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Dock Officers Pay - NZ First
Thursday, 12 August 1999, 9:51 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First Defence Spokesperson, Ron Mark, has called for the Minister of Defence to dock the pay of all those officers who authorised and attended the glitzy Masters of Business Seminar in Auckland and not take money from the Defence training ... More >>
Sir Douglas Myers’ Anti MMP Remarks Predictable
Wednesday, 11 August 1999, 4:28 pm | New Zealand First Party
The Rt Hon Winston Peters MP, Leader of New Zealand First, today said that Business Roundtable Chairman, Sir Douglas Myers’ anti MMP comments at a Tauranga Chamber of Commerce luncheon are highly predictable. More >>
Hold The Hauraki Marine Park Bill
Tuesday, 10 August 1999, 5:22 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has called for the Hauraki Marine Park Bill to be delayed until the Waitangi Tribunal has resolved the ownership and property rights to the foreshore and seabed for Hauraki Maori. More >>
INCIS: Once Again The Consultants Are Smiling
Tuesday, 10 August 1999, 3:02 pm | New Zealand First Party
While Finance Minister Sir William Birch is trying to lay the blame for the INCIS debacle at the feet of IBM and Labour try to lay it on the government, there's one group who's smiling all the way to the bank, says MP Gilbert Myles. More >>
NZ First MPs “Shocked” At Teen Drinking
Monday, 9 August 1999, 12:30 am | New Zealand First Party
Two New Zealand First MPs were shocked and horrified at the amount of teenage drunkenness they saw when they patrolled with police in Christchurch and Auckland last night and early this morning. More >>
A Nightmare Masquerading As Vision
Monday, 9 August 1999, 12:27 am | New Zealand First Party
Today in New Zealand Politics everyone is talking about vision. No one seems to know what that is but apparently it is an attachment that every politician should have but does not More >>
Theme: "The women leaders have lost their way."
Friday, 6 August 1999, 12:51 am | New Zealand First Party
We were the first to give women the vote, to pay substantial old age pensions, and to adopt enlightened industrial laws. More >>
Theme: "MMP - cleaning up Government"
Friday, 6 August 1999, 12:48 am | New Zealand First Party
Over the past fifteen years New Zealand has been through one of the biggest social and economic upheavals experienced by any Western democracy outside war. More >>
Action Required Over RBA – Not Navel Gazing
Thursday, 5 August 1999, 11:47 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has welcomed Helen Clark’s announcement that Labour will amend the Reserve Bank Act’s Policy Target Agreement to keep the exchange rate competitive but says it is only “tinkering” with the problem. More >>
Creech – “Chamberlain Of The Food Chains”
Thursday, 5 August 1999, 11:45 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has called on the Health Minister to explain why he has sold out to food chains over GMF and irradiated food. More >>
NZ First Maori Candidate For Waiariki Seat
Tuesday, 3 August 1999, 5:13 pm | New Zealand First Party
An outstanding Maori woman has been selected as the New Zealand First candidate for the new Waiariki electorate. More >>
"Arrogant" Attitude Stymied Power Deal
Tuesday, 3 August 1999, 5:11 pm | New Zealand First Party
The New Zealand First Leader, Rt Hon Winston Peters, said today that Max Bradford cannot seem to accept that he is in an MMP environment and that some issues can only be advanced through negotiation and compromise. More >>
Power Price Negotiations Presser - Winston Peters
Monday, 2 August 1999, 3:22 pm | New Zealand First Party
At New Zealand First's recent convention I urged all political parties to make MMP work for the New Zealand people. More >>
Media Conference - Peters on Electricity
Monday, 2 August 1999, 11:52 am | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters and Peter Brown, MP, Energy Spokesperson, will be holding a media conference about electricity pricing at 2pm today in Mr Peters Electorate Office, 89 Grey Street Tauranga. More >>
MPs Urged To Change Position For Sake Of Teens
Sunday, 1 August 1999, 4:28 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First MP Ron Mark has written to all MPs who voted for lowering the drinking age, urging them to change their position. More >>
Beer Vote Hits Families Hardest
Thursday, 29 July 1999, 5:54 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First MP Ron Mark says he fears for Christchurch families in the wake of the vote to allow beer sales in the city’s supermarkets. More >>
Liquor Vote Does Nothing For Coromandel Families
Thursday, 29 July 1999, 4:42 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First MP Hon Robyn McDonald has accused the MP’s who voted for lowering the drinking age of doing grave harm to Coromandel families, especially young people. More >>
Speech Extracts: Peters - Ashburton Greypower
Thursday, 29 July 1999, 3:53 pm | New Zealand First Party
Extracts from an Address to the Ashburton Greypower Association, The Senior Citizens Hall, 252 Cameron Street, Ashburton, 29 July 1999 More >>
Irrational Voting
Thursday, 29 July 1999, 2:47 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First Health Spokesperson, Jenny Bloxham MP, has asked the Minister of Health, and the Alliance and ACT Health Spokespeople to explain their decision to lower the drinking age. More >>
Fight Not Over On Lowering Drinking Age
Thursday, 29 July 1999, 1:43 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First MP Ron Mark has slammed other Christchurch MPs for voting to lower the drinking age from twenty to eighteen last night, but warns that the fight is not over. More >>
