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Minister’s Northland Drought Visit Overdue - Peters
Friday, 3 February 2017, 3:20 pm | New Zealand First Party
With milk production sharply down on the same point in 2016 and beef prices sliding, Northland MP and New Zealand First Leader Rt Hon Winston Peters, has welcomed the declaration of a medium-scale adverse event in Northland. More >>
IRD’S Shutdown at Critical Time a Joke
Friday, 3 February 2017, 2:50 pm | New Zealand First Party
IRD’s shutting down online services in the days leading up to the deadline for people to pay their end of year tax bills, makes the department look a joke, says New Zealand First’s Revenue Spokesperson Fletcher Tabuteau. More >>
Deportations of Students a Disgrace
Friday, 3 February 2017, 8:41 am | New Zealand First Party
National should hang its head in shame for deporting Indian students, says New Zealand First. More >>
National Neglects Youth
Thursday, 2 February 2017, 3:00 pm | New Zealand First Party
National is big on promises and small on action, as the latest youth unemployment, education and training figures prove, says New Zealand First. More >>
English’s ‘Crime Fighting’ an Election Year Stunt
Thursday, 2 February 2017, 2:18 pm | New Zealand First Party
National has been conning the public over the state of crime in New Zealand, says New Zealand First. More >>
Time to Declare Drought in Northland
Thursday, 2 February 2017, 2:00 pm | New Zealand First Party
The government needs to declare a drought in Northland and do it now, says New Zealand First Leader and MP for Northland Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>
NZTA’S Fawning Attitude to Foreign Drivers Nonsensical
Thursday, 2 February 2017, 9:38 am | New Zealand First Party
NZTA ’s bowing and scrapping attitude to foreign drivers in New Zealand is outrageous, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland Member of Parliament, Rt Hon Winston Peters says. More >>
Dice Stacked Against Kiwi Job Seekers
Wednesday, 1 February 2017, 4:08 pm | New Zealand First Party
National is stacking the dice against Kiwi workers, tossing more on to the dole queue, says New Zealand First. More >>
We Are Ready
Wednesday, 1 February 2017, 2:39 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is ready for the election on September 23, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland Member of Parliament, Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>
Parata Creating a Mess in Redcliffs
Wednesday, 1 February 2017, 9:31 am | New Zealand First Party
Education Minister Hekia Parata should keep Redcliffs School on its current site and not even consider the idea of relocating to Redcliffs Park, says New Zealand First List MP based in Christchurch Denis O’Rourke. More >>
More Foreigners Snap up NZ Land; Need for Register Increases
Tuesday, 31 January 2017, 5:27 pm | New Zealand First Party
More New Zealand land is disappearing into foreign ownership while the government turns a blind eye and is acting like a real estate agency, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland Member of Parliament Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>
Immigrants Hit Paradise; Ordinary Kiwis Suffer
Tuesday, 31 January 2017, 12:25 pm | New Zealand First Party
Getting homes and jobs has been made even tougher for ordinary Kiwis with a record 70,600 migrants settling permanently in New Zealand last year, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland Member of Parliament Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>
New Zealand First Would Block UDC’S Sale to China
Tuesday, 31 January 2017, 11:53 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand must draw a line in the sand and New Zealand First would block the sale of ANZ-owned UDC to China’s HNA Group. More >>
National And PC Wowsers Killing Off Wellington Sevens
Monday, 30 January 2017, 3:12 pm | New Zealand First Party
Wellington Sevens is dying and at risk of being lost overseas because the Nanny State National Government doesn’t approve of Kiwis having fun, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland Member of Parliament Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>
Immigration Claims Beyond Reality - Skewed to Fit Purpose
Monday, 30 January 2017, 11:04 am | New Zealand First Party
It’s academic gobbledygook for anyone in New Zealand to believe 125,000 people settling here in a year is beneficial, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland MP Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>
Smith ‘the Destroyer’ Challenged Over Token Subsidy
Friday, 27 January 2017, 11:17 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says a simple 23-word amendment to the Income Tax Act 2007 is all is needed to supercharge the earthquake strengthening of buildings. More >>
Fonterra’s Millionaire Managers’ Chalk up Another Success
Thursday, 26 January 2017, 4:45 pm | New Zealand First Party
Fonterra farmer-shareholders have lost almost NZ$269m on their $755m investment in Shenzen-listed Beingmate Baby & Child Food while that company has reported losses, upwards of NZ$159m. More >>
New Year, New Funding Required for District Health Boards
Wednesday, 25 January 2017, 11:02 am | New Zealand First Party
The Health system needs a dose of New Year cheer in the form of funding from the government, says New Zealand First. More >>
Bond Tackles Invercargill Homelessness
Tuesday, 24 January 2017, 9:33 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First MP Ria Bond is rolling up her sleeves to renovate a room at the Salvation Army’s Invercargill Emergency Accommodation – a building she has a strong personal connection to. More >>
Seymour Challenged to “Walk the Talk” on Tobacco Taxes
Friday, 20 January 2017, 11:39 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is calling on the MP, David Seymour, to ‘walk the talk’ when it comes to tobacco excise taxes given he voted with the government to increase them. More >>
