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Prison No Place for the Mentally Ill
Thursday, 2 March 2017, 10:25 am | New Zealand First Party
Prisons are not the place for people with mental health problems, says New Zealand First. More >>
2,000 Millionaires Migrated Here in 2016
Thursday, 2 March 2017, 9:37 am | New Zealand First Party
With Dow Jones’ MarketWatch reporting that 4,000 millionaires have moved to New Zealand in the past two years, New Zealand First is asking the government for immigration honesty. More >>
4000 Apply for 26 Jobs – Were 3974 Lazy, Drug Addicts?
Wednesday, 1 March 2017, 12:47 pm | New Zealand First Party
So far Prime Minister Bill English has called out-of-work New Zealanders druggies and lazy. More >>
More Empty Promises on Transport for Regions
Wednesday, 1 March 2017, 12:14 pm | New Zealand First Party
Denis O’Rourke MP New Zealand First Spokesperson for Transport 1 MARCH 2017 More Empty Promises on Transport for Regions More >>
Drug Use Claim a Cover-up for Migrant Labour Preference
Tuesday, 28 February 2017, 4:10 pm | New Zealand First Party
National’s immigration addiction is robbing more young job seekers of a job than failure to pass a drug test,” says New Zealand First Leader and Member of Parliament for Northland Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>
Taking the Axe to Regions an Excuse for Policy Failure
Tuesday, 28 February 2017, 1:52 pm | New Zealand First Party
A group of Right-wing, neo-liberal researchers wants to kill off New Zealand regional towns by selective engineering, says New Zealand First. More >>
Time to Fund Medication for Rare Disease
Tuesday, 28 February 2017, 1:50 pm | New Zealand First Party
Funding treatment for life limiting and rare diseases should be the focus of today’s National Rare Disease Day, says New Zealand First More >>
Minister Must Act to Prevent Further CYF Attacks
Tuesday, 28 February 2017, 10:31 am | New Zealand First Party
Minister for Social Development Anne Tolley can no longer stand idly by after yet another attack at a CYF justice facility where at least two youth ran away, says New Zealand First. More >>
Tolley Twisting Truth on ‘Youth Service’
Monday, 27 February 2017, 2:50 pm | New Zealand First Party
Minister for Social Development Anne Tolley is trying to sell the government’s ‘Youth Service’ when recently released Treasury reports throw some real serious doubt on the Youth Service in its entirety, says New Zealand First. More >>
1080 Fast-Track an Attempt to Silence Opposition
Monday, 27 February 2017, 1:42 pm | New Zealand First Party
The National government announcement that responsibility for granting 1080 poison drop consents will switch from regional councils to a centralised agency, is an ill-disguised ploy intended to circumvent public and community concerns and input into the process, ... More >>
Home Detention Will Not Turn Robbers Around
Monday, 27 February 2017, 1:19 pm | New Zealand First Party
The Northland dairy owner bashed with a tyre iron is right to call out our justice system as too soft, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland MP Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>
Taxpayers Bear Brunt of Record Immigration
Monday, 27 February 2017, 1:16 pm | New Zealand First Party
Taxpayers are being bled dry from National’s open door immigration which keeps breaking records. More >>
Dunne Trying to Sneak Out of Fire Disaster Management Mess
Monday, 27 February 2017, 9:51 am | New Zealand First Party
Internal Affairs Minister Peter Dunne and the National government have only themselves to blame for the shemozzle in the Christchurch fires, says New Zealand First. More >>
Insurance Companies Mean, Unfair to Former Defence Personnel
Saturday, 25 February 2017, 1:06 pm | New Zealand First Party
Insurance Companies Mean, Unfair to Former Defence Personnel The Minister of Defence is being asked to urgently intervene with insurers after the tragic death of decorated ex-Special Air Service (SAS) soldier Corporal Steve Askin has highlighted appalling ... More >>
Peters: Speech to North Shore Grey Power
Friday, 24 February 2017, 4:29 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand Super has an intrinsic role in New Zealand’s economy and a critical part of the social conditions of New Zealanders. More >>
She’ll Be Right Attitude Won’t Do on NZ Super
Friday, 24 February 2017, 2:48 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealanders must not be complacent about NZ Super, New Zealand First Leader and Northland MP Rt Hon Winston Peters warned today. More >>
What National is Doing Behind the Scenes on Climate Change
Friday, 24 February 2017, 2:01 pm | New Zealand First Party
As the issues do not come any bigger than climate change, New Zealand First commits itself to a genuine response to climate change as opposed to the pretense and make-believe, which New Zealanders have had from this government over the past eight years. More >>
National Fails Those That Need It Most in Education … Again!
Friday, 24 February 2017, 1:48 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is disappointed that the National government refuses to accept that the recent inquiry into support for students with Dyslexia, Dyspraxia and on the Autism Spectrum has shown that the system is underfunded, under resourced and ... More >>
Big Backdown by Smith on Swimmable Rivers
Thursday, 23 February 2017, 3:19 pm | New Zealand First Party
Nick Smith’s target of swimmable rivers by 2040 is a massive backdown from saying just a year ago that it wasn’t practical, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland MP Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>
Chances of Catching Crooked Bosses Remote
Thursday, 23 February 2017, 1:01 pm | New Zealand First Party
National’s new legislation against employers exploiting migrant workers is a limp response to a major problem and simply political window-dressing, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland Member of Parliament Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>
