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Keep Fishing Jobs in New Zealand
Wednesday, 20 January 2016, 2:15 pm | New Zealand First Party
“Instead of getting value from our fish we are throwing workers on the scrapheap and allowing fish to be processed offshore,” says New Zealand First Fisheries Spokesperson Richard Prosser. More >>
Are Global Dairy Trade Blues Hitting the Cities?
Wednesday, 20 January 2016, 1:08 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says Fonterra’s forecast payout is under pressure with falls in the first two dairy auctions of 2016 - well over half-way through the 2015/16 season. More >>
Meat Works Jobs For Foreign Holiday Workers Not On
Wednesday, 20 January 2016, 11:37 am | New Zealand First Party
With unemployment as high as 6 per cent New Zealand First wants to know why a German holidaymaker ended up getting injured in a dangerous meat works job in the Bay of Plenty – a job which a New Zealander should have been doing. More >>
Key to Fly ‘His’ Flag on Auckland Harbour Bridge?
Wednesday, 20 January 2016, 11:12 am | New Zealand First Party
John Key is expected to up the ante in desperation to rescue his attempt to change the flag, says New Zealand First. More >>
State of the Nation Speech by New Zealand First Leader
Wednesday, 20 January 2016, 10:50 am | New Zealand First Party
State of the Nation Speech by New Zealand First Leader New Zealand First Leader and Member of Parliament for Northland Rt Hon Winston Peters will deliver a state of the nation speech in Orewa on Tuesday 26 January. 6pm, Tuesday 26th January Orewa ... More >>
Police Blue Line Stretched Too Far
Tuesday, 19 January 2016, 10:31 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says the New Zealand police thin blue line is getting stretched thinner and the statistics prove it. More >>
Electronic Bail System Still Failing – Peters
Monday, 18 January 2016, 4:06 pm | New Zealand First Party
The escape of high risk offender Mathew Kidman in Wellington today shows the electronic bail system is failing and putting our communities at risk, New Zealand First says. More >>
West Auckland Homeless Teens Just Tip of Iceberg
Thursday, 14 January 2016, 3:59 pm | New Zealand First Party
Minister of Social Development Anne Tolley’s summoning of social workers to help homeless teens discovered in West Auckland highlights the failure of the government’s youth policies. More >>
Crude Oil at 2004 Prices, But Petrol is 62% More Expensive
Thursday, 14 January 2016, 12:44 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is questioning the Government over why 91 Unleaded is 62% higher than in 2004, when crude oil has crashed to 2004 price levels. More >>
Failure to Deliver Committee Recommendations Hurting Māori
Thursday, 14 January 2016, 9:29 am | New Zealand First Party
A 2025 smokefree New Zealand is unrealistic unless a series of recommendations from the Māori Affairs Select Committee are implemented to target Māori smokers, says New Zealand First. “In the five years since the Committee outlined its 42 recommendations ... More >>
Obama Gets Lukewarm TPP Response But NZ to Sign Regardless
Thursday, 14 January 2016, 8:21 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says the muted reaction to President Obama’s promotion of the TPPA in his final State of the Union raises big questions over what New Zealand is signing up to. More >>
Recreational Fishing a Low Priority for Government
Wednesday, 13 January 2016, 4:04 pm | New Zealand First Party
Recreational Fishing a Low Priority for Government New Zealand First says the government’s proposals for recreational fishing parks in Marlborough and the Hauraki Gulf should be treated with caution. “The concept of recreational parks is good but given fisheries ... More >>
TPPA signing will be a historic farce
Tuesday, 12 January 2016, 5:01 pm | New Zealand First Party
12 JANUARY 2016 TPPA signing will be a historic farce New Zealand First is questioning why a farcical TPPA signing will take place just before Waitangi Day, when United States lawmakers are unlikely to vote on the TPP before November’s Presidential ... More >>
Global Dairy Trade Fall Sets up “a Summer of Discontent"
Wednesday, 6 January 2016, 12:17 pm | New Zealand First Party
Global Dairy Trade Fall Sets up “a Summer of Discontent” New Zealand First says the government should end its ‘summer holiday’ with global sharemarkets in crisis and the first dairy auction of 2016 recording a big fall. “Fonterra’s benchmark ... More >>
Urgent Action Required at Rangiora High
Tuesday, 5 January 2016, 2:48 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is calling for the Auditor General and the Ombudsman to immediately begin investigations into the Ministry of Education’s mismanagement of the appointment of Rangiora High School's Commissioner. More >>
Supergold Ferry Victory “Just the Start” - Peters
Sunday, 3 January 2016, 5:19 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says Kiwi-owned Explore Group’s success in at last accessing the SuperGold card transport support is just the beginning. More >>
Crude oil at 2004 prices, but petrol is 63% more expensive
Thursday, 31 December 2015, 6:15 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is questioning the Government over why 91 Unleaded is 63% higher than in 2004, when crude oil has crashed to 2004 price levels. More >>
Federated Farmers abandons political neutrality
Thursday, 31 December 2015, 6:10 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says a Federated Farmers “survey,” which shows high farmer satisfaction with the government, is as reliable as a North Korean plebiscite. More >>
Gordon Stephenson A Great Kiwi
Wednesday, 30 December 2015, 2:48 pm | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First is joining with others to honour the life of farming environmentalist, Gordon Stephenson, who has passed away aged 91. More >>
Government Lets School Water Safety Sink
Wednesday, 30 December 2015, 11:43 am | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says the Government urgently needs to fund school pools, with eight drownings since Christmas Day and the 2015 Drowning Toll over 100. More >>
