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Questions Surround Landcorp Farm Sales
Wednesday, 14 September 2016, 5:35 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First wants reassurance that the sale of nine Landcorp farms is not a forerunner to another state asset sale. More >>
Fisheries Management Needs Full Inquiry
Wednesday, 14 September 2016, 4:11 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is renewing its call for a full Commission of Inquiry into New Zealand’s fisheries management following recent talk of limits on recreational fishing. More >>
GDP Growth Per Capita, Not a Rock Star But a Falling Star
Wednesday, 14 September 2016, 12:11 pm | New Zealand First Party
At face value, the GDP figures due for release tomorrow, will paint a completely fake picture of the New Zealand economy, says New Zealand First. More >>
National Embraces the Mushroom Principle – No Bull
Wednesday, 14 September 2016, 11:58 am | New Zealand First Party
The government has adopted the “mushroom principle” as it works to allow the importation of European mushroom compost containing animal waste, says New Zealand First. More >>
Black Seed a Black Mark for Woeful Biosecurity
Wednesday, 14 September 2016, 11:08 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is aghast at the amateurish way that the highly serious black-grass seed incursions in Canterbury have been handled by Biosecurity NZ. More >>
Ambulance Service Funding Review Urgently Needed
Wednesday, 14 September 2016, 10:01 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is renewing its call for an urgent funding review of ambulance services in New Zealand. More >>
No New Parliamentary Building for Us
Wednesday, 14 September 2016, 9:16 am | New Zealand First Party
Claims that Opposition parties are keen on a new parliamentary building are simply not true, says New Zealand First. More >>
75% Of Youth Crime Not Recorded in Official Crime Rate
Tuesday, 13 September 2016, 5:19 pm | New Zealand First Party
The government’s so-called official “youth crime rate” is defective because it does not include a massive 75% of crimes that youths commit, says New Zealand First. More >>
Ferry Mishaps of Own Making
Tuesday, 13 September 2016, 4:32 pm | New Zealand First Party
KiwiRail can offer as many excuses as it likes for the ferry Aratere’s constant breakdowns, but it is of management’s own making, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland MP Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>
17-Year-Olds Must Be Held Accountable in Adult Court System
Monday, 12 September 2016, 5:43 pm | New Zealand First Party
The age of accountability through the adult justice system must remain at 17, says New Zealand First. “The only way we will curb youth offending is if there are suitable boundaries and consequences that can be enforced,” says New Zealand First Spokesperson ... More >>
National Must Get Serious on Suicide Prevention
Monday, 12 September 2016, 5:41 pm | New Zealand First Party
The government needs to front up on suicide prevention and fund critical support services like Lifeline, in light of New Zealand’s high suicide rates, says New Zealand First. More >>
Too Many Unskilled Immigrants Flooding into NZ
Monday, 12 September 2016, 4:02 pm | New Zealand First Party
NZ First Questions Naval Tanker Costs
Monday, 12 September 2016, 10:22 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is asking why the Navy’s new 24,000 tonne tanker is costing twice what tankers built for the Royal Navy and the Royal Norwegian Navy are. More >>
National’s Lack of Confidence in Kiwi Workers Appalling
Friday, 9 September 2016, 3:16 pm | New Zealand First Party
The government should be recruiting and training New Zealanders to run our prisons, not bringing in staff from overseas, says New Zealand First. More >>
Aussie Land Registry Reveals Why Key Isn’t Keen On One Here
Friday, 9 September 2016, 2:46 pm | New Zealand First Party
If Australia’s new Land Registry reveals that Australian land equivalent to almost twice the size of New Zealand is either fully or partially foreign owned, then what is the real picture of foreign land ownership in New Zealand? New Zealand First asks. More >>
Northland Police Need More Permanent, Not Temporary Staff
Friday, 9 September 2016, 2:29 pm | New Zealand First Party
The latest workplace survey of police confirms again the government’s extreme neglect of officers and staff in Northland, says Rt Hon Winston Peters, Northland MP and Leader of New Zealand First. More >>
Licence Case Demands Tougher Stand by National
Friday, 9 September 2016, 12:16 pm | New Zealand First Party
The case of five foreign nationals allegedly using borrowed licences to drive tourist buses requires tough action from the Minister of Transport, says New Zealand First Transport Spokesperson, Denis O’Rourke. More >>
Govt to Place Geographic Restrictions on Livestock Farming
Friday, 9 September 2016, 11:46 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says it is truly surprising that the National Government has decided to start telling New Zealand farmers where they can and can’t farm livestock. More >>
National Must Wake up to Danger of Foreign Drivers
Friday, 9 September 2016, 8:59 am | New Zealand First Party
Lives are being put at risk because the government persists in ignoring tourist drivers using false documents to drive on New Zealand roads, says New Zealand First’s Transport Spokesperson Denis O’Rourke. More >>
National Happy to Have a Puny Labour Inspectorate
Thursday, 8 September 2016, 4:02 pm | New Zealand First Party
The government is keeping New Zealand’s Labour inspectorate as a puny, under-resourced department so the widespread exploitation of foreign workers will not be revealed, says New Zealand First. More >>
