed that New Zealand First’s amendments to the shop trading legislation that would have given local councils the power to make decisions about Easter Sunday trading have been defeated by his parliamentary ... More >>
Education Minister Calls Whangarei Kids Scruffy
Wednesday, 13 March 2002, 1:50 pm | New Zealand First Party
“Remarks by the Minister of Education, Trevor Mallard, about the standard of dress of children at Manaia View School are demeaning,” says NZ First MP, Brian Donnelly. More >>
Extortion Alive And Well In The Energy Business
Wednesday, 13 March 2002, 9:19 am | New Zealand First Party
Member of Parliament for Tauranga and Leader of New Zealand First, Rt Hon Winston Peters, has today slammed the inaction of the Energy Minister, Pete Hodgson for being long on words but short on activity. More >>
Minister Of Education Praises Whangarei MP
Tuesday, 12 March 2002, 4:52 pm | New Zealand First Party
Whangarei – based MP, Brian Donnelly, received public praise from the Minister of Education, Trevor Mallard, last Friday at the opening of Manaia View School for his work as an opposition spokesperson on education. More >>
Pork Barrel Politics At Its Worst
Tuesday, 12 March 2002, 4:52 pm | New Zealand First Party
“The Minister of Education, Trevor Mallard, engaged in the pork-barrel politics of the crudest order at the opening of Manaia View School last Friday,” says NZ First spokesperson, Brian Donnelly. More >>
Chaplain Cuts Are Reverse Racism In Hospitals
Tuesday, 12 March 2002, 3:22 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First MP Ron Mark today lashed out at the Government’s snub of chaplain services in hospitals saying it was reverse racism at its worst. More >>
Definition Of A 'Hate Crime'
Tuesday, 12 March 2002, 11:52 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First will strenuously oppose the sinister amendments in the Sentencing and Parole Reform Bill currently before Parliament, particularly the so-called ‘hate crimes’ provisions. More >>
How Low Can This Government Go?
Monday, 11 March 2002, 8:10 pm | New Zealand First Party
“I am aghast,” says New Zealand First’s Peter Brown MP “that this government has sunk so low that it is prepared to dispense with the services of chaplains in our hospitals. These Chaplains provide an essential service to people who are sick. They ... More >>
“Victimcrats” and the “Wellington Problem”
Thursday, 7 March 2002, 1:13 pm | New Zealand First Party
Speech by Rt Hon Winston Peters to Grey Power Manawatu, Masonic Hall, 168 Fitzherbert Avenue, Palmerston North, Thursday 7th March 2002, 2.15 pm More >>
National Re-Introduced School Zoning
Thursday, 7 March 2002, 11:26 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First education spokesperson Brian Donnelly pointed out today that it is ludicrous for Bill English to be claiming that school zoning is a disaster when it was his own party which reintroduced it. More >>
The Focus, Not The Number, Critical For Maori PhDs
Thursday, 7 March 2002, 12:43 am | New Zealand First Party
“The value of an ambitious plan to achieve 500 Maori doctorates of philosophy over the next 5 years will be determined by what the area of focus of those PhD’s are, rather than the number, “ said New Zealand First education spokesperson, Brian Donnelly ... More >>
Government Must Act Quickly On 1800 False Refugees
Wednesday, 6 March 2002, 9:49 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First Leader, Rt Hon Winston Peters is calling for immediate action by the Immigration Department over the 1800 so-called asylum seekers who have been declined as genuine cases and the 14,000 illegal over-stayers in New Zealand, who have been ... More >>
Head In The Sand Health Attitude Endangers
Tuesday, 5 March 2002, 12:43 am | New Zealand First Party
“The head in the sand attitude of the Ministry of Health officials over clinical trials of a xenotransplantation treatment with the potential to cure diabetes has created a far more risky situation than that which they wanted to prevent,” said ... More >>
Poor Getting Poorer...Again
Monday, 4 March 2002, 5:13 pm | New Zealand First Party
“Fixed income and retired New Zealanders are under attack on all fronts,” New Zealand First Deputy Leader Peter Brown said today. More >>
