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Reward At Last For Some, Devastation For Others
Tuesday, 24 April 2001, 3:26 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First Defence Spokesperson Ron Mark has expressed his pleasure at the Prime Minister’s late decision to compensate ex Japanese Prisoners of War, along with the Vietnam veterans whom with their families have suffered the consequences ... More >>
Government Removes The Incentive To Work – Peters
Tuesday, 24 April 2001, 2:57 pm | New Zealand First Party
“Up to 48,000 low income workers have been consigned to the health scrap heap through the mean spirited removal of their right to a Community Services Card, which provides a subsidised public health service,” said Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>
No Fears About Safety! What Are They - Nuts?
Thursday, 19 April 2001, 10:36 am | New Zealand First Party
“The revelation that Auckland Airport air traffic control tower was unmanned for a period of time yesterday comes as no surprise, said New Zealand First Leader Rt Hon Winston Peters today. More >>
Mark On Pay Rise: But Why Did It Take So Long
Wednesday, 18 April 2001, 5:23 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has welcomed the announcement of a pay rise for Defence Force personnel but doubts that it will significantly deal with recruitment and retention problems. More >>
Labour Dragging Their Heels Over Party Hopping
Thursday, 12 April 2001, 3:54 pm | New Zealand First Party
The Rt Hon Winston Peters MP, Leader of New Zealand First, today said that Labour’s 1999 Campaign promise that anti party hopping legislation would be treated as a top governmental priority is belied by the fact that, after weeks of pressure from New ... More >>
Increased Independence Of Police Necessary Step
Thursday, 12 April 2001, 10:06 am | New Zealand First Party
The Rt Hon Winston Peters MP, Leader of New Zealand First, today welcomed government decisions designed to enhance the independence of the Police Complaints Authority. More >>
Cave Creek Or Cervical Screening
Thursday, 12 April 2001, 12:30 am | New Zealand First Party
Whangarei based New Zealand First MP, Hon Brian Donnelly, today suggested that “those responsible for having failed to adequately monitor the cervical screening programme, leading to the debacle in Gisborne and placing the lives of many New Zealand women ... More >>
Gisborne Cervical Debacle
Tuesday, 10 April 2001, 5:57 pm | New Zealand First Party
“The enormity of the tragedy faced by so many women over the Gisborne cervical screening debacle must never be forgotten and such incompetence in an essential public health service must never be permitted to be repeated again, said Hon Brian Donnelly, New ... More >>
Action Of Nick Smith Immature And Illegal
Tuesday, 10 April 2001, 1:46 pm | New Zealand First Party
"The actions of one of the parties to the dispute currently surrounding the waterfront industries in various south island ports, in leaking a copy of the mediators draft report to Nick Smith can be only be interpreted as an act of bad faith on their ... More >>
Parliament Disregards Democracy - Peters
Friday, 6 April 2001, 5:23 pm | New Zealand First Party
“The manner in which my two Supplementary Order Papers tabled to amend the Shop Trading Hours Repeal Amendment Bill last night were treated by the Government and their appointed Chairperson of the Committee of the House, was nothing less than shameful party politics”, ... More >>
Urgency Needed Over Paedophiles As School Trustees
Thursday, 5 April 2001, 2:43 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First MP, Hon Brian Donnelly, is pressing the Government to urgently address the issue of paedophiles on School Boards of Trustees. More >>
Brown Calls For Greater Consultation On Aviation
Wednesday, 4 April 2001, 5:17 pm | New Zealand First Party
“New Zealand First Deputy Leader Peter Brown urges the Minister to put the Civil Aviation Amendment Bill (No.2) on hold to allow meaningful consultation to occur. More >>
Put Shop Trading Decisions With Local Authorities
Wednesday, 4 April 2001, 1:23 pm | New Zealand First Party
The Rt Hon Winston Peters, Leader of New Zealand First and Member of Parliament for Tauranga, today sent a copy of his two SOPs on Shop Trading Hours Act Repeal Amendment Bill (copies attached) to all Members of Parliament. More >>
Wilson’s Consultation A “Demonstrable Fiction”
Wednesday, 4 April 2001, 9:43 am | New Zealand First Party
“The Associate Minister of Justice’s claim to have consulted opposition parties on significant government appointments is totally false,” said the Rt Hon Winston Peters, MP for Tauranga and Leader of New Zealand First. More >>
Act Hypocrisy And Insincerity Over War Vets Issue
Tuesday, 3 April 2001, 4:32 pm | New Zealand First Party
The Rt Hon Winston Peters MP, Leader of New Zealand First, today said that the sincerity of ACT’s concerns for War Veterans was undermined by the support they gave to the National Minority Government, following the break-up of the New Zealand First/National ... More >>
Superannuation - Let's Get It On
Monday, 2 April 2001, 9:42 am | New Zealand First Party
(An Address by Rt Hon Winston Peters MP, Leader of New Zealand First, to an Armstrong Jones Superannuation Meeting, Christchurch Convention Centre, CHRISTCHURCH) More >>
Fisheries Compliance Fees Costing NZ Millions
Monday, 2 April 2001, 9:40 am | New Zealand First Party
The Rt Hon Winston Peters, Leader of New Zealand First and Member of Parliament for Tauranga, today said that the Ministry of Fisheries Section 61 permit fees are costing Tauranga and New Zealand millions in lost business. More >>
Peters Calls On Government To Play Fair With Rail
Friday, 30 March 2001, 5:12 pm | New Zealand First Party
The Rt Hon Winston Peters, Leader of New Zealand First and MP for Tauranga, today called on the Government to play fair with provincial New Zealand. More >>
Peters On Superannuation
Friday, 30 March 2001, 3:32 pm | New Zealand First Party
The Rt Hon Winston Peters MP, Leader of New Zealand First, will be addressing a series of Armstrong Jones Roadshow Meetings on Superannuation next week. More >>
Nandor No Longer Vindicated
Thursday, 29 March 2001, 2:59 pm | New Zealand First Party
“ With the Speaker’s announcement this afternoon that he regrets his reported remarks about MPs drinking in excess, and his apology, Nandor Tanczos is no longer vindicated for his outburst along similar lines a year ago, said New Zealand First Deputy Leader ... More >>
