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AG's Comments Superficial And Inadequate
Thursday, 29 March 2001, 11:20 am | New Zealand First Party
The Rt Hon Winston Peters MP, Leader of New Zealand First and Member of Parliament for Tauranga, today accused Margaret Wilson of making superficial and inadequate comments on the issue of bridge tolling in Tauranga. More >>
AG's Comments Superficial And Inadequate
Thursday, 29 March 2001, 11:19 am | New Zealand First Party
The Rt Hon Winston Peters MP, Leader of New Zealand First and Member of Parliament for Tauranga, today accused Margaret Wilson of making superficial and inadequate comments on the issue of bridge tolling in Tauranga. More >>
Confirmation Of Failure At Last
Wednesday, 28 March 2001, 3:09 pm | New Zealand First Party
“Unable to string us along any further with vague tales of being held in reserve or doing well to be coming third, it is no surprise to hear that the New Zealand Airways Corporation was not successful in its bid to win the contract to provide ... More >>
Security Of Privileged Information Paramount
Tuesday, 27 March 2001, 6:37 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First Law and Order spokesperson Ron Mark has again stressed the need to ensure absolute security of personal sensitive and privileged information held on Police and Justice department computers. More >>
Peters Calls For Independent Bio-Security Audit
Friday, 23 March 2001, 2:09 pm | New Zealand First Party
Winston Peters has today called for an immediate audit of New Zealand’s bio-security border controls by an independent team of experts. More >>
Spot The Difference: Govt Lacks Regional Policy
Friday, 23 March 2001, 12:33 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First deplores the decision made by DB to close their Monteiths Brewery on the West Coast. More >>
Protection Of The Law Extends To MPs’ Families
Thursday, 22 March 2001, 4:48 pm | New Zealand First Party
The Rt Hon Winston Peters MP, Leader of New Zealand First, today said that whilst he did not want to get into any of the personal politics that National and Labour are presently engaging in he said it was of concern that matters regarding Health ... More >>
Hobbs/Bunkle Clearance – In-House Inquiry Only
Thursday, 22 March 2001, 4:28 pm | New Zealand First Party
The Rt Hon Winston Peters MP, Leader of New Zealand First, today responded to the Audit Office Report clearing MPs Phillida Bunkle and Marian Hobbs of any wrongdoing regarding their parliamentary allowances by saying that they can’t have it both ways ... More >>
Front Up To Tauranga Over Election Promise
Thursday, 22 March 2001, 10:37 am | New Zealand First Party
Speaking from his Tauranga Electorate, the Rt Hon Winston Peters, Leader of New Zealand First and Member of Parliament for Tauranga, today challenged Prime Minister Helen Clark and Margaret Wilson to use the Prime Minister’s visit to Tauranga today as ... More >>
Re: TVNZ's 6pm News: Allowances And Perks
Tuesday, 20 March 2001, 2:14 pm | New Zealand First Party
We are conducting a survey of TVNZ journalists, commentators, and indeed other staff on a similar matter. More >>
Peters To Hold Survey Of TVNZ Journalist Salaries
Tuesday, 20 March 2001, 12:42 am | New Zealand First Party
The Rt Hon Winston Peters MP, Leader of New Zealand First, today said that he would be conducting a survey of TVNZ journalists and commentators today at 1:00 pm on Parliament’s steps regarding their salaries, perks and clothing allowances. More >>
Clark Response Highights Labour Hypocrisy
Monday, 19 March 2001, 5:56 pm | New Zealand First Party
The Rt Hon Winston Peters MP, Leader of New Zealand First, today said that whilst he agreed with Helen Clark that spouses and children should never be attacked for political reasons, Ms Clark and the Labour Party started using these types of sleazy ... More >>
20/20 Shows Secrecy Of Medical Council Hearings
Monday, 19 March 2001, 11:33 am | New Zealand First Party
The Rt Hon Winston Peters MP, Leader of New Zealand First, today said that another alleged case of medical misadventure against Dr Graham Parry, which was documented on TV 3’s 20/20 programme last night, raised several serious issues of accountability ... More >>
Lay Off Locke!
Wednesday, 14 March 2001, 6:26 pm | New Zealand First Party
At a time when Major McNutt’s family are endeavoring to come to terms with the loss of their loved one, Mr Keith Locke’s comments display a degree of insensitivity which is enormously regretful said Ron Mark MP, the New Zealand First Spokesman for Defence. More >>
Teachers Held Over A Barrel By Minister
Wednesday, 14 March 2001, 5:49 pm | New Zealand First Party
“The Minister of Education, Trevor Mallard, is holding teachers over a barrel by having a single bag of money to fund both salary claims and staffing increases,” said New Zealand First Education Spokesperson, Hon Brian Donnelly MP. More >>
Student EUB Needs Restoration - NZ First
Wednesday, 14 March 2001, 10:22 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is urging the Government to restore the Emergency Unemployment Benefit for students in the upcoming budget. More >>
Where’s The Money, Minister?
Wednesday, 14 March 2001, 10:18 am | New Zealand First Party
“Recommendations made by a Ministerial Review Group for school staffing changes will not be able to be implemented because of budget realities,” said New Zealand First Education Spokesperson, Hon Brian Donnelly MP. More >>
Let The Voters Decide - Winston Peters
Tuesday, 13 March 2001, 5:42 pm | New Zealand First Party
The Rt Hon Winston Peters MP, Leader of New Zealand First, today said he was pleased that Labour had kept its promise to New Zealand First and that their Electoral Amendment Bill 2001 would incorporate the key elements of New Zealand First’s Electoral (Public ... More >>
Immigrants Must Speak English To Succeed
Friday, 9 March 2001, 2:13 pm | New Zealand First Party
“The recent announcement of the Minister of Immigration, Hon Lianne Dalziel that approval for an additional 10,000 immigrants to New Zealand is to be given, and that the current English language requirements are to be reduced, is a silly move said ... More >>
NZ Needs Improved Border Controls Now - Peters
Thursday, 8 March 2001, 12:32 am | New Zealand First Party
“Border control in New Zealand is in need of improvement, said New Zealand First Leader Rt Hon Winston Peters today. More >>
