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Kiwis to Miss Out on Another Great Olympic Moment
Wednesday, 17 August 2016, 9:14 am | New Zealand First Party
Most New Zealanders yet again will not have a chance to see live action of a top Kiwi going for gold at the Rio Olympics when Lisa Carrington defends her title later tonight, says New Zealand First’s Sport and Recreation spokesman, Clayton Mitchell. More >>
Immigrants Likely for Bus Jobs in Auckland
Tuesday, 16 August 2016, 3:22 pm | New Zealand First Party
Minister of Immigration Michael Woodhouse needs to reassure the 220,000 Kiwis (Woodhouse, Morning Report, Radio NZ, 16th August) wanting a job that visas will not be issued for bus drivers to work in Auckland, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland ... More >>
Environmental Disaster Looms With Unsafe Mooring
Tuesday, 16 August 2016, 3:12 pm | New Zealand First Party
The government is ignoring the threat of an environmental disaster off the coast of Kawhia near Waikato despite repeated warnings of an unsafe mooring being used by giant cargo ships, says New Zealand First. More >>
Air Force Boeing 757 Emergency Landing Raises Questions
Tuesday, 16 August 2016, 3:04 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First questions the cost of keeping military aircraft as the Prime Minister’s jet. More >>
NZ Learning Trade with China Has Sting in Tail
Tuesday, 16 August 2016, 1:12 pm | New Zealand First Party
More trade deals with China are blowing up in the government’s face in spite of their determined efforts to hush them up, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland Member of Parliament Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>
Disaster Around Corner as Foreign Owners Clean Out Forests
Tuesday, 16 August 2016, 12:00 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is warning again that the forestry industry is heading for disaster. More >>
Everyone But Key Accepting Reality of Immigration
Tuesday, 16 August 2016, 11:48 am | New Zealand First Party
A leading real estate company has been added to the list of specialists recognising the impact of immigration on jobs and housing, says New Zealand First. More >>
Letter to the editor, NZ Herald, by Rt Hon Winston Peters
Tuesday, 16 August 2016, 9:10 am | New Zealand First Party
Dear Sir, Your editorial, 15th August, 2016 (We are not immune from seismic shock, A16), states: “he has been touted as a potential kingmaker before every election most of us can remember, but only one election result, 1996, has put him in that ... More >>
Speaking Out, Thanks to the Freedom NZ Has to Offer
Monday, 15 August 2016, 3:53 pm | New Zealand First Party
Chinese New Zealanders slamming a countryman for giving his opinion on immigration are sadly ignoring the fact that this country allows freedom of speech, says New Zealand First. More >>
Negative Talk About Kiwi Athletes in Rio, Not Helpful
Monday, 15 August 2016, 2:52 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is proud of the performances by Kiwi athletes at the 2016 Rio Olympics thus far despite negative talk from some commentators around the country. More >>
NZ Could Drive Drug Testing Advances
Monday, 15 August 2016, 2:37 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says the country should be at the forefront of developing technologies that will enable medical research to move beyond animal testing. More >>
Overseas Driver Must Serve Out Sentence
Monday, 15 August 2016, 2:35 pm | New Zealand First Party
A Chinese tourist convicted of killing a Tauranga motorcyclist in an accident in which she lost control of her vehicle should serve her full sentence, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland Member of Parliament Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>
Big Profit Movies Should Repay NZ Taxpayer Hand-Outs
Monday, 15 August 2016, 2:33 pm | New Zealand First Party
Disney should repay the $20 million subsidy it is expected to receive from New Zealand taxpayers for making Pete’s Dragon here, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland Member of Parliament Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>
Chinese control of our meat industry
Sunday, 14 August 2016, 10:27 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says Silver Fern Farms’ shareholders will regret selling majority control of their co-op to the Chinese but expects the Overseas Investment Office will greenlight it at breakneck speed. More >>
Soaring Population Requires Urgent Brake on Immigration
Friday, 12 August 2016, 4:22 pm | New Zealand First Party
“Out of control immigration is the direct cause of the largest ever annual increase of 97,300 in New Zealand’s population – it’s no wonder Auckland is bursting at the seams,” says New Zealand First Leader and MP for Northland Rt Hon Winston ... More >>
National: Backing a Loser with TPPA
Friday, 12 August 2016, 4:00 pm | New Zealand First Party
The Government’s pet economic project, the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), is dead in the water, says New Zealand First. More >>
Will New Zealand’s Largest Meat Exporter Become Chinese?
Friday, 12 August 2016, 2:05 pm | New Zealand First Party
Today’s Special Resolution will determine if our largest meat exporter remains in Kiwi hands and it is vital to ask hard questions of Silver Fern Farms’ board and management, says New Zealand First. More >>
Westpac Greed Behind Proposed Job Cuts
Friday, 12 August 2016, 10:14 am | New Zealand First Party
Australian bank Westpac’s proposal to slash 72 jobs will hit provincial New Zealand hard and is totally unwarranted, says New Zealand First Spokesperson for Commerce Fletcher Tabuteau. More >>
Hosking Not Worrying About Ordinary Kiwis
Thursday, 11 August 2016, 5:09 pm | New Zealand First Party
Broadcaster Mike Hosking wants the public to keep paying to watch our Olympians live but how many would pay to watch him on television, says New Zealand First. More >>
National Soft on Community-Sentenced Offenders
Thursday, 11 August 2016, 4:07 pm | New Zealand First Party
National is going light on prosecuting offenders who breach their community sentences, says New Zealand First. More >>
