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Mallard’s Remarks Insulting - says Donnelly

Wednesday, 14 November 2001, 3:55 pm | New Zealand First Party

‘Remarks by the Minister of Education are not only insulting to the MPs who worked on the review of the teaching of reading in NZ, it is also a denunciation of his own Ministry employees’, NZ First education spokesperson Brian Donnelly said today. More >>

Bank's Governor Needs To Provide Leadership

Wednesday, 14 November 2001, 9:11 am | New Zealand First Party

The New Zealand First leader, Winston Peters is looking for a reduction in the OCR (Official Cash Rate) of at least 0.75%. “It is time for the Governor to show some leadership,” Mr. Peters said. More >>

National Sabotaging New Zealand Interests

Wednesday, 14 November 2001, 9:09 am | New Zealand First Party

“National’s wet-behind-the-ears leader Bill English is sabotaging Kiwibank before it starts,” New Zealand First leader Winston Peters said. More >>

National Disgrace

Wednesday, 14 November 2001, 9:08 am | New Zealand First Party

“It is a deplorable decision by National to reconsider its support of the Government’s anti-terrorist position and therefore of our elite soldiers who may at this moment be engaged in this war,” according to New Zealand First leader Winston Peters. More >>

Peters Criticizes Minister Of Health's Inaction

Friday, 9 November 2001, 10:43 am | New Zealand First Party

“Health Minister Annette King has been woefully inadequate in implementing key recommendations of the Gisborne cervical cancer inquiry,” alleges New Zealand First leader Winston Peters. More >>

Government's Deeds Fail To Match Its Words

Friday, 9 November 2001, 10:38 am | New Zealand First Party

“Conservation Minister Sandra Lee’s apparent outrage at the departure of a Japanese fleet to seek and slaughter whales in the Southern Ocean sanctuary must have been expressed with forked tongue,” New Zealand First leader Winston Peters has said. More >>

Top Civil Servants Salaries Obscene - Donnelly

Friday, 9 November 2001, 10:24 am | New Zealand First Party

New Zealand First MP, Hon Brian Donnelly, labeled the recent Annual Report of the State Services Commission, “an insult to taxpayers and irrefutable evidence that the Labour/Alliance government has no greater interest in reining in ‘those up to ... More >>

It’s Democracy Jim, But Not As We Know It

Friday, 9 November 2001, 12:15 am | New Zealand First Party

“The unhappy people at this weekend’s Alliance Party conference will be even unhappier when they realise that their strategists have assigned one of their major debates to the five o’clock shift, ” New Zealand First leader Winston Peters said today. More >>

Which Medal, Prime Minister?

Thursday, 8 November 2001, 5:11 pm | New Zealand First Party

New Zealand Corrections Spokesperson, Ron Mark MP, is calling for the Prime Minister to show some consistency over the actions of Associate Corrections Minister Tariana Turia. More >>

Telecom Bill Unnecessarily Delayed - Peters

Thursday, 8 November 2001, 3:29 pm | New Zealand First Party

Last year the Minister of Communications, Hon Paul Swain, created quite a fan fare on his Telecommunication Inquiry. More >>

Turia Naive, Confused, And Worse

Thursday, 8 November 2001, 3:27 pm | New Zealand First Party

"Associate Corrections Minister Tariana Turia has been at least confused and naïve and probably much worse" New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters said today. More >>

Govt. Response To MMP Review – Sheer Arrogance

Tuesday, 6 November 2001, 4:49 pm | New Zealand First Party

“The Government’s response to the MMP Review Report demonstrates appalling arrogance and contempt for the referendum process, says Winston Peters, Leader of New Zealand First, MP for Tauranga. More >>

Greens Need To Make Law, Not Break It

Tuesday, 6 November 2001, 3:37 pm | New Zealand First Party

"While Green MPs contemplate lawbreaking we have a simple question for them," New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters said. More >>

Childcare Costs Could Rise Dramatically - Donnelly

Friday, 2 November 2001, 12:09 am | New Zealand First Party

“The Minister of Education’s response to a question in the House has alarming implications for many childcare centres and parents,” New Zealand First Education Spokesperson Hon Brian Donnelly said today. More >>

NZ Should Act Against Fishing Subsidies Scam

Thursday, 1 November 2001, 12:14 am | New Zealand First Party

“New Zealand should be taking strong-armed action against a recently revealed scam of massive subsidies being paid to the fishing industry world-wide,” says New Zealand First Leader, Winston Peters. More >>

GE Debate Just Commencing - Peters

Wednesday, 31 October 2001, 9:49 am | New Zealand First Party

The New Zealand First Caucus has today debated at length the decision of the Government to continue the moratorium on the commercialization of genetically modified substances and to permit an opening up of field trials of activities previously confined to ... More >>

We Can Make Our Own GM Decisions

Thursday, 25 October 2001, 3:51 pm | New Zealand First Party

Rt Hon Winston Peters, Leader of New Zealand First and MP for Tauranga, has labelled the efforts of Health Minister Annette King as weak and pathetic following the decision of ANZFA (Australia & New Zealand Food Authority) to delay the introduction of ... More >>