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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 >>

Saudi Sheep Farm Deal Didn’t Help Exports

Monday, 28 December 2015, 10:16 am | New Zealand First Party

Saudi Sheep Farm Deal Didn’t Help Exports - Trade Figures Show The shonky nature of foreign corporate welfarism has been laid bare evidenced by new trade figures, which reveal our country’s trade imbalance with the world. “Despite the National-led ... More >>

One Step Forward in Iraq is Two Steps Back in Afghanistan

Thursday, 24 December 2015, 8:48 am | New Zealand First Party

23 DECEMBER 2015 One Step Forward in Iraq is Two Steps Back in Afghanistan While an assault by Iraqi Army and tribal forces is making headway in Ramadi, Afghanistan security has deteriorated seriously due to a resurgent Taliban. “It really is a ... More >>