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Otago Station Sale a Case of One Law for Rich Foreigners
Wednesday, 22 February 2017, 3:36 pm | New Zealand First Party
Questions must be asked about the mystery American buyer of an Otago cattle station, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland MP Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>
Farmers Will Be Cautious Over False Dairy Price Optimism
Wednesday, 22 February 2017, 10:51 am | New Zealand First Party
It is sad for New Zealand farmers that the GlobalDairyTrade (GDT) price for Whole Milk Powder has fallen 3.7% to USD3,189 a metric ton, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland MP Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>
NZ Like a Disney Wonderland for Foreign Buyers
Tuesday, 21 February 2017, 12:21 pm | New Zealand First Party
Oprah Winfrey might not have bought the property she has been filming the Disney movie ‘ A Wrinkle in Time’ at, but the sale of Hunter Valley Station at Lake Hawea, is yet another iconic property that has disappeared into foreign hands, says ... More >>
PM Inconsistent Over Attack on NZ Super Fund Boss
Tuesday, 21 February 2017, 12:18 pm | New Zealand First Party
NZ Superannuation Fund chief executive Adrian Orr must wonder why he has been targeted by the Prime Minister, says New Zealand First and Northland MP Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>
Time for an Education Hui and a new education strategy
Friday, 17 February 2017, 11:13 am | New Zealand First Party
Thank you for inviting me here today and congratulations on your new classrooms which are the result of many trials, tribulations and much perseverance. More >>
NZ Flagged Vessels Should Employ New Zealanders
Thursday, 16 February 2017, 4:21 pm | New Zealand First Party
It is unacceptable that foreign-owned and controlled companies with New Zealand flagged vessels fishing in New Zealand waters are favouring foreign crews ahead of New Zealanders, says New Zealand First Fisheries Spokesperson Richard Prosser. More >>
Time Now to Buy Only NZ Produced Chocolate
Thursday, 16 February 2017, 2:03 pm | New Zealand First Party
Foreign owners have kicked New Zealanders in the teeth again with the closure of the Cadbury factory in Dunedin costing 350 workers their jobs, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland Member of Parliament, Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>
Maori Sovereignty Claim to Police Has No Place
Thursday, 16 February 2017, 1:45 pm | New Zealand First Party
No one in this country can claim they are immune from the laws of New Zealand on the grounds of Māori sovereignty, says Northland MP Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>
Northland Locals Fight for Their Rights at Te Arai Beach
Wednesday, 15 February 2017, 8:41 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is concerned locals near Te Arai Beach, Northland, are not being consulted as an exclusive coastal development progresses. “Residents recently submitted a 6,100 signature petition to Auckland Council’s Regulatory Committee in a last ... More >>
Jetstar Deal Shows Up National’s Disloyalty
Tuesday, 14 February 2017, 4:40 pm | New Zealand First Party
National’s approval of a lucrative government contract being handed over to Australian-owned Jetstar is a body blow to Air New Zealand and other New Zealand-owned companies, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland Member of Parliament Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>
PM Expects Big Influx of Migrant Workers
Tuesday, 14 February 2017, 9:13 am | New Zealand First Party
The Prime Minister confirmed today thousands of immigrant workers will flood into Auckland on to building sites, says New Zealand First. More >>
Push “Go Button” Minister to Save Whales
Saturday, 11 February 2017, 8:17 pm | New Zealand First Party
A massive DoC effort is needed at Farewell Spit right now as more whales threaten to beach, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland MP Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>
Jetstar Deal Should Never Have Flown
Friday, 10 February 2017, 5:24 pm | New Zealand First Party
Handing a lucrative government travel contract to Jetstar, a foreign owned airline, is outrageous when we have our own national airline, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland MP Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>
UK Should Be Welcoming Quality NZ Meat
Friday, 10 February 2017, 3:34 pm | New Zealand First Party
The British Labour Party’s call for any future New Zealand lamb imports to be cut down 'to protect British farmers,’ is surprising, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland Member of Parliament Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>
Lack of Action Over Kaikoura Slips Wasting Time And Money
Friday, 10 February 2017, 9:58 am | New Zealand First Party
Nearly three months after the Kaikoura earthquake the South Island is still waiting for some major action to remove the slips blocking State Highway 1 which is unacceptable, says New Zealand First Transport Spokesperson Denis O’Rourke. More >>
More Police for Crime Hit Regional Towns up in the Air
Friday, 10 February 2017, 8:53 am | New Zealand First Party
Provincial towns hit hard by crime may miss out on the extra 880 police belatedly promised over the next four years by National, says New Zealand First Police Spokesperson Ron Mark. More >>
Fire Protection of DoC Land up in Smoke
Thursday, 9 February 2017, 4:32 pm | New Zealand First Party
A dramatic drop in Department of Conservation (DoC) spending on fire control in the last four years is alarming, says New Zealand First Conservation Spokesperson Clayton Mitchell. More >>
Another Rabbit Virus a Backward Step
Thursday, 9 February 2017, 2:30 pm | New Zealand First Party
Otago Regional Council’s plans to introduce a new virus to kill rabbits is a massive backward step, says New Zealand First. More >>
OCR Statement: Downplaying a sea of risks
Thursday, 9 February 2017, 11:12 am | New Zealand First Party
The Reserve Bank is brushing aside multiple risks and uncertainties in the global economy, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland MP Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>
Guy Trying to Gain Kudos Out of Northland Drought
Wednesday, 8 February 2017, 5:17 pm | New Zealand First Party
Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy has put plain stupid political interests ahead of the greater good of Northland’s drought affected farmers, New Zealand First Leader and Northland Member of Parliament, Rt Hon Winston Peters says. More >>
