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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 >>

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