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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 >>
Two Local Authorities for All South Island Being Considered
Friday, 2 September 2016, 3:25 pm | New Zealand First Party
The South Island could end up with only two local authorities and the North Island only five under a government “agenda” being rushed through, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland Member of Parliament Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>
Everyone Paying Price for Neglect of Police Resourcing
Friday, 2 September 2016, 12:17 pm | New Zealand First Party
All New Zealanders are paying the price for the government’s neglect of policing, says New Zealand First. A police survey reveals police are overstressed, untrained and rural cops among the most miserable, but the government’s response is lacklustre. More >>
Health Minister Shows No Concern for Unregulated Tattooing
Friday, 2 September 2016, 10:55 am | New Zealand First Party
Health Minister Jonathan Coleman continues to completely disregard the safety of New Zealanders by failing to regulate the tattoo industry, says New Zealand First. More >>
Weed Out the Cowboys, Put More Police on the Roads
Thursday, 1 September 2016, 5:07 pm | New Zealand First Party
It’s time for the trucking industry in Northland and the Police Minister to tell Northlanders how they are going to stop accidents, says Northland MP and New Zealand First Leader Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>
Minister Collins Has Crims on ‘Tag And Release’
Thursday, 1 September 2016, 11:55 am | New Zealand First Party
The 11.9 percent increase in burglaries is entirely predictable with Police Minister Judith Collins overseeing policing like a fishing contest – tagging and letting them go, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland Member of Parliament Rt Hon ... More >>
