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Labour Has No Mandate For 'Supreme' Court: Peters
Monday, 15 April 2002, 4:31 pm | New Zealand First Party
“Replacement of the London-based Privy Council with a New Zealand ‘supreme’ court is a very significant constitutional matter that should not be decided by a minority government, but by the people of New Zealand, after a full and well informed debate ... More >>
Labour/Alliance Roading Plan A Fraud On Road Users
Thursday, 11 April 2002, 10:58 am | New Zealand First Party
“The New Right is alive and well in Auckland with support of the Labour Party. Following the recent hikes in petrol tax and road user charges misrepresented by the Government as providing for roading development in Auckland the motorist is now confronted with ... More >>
Commentors Talking Through A Hole In Their Heads
Monday, 8 April 2002, 9:33 am | New Zealand First Party
Recent commentary on the comparisons between the Alliance debacle and New Zealand First are in the main cases of commentators talking through a hole in their heads – the wrong one. More >>
Censor Has Lost The Plot
Monday, 8 April 2002, 9:32 am | New Zealand First Party
- How does the Chief Film Censor describe film which depicts paedophilia; rape; sexual violence; explicit necrophilia; drug taking; intercourse involving human excrement; and all manner of obscene material, according to the censor’s own report, as: “accomplished ... More >>
Anderton’s Believe-It-Or-Not
Friday, 5 April 2002, 4:10 pm | New Zealand First Party
The discovery of a two-headed snake in Spain, as reported by the BOP Times on Thursday comes as no surprise for Winston Peters, because New Zealand has its own version right in Wigram. More >>
Max Has Been Boaged!
Thursday, 4 April 2002, 9:32 pm | New Zealand First Party
Max Bradford has not ‘retired from politics’ as is being claimed by the National Party, he has been Boaged. More >>
Tauranga Wins Tauranga Beats Out Sydney, Melbourne
Thursday, 4 April 2002, 4:22 pm | New Zealand First Party
MP for Tauranga, Winston Peters is overjoyed that Tauranga will be the New Zealand host for the solo round the world yacht race later this year. More >>
Failure To Understand Coalition Politics: Peters
Wednesday, 3 April 2002, 8:40 pm | New Zealand First Party
Alliance Leader Jim Anderton is in effect asking New Zealanders to believe that while he is in Parliament he will be the leader of one political party, and will pretend that the other party, of which he is also leader, does not exist. More >>
Talk To Us About Confidence And Supply: Peters
Wednesday, 3 April 2002, 1:48 pm | New Zealand First Party
“The bloody-minded pursuit of power that today will see the demise of the Alliance Party undermines MMP but need not alienate the will of the people,” New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters said today. More >>
Peters Speech: The Real Gaps Are In Understanding
Thursday, 28 March 2002, 2:55 pm | New Zealand First Party
According to a much publicised recent essay on "Psycho-Babble", anyone who is Maori, is seriously traumatised and stressed by the transgenerational effects of colonisation. More >>
Health Minister Ad In Breach Of Cabinet Manual
Wednesday, 27 March 2002, 4:12 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is asking how Health Minister Annette King can justify appearing in four full page advertisements for a private health clinic in two Wellington newspapers, when the Cabinet Manual prohibits such activities, and Labour policy is against private ... More >>
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 >>
