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Māori Fishing Rights Undermined, Māori Party Silent
Thursday, 4 February 2016, 9:09 am | New Zealand First Party
The government’s newly proposed recreational fishing parks will undermine Māori fishing rights and the Māori Party remains silent on the issue, says New Zealand First. More >>
Disappearing Post Boxes Add to Flag Vote Farce
Wednesday, 3 February 2016, 1:10 pm | New Zealand First Party
A postal ballot at the same time as New Zealand Post is removing thousands of post boxes is another farcical feature of the government’s flag referendum, says New Zealand First. More >>
Kiwirail to Use Rubber Bridge to Replace Iron Bridge
Wednesday, 3 February 2016, 12:58 pm | New Zealand First Party
In another more bizarre twist to the KiwiRail Cook Strait ferry shambles, the company is introducing risky rubber-tyred trailers to replace railway waggons on the Cook Strait run. More >>
Global Dairy Trade Falls in Absence of Govt Leadership
Wednesday, 3 February 2016, 12:20 pm | New Zealand First Party
With Whole Milk Powder (WMP) 4.5 per cent below its sale price at the beginning of the 2015/16 season, the answer is not poor quality trade deals, says New Zealand First. More >>
Further Cuts to Health Bad News for Kiwis
Wednesday, 3 February 2016, 12:08 pm | New Zealand First Party
Expected cuts to funding for four DHBs is worrying and will have serious consequences for frontline health services, says New Zealand First. More >>
Another Blue for National’s Flag
Wednesday, 3 February 2016, 10:35 am | New Zealand First Party
Another Blue for National’s Flag Only 13 days after National trumpeted its legally questionable flag on Auckland Harbour Bridge, it is now coming down because it is the wrong colour. “It is a pathetic flag in any light but better in the dark,” ... More >>
No Place For Him in New Zealand
Tuesday, 2 February 2016, 3:09 pm | New Zealand First Party
We do not need this drongoistic, medieval, four-flushing twit in our country breaking our laws. More >>
TPPA An Overblown Duck Yet to Fly
Tuesday, 2 February 2016, 12:19 pm | New Zealand First Party
The Prime Minister is exaggerating the trade benefits of signing up to the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), says New Zealand First. More >>
New Zealand First Demands EFTPOS Reform - Peters
Tuesday, 2 February 2016, 11:05 am | New Zealand First Party
Following the latest EFTPOS outage, New Zealand First is calling on the Reserve Bank to purchase EFTPOS processor, Paymark, which is reportedly on the market. More >>
Pull up the Drawbridge
Monday, 1 February 2016, 2:48 pm | New Zealand First Party
The landslide of dairy farms being sold up will push massive amounts of productive land into foreign ownership, unless the drawbridge is pulled up quickly, says New Zealand First. More >>
Latest Decision Reckless in Fight Against Bovine TB
Monday, 1 February 2016, 1:15 pm | New Zealand First Party
The reduction in bovine tuberculosis movement control areas for cattle is ludicrous, says New Zealand First. More >>
‘Put Iwi First’ Advisor Tells Failing Charter School
Friday, 29 January 2016, 10:12 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is astonished the Education Minister’s advisor told failed Whangaruru charter school to “put iwi first” and hold on to a taxpayer-funded farm that cost nearly a million dollars, says New Zealand First Education Spokesperson Tracey ... More >>
With Friends like the US And Europe, Who Needs Competitors?
Friday, 29 January 2016, 8:55 am | New Zealand First Party
The government and Fonterra have their heads buried in the sand with subsidised European and American farmers stealing our market share. More >>
MT Cook Station – Buy It And Unlock the Park
Friday, 29 January 2016, 8:51 am | New Zealand First Party
The sale of iconic Mt Cook high country station presents a wonderful opportunity for the government to unlock more of Mt Cook National Park, home of New Zealand’s highest peak. More >>
Tribute to Bob Tizard
Friday, 29 January 2016, 8:48 am | New Zealand First Party
Bob Tizard was a serious parliamentarian with a very good grasp of the facts and with a real sense of history. More >>
Defence Force Stitched up on Foreign-Made Uniforms
Thursday, 28 January 2016, 12:50 pm | New Zealand First Party
An Official Information Act reply to New Zealand First reveals problems with the Army’s foreign-made uniforms that were introduced from 2013. More >>
Drowning Toll Makes School Pools More Important than Ever
Thursday, 28 January 2016, 12:42 pm | New Zealand First Party
Keeping pools in schools operating is one way to help beat the rising drowning toll, says New Zealand First. More >>
Flag Flying Blues Hit Key’s Campaign
Thursday, 28 January 2016, 12:11 pm | New Zealand First Party
The washed out shade of blue of John Key’s favoured flag flying on the Auckland Harbour Bridge shows they cannot even get the colour right, says New Zealand First. More >>
Milk Payout Plummets – Threatens an Economic Storm
Thursday, 28 January 2016, 11:31 am | New Zealand First Party
The plummet in Fonterra’s new dairy forecast milk solids payout threatens an economic storm, says New Zealand First Leader and Member of Parliament for Northland Rt Hon Winston Peters More >>
Government Admits Public Transport Failure
Wednesday, 27 January 2016, 5:33 pm | New Zealand First Party
Denis O’Rourke MP Spokesperson for Transport 27 JANUARY 2016 Government Admits Public Transport Failure More >>
