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Large Sales to Overseas Buyers Another Blow for NZ
Friday, 31 March 2017, 8:53 pm | New Zealand First Party
The sale of Cook Strait ferry service Bluebridge and trucking company Freight Lines to Australian investors is another example of foreign owners gaining increased control of Kiwi businesses, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland Member of Parliament, ... More >>
More Teacher Aides Needed to Cope with Violent Children
Friday, 31 March 2017, 1:10 pm | New Zealand First Party
Northland’s special education services must be better resourced as soon as possible, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland Member of Parliament, Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>
Thames Has Good Reason to Be Angry Over Lack of Policing
Thursday, 30 March 2017, 5:15 pm | New Zealand First Party
An average of 8.3 officers on duty over Christmas and New Year means the people of Thames and the Coromandel are right to be concerned, says New Zealand First. More >>
New Demerit Points System Will Seriously Combat Youth Crime
Thursday, 30 March 2017, 2:58 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is proposing a radical overhaul of the youth justice system in a new member’s bill which will introduce a demerit points system for youth offenders. More >>
Rural mental health and addiction services matter
Wednesday, 29 March 2017, 4:23 pm | New Zealand First Party
Mental health and addiction services in rural New Zealand matter because the people there are not numbers, says New Zealand First. More >>
PM Irresponsible Encouraging Tourists Off Tour Buses
Wednesday, 29 March 2017, 12:56 pm | New Zealand First Party
Prime Minister Bill English is displaying the height of irresponsibility in encouraging Chinese tourists to get off tour buses and travel independently, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland Member of Parliament Hon Winston Peters. More >>
Government Moves to Allow the Importation of Manure
Wednesday, 29 March 2017, 10:36 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says the Prime Minister must rein-in Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy, who has his officials developing an Import Health Standard for animal manure. More >>
Conservation’s Low Spend on Weed And Pest Control Revealed
Wednesday, 29 March 2017, 9:24 am | New Zealand First Party
Kiwis will be stunned by how little the Minister of Conservation and National are putting into pest and weed control on the Conservation Estate, says New Zealand First. More >>
National’s Underfunding of St John Woeful
Tuesday, 28 March 2017, 4:05 pm | New Zealand First Party
The National government’s lack of support for St John is putting lives at risk, says New Zealand First Health Spokesperson Barbara Stewart. More >>
National Continuing to Look After Its Own
Tuesday, 28 March 2017, 3:16 pm | New Zealand First Party
The National Party looks after its own – long after they have left Parliament as has been seen again with the appointment of Simon Upton as the new Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland Member ... More >>
Who’s Telling Porkies?
Tuesday, 28 March 2017, 2:12 pm | New Zealand First Party
Minister of Police Paula Bennett is either telling porkies or she can’t handle her portfolio, says New Zealand First Police Spokesperson Ron Mark. More >>
Where’s the Funding for Tourism Infrastructure?
Monday, 27 March 2017, 4:49 pm | New Zealand First Party
The government’s plan to pump up tourism from China must include more money being made available to councils to provide much-needed infrastructure, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland Member of Parliament Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>
NZ’s Economic Kowtow to China Begins
Monday, 27 March 2017, 2:03 pm | New Zealand First Party
With Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in Wellington today, New Zealand First is demanding transparency over the secret deals being done behind closed doors. More >>
Minister Blows Millions on Race-Based Conservation
Monday, 27 March 2017, 10:31 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First wants to know why the $7.9m Ngā Whenua Rahui scheme for Māori Land has only protected 87 hectares in the year to 20 March More >>
We Will Return NZ to: Crime Doesn’t Pay
Friday, 24 March 2017, 10:00 am | New Zealand First Party
To battle widespread criminal behaviour by young people socially DNA-ed for destruction as seen in Kaikohe last weekend, New Zealand First will, among other measures, repeal the anti-smacking law. More >>
No Place For Complacency - Winston Peters Speech
Friday, 24 March 2017, 8:36 am | New Zealand First Party
Should Northland be cynical? Youth socially DNA-ed for destruction More >>
Police Youth Aid Numbers Must Be Guaranteed
Thursday, 23 March 2017, 3:58 pm | New Zealand First Party
The Police Association’s demand for increased number of Youth Aid Officers must be guaranteed by National if they are to cope with an increase in the Youth Court age, says New Zealand First. More >>
No Place for Complacency
Thursday, 23 March 2017, 12:52 pm | New Zealand First Party
It is a truth universally acknowledged that the Reserve Bank’s OCR releases are masterpieces of misinformation, says New Zealand First Leader and MP For Northland, Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>
Minister Must Front up Over Police Staff Cuts
Thursday, 23 March 2017, 9:40 am | New Zealand First Party
Minister of Police Paula Bennett must come clean and clarify how many police are losing their jobs in the coming weeks, says New Zealand First Police Spokesperson and Deputy Leader Rob Mark. More >>
New Zealand First Tables Water Royalty Bill
Wednesday, 22 March 2017, 5:32 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First today tabled an amendment to the Crown Minerals Act that would collect royalties on drinking water exports. More >>
