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Puzzling Response to Pike River Families
Thursday, 17 November 2016, 2:48 pm | New Zealand First Party
Minister for the Environment Nick Smith’s rejection of Pike River families and their experts for re-entry into the tunnel is puzzling. More >>
Government Ignores Earthquake in Defence Announcement
Thursday, 17 November 2016, 12:18 pm | New Zealand First Party
The Government’s $20bn Defence Capability Plan ignores the Culverden Earthquake says New Zealand First. More >>
Geographical Indicators Bill Patronises Maori
Thursday, 17 November 2016, 11:08 am | New Zealand First Party
Maori are being given full control over the names of wines and spirits, says New Zealand First. More >>
New Zealand’s ‘Pentagon’ & ‘Langley’ Wrecked by Earthquake
Thursday, 17 November 2016, 9:53 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is concerned at New Zealand’s national security given the relatively new buildings housing the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) and GCSB/SIS have been evacuated. More >>
Key Must Not Be Fixated With Kaikoura Alone
Wednesday, 16 November 2016, 5:14 pm | New Zealand First Party
The government must remember areas beyond Kaikoura that have been seriously impacted by Monday’s earthquake, says New Zealand First Deputy Leader Ron Mark. More >>
Large-Scale Emergencies Deserve Urgent Legislative Attention
Wednesday, 16 November 2016, 4:41 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is concerned that the government is too slow with its promised legislation that will address large-scale emergences, such as Monday’s earthquakes. More >>
Quake Shows Need for Stronger Transportation Strategy
Wednesday, 16 November 2016, 9:58 am | New Zealand First Party
Monday morning’s earthquake has highlighted the need for New Zealand to prepare a viable long-term transportation strategy which includes coastal shipping, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland Member of Parliament Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>
Government Fails to Learn From Christchurch Quake
Wednesday, 16 November 2016, 9:51 am | New Zealand First Party
Lessons that should have been learned from the Christchurch earthquake were not implemented in this week’s disastrous earthquake, says New Zealand First Deputy Leader Ron Mark. More >>
Government Should Ask Singapore And Indonesia for Help
Tuesday, 15 November 2016, 5:43 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First congratulates the government for accepting the assistance of overseas militaries, but is puzzled why Singapore and Indonesia haven’t been asked given landing ships of those two navies are in New Zealand right now. More >>
Get Freight Moving By Ferry To Lyttelton
Monday, 14 November 2016, 12:37 pm | New Zealand First Party
The government should be moving quickly to look into the feasibility of Cook Strait ferries being deployed to sail between Lyttelton and suitable North Island ports. More >>
Calling for Govt to Act on Looting
Monday, 14 November 2016, 12:18 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is asking for the government to announce new laws with powerful sentencing for those who loot during periods of civil disaster. More >>
Salisbury School Being ‘Starved’ to Death
Friday, 11 November 2016, 11:52 am | New Zealand First Party
Families, students and staff of Salisbury School are being kept on tenterhooks over its future by Minister of Education Hekia Parata – it’s a deplorable action from a Minister, says New Zealand First. More >>
NZ Govt Thumbs Nose at Trump as It Pushes TPPA through
Thursday, 10 November 2016, 4:20 pm | New Zealand First Party
Despite US president-elect Donald Trump forewarning he would not go ahead with the TPPA, the New Zealand government is pressing ahead to pass New Zealand’s related legislation, says New Zealand First. More >>
Trump Was Always Going to Win, Repeats Peters
Thursday, 10 November 2016, 9:24 am | New Zealand First Party
In his speech and in questions and answers to the Marlborough Chamber of Commerce last week New Zealand First Leader and Northland MP Rt Hon Winston Peters explained why he thought Donald Trump would win the US presidential election. More >>
NZ manufacturing – why still treated as a sunset industry?
Wednesday, 9 November 2016, 5:08 pm | New Zealand First Party
“Basically most of the things we used to make, a lot of zips and bits and pieces for clothing, well of course most of that comes in already made up from China these days. More >>
Forked Tongue From Smith on Rma Deal
Wednesday, 9 November 2016, 4:31 pm | New Zealand First Party
The deal between the government and the Maori Party to push the RMA changes through is a disaster for New Zealand in the 21st century, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland Member of Parliament Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>
More Tourism Funding Should Be Going to Councils
Wednesday, 9 November 2016, 3:09 pm | New Zealand First Party
Tekapo and Mackenzie District ratepayers will feel miffed and angry that the government has given $3 million to privately owned Earth & Sky Astronomy Centre at Tekapo while they have to pay for much needed tourist toilets, says New Zealand First Leader and ... More >>
Fight Club Reports Prove Government Wrong on Serco
Wednesday, 9 November 2016, 2:51 pm | New Zealand First Party
The Serco-Government relationship should well and truly be over given the latest reports on fight clubs in Serco-run Mt Eden Corrections Facility, says New Zealand First. More >>
Government Keeping Public In The Dark Over Health Bill
Wednesday, 9 November 2016, 1:05 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has serious concerns about the government’s attitude to the Natural Health and Supplementary Products Bill. “There is huge public concern about this Bill and the lack of detail available is worrying,” says New Zealand First Health ... More >>
Urgent Debate on Waikato’s ‘Farmergeddon’ Refused
Wednesday, 9 November 2016, 12:21 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First remains deeply concerned at the massive cost of government policies on Waikato farming, so much so, it attempted to secure a parliamentary debate. More >>
