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Staff Cuts Likely From Parliament – Questions Asked
Thursday, 5 May 2016, 9:20 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is questioning why parliamentarians are sitting by as the jobs of 17 chamber staff in Parliament are under threat. More >>
Youth Missing Out on Jobs under National
Thursday, 5 May 2016, 9:17 am | New Zealand First Party
The rate of young people not in work, education or training is now at its highest since 2013, says New Zealand First. More >>
You Can't Avoid Politics: Peters
Wednesday, 4 May 2016, 9:49 am | New Zealand First Party
Thank you for the opportunity to speak to you today. Next year you will find yourselves in a polling booth, supporting the candidate and party you think best represents you. More >>
Bridges Fails to Impress on Kiwirail Future
Tuesday, 3 May 2016, 5:04 pm | New Zealand First Party
The government is desperately trying to dig itself out of responsibility for allowing the run down of Kiwi Rail, says New Zealand First. More >>
‘Horrific’ Compass Avoiding Tax, New Zealanders Suffer
Tuesday, 3 May 2016, 3:24 pm | New Zealand First Party
The catering company responsible for providing “horrific” hospital meals to Southern DHB has been undercutting New Zealand businesses by avoiding paying its fair share of tax, says New Zealand First. More >>
Paying the Price for “Johnny-Come-Lately” Attitude
Monday, 2 May 2016, 1:50 pm | New Zealand First Party
Provincial New Zealanders are paying the price for Fonterra’s “Johnny-come-lately” attitude to value-added products, says New Zealand First. More >>
Silver Fern Farms U-Turn Must Halt OIO Decision
Monday, 2 May 2016, 1:42 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand’s largest meat exporter, Silver Fern Farms, has spectacularly backed down after a shareholder revolt and will now seek a special shareholder meeting to approve its sale to Chinese SOE, Shanghai Maling. More >>
Silver Fern Farms Must Come Clean on Its Real Finances
Monday, 2 May 2016, 1:40 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is again asking serious questions over why the new special resolution on the proposed sale of our largest meat exporter to Chinese SOE, Shanghai Maling, is based upon a document that has been seriously challenged. More >>
Record Immigration is Fuelling Housing Market
Monday, 2 May 2016, 9:32 am | New Zealand First Party
Commentators are tripping over themselves to explain the causes of the Auckland housing crisis – but they are avoiding the patently obvious, says New Zealand First. More >>
Kiwis Lose Out as More Land Goes to Foreigners
Friday, 29 April 2016, 3:51 pm | New Zealand First Party
It’s not just Auckland houses being snapped up by foreign money - sales of large tracts of New Zealand land to foreigners continue unabated, says New Zealand First. More >>
Govt’s Rumoured Cuts to Insulation Bitter Blow for Northland
Friday, 29 April 2016, 3:48 pm | New Zealand First Party
The health of Northland’s most vulnerable citizens will suffer if the government cuts the home insulation scheme, Homes Te Tai Tokerau, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland Member of Parliament, Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>
Govt Happy to Watch Exodus From Provincial NZ
Friday, 29 April 2016, 3:33 pm | New Zealand First Party
A rise in unemployment numbers in Greymouth typifies what is happening in the regions under this government, says New Zealand First today. More >>
Fire Service Needs Far More Govt Support
Friday, 29 April 2016, 3:31 pm | New Zealand First Party
The Fire Service will remain underfunded regardless of announcements made by the government today, says New Zealand First. More >>
Key’s Hands All Over Murky Foreign Trusts
Friday, 29 April 2016, 12:56 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealanders will be bitterly disappointed that their Prime Minister has been condoning foreigners’ use of NZ as a place to hide away their wealth, says New Zealand First. More >>
Private Insurance Needed to Ease Public Health Burden
Thursday, 28 April 2016, 11:35 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealanders need a fairer go to get private health treatment, says New Zealand First. More >>
Time for Straight Talk
Thursday, 28 April 2016, 11:32 am | New Zealand First Party
In its typical bland and hedged way today’s Reserve Bank announcement points to the proliferating risks facing the New Zealand economy from both international and domestic conditions, says New Zealand First Leader and MP for Northland Rt Hon Winston ... More >>
Call for Taskforce Green Workers to Continue Search for Pest
Wednesday, 27 April 2016, 2:27 pm | New Zealand First Party
In light of reports that the Ministry for Primary Industries has pulled support for the search for velvet leaf, New Zealand First is calling on Minister for Primary Industries Nathan Guy to use Enhanced Taskforce Green (ETFG) workers to continue ... More >>
Shareholder Revolt Over Silver Fern Farms China Sale
Wednesday, 27 April 2016, 12:51 pm | New Zealand First Party
Silver Fern Farms Board has been caught misleading the media by claiming that shareholders had no concerns while it was being petitioned for a Special Annual General Meeting regarding its proposed sale to Shanghai Maling. More >>
Common Tourist Visas with Australia Unlikely
Wednesday, 27 April 2016, 10:34 am | New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters New Zealand First Leader Member of Parliament for Northland 27 APRIL 2016 Common Tourist Visas with Australia Unlikely A common tourist visa with Australia is almost as likely as Australia ignoring our weak record on migration ... More >>
Kiwirail Review Waste of Time And Money
Wednesday, 27 April 2016, 9:43 am | New Zealand First Party
Predictably the 2014 KiwiRail review released today is a total waste of time and money, says New Zealand First Leader and MP for Northland Rt Hon Winston Peters. More >>
