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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 >>
Heads Should Roll Over Disgraceful Kiwirail Decision
Thursday, 8 September 2016, 2:34 pm | New Zealand First Party
KiwiRail’s drastic reduction in the Whangarei-Auckland train service from next week is a disgrace and being done under subterfuge, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland Member of Parliament Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>
Council Parking Machines Take $1.7m in ‘Transaction Fees’
Thursday, 8 September 2016, 11:52 am | New Zealand First Party
Electronic Council parking machines in the main centres have raked in at least $1.7 million in card payment fees over 2015/16, says New Zealand First. More >>
It’s Time Government Gave Compass the Boot
Thursday, 8 September 2016, 10:49 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is once again calling on the government to sever ties with the foreign-owned Compass Group following news their 15 year hospital food service contract had to be renegotiated, after signing up just six of the country’s 20 DHBs. More >>
Smith Hiding Seriousness of Housing Crisis
Thursday, 8 September 2016, 10:20 am | New Zealand First Party
The government is using house consent numbers in Auckland to deliberately deceive the public over the true extent of the city’s housing crisis, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland Member of Parliament Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>
Education Minister Treats ‘at Risk’ Students as Joke
Wednesday, 7 September 2016, 3:40 pm | New Zealand First Party
The criteria Education Minister Hekia Parata has used to assess the funding needs of schools with students ‘at risk’ of underachieving is laughable, says New Zealand First Education Spokesperson Tracey Martin. More >>
Decision on Foreign Land Register: Plain Balderdash
Wednesday, 7 September 2016, 2:43 pm | New Zealand First Party
The New Zealand First Leader has labelled the Attorney-General’s finding that a register of land owned by foreigners would be a breach of the Bill of Rights as “plain balderdash”. More >>
If Key Won’t Die in Ditch for Bill, Then Dump It
Wednesday, 7 September 2016, 1:37 pm | New Zealand First Party
The government needs to dump its autocratic and undemocratic Local Government Amendment Bill (No 2) now to prevent local councils wasting even more time and money battling it, says Ron Mark, New Zealand First Spokesperson for Local Government. More >>
Key Making More Promises He’s Not Keeping
Wednesday, 7 September 2016, 1:00 pm | New Zealand First Party
Prime Minister John Key has been caught out again announcing new government regulations on the hoof, says New Zealand First. More >>
Latta Not Biting the Government Hand That Feeds Him
Tuesday, 6 September 2016, 5:31 pm | New Zealand First Party
Celebrity psychologist Nigel Latta’s latest pro-National documentary is not surprising when he and his production company have received millions of dollars of government money, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland Member of Parliament Rt Hon Winston ... More >>
National Making It Easy for Rural Criminals
Tuesday, 6 September 2016, 5:27 pm | New Zealand First Party
Police Minister Judith Collins continues to make life “cruisy” for criminals and burglars in rural areas and harder for police, New Zealand First police Spokesperson Ron Mark says. More >>
Another Key put-down of young New Zealanders
Tuesday, 6 September 2016, 2:56 pm | New Zealand First Party
The Key government has condemned thousands of young New Zealanders to the scrapheap depicting them as useless and work-shy as their excuse for allowing mass immigration, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland Member of Parliament Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>
Maori Party Called to Account on Housing
Tuesday, 6 September 2016, 12:30 pm | New Zealand First Party
The Maori Party must front up and oppose legislation which is being fast-tracked today through all stages so the government can flog off state housing land, says New Zealand First. More >>
Up Front Investment Tertiary Policy
Monday, 5 September 2016, 2:03 pm | New Zealand First Party
In 1992 Jim Bolger and the National Government introduced the student loan scheme. Successive governments have made amendments to the scheme but the original concept where students indebted themselves to gain their education has remained. More >>
Biggest Move in 25 Years for Students
Sunday, 4 September 2016, 5:08 pm | New Zealand First Party
3 SEPTEMBER 2016 Biggest Move in 25 Years for Students Students will repay taxpayers for their tertiary education through “time worked” under a New Zealand First proposal, says Education Spokesperson Tracey Martin. More >>
Independent investigation demanded for Export Education
Sunday, 4 September 2016, 5:06 pm | New Zealand First Party
Independent investigation demanded for Export Education crime Indian students are being deported over document fraud by agents – but education providers and the government are getting off scot free, says New Zealand First. “The commissions ... More >>
