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NZ First Plans To Boost Provincial New Zealand

Sunday, 3 October 1999, 7:42 pm | New Zealand First Party

These were announced by the New Zealand First Leader, Rt Hon Winston Peters, at a rally in Dargaville this afternoon. More >>

NZ First Promises Tough Coalition Bargaining

Thursday, 30 September 1999, 4:29 pm | New Zealand First Party

New Zealand First will be driving a hard bargain on behalf of thousands of New Zealanders on the 28th November – the day after the General Election. More >>

New Zealand First Tertiary Education Policy

Thursday, 30 September 1999, 2:09 pm | New Zealand First Party

Overall participation in tertiary education and training has increased but the average funding per student has decreased. This means that tertiary institutions are under pressure to achieve efficiencies or to increase revenue. More >>

Labour Adopts NZ First Tertiary Education Ideas

Wednesday, 29 September 1999, 1:02 pm | New Zealand First Party

The Education spokesperson and former Associate Minister of Education, Brian Donnelly, today said that Labour had followed New Zealand First’s policy of focusing on student loans and the essential reduction of interest rates. More >>

NZ First Maori Candidate For Te Tai Hauauru Seat

Wednesday, 29 September 1999, 9:15 am | New Zealand First Party

An outstanding Maori woman was chosen as the New Zealand First candidate for the Te Tai Hauauru electorate at a hui held at Te Tokanganui-a-noho Marae, Te Kuiti. More >>

Labour – Will You Accept The Alliance Tax Policies

Tuesday, 28 September 1999, 3:57 pm | New Zealand First Party

New Zealand First has called on Labour to explain how many of the Alliance’s tax increases it is prepared to accept. More >>

Farcical Non Hostility Agreement Highlighted

Tuesday, 28 September 1999, 1:47 pm | New Zealand First Party

The Rt Hon Winston Peters MP, Leader of New Zealand First, today said that the release of the Alliance’s tax policy was significant only for the way in which it highlighted the farcical Alliance/Labour non hostility agreement in action. More >>

Peters Urges TVNZ To Take Election Seriously

Tuesday, 28 September 1999, 10:08 am | New Zealand First Party

The New Zealand First Leader, Winston Peters, will tell TVNZ that he will not take part in bizarre TV shows featuring “worms” because the issues facing New Zealanders are too important to be treated as cheap entertainment. More >>

NZ First Calls For Coalition Policy Statements

Sunday, 26 September 1999, 6:07 pm | New Zealand First Party

New Zealand First has called on National and ACT, and Labour and the Alliance to release their coalition policies so the voters have plenty of time to study them before the General Election on 27th November. More >>

Government Inaction A Public Shame

Friday, 24 September 1999, 4:22 pm | New Zealand First Party

New Zealand First Leader, Winston Peters, today expressed bitter disappointment at the Prime Minister’s decision to refuse to have the Victoria Cross posthumously awarded to World War II hero, Sergeant Haane Manahi. More >>

Peters - Lets Have Only 80 MPs

Friday, 24 September 1999, 10:33 am | New Zealand First Party

In short – we believe that one third of all MPs, 40 of them, could be laid off. It’s happened to a lot of other New Zealanders in recent years. We believe the ratio could be fifty constituent MPs and thirty from the list or something around these proportions. More >>