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Fisheries Resources Must Stay In NZ Hands
Thursday, 20 April 2000, 4:00 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is warning that a major part of New Zealand’s fishing interests is in danger of being sold to foreign control “through the back door.” More >>
Peters Urges Minister To Act On Bee Threat
Thursday, 13 April 2000, 4:48 pm | New Zealand First Party
In light of the present threat to the bee industry, three recent reports of imported snakes and numerous other examples of foreign pests coming into New Zealand, the Rt Hon Winston Peters MP, Leader of New Zealand First, today called on the Ministers ... More >>
Government Defies Convention Over Honours
Tuesday, 11 April 2000, 9:38 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has accused the Government of defying Parliamentary convention with its arbitrary decision to scrap Dames and Knights from the Honours system. More >>
Lessons Of The Past Should Be Learnt By Police
Monday, 10 April 2000, 10:33 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First Law and Order spokesman, Ron Mark, today urged Police not to ignore the lessons learnt during the INCIS debacle. More >>
Toothfish Ban
Thursday, 6 April 2000, 5:55 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First fisheries spokesman Doug Woolerton today attacked the Green Party initiative to promote a ban on fishing Patagonian and Antarctic toothfish. More >>
Chief Justice Recieves Apologies From Peters
Thursday, 6 April 2000, 3:34 pm | New Zealand First Party
The New Zealand First Leader, Rt Hon Winston Peters, has apologised to the Chief Justice for criticising her attendance at the constitutional conference in Wellington this week. More >>
Aucklanders - Put Up Or Shut Up!!
Tuesday, 4 April 2000, 4:53 pm | New Zealand First Party
This Friday the Kingz have a home game against Marconi, only home is not where it has been in recent times. More >>
Peters Stays Away From Constitutional Conference
Tuesday, 4 April 2000, 12:36 am | New Zealand First Party
The New Zealand First Leader, Rt Hon Winston Peters, has declined an invitation to attend a controversial constitutional conference in Wellington this coming weekend . More >>
Helen Should Not Confuse NZ Over Security Issues
Thursday, 30 March 2000, 1:16 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has accused the Prime Minister of trying to “fudge” the position of the Deputy Prime Minister over the stand he took in relation to the Radiocommunications Amendment Bill. More >>
Keep Fisheries In New Zealand Hands – NZ First
Wednesday, 29 March 2000, 2:38 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has called on the Government to ensure that Brierley Investments’ fifty per cent share of Sealords remains in New Zealand hands and is not “flogged off” overseas. More >>
NZ First Calls For Support For The Warriors
Thursday, 23 March 2000, 5:43 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has called on all New Zealanders to throw their weight behind the Auckland Warriors in their game against Sidney City at Ericsson Stadium on Sunday. More >>
Well Done Jim But Don't Stop There
Thursday, 23 March 2000, 1:29 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First Energy spokesperson Peter Brown, has praised the Deputy Prime Minister, Hon Jim Anderton, for getting the price of petrol down and has urged him to keep going with this campaign. More >>
NZ First Seeks Guarantee Of Family Law Reform
Wednesday, 22 March 2000, 3:22 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has approached the Government for a guarantee that it will make Family Law reform a priority. More >>
Make New Zealand's Security An "ACT Free" Zone
Tuesday, 21 March 2000, 7:56 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is opposing the nomination of the ACT leader, Richard Prebble, to Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee. More >>
Reduce Petrol Prices - Crude Oil Down
Tuesday, 21 March 2000, 4:55 pm | New Zealand First Party
The Government should tell the oil companies to lower petrol and other fuel prices immediately because of a reduction in crude oil prices, said the New Zealand First Energy spokesman, Peter Brown. More >>
Stiffer Sentences For Fireams Offences
Monday, 20 March 2000, 1:42 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First Law and Order spokesman, Ron Mark, has called for stiffer sentences, including mandatory jail terms for firearms offences. More >>
New Government Ministry
Friday, 17 March 2000, 4:11 pm | New Zealand First Party
The government is considering taking legal action against the tobacco companies. At the same time it is proffering the view that puffing “the odd bit of cannabis” is okay. More >>
More Of National's Business Incompetence
Friday, 17 March 2000, 2:27 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First Leader, Rt Hon Winston Peters, today described the $29 million windfall refund of stamp duty, to the privately owned Energy Company, Contact Energy, as yet another case of National’s fiscal incompetence. More >>
Brown Urges Greens To Stop Weasel Words
Friday, 17 March 2000, 10:36 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First ACC Spokesperson, Peter Brown, has challenged the Green Party Members of Parliament to stop their use of weasel words and to support initiatives to provide better entitlements to accident victims. More >>
New Zealand Importing Fijian “Rimu”
Thursday, 16 March 2000, 3:05 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is appalled that a Nelson based furniture manufacturer has been forced to import timber from unsustainable logging operations in Fiji as a substitute for high quality West Coast rimu. More >>
