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NZ Super Only Safe with NZ First
Sunday, 5 March 2017, 2:12 pm | New Zealand First Party
NZ Super Only Safe with NZ First “Kiwis are being railroaded into thinking New Zealand Superannuation is unaffordable,” says New Zealand First Leader and Member of Parliament for Northland Rt Hon Winston Peters. “All sorts of self-appointed ... More >>
NZ First Proved Right on Defence House Demolition
Friday, 3 March 2017, 9:49 pm | New Zealand First Party
NZ First Proved Right on Defence House Demolition Having predicted on 15 February that Defence House would need to be demolished, New Zealand First says building owner denials and the Prime Minister’s flippancy are no longer acceptable. “It is sickening ... More >>
More Support Needed for Kiwis Living with Hearing Loss
Friday, 3 March 2017, 3:54 pm | New Zealand First Party
More funding is needed to support kiwis living with hearing loss, says New Zealand First. More >>
Wowsers Target Another Kiwi Tradition - BYO
Friday, 3 March 2017, 2:22 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is warning the government against adopting a recommendation to end the Kiwi tradition of Bring You Own (BYO), and not just at race meetings, but because it marks the beginning of the end of BYO at family picnics. More >>
Parents of Young Offenders Being Let Off the Hook
Friday, 3 March 2017, 1:01 pm | New Zealand First Party
“There needs to be greater responsibility by parents for young offenders, says New Zealand First. More >>
Minister Should Have Listened to Immigration Advice Long Ago
Friday, 3 March 2017, 10:54 am | New Zealand First Party
Official papers showing Immigration Minister Michael Woodhouse was ‘forced’ to tighten immigration rules around international students last year prove he’s been getting advice along the same lines we’ve been telling him for a long time now,” ... More >>
Kiwis Not Getting a Fair Go with Sports Coverage
Friday, 3 March 2017, 8:58 am | New Zealand First Party
Many Kiwis will miss yet another game of national significance being played this weekend because they can’t afford a SKY subscription says New Zealand First More >>
Millions of Reasons for Northlanders to Be Angry - Peters
Thursday, 2 March 2017, 3:59 pm | New Zealand First Party
While the Electricity Authority and the National government are demanding Northpower and Top Energy customers pay over $9 million more for their power each year, the real cost on Northland’s biggest businesses takes the impact closer to $11 million. ... More >>
Appreciating rural New Zealand
Thursday, 2 March 2017, 10:27 am | New Zealand First Party
As the Member of Parliament for Northland, it is a pleasure to make these opening remarks at the start of the 33rd Northland Field Days, here, in Dargaville. More >>
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 >>
