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Congratulations To Redcliffs School

Thursday, 7 July 2016, 12:56 pm | New Zealand First Party

New Zealand First congratulates supporters of Redcliffs School for their tenacity in the fight to prove that bureaucrats don’t always know best,” says New Zealand First Education Spokesperson Tracey Martin. More >>

National Needs To Learn Lesson From Iraq

Thursday, 7 July 2016, 12:51 pm | New Zealand First Party

To be frank and honest with the public is the lesson New Zealand must learn from British PM Tony Blair’s decision to go with the United States and invade Iraq in 2003, says New Zealand First. More >>

Kaipara Farce Continues as Govt ‘Mate’ Appointed

Thursday, 7 July 2016, 11:16 am | New Zealand First Party

The appointment of a government “mate” and former commissioner as Crown Manager of the Kaipara District Council is unbelievable, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland MP Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>

1200 Agents Operating in India in Joyce’s Unregulated Circus

Thursday, 7 July 2016, 10:14 am | New Zealand First Party

The government has to sort out the crooked education agent crisis in India, the Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Steven Joyce admitted in Parliament. More >>

National Creating Skilled Worker Debacle in Auckland

Thursday, 7 July 2016, 8:57 am | New Zealand First Party

Auckland is facing a major problem of skilled workers not wanting to go and live in the city or leaving because it is too expensive, says New Zealand First. More >>

Cheating on Taxes No Obstacle to Securing Visas

Tuesday, 5 July 2016, 4:43 pm | New Zealand First Party

A bewildering disconnect between Immigration NZ, Internal Affairs and IRD could lead to New Zealand citizenship and residency granted to tax cheats, says New Zealand First. More >>

More Dodgy PR From No Bridges Minister

Tuesday, 5 July 2016, 1:13 pm | New Zealand First Party

In a blaze of publicity the government announced it would fix more than 90 road blackspots and save 900 lives – but it picked the number 90 out of the air, says New Zealand First. More >>

Supergold Card under Attack From National

Tuesday, 5 July 2016, 1:07 pm | New Zealand First Party

The government insisting SuperGold Cardholders have to buy smartcards to travel free on public transport at off-peak times is a move towards undermining the value of the card, New Zealand First Leader and Northland Member of Parliament Rt Hon Winston ... More >>

Party a Bit Rich for under-Performer

Monday, 4 July 2016, 8:51 am | New Zealand First Party

There’s nothing wrong with a bit of an annual party – but nearly $100,000 is a bit rich for any government agency, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland MP Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>

Key tries to baffle on continued mass immigration

Sunday, 3 July 2016, 8:28 pm | New Zealand First Party

John Key is deliberately flogging the excuse that record immigration of over 124,000 people a year is mostly planeloads of Kiwis returning from Australia. More >>

Prime Minister’s housing announcement positive and negative

Sunday, 3 July 2016, 8:26 pm | New Zealand First Party

The positive from the Prime Minister’s housing statement today is that at last it’s an admission by the government that housing is in crisis in New Zealand, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland MP Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>

Worker abuses mainstream in NZ

Sunday, 3 July 2016, 8:08 pm | New Zealand First Party

New Zealand has just got another lousy mark from the US State Department’s Trafficking in Persons Report 2016. More >>

Rail And Northport For The Price Of A New Auckland Port

Friday, 1 July 2016, 4:41 pm | New Zealand First Party

Aucklanders and taxpayers will end up paying a huge financial price if the main Port of Auckland is not moved to Northport, says New Zealand First. More >>

Silver Fern Farms Big Wigs Caught Out Over ‘Deadline'

Friday, 1 July 2016, 1:05 pm | New Zealand First Party

The rural and business media should not trust a word that comes from the big wigs at Silver Fern Farms, says New Zealand First, after its sell-out to a Chinese SOE has been pushed back three months to 30 September. More >>

NZ Faces Thousands Of Indian Students Overstaying Visas

Friday, 1 July 2016, 12:37 pm | New Zealand First Party

Member of Parliament for Northland 1 JULY 2016 NZ Faces Thousands Of Indian Students Overstaying Visas More >>

Minister Should Apologise To Supergold Cardholders

Friday, 1 July 2016, 12:32 pm | New Zealand First Party

Minister for Senior Citizens Maggie Barry must apologise to SuperGold Cardholders for forcing them to change over to a different travel card. More >>

Govt Fails to Protect New Zealanders From Melanoma

Friday, 1 July 2016, 9:30 am | New Zealand First Party

In the face of expert opinion the National government continues to advance half-measures in the fight against melanoma, says New Zealand First. More >>

Nothing New in TV Report on Port

Friday, 1 July 2016, 9:19 am | New Zealand First Party

TV One News confirmed tonight what we already knew – the “Future Study” on Auckland’s port came up with preposterous options. More >>

Stop the Billion Dollar Kiwisaver Rort, Introduce Kiwifund

Thursday, 30 June 2016, 5:08 pm | New Zealand First Party

Rt Hon Winston Peters New Zealand First Leader Member of Parliament for Northland 30 JUNE 2016 Stop the Billion Dollar Kiwisaver Rort, Introduce Kiwifund More >>

Whanau Ora Cash-Cow Rumbles On Unchecked

Thursday, 30 June 2016, 5:03 pm | New Zealand First Party

The public of New Zealand have been waiting for one detailed, independent economic analysis on Whanau Ora since July 2014, and they will have to keep waiting, says New Zealand First. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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