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Electrical Authority’s Proposed Pricing Unacceptable
Wednesday, 27 July 2016, 11:43 am | New Zealand First Party
The Electricity Authority’s (EA) proposed pricing regime will have a hugely detrimental effect on businesses and on regional New Zealand, says New Zealand First. “Under the proposed changes, Employers and Manufacturers Association members (EMA) will ... More >>
NZ Forest Industry Heading for a Crash
Wednesday, 27 July 2016, 9:16 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand’s third largest export earner, forestry, is heading for a major crash unless steps are made to restrain the excessive exporting of raw logs, says New Zealand First. More >>
‘Show some loyalty to New Zealand industry’
Wednesday, 27 July 2016, 8:34 am | New Zealand First Party
When future historians consider what John Key and his neo-liberal government has done for New Zealand; they will be disappointed and dismayed. More >>
Another Kick in Teeth for Kiwi Home Buyers
Wednesday, 27 July 2016, 8:32 am | New Zealand First Party
Real estate company Ray White’s decision to market homes to 260 million Chinese is another kick in the teeth to New Zealanders trying to buy their first homes, says New Zealand First. More >>
Downgrading Murder Charges Must End
Tuesday, 26 July 2016, 3:05 pm | New Zealand First Party
The New Zealand public will continue to lose confidence in the judiciary with yet another downgraded manslaughter conviction, says New Zealand First More >>
Predator-Free NZ Could Be Pandora’s Box
Tuesday, 26 July 2016, 9:52 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says the government’s plan for a 100% predator-free New Zealand by 2050 may be commendably motivated, but has the potential to derail into the worst unintentional ecological blunder of modern times. More >>
Thousands of Families Worse Off
Monday, 25 July 2016, 3:41 pm | New Zealand First Party
Darroch Ball MP Spokesperson for Social Development 25 JULY 2016 Thousands of Families Worse Off through Child Hardship Package Minister of Social Development Anne Tolley has failed to collect any data on the number of working Kiwi families who are actually ... More >>
New Zealand First 23rd birthday celebration
Monday, 25 July 2016, 11:32 am | New Zealand First Party
We are sure our political opponents would like to have seen us buried long ago. More >>
Silver Fern Farms Board Misleads Shareholders Again
Monday, 25 July 2016, 9:44 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says the Board of Silver Fern Farms is telling industrial sized porkies designed to scare its shareholders into again backing a Chinese takeover of their co-op. More >>
Beware Heavy Hand of Govt, Councils Told
Friday, 22 July 2016, 1:02 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is warning councils that the heavy hand of the government is threatening their existence. More >>
Get Over Your Spat in the Interests of New Zealanders
Friday, 22 July 2016, 11:46 am | New Zealand First Party
Whatever the source of the Olympic media coverage spat is it is not in the interests of New Zealand, says New Zealand First. More >>
Say No to ‘Tick Box’ Education for Our Kids
Thursday, 21 July 2016, 2:54 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First reiterates its concerns that the National Government is going to use the Progress and Consistency Tool (PaCT) to "standardise" the professional judgement of teachers in light of a recently released Ministry of Education report. More >>
PM Further Confuses on Ship Visits
Thursday, 21 July 2016, 1:56 pm | New Zealand First Party
The PM is again showing that on international relations he is extraordinarily confused, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland MP Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>
Record Immigration Adds Fuel to Fire
Thursday, 21 July 2016, 1:32 pm | New Zealand First Party
Immigration continues to break records, adding more fuel to the fire as the government fails to deal with the housing crisis, says New Zealand First. More >>
Blundering On
Thursday, 21 July 2016, 1:06 pm | New Zealand First Party
Anyone who has not been in outer space over recent months has seen momentous and unpredictable events unfolding. Brexit and multiple uncertainties and risks in the global economy have created a sombre outlook. Globally, economic growth is faltering. More >>
National's Tourism Fund Proving a Fizzer
Wednesday, 20 July 2016, 3:24 pm | New Zealand First Party
The government has dropped the ball over funding to local councils struggling to cope with huge tourism numbers and cannot even give an assurance urgent projects will get money, says New Zealand First. More >>
Value for Money in Lincoln Uni Consultancy Questionable
Wednesday, 20 July 2016, 2:05 pm | New Zealand First Party
Lincoln University has finally made the right move in revealing the amount it paid a consultant to look at “new revenue streams”, says New Zealand First Education Spokesperson Tracey Martin. More >>
Latest Move by the Reserve Bank of Little Effect
Wednesday, 20 July 2016, 1:04 pm | New Zealand First Party
The latest moves by the Reserve Bank requiring property investors to stump up with at least a 40 per cent deposit will have little effect in reining in the rampant house property market, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland MP Rt Hon Winston ... More >>
Key And Ministers Again Last to Know
Tuesday, 19 July 2016, 2:58 pm | New Zealand First Party
As on so many prior occasions the Prime Minister and Ministers are the last to know what is going on down at the farm, orchard or factory, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland MP Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>
Teachers Latest Victims of National’s Housing Mess
Tuesday, 19 July 2016, 2:38 pm | New Zealand First Party
Tracey Martin MP Spokesperson for Education 19 JULY 2016 Teachers Latest Victims of National’s Housing Mess More >>
