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Ria Bond Selected Again for Invercargill Electorate
Wednesday, 24 May 2017, 2:29 pm | New Zealand First Party
Ria Bond MP will stand again as New Zealand First candidate in the Invercargill electorate, this time in the 2017 general election. More >>
New Zealand First Announces Dunedin Candidates
Wednesday, 24 May 2017, 2:28 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First’s candidates to contest the Dunedin North and Dunedin South seats in this year’s general election bring with them a mix of social, environmental, community and education experience. More >>
Lawrence Farmer is Clutha-Southland Candidate
Wednesday, 24 May 2017, 2:26 pm | New Zealand First Party
Mark Patterson, a fourth generation sheep and beef farmer at Lawrence is New Zealand First’s Clutha-Southland candidate for this year’s election. More >>
Higher Education Losing Its Soul as Bean Counters Rule
Wednesday, 24 May 2017, 12:51 pm | New Zealand First Party
The English writer G. K. Chesterton said: “Education is simply the soul of society as it passes from one generation to another.” More >>
Kiwis Missing Out on Americas Cup
Wednesday, 24 May 2017, 12:36 pm | New Zealand First Party
Most Kiwis are out of luck if they want the chance to watch this year’s Americas Cup live and free-to-air, says New Zealand First. More >>
The Fictional Surplus And You
Wednesday, 24 May 2017, 10:58 am | New Zealand First Party
It is always a pleasure to visit the home of the Highlanders Super 15 rugby team. More >>
On the Auditor-General: Stand Down Only Option
Wednesday, 24 May 2017, 10:55 am | New Zealand First Party
The case of the Auditor-General is simple. He must stand down, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland MP Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>
Myrtle Rust Strikes a King Country Nursery
Tuesday, 23 May 2017, 9:19 pm | New Zealand First Party
Myrtle Rust Strikes a King Country Nursery New Zealand First says there is one word linking all of the Myrtle Rust discoveries in Northland, Taranaki and now King Country and it is “nursery”. “The biosecurity ambulance at the bottom of the cliff ... More >>
Teen Crimes Skyrocket - Teen Court Appearances Drop
Tuesday, 23 May 2017, 9:18 pm | New Zealand First Party
Teen Crimes Skyrocket - Teen Court Appearances Drop Something is seriously wrong with the youth justice system when there has been a decrease in court convictions for teens despite a massive increase in their serious offending, says New Zealand ... More >>
English Should Stand Down Matthews Immediately
Tuesday, 23 May 2017, 4:41 pm | New Zealand First Party
If the government is responsible for the government machine and places so much store on it as the Prime Minister claimed in parliament today then he should stand down Auditor-General Martin Matthews immediately, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland ... More >>
Budget day/deception day
Sunday, 21 May 2017, 2:03 pm | New Zealand First Party
Budget day/deception day Next Thursday is Budget Day when Steven Joyce will seek to Trump Bill English in smoke and mirrors. A credible Budget will have three features. First, it will provide an honest accounting of how the New Zealand economy and government ... More >>
Books ‘Cooked’ on Electric Trains Despite Denial
Saturday, 20 May 2017, 12:21 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First believes KiwiRail “cooked the books” to get rid of electric trains on part of the North Island main trunk line. “They manipulated information for presentation to Ministers to favour Chinese diesel trains, but claim they did ... More >>
Police Short on Money So Court Case Dropped
Friday, 19 May 2017, 4:02 pm | New Zealand First Party
The victim of a life-threatening hunting injury in Masterton believes charges have been withdrawn because there’s no money for expert evidence, says New Zealand First. More >>
Myrtle Rust Spread Means Minister Should Resign
Friday, 19 May 2017, 3:43 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says further discoveries of Myrtle Rust at a second Waitara nursery and a garden centre in New Plymouth, along with the original Kerikeri nursery, are failures in biosecurity that the Minister must now take responsibility for. More >>
National Hopeless on Immigration, Time for Change
Friday, 19 May 2017, 3:41 pm | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters New Zealand First Leader Member of Parliament for Northland 19 MAY 2017 NATIONAL HOPELESS ON IMMIGRATION, TIME FOR CHANGE National has been utterly hapless and hopeless on immigration – it is past time for a reset, says New Zealand ... More >>
English Hoodwinked into Early TPPA
Thursday, 18 May 2017, 1:11 pm | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters New Zealand First Leader Member of Parliament for Northland 18 MAY 2017 English Hoodwinked into Early TPPA More >>
Speech to NZ Federation of Disability Information Centres
Thursday, 18 May 2017, 9:57 am | New Zealand First Party
The Federation of Disability Information Centres play a critical role in ensuring the disabled throughout New Zealand can lead full and active lives in their communities and assisting with the formulation of policy for the disabled. More >>
Myrtle Rust in Taranaki … in a Nursery … What Are the Odds?
Wednesday, 17 May 2017, 4:58 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says the discovery of myrtle rust in a Taranaki nursery, after being first confirmed in a Kerikeri nursery, is now a case of once bitten, twice shy. More >>
More Students to Be Taught by Well-Meaning Apprentices
Wednesday, 17 May 2017, 4:30 pm | New Zealand First Party
Minister of Education Nikki Kaye’s announcement of $5 million over four years to fund more teachers in priority subjects through Teach First NZ highlights the lack of workforce planning from National over nine years. More >>
Whistle-Blowers the Victims – And Pressure on Them Again
Wednesday, 17 May 2017, 4:23 pm | New Zealand First Party
Whistle-blowers are once again paying the price for speaking out – this time in the Ministry of Transport fraud case, says New Zealand First. More >>
