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Dodgy Multinationals Get Sweet $266m Deal From Auckland

Thursday, 15 June 2017, 4:11 pm | New Zealand First Party

Dodgy Multinationals Get Sweet $266m Deal From Auckland Ratepayers Auckland Council has caught the outsourcing bug with Auckland ratepayers paying $266m to Australian-based Ventia – a company with ‘colourful owners’ to say the least. “Auckland Council ... More >>

Comedy of Errors Continues as Crown Manager Re-Appointed

Wednesday, 14 June 2017, 2:14 pm | New Zealand First Party

Comedy of Errors Continues as Crown Manager Re-Appointed The comedy of errors continues with the government’s response to the beleaguered ratepayers of Kaipara District Council in Northland. “Today former Crown Manager Peter Winder has been re-appointed ... More >>

Inquiry Needed into SFO Incompetence

Tuesday, 13 June 2017, 4:34 pm | New Zealand First Party

Inquiry Needed into SFO Incompetence With the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) reportedly saying it will "review" its woeful examination of possible fraud at FujiXerox NZ, New Zealand First says a report is needed on the SFO itself. “This is all too ... More >>

New Police ‘Surge’ for Whanganui Only a Trickle

Tuesday, 13 June 2017, 3:48 pm | New Zealand First Party

New Police ‘Surge’ for Whanganui Only a Trickle New Zealand First says it is no wonder Whanganui crime is out of control with the government’s much touted “surge” of extra police barely a trickle. “Most people know crime is getting out of hand ... More >>

FujiXerox scandal grows in spite of NZ silence

Tuesday, 13 June 2017, 1:46 pm | New Zealand First Party

Rt Hon Winston Peters New Zealand First Leader Member of Parliament for Northland 13 JUNE 2017 FujiXerox NZ corruption scandal grows in spite of New Zealand’s silence More >>

FujiXerox NZ corruption blows out towards $500m

Monday, 12 June 2017, 4:22 pm | New Zealand First Party

There has to be something rotten in New Zealand when FujiXerox NZ’s “accounting irregularities” of $472 million could be one of the largest corporate frauds in New Zealand history but the government, the establishment and law enforcement deliberately ... More >>

Government Dithering Delays Oyster Biosecurity Response

Monday, 12 June 2017, 9:30 am | New Zealand First Party

Rt Hon Winston Peters New Zealand First Leader Member of Parliament for 12 JUNE 2017 Government Dithering Delays Oyster Biosecurity Response More >>

Speech: Peters - Auckland Provincial Fire Brigades

Saturday, 10 June 2017, 11:41 am | New Zealand First Party

Speech to Auckland Provincial Fire Brigades Association Paihia Fire Station, 23, Selwyn Rd, Paihia 11am, Saturday, June 10, 2017 HARD-EARNED RESPECT MUST NOT BE LOST BY AMALGAMATION Thank you for inviting me here today. When surveys are held for the ... More >>

Joyce Promises to Look After Quake-Hit Businesses

Thursday, 8 June 2017, 5:22 pm | New Zealand First Party

Denis O’Rourke MP New Zealand First Spokesperson for Earthquake Recovery 8 JUNE 2017 Joyce Promises to Look After Quake-Hit Businesses More >>

National’s Crisis of Its Own Making

Thursday, 8 June 2017, 5:09 pm | New Zealand First Party

Denis O’Rourke MP New Zealand First Spokesperson on Housing 8 JUNE 2017 National’s Crisis of Its Own Making More >>

Police Have Struggled to Pay Their Wage Bill Under National

Thursday, 8 June 2017, 4:35 pm | New Zealand First Party

Cash-strapped police have been so desperate to get money to pay wages for their staff they had to go cap in hand to get money from the State Sector slush fund, says New Zealand First Police Spokesperson Ron Mark. More >>

Government Mess-up Costs Kaipara Ratepayers Another $321,000

Thursday, 8 June 2017, 3:30 pm | New Zealand First Party

Northland MP, the Rt Hon Winston Peters, is writing to the Prime Minister to demand that the government reimburse $321,960.62 to the Kaipara District Council, spent under the government’s illegally appointed Crown Manager. More >>

Common Sense Policies

Thursday, 8 June 2017, 2:47 pm | New Zealand First Party

Rt Hon Winston Peters Speech to Whakatane Grey Power Public Meeting: Common Sense Policies - And They Always Have Been More >>

Parliament Kept in Dark Over International Treaties

Thursday, 8 June 2017, 12:08 pm | New Zealand First Party

Fletcher Tabuteau MP Spokesperson for Trade 8 JUNE 2017 Parliament Kept in Dark Over International Treaties More >>

No Costings, No Plans in Northland Bridges Promise

Wednesday, 7 June 2017, 8:05 pm | New Zealand First Party

More evidence has emerged that National dreamt up its two-lane bridges promise on the spur of the moment during the 2015 Northland by-election, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland MP Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>

Falling Short on House Building in Auckland

Wednesday, 7 June 2017, 8:04 pm | New Zealand First Party

Only 4,472 houses were completed in Auckland from January to October 2016 last year – in a city that is short of 40,000 houses. More >>

Minister’s Office Interferes in Kiwirail Decision Making

Tuesday, 6 June 2017, 6:31 pm | New Zealand First Party

Minister’s Office Interferes in Kiwirail Decision Making Questions must be asked why the Minister of Transport’s office has been blocking KiwiRail from releasing information to the public, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland MP Rt Hon ... More >>