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Govt Dumps Easter Sunday Trading Laws on Councils
Friday, 26 August 2016, 10:32 am | New Zealand First Party
Local people should have been given the chance to decide at the forthcoming local body elections whether they wanted shops open on Easter Sunday, says New Zealand First. More >>
Minister of Health Dismisses Catheter Shortage
Friday, 26 August 2016, 10:30 am | New Zealand First Party
Patients around New Zealand are being forced to wash and reuse catheters because they are being supplied with only half the number they need, says New Zealand First. More >>
Lessons From US Civil Rights Movement for Maori
Friday, 26 August 2016, 10:00 am | New Zealand First Party
“Maori should do as the American civil rights movement did,” says New Zealand First Leader and Northland MP Rt Hon Winston Peters, commenting on Labour’s Electoral (Entrenchment of Māori Seats) Amendment Bill. More >>
Amnesty for Foreign Students Covers up Failing Inspectorate
Thursday, 25 August 2016, 4:30 pm | New Zealand First Party
The so-called amnesty for foreign students who dob in exploitative employers is a cover-up for a Labour Inspectorate that is failing to do its job, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland Member of Parliament Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>
Petition for Foreign Driver Safety
Thursday, 25 August 2016, 3:43 pm | New Zealand First Party
A new petition will put the spotlight on the government’s need to address the distressing issue of road deaths and injuries caused by foreign drivers, says Clayton Mitchell, New Zealand First List MP based in Tauranga. More >>
Cancer Treatment a Failure under National
Thursday, 25 August 2016, 3:35 pm | New Zealand First Party
The government should be ashamed that the latest health targets reveal not a single District Health Board (DHB) in New Zealand has met the target to provide faster cancer treatment, New Zealand First says. More >>
Fonterra Payout Boost Welcome But Banks Warned Off
Thursday, 25 August 2016, 12:54 pm | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters New Zealand First Leader Member of Parliament for Northland 25 AUGUST 2016 Fonterra Payout Boost Welcome But Banks Warned Off New Zealand First welcomes Fonterra Cooperative Group lifting its 2016/2017 forecast Farmgate Milk ... More >>
Maori Miss Out on Jobs with ‘Brown Table’ Iwi-Owned Company
Wednesday, 24 August 2016, 5:15 pm | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters New Zealand First Leader Member of Parliament for Northland 24 AUGUST 2016 Maori Miss Out on Jobs with ‘Brown Table’ Iwi-Owned Company Ngāi Tahu and Tainui-owned company Go Bus is recruiting driver and trainee drivers from ... More >>
Electronic Monitoring Bill Useless
Wednesday, 24 August 2016, 5:06 pm | New Zealand First Party
The Electronic Monitoring of Offenders Bill, currently being debated in Parliament, will do nothing to stop offenders breaching monitoring conditions, says New Zealand First Corrections Spokesperson Mahesh Bindra. More >>
Parents Lose Their Voice at Schools
Wednesday, 24 August 2016, 12:55 pm | New Zealand First Party
Tracey Martin MP Spokesperson for Education 24 AUGUST 2016 Parents Lose Their Voice at Schools as Minister Adopts Dictatorial Approach The voice of parents, students and the community is being legislated out of education, says New Zealand First Education ... More >>
National And Labour Block Public Child Sex Offender Register
Wednesday, 24 August 2016, 12:05 pm | New Zealand First Party
National and Labour have blocked the opportunity for the child sex offender register to be made public, says New Zealand First. More >>
Northland Roadblock – We Can’t Drive Over Updates
Tuesday, 23 August 2016, 5:23 pm | New Zealand First Party
The PM promised in Parliament today to give updates on National’s by-election promises, but he’ll struggle to do that – you can’t drive across updates,” says New Zealand First Leader and Northland MP Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>
On-Line Education All About Cost Cutting And Privatisation
Tuesday, 23 August 2016, 4:18 pm | New Zealand First Party
Tracey Martin MP Spokesperson for Education 23 AUGUST 2016 On-Line Education All About Cost Cutting And Privatisation Education Minister Hekia Parata wants to start shifting students out of schools and to online education – and no doubt has private ... More >>
Wheeler Waves the White Flag
Tuesday, 23 August 2016, 1:30 pm | New Zealand First Party
The Governor of the Reserve Bank, Graeme Wheeler has waved the white flag over interest rates, housing and the high Kiwi dollar, says New Zealand First. “The Reserve Bank has announced that they’re just a spectator when they ought to be a player,” ... More >>
Lower Hutt Paedophile Tip of Iceberg
Monday, 22 August 2016, 5:17 pm | New Zealand First Party
The reaction of Lower Hutt residents over the recent release of a paedophile in their community shows how strong the public support is for a public child sex offender register, says New Zealand First. More >>
Foreign Driver Gets Off Scot-Free
Monday, 22 August 2016, 4:40 pm | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters New Zealand First Leader Member of Parliament for Northland 22 AUGUST 2016 Foreign Driver Gets Off Scot-Free More >>
Predator Free – a Trillon Dollar Cost
Monday, 22 August 2016, 3:07 pm | New Zealand First Party
A predator-free New Zealand by 2050 is likely to cost trillions, not millions as the government claims, says New Zealand First. More >>
Maori King Should Stay Neutral
Monday, 22 August 2016, 1:10 pm | New Zealand First Party
The Maori King would have been better advised to stay away from public support for political parties and remain neutral, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland MP Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>
Tokoroa Brawl Offshoot of Police ‘Starvation’
Monday, 22 August 2016, 9:54 am | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters New Zealand First Leader Member of Parliament for Northland 20 AUGUST 2016 Tokoroa Brawl Offshoot of Police ‘Starvation’ The brawl that took hours to close down in Tokoroa overnight is an indictment of the government and its ... More >>
Quashing of Foreign Driver’s Sentence Appalling
Monday, 22 August 2016, 9:53 am | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters New Zealand First Leader Member of Parliament for Northland 20 AUGUST 2016 Quashing of Foreign Driver’s Sentence Appalling New Zealand First is appalled the jail term of a foreign driver who caused the death of motorcyclist ... More >>
