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Cutting ‘Computers in Schools’ a Blow for Low Income Homes

Wednesday, 5 April 2017, 1:34 pm | New Zealand First Party

By cutting the ‘Computers in Homes’ programme, National and Associate Education Minister Nikki Kaye has dealt a blow to low income families, says New Zealand First Education Spokesperson, Tracey Martin. More >>

Law And Order Falling Apart under Bennett

Wednesday, 5 April 2017, 1:33 pm | New Zealand First Party

Law and order is breaking down in New Zealand when a liquor store manager rings the police four times seeking their help after he had managed to trap a shoplifter and they told him to let the offender go, says New Zealand First Police spokesperson ... More >>

Convicted Chinese Driver Should Have Received Jail Time

Wednesday, 5 April 2017, 1:30 pm | New Zealand First Party

The Chinese driver found guilty of causing a major crash seriously injuring a woman and killing her horse should have received the maximum penalty of three months in prison, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland Member of Parliament, Rt Hon ... More >>

If RMA Bill Passed, NZ First Will Repeal It

Wednesday, 5 April 2017, 8:49 am | New Zealand First Party

New Zealand is headed for separatist parallel government if the Resource Legislation Amendment Bill is passed and if it is, New Zealand First will repeal it after this year’s general election, says party leader and Northland Member of Parliament, ... More >>

Mushroom Manure Imports – like Russian Roulette

Tuesday, 4 April 2017, 4:47 pm | New Zealand First Party

New Zealand First wants to know why the National Government is playing a form of “Russian Roulette” by protecting an importer who brought in high risk animal manure. More >>

Work Visa Scammer Should Be Deported

Tuesday, 4 April 2017, 4:22 pm | New Zealand First Party

The former Philippines national responsible for a work visa scam involving more than 1000 Filipino dairy workers should have been deported, not merely sentenced to home detention and community work, says New Zealand First Leader and Member of ... More >>

Peters Writes to All National MPs Over RMA Reforms

Tuesday, 4 April 2017, 12:50 pm | New Zealand First Party

Speaking on Newstalk ZB’s Leighton Smith Show, the Rt Hon Winston Peters has confirmed that he has written to every National Party MP asking them to suspend the Resource Legislation Amendment Bill’s passage. More >>

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 >>

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