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"Dunne Deal" A Betrayal Of MMP

Tuesday, 31 August 1999, 6:19 pm | New Zealand First Party

New Zealand First has accused National and United's Peter Dunne of betraying voters with their backroom deal over the Ohariu-Belmont electorate. More >>

Simich Urged to Announce Prison Site

Tuesday, 31 August 1999, 9:40 am | New Zealand First Party

Whangarei NZ First List MP, Hon Brian Donnelly, today urged the Minister of Corrections to make public any decisions on the siting of a prison in Northland. More >>

National Out Of Step On Defence

Monday, 30 August 1999, 6:01 pm | New Zealand First Party

National's Defence policy is more about defending its own past inaction than it is about defending New Zealand. More >>

ACT Block’s Questions On Northland Unemployment

Thursday, 26 August 1999, 4:25 pm | New Zealand First Party

Whangarei New Zealand First MP, Hon Brian Donnelly, is angry that a question to the Government about alarming unemployment statistics in Northland was blocked by the ACT Party today during question time. More >>

Peters On SFO’s Decision to Pursue Winebox

Thursday, 26 August 1999, 1:26 pm | New Zealand First Party

New Zealand First Leader Rt Hon Winston Peters has welcomed the Serious Fraud Office’s decision to investigate further the ‘Magnum’ deals following the High Court decision last Friday: More >>

Robyn McDonald Letter To All MPs

Wednesday, 25 August 1999, 4:33 pm | New Zealand First Party

To enable members to reconsider the lowering of the legal drinking age that will be enacted by the passing of the Sale of Liquor Amendment Bill No2. I will be asking the Chair of the Committee for separate voting on the following parts and schedule. More >>

Peters - Speech On Winebox

Wednesday, 25 August 1999, 2:27 pm | New Zealand First Party

Extracts from an address by Winston Peters to Greypower, at Rugby League Clubrooms, Wainuiomata... The Mission is no longer impossible – collect the hundreds of millions owed to New Zealand!” More >>

Birch Not Fit To Be Revenue Minister - Peters

Monday, 23 August 1999, 4:50 pm | New Zealand First Party

New Zealand First Leader, Rt Hon Winston Peters, today said that Revenue Minister Sir William Birch either does not understand the law or he has contempt for the law. Either way Mr Birch is not fit to be Minister of Revenue. More >>

Winston Peters West Auckland Speech

Monday, 23 August 1999, 2:13 pm | New Zealand First Party

It was never about Winston Peters or New Zealand First - nor should it have been. More >>

Winebox Decision Victory For New Zealand Taxpayers

Friday, 20 August 1999, 4:19 pm | New Zealand First Party

The Winebox decision announced in the High Court in Auckland today represents a victory for all New Zealand taxpayers, said the New Zealand First Leader, Winston Peters. More >>

The Winebox - Who's Responsible? - Peters

Friday, 20 August 1999, 2:46 pm | New Zealand First Party

But – as we now know – key elements of the two old parties in Parliament didn’t want an inquiry and had everything at their disposal to stop it, including the support of some elitist members of the business world and significant elements of the media, ... More >>

Winebox Speech From Ron Mark MP

Friday, 20 August 1999, 2:01 pm | New Zealand First Party

It is a very significant day, not only because we have among us the Leader of New Zealand First, the Right Honourable Winston Peters, but also because the High court in Auckland will soon release its findings into what is commonly referred to as the ... More >>

Woolerton Accuses Young Of Dirty Politics

Wednesday, 18 August 1999, 5:31 pm | New Zealand First Party

Mr Doug Woolerton MP, New Zealand First Agricultural Spokesperson, today said that the National Party were playing dirty politics by trying to capitalise on Mr Woolerton being unable to attend part of a Special Committee Meeting on the Kiwifruit Restructuring ... More >>

Banking is too important to be left to Bankers

Wednesday, 18 August 1999, 2:32 pm | New Zealand First Party

There are important financial sector issues being debated at a national political level that will affect your ability to meet your client’s best interests. More >>

Tauranga Sends a Message to Wellington

Monday, 16 August 1999, 3:30 pm | New Zealand First Party

More than 600 people attended a public rally in Tauranga this afternoon to support their local MP, Winston Peters, and his re-election campaign. More >>

Peters Speech To Public Meeting - Taupo

Monday, 16 August 1999, 9:41 am | New Zealand First Party

A year can be an eternity. Exactly one year ago today the first MMP coalition government split up. Many in the Beehive were in a state of shock and, on the surface, New Zealand appeared to be in political turmoil. More >>

"Laserforce" Army Training Ludicrous

Thursday, 12 August 1999, 5:52 pm | New Zealand First Party

New Zealand First Defence Spokesperson, Major (rtd) Ron Mark, has condemned the banning of live-fire training exercises as a "gigantic leap backwards" for our Army. More >>

“Treasury Does Not Rule NZ” – NZ First

Thursday, 12 August 1999, 5:00 pm | New Zealand First Party

The New Zealand First Leader, Winston Peters, said today that Members of Parliament are elected to govern New Zealand – not Treasury bureaucrats. More >>

Nuclear Hypocrisy

Thursday, 12 August 1999, 11:06 am | New Zealand First Party

New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters MP, today contrasted the National Government’s willingness to assist North Korea’s nuclear industry with it’s refusal to assist New Zealand veterans of British nuclear tests. More >>

Viagra Pathetic Token Hand-Out

Thursday, 12 August 1999, 10:47 am | New Zealand First Party

New Zealand First Defence Spokesperson for Veterans Affairs, Ron Mark, says the government’s talk of giving New Zealand war veterans discounted Viagra is demeaning and does nothing to address their major concerns. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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