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Dairy Price “Rebound” Welcome But Long Row to Hoe
Thursday, 4 August 2016, 5:18 pm | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters New Zealand First Leader Member of Parliament for Northland 4 AUGUST 2016 Dairy Price “Rebound” Welcome But Long Row to Hoe While the first major lift in Whole Milk Powder for the 2016/17 season is welcome, New Zealand First ... More >>
Minister Dunne’s Inaction Putting Lives at Risk
Thursday, 4 August 2016, 3:25 pm | New Zealand First Party
Internal Affairs Minister Peter Dunne’s claim he has not been briefed on Auckland’s faulty fire engines shows he has not got a grip on his portfolio, says New Zealand First. More >>
Credit Card Interchange Fee Investigation Call
Wednesday, 3 August 2016, 3:12 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says the big credit card companies are ripping off Kiwi consumers and businesses through excessive credit card interchange fees but the government is doing nothing. More >>
Corruption Hit Spanish Firm Shortlisted by National
Wednesday, 3 August 2016, 3:09 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is shocked Spanish firm Acciona is a ‘preferred bidder’ to help build the long overdue Warkworth to Puhoi Motorway that will likely end up being tolled. More >>
NZ Farmers Being Led up River with Shanghai Maling Deal
Wednesday, 3 August 2016, 2:58 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says shareholders in Silver Fern Farms (SFF) should be demanding resignations over the shameful way their co-op is being sold out from underneath them for a paltry $57 million. More >>
$3 An Hour for Elderly Care Support ‘a Nonsense’
Wednesday, 3 August 2016, 12:27 pm | New Zealand First Party
It is time the government stood up and paid a fair wage for home care workers like Kapiti woman Janet Lowe, says New Zealand First today. More >>
‘No Restrictions on Resale to Foreigners’ - Singapore Advert
Tuesday, 2 August 2016, 2:29 pm | New Zealand First Party
A full-page advert in Saturday’s Singapore Straits Times for a two-day ‘Prime New Zealand Properties Expo’, shows how the government is denying reality over foreign buyers. More >>
Northland Schools Suffer as Cash Goes to Auckland
Tuesday, 2 August 2016, 2:09 pm | New Zealand First Party
Northland schools are being forced to suffer as education funding is sucked up by Auckland, says New Zealand First leader and Northland Member of Parliament Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>
Māori Party Pointless Headline Hunting
Tuesday, 2 August 2016, 1:07 pm | New Zealand First Party
Most Māori support Helen Clark’s UN bid, says New Zealand First Leader and Member of Parliament for Northland Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>
Keep the ‘Local’ in Local Government
Tuesday, 2 August 2016, 10:36 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is calling on the government to support local mayors and councils and back away from the Local Government Act 2002 Amendment Bill (No 2) which would thoroughly impede local decision making powers. More >>
New Zealand First Reveals LINZ Overseas Data Holes
Monday, 1 August 2016, 5:24 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First can reveal serious holes in Land Information (LINZ) data that the government claims to show low levels of overseas ownership. More >>
Changes to Homestart Pointless in Auckland - Peters
Monday, 1 August 2016, 5:16 pm | New Zealand First Party
The Auckland housing market is so out of reach for first home buyers the government’s twiddling with the KiwiSaver Homestart scheme will not make a blind bit of difference, says New Zealand First. More >>
Tattoo Regulations Needed for Toxic Ink
Monday, 1 August 2016, 5:04 pm | New Zealand First Party
Barbara Stewart MP Spokesperson for Health 1 AUGUST 2016 Tattoo Regulations Needed for Toxic Ink New Zealand’s unregulated tattooing industry is threatening the health of Kiwis through potentially cacogenic ink, says New Zealand First “A recent European ... More >>
Suicide Strategy Evaluation Urgently Needed
Friday, 29 July 2016, 11:04 am | New Zealand First Party
The continuing ‘epidemic’ of suicide in New Zealand demands changes to government’s Suicide Prevention Strategy – yet the strategy has not been reviewed in 18 months, says New Zealand First. More >>
Milk Company Deal Simply Surrendering Control to China
Thursday, 28 July 2016, 5:40 pm | New Zealand First Party
“A $200 million dairy plant planned near Gore may appear superficially good news for Southland but having a China state-owned company holding majority ownership is not,” says New Zealand First Leader and Northland Member of Parliament Rt Hon Winston ... More >>
Auckland Building Boom Has to Benefit Kiwis First
Thursday, 28 July 2016, 2:00 pm | New Zealand First Party
The government has to ensure the Auckland building boom works to the advantage of New Zealanders and not foreign workers and corporations, says New Zealand First. More >>
Minister Seriously Misleading Public Over 1080
Thursday, 28 July 2016, 1:39 pm | New Zealand First Party
Conservation Minister Maggie Barrie is totally ignoring the serious risks of using 1080 in her plan to make New Zealand predator free by 2050. More >>
Obesity Target Pointless without Support Services
Thursday, 28 July 2016, 12:08 pm | New Zealand First Party
The government’s health target of 95 per cent of obese children being identified and referred for treatment is failing because support services are virtually non-existent, says New Zealand First. More >>
Pukekohe Soils Must Be Spared From Urban Sprawl
Thursday, 28 July 2016, 10:21 am | New Zealand First Party
Prime agricultural growing land around Pukekohe must be excluded from any plan to extend Auckland’s boundaries, says New Zealand First Primary Industries Spokesperson Richard Prosser commenting on the proposed new Auckland Unitary Plan. More >>
Govt Killing Off Successful Youth Course
Wednesday, 27 July 2016, 3:07 pm | New Zealand First Party
The government plans to completely shut down the highly successful Limited Service Volunteers (LSV) youth programme in Christchurch and the entire South Island, says New Zealand First. More >>
