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NZ Youth Justice System An Abject Failure

Monday, 16 May 2016, 2:03 pm | New Zealand First Party

Figures obtained by New Zealand First show the abject failure of our youth justice system and the reason why our adult prisons are full to capacity, says New Zealand First. More >>

Unfair Regions Bear Burden Of Power Price Changes

Monday, 16 May 2016, 12:56 pm | New Zealand First Party

It’s unacceptable Regional New Zealand is likely to be on the sharp end of the Electricity Authority’s proposed price changes for getting electricity from the national grid, says New Zealand First. More >>

Minister Has Immediate Opportunity to Back up Her Words

Monday, 16 May 2016, 9:00 am | New Zealand First Party

When Parliament sits again on May 24 the government will be able to use a New Zealand First bill to show their commitment to combatting corruption, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland Member of Parliament, Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>

Government’s Funding to Tourist Towns Drop in Bucket

Friday, 13 May 2016, 4:10 pm | New Zealand First Party

Ron Mark MP New Zealand First Spokesperson for Local Government 13 MAY 2016 Government’s Funding to Tourist Towns Drop in Bucket More >>

National Government Takes A Deep Swipe At Southerners

Friday, 13 May 2016, 4:00 pm | New Zealand First Party

The passing of The New Zealand Public Health and Disability (Southern DHB) Elections Act in Parliament this week shows an utter disregard toward southerners’ democratic rights, says New Zealand First. More >>

Speech by Winston Peters at the House of Lords

Friday, 13 May 2016, 11:33 am | New Zealand First Party

Brexit To leave or to stay in the EU is for the British people to decide. In what appears as a raging internal debate, there nevertheless is a vast audience of outsiders who are carefully watching, assessing the arguments for and against and contemplating ... More >>

Great Opportunity For Brits If Leave EU

Friday, 13 May 2016, 11:31 am | New Zealand First Party

To leave or stay in the EU is for the British people to decide, but they also have a chance to link up with the dynamic economic powerhouse of the Commonwealth, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland Member of Parliament, Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>

Wimpy Response by Minister Over Velvetleaf

Thursday, 12 May 2016, 5:24 pm | New Zealand First Party

The government is waving a white flag over the serious incursion of the invasive weed velvetleaf which has spread from four sites last year to over 219 today, says New Zealand First. More >>

Release Highlights Need for Open Public Register

Thursday, 12 May 2016, 1:44 pm | New Zealand First Party

New Zealand First is calling on the government to make its proposed child sex offenders register open to the public as residents of West Auckland fear for their children’s safety over the release of Ronald Van der Plaat back into their community . More >>

Key Runs From Questions on ‘Dodgy’ Companies

Wednesday, 11 May 2016, 5:25 pm | New Zealand First Party

New Zealand’s name is being dragged through the mud by dodgy bottom-feeding firms that are sheltering indicted criminals, money launderers and even gun runners, says New Zealand First. More >>

National Denies Solution for Southland DHB

Wednesday, 11 May 2016, 2:47 pm | New Zealand First Party

Democracy in New Zealand took another hit from the government in Parliament on Tuesday night, says New Zealand First. More >>

Data on Foreign Buying of Houses a Work of Fiction

Wednesday, 11 May 2016, 12:41 pm | New Zealand First Party

John Key’s government must think New Zealanders are complete idiots on foreign buying of NZ houses, says New Zealand First Housing Spokesperson Denis O’Rourke. More >>

Meat Trade Deal Hands Prime Serving of Profits to Chinese

Wednesday, 11 May 2016, 12:39 pm | New Zealand First Party

Kiwi farmers and meat companies have been misled over the government’s much touted meat trade deal with China which will hand profits over to the Chinese, says New Zealand First. More >>

Out of Touch on Drop in Prison Staffing

Tuesday, 10 May 2016, 4:41 pm | New Zealand First Party

The government is out of touch with the fact prison staffing is at unworkable levels for safety, says New Zealand First. More >>

Speech to House of Lords

Tuesday, 10 May 2016, 2:55 pm | New Zealand First Party

New Zealand First Leader and Member of Parliament for Northland Rt Hon Winston Peters will give an address at a venue in the House of Lords at 10am, May 12 (UK time). More >>

Commission Of Inquiry Urgently Needed Of NZ Tax System

Tuesday, 10 May 2016, 1:24 pm | New Zealand First Party

New Zealand First is calling for a Royal Commission of Inquiry into New Zealand’s “opaque” tax system to combat any possible risk to the country’s international reputation. More >>

Worksafe NZ Investigation Sets Dangerous Precedent

Tuesday, 10 May 2016, 1:04 pm | New Zealand First Party

New Zealand First says the WorkSafe NZ investigation into the Riversdale Volunteer Fire Brigade and the March 16th grain silo rescue could set a dangerous precedent as to how the new health and safety regulations will impact our first responders. ... More >>