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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 >>

NZ Must Remain Tough on Drug Cheats in Sport

Tuesday, 19 July 2016, 11:34 am | New Zealand First Party

There will never be a reason for New Zealand to let up on tough anti-doping measures in sport, says New Zealand First. More >>

Celebrating 23 Years

Monday, 18 July 2016, 1:38 pm | New Zealand First Party

New Zealand First is needed now more than ever in the New Zealand Parliament, says Leader and Northland MP Rt Hon Winston Peters as the party celebrates its 23rd birthday today. “We have had years of visionless government, which New Zealanders are now ... More >>