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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 >>
NZ First Refuses Part In “Sham” MMP Review
Thursday, 16 March 2000, 1:07 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has declined to take part in the MMP review as outlined by the Attorney-General. More >>
GOVERNMENT MPS SHOULD BE ASHAMED OVER ACC LAW
Thursday, 16 March 2000, 12:34 am | New Zealand First Party
“Government MPs and their supporters should hang their heads in shame over the Accident Insurance Bill,” said New Zealand First ACC Spokesperson, Peter Brown. More >>
Brown Challenges Minister To Break Silence On Fuel
Wednesday, 15 March 2000, 6:57 pm | New Zealand First Party
“The Minister of Energy, Peter Hodgson, must become more actively involved in the issue of escalating fuel prices which are now occurring with very little notice,” said New Zealand First Energy Spokesperson, Peter Brown. More >>
Double Standards Or One Law For All?
Wednesday, 15 March 2000, 4:27 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First Law and Order spokesman, Ron Mark, today accused politicians of having double standards over drug use. More >>
Give Workplace Accident Victims The Right To Sue
Wednesday, 15 March 2000, 2:44 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has called for employees to again have the right to sue negligent employers for loss of earnings suffered through workplace accidents. More >>
Government Discriminating Against Majority
Tuesday, 14 March 2000, 5:48 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First Education Spokesperson, Hon Brian Donnelly, said today that the Government’s announcement to proceed in returning kindergarten teachers to the state sector, discriminates against all other early childhood teachers. “Kindergarten Associations ... More >>
Employment Should Be Fair And Neutral
Tuesday, 14 March 2000, 4:43 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has welcomed the move to improve the situation for some low paid workers but emphasised that the best industrial law favours neither the employers nor the unions. More >>
Government Silence On School Staff Causing Chaos
Tuesday, 14 March 2000, 3:24 pm | New Zealand First Party
“The Government’s silence on the system it plans to use for staffing schools next year is causing real anxiety and concern for principals and teachers at bulk-funded schools,” New Zealand First Education Spokesperson, Brian Donnelly, said today. More >>
NZ First Says Aim ACC Bill At Victims
Tuesday, 14 March 2000, 11:52 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First wants amendments to improve benefits to accident victims in the ACC legislation which is to be debated in Parliament this afternoon. More >>
Government Fails To Properly Consult Fishing Ind.
Friday, 10 March 2000, 1:18 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has called on the Fisheries Minister to properly consult with the fishing industry, as required by law, over changes to the management of a major Southern Fishery. More >>
