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New Zealand First’s 8th Birthday
Wednesday, 18 July 2001, 5:23 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First President Doug Woolerton said today, on New Zealand First’s 8th Birthday, that since the Party’s launch in 1993 there had been many achievements to justify the Party’s establishment. More >>
Thoroughbred Industry Not Getting A Fair Go
Wednesday, 18 July 2001, 4:48 pm | New Zealand First Party
The Rt Hon Winston Peters MP, Leader of New Zealand First, today said that the New Zealand thoroughbred industry is not getting a fair go and is in desperate need of an internationally competitive policy. More >>
Winston Peters Speech: Michelle Boag, Drinking Age
Tuesday, 17 July 2001, 2:09 pm | New Zealand First Party
( Address by Rt Hon Winston Peters MP to a Grey Power Meeting, Pakuranga Community and Cultural Centre, 13 Reeves Road, PAKURANGA, 1:30 pm) More >>
New Zealand Rail—Piracy Through Privatisation
Tuesday, 17 July 2001, 10:02 am | New Zealand First Party
(Speech given by Rt Hon Winston Peters to Kaiapoi Lions Club Meeting, Kaiapoi Working Mens Club, Raven,Street, Kaiapoi, CHRISTCHURCH) More >>
Winston Peters - Recreational Fishing Council
Friday, 13 July 2001, 2:12 pm | New Zealand First Party
Speech notes prepared for Rt Hon Winston Peters to Address Political Session, 2001 Conference and AGM, More >>
Teen Drinking—Stop The Madness!
Thursday, 12 July 2001, 2:50 pm | New Zealand First Party
(Extracts from an Address by the Rt Hon Winston Peters MP to Local New Zealand First Members, Settlers Lounge, Memorial Hall, TE PUKE) More >>
Welcome Innovation: Trucks to Carry a Heavier Load
Monday, 2 July 2001, 3:56 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First Deputy Leader, and Transport Spokesman Peter Brown has today welcomed the proposal by Land Transport Safety Authority to allow for larger trucks, but has warned the roads on which these heavy vehicles run must be capable of supporting ... More >>
Peters Welcomes Tauranga Bridge Tolls
Friday, 29 June 2001, 3:32 pm | New Zealand First Party
The Rt Hon Winston Peters MP, Leader of New Zealand First, today welcomed the news that the tolls were being taken off the Tauranga Bridge and said that they had been unduly harsh on the people of Mount Maunganui. More >>
Your Time Is Up George!
Friday, 29 June 2001, 11:00 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First Law and Order Spokesman Ron Mark, has called on George Hawkins, Minister of Police, to step down for the good of the country. More >>
Fire Service Clean Out Continues - Peters
Tuesday, 26 June 2001, 2:00 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First Leader Rt Hon Winston Peters today expressed his concern at the willingness of the New Zealand Fire Service Commission to play politics, rather than sticking to their knitting and ensuring the best fire service possible is provided ... More >>
TVNZ Latest Policy Shows Deck Chair Mentality
Monday, 25 June 2001, 5:27 pm | New Zealand First Party
“The latest announcement by the Government to re-establish TVNZ under its own legislation as a crown owned company demonstrates the deck chair mentality successive governments have shown towards public broadcasting,” today says the Rt Hon Winston Peters MP, ... More >>
A Timid Response So Far Minister - Now Regulate
Thursday, 21 June 2001, 5:26 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First Leader, Rt Hon Winston Peters, today expressed his disappointment at the “timid approach shown by the Minister of Energy Hon Pete Hodgson, towards protecting electricity consumers from the fleecing they are taking from the electricity ... More >>
Greedy Doctors At It Again - Peters
Thursday, 21 June 2001, 1:50 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First Leader Rt Hon Winston Peters has hit out at the greed of Doctors for demanding the right to charge children aged six and under for visits. He was responding to the Press Release of the Medical Association giving their support to ... More >>
Ministry Of Stupid Ideas Still Alive
Thursday, 21 June 2001, 9:36 am | New Zealand First Party
“Suggestions of a tax on home ownership is right up there with the best of the half baked ideas I have seen advanced by highly paid committees during my years as a politician”, said New Zealand First Leader Rt Hon Winston Peters today. More >>
Save Rail - Again, Peters
Wednesday, 20 June 2001, 3:44 pm | New Zealand First Party
“ I am supportive of any moves which result in New Zealanders gaining control and ultimately regaining ownership of their own railway service and associated infrastructure”, said Rt Hon Winston Peters, Leader of New Zealand First today. More >>
The Lion That Squeaks
Wednesday, 20 June 2001, 10:46 am | New Zealand First Party
“I am disgusted at the double standards being displayed in the health service under the current minister of health annette king”, said new zealand first leader rt hon winston peters. More >>
Super Fund Can Now Move Ahead - Peters
Monday, 18 June 2001, 5:02 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First Leader, Rt. Hon Winston Peters, has welcomed today’s decision by Cabinet to move forward with the superannuation fund and accept New Zealand First’s ideas on the scheme. More >>
Peters Confident Cabinet Supports Super Changes
Sunday, 17 June 2001, 4:36 pm | New Zealand First Party
The Rt Hon Winston Peters MP, Leader of New Zealand First, today said that he had written back to Dr Cullen following their meeting last week on superannuation with his suggested amendments and was confident that Cabinet would agree to these changes. More >>
BIL Should Sell Air NZ Shares: To New Zealanders
Friday, 15 June 2001, 10:29 am | New Zealand First Party
“New Zealanders do not want foreigners to own our airline, nor do we want higher travel costs, and we certainly do not want to see the demise of Air New Zealand,” Winston Peters, Leader of New Zealand First said in Hamilton today. More >>
Literacy Problems With Secondary Teachers
Thursday, 14 June 2001, 4:33 pm | New Zealand First Party
The Minister of Education, Trevor Mallard, claimed in the House today that some secondary teachers have literacy problems. In response to a question by New Zealand First MP, Hon Brian Donnelly, asking why some principals and teachers were confused about details ... More >>
