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Denying Most Kiwis Live Cricket Not a Fair Go
Thursday, 22 December 2016, 11:20 am | New Zealand First Party
Kiwis are again being denied the chance of seeing top live free-to-air sport on television over the Christmas-New Year break when the Blackcaps take on Bangladesh, says New Zealand First Spokesperson for Sport and Recreation Clayton Mitchell. More >>
Kiwi Workers Missing Out as Migration Sets New Record
Wednesday, 21 December 2016, 3:04 pm | New Zealand First Party
Seven thousand nurses have been given working visas in the past seven years under the National government – while Kiwi-trained nurses can’t get jobs, says New Zealand First. More >>
Government Power Prices Rip-Off Ashburton
Monday, 19 December 2016, 5:16 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is calling on new Energy and Resources Minister Judith Collins to act over Ashburton facing average power price increases of $226 p.a. More >>
Government Power Prices Rip-Off Aucklanders
Monday, 19 December 2016, 4:13 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is calling on new Energy and Resources Minister Judith Collins to act over Aucklanders facing average power price increases of $176 p.a. More >>
Highly Paid Corrections Boss Faces Another Disaster
Friday, 16 December 2016, 2:28 pm | New Zealand First Party
Prison’s boss Ray Smith, just re-appointed on half a million dollars a year, should make haste to Auckland South Corrections Facility - he’s got another potential disaster on his hands. More >>
NZ Nurses Struggling to Find Jobs
Friday, 16 December 2016, 2:00 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is calling for an immediate halt to overseas nursing recruitment and an increase to the number of Nurse Entry to Practice programme places to ensure that Kiwi trained nurses find employment in New Zealand More >>
Medicines for Rare Diseases Limited by Lack of Funding
Thursday, 15 December 2016, 12:38 pm | New Zealand First Party
More funding is required so New Zealanders with rare diseases can get the medicines they need, says New Zealand First. More >>
National Has Second Thoughts on Health And Safety
Thursday, 15 December 2016, 12:13 pm | New Zealand First Party
The government’s health and safety reforms have been so over the top they are giving the legislation a major review, reliable sources have told New Zealand First. More >>
Electricity Authority’s Reaction an Insult to Northlanders
Wednesday, 14 December 2016, 5:32 pm | New Zealand First Party
The Electricity Authority’s claim it knew nothing about the decision to scuttle the pulp mill project at Ngawha is an insult to every Northlander who desperately wants the economy to grow. More >>
National’s Indifference to Migrant Exploitation a Disgrace
Wednesday, 14 December 2016, 12:58 pm | New Zealand First Party
Migrant worker exploitation is just another disgrace the National Party can add to its expanding list of shame, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland Member of Parliament Rt Hon Winston Peters says. More >>
Commissioner ‘Sexing Up’ Propaganda But It Falls Flat
Wednesday, 14 December 2016, 12:55 pm | New Zealand First Party
NZ Super is affordable and no amount of taxpayer-funded propaganda from Retirement Commissioner Diane Maxwell will prove otherwise, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland Member of Parliament Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>
Joyce Fails to Understand High Power Prices Stifle Growth
Wednesday, 14 December 2016, 9:46 am | New Zealand First Party
Minister of Economic Development Steven Joyce is incapable of understanding that power price hikes are stifling major development, says New Zealand First Spokesperson for Energy and Commerce Fletcher Tabuteau. More >>
English Offers No Comfort Over NZ Super
Tuesday, 13 December 2016, 4:48 pm | New Zealand First Party
Prime Minister Bill English’s ambivalence over New Zealand superannuation will unsettle many older New Zealanders, says New Zealand First’s Spokesperson on Justice Denis O’Rourke. More >>
Joyce in Dreamland with His Failing Economic Plan
Thursday, 8 December 2016, 5:36 pm | New Zealand First Party
Minister of Economic Development Stephen Joyce has ducked for cover to avoid embarrassment over the dumping of a plan to build a $300 million pulp mill at Ngawha near Kaikohe, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland Member of Parliament Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>
Hit Power Vandals with Hard Labour
Thursday, 8 December 2016, 5:16 pm | New Zealand First Party
If Northland power lines have been damaged intentionally the perpetrators should face a tough penalty, says Northland MP and Leader of New Zealand First Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>
Corrections Department Needs to Get with the Times
Thursday, 8 December 2016, 4:17 pm | New Zealand First Party
Mahesh Bindra MP Spokesperson for Corrections 8 DECEMBER 2016 Corrections Department Needs to Get with the Times More >>
Live Free-to-Air Sports Broadcasts Looking Likely
Thursday, 8 December 2016, 1:36 pm | New Zealand First Party
Kiwis are in with a chance to watch the British and Irish rugby tour next year live on TV without having to subscribe. More >>
National in La-La Land Increasing Youth Court Age
Thursday, 8 December 2016, 1:27 pm | New Zealand First Party
National is in la-la land with its decision to increase the age of the Youth Court’s jurisdiction to include 17 year olds, says New Zealand First. More >>
National’s Foreign Ownership Cover-Up Continues
Thursday, 8 December 2016, 12:17 pm | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters New Zealand First Leader Member of Parliament for Northland 8 DECEMBER 2016 National’s Foreign Ownership Cover-Up Continues More >>
Mothballing of Ngawha Plan Alarming
Thursday, 8 December 2016, 12:14 pm | New Zealand First Party
A proposal for a major Northland wood processing plant, potentially employing hundreds at Ngawha, appears to have been killed off by a self-serving, dysfunctional electricity industry, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland MP Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>
