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English Persists with Dodgy Youth Unemployment Stats

Tuesday, 17 November 2015, 4:38 pm | New Zealand First Party

Finance Minister Bill English should stop misleading the public with bogus youth unemployment numbers, says New Zealand First. More >>

Jobs for the Boys And Girls – When is It Going to End?

Tuesday, 17 November 2015, 8:36 am | New Zealand First Party

The after-Parliament gravy train continues to steam ahead for former National MPs and Cabinet ministers, says New Zealand First. More >>

Fonterra Millionnaires Club Needs a Rocket

Monday, 16 November 2015, 5:14 pm | New Zealand First Party

Fonterra’s 22-strong “millionaires club” of managers needs a big serve from its board after belatedly realising branded products and food service is the way to go, says New Zealand First Leader and Member of Parliament for Northland Rt Hon ... More >>

Next Global Dairy Trade Likely to Be a Big Fall – Peters

Monday, 16 November 2015, 1:21 pm | New Zealand First Party

A third consecutive fall in GlobalDairyTrade (GDT) is likely early Wednesday morning, raising fears that this season is taking a bad turn for the worse. More >>

Events in Paris, a Serious Matter for New Zealand

Sunday, 15 November 2015, 6:38 pm | New Zealand First Party

It is a pleasure to address this public meeting here at Point Chevalier. At the outset, let’s thank the organisers of this meeting for their hard work and also our many New Zealand First supporters in Auckland. More >>

No Christmas Cheer as Hospital Parking Revenue Soars

Friday, 13 November 2015, 10:20 am | New Zealand First Party

Hard-pressed hospitals are so financially stressed that parking revenue is needed to plug National’s funding shortfall, says New Zealand First. “Last financial year, the seven District Health Boards that charge for parking, raked in $15.1 million. ... More >>

Too Much Ideology in National’s Energy Policy

Friday, 13 November 2015, 8:54 am | New Zealand First Party

Rt Hon Winston Peters Member of Parliament for Northland New Zealand First Leader 12 NOVEMER 2015 Speech to Energy Trusts of NZ Spring Conference Copthorne Hotel, Waitangi, Bay of Islands 7pm, 12th November, 2015 Too Much Ideology in National’s ... More >>

Debate Needed on Aussie Deportation Law

Thursday, 12 November 2015, 5:30 pm | New Zealand First Party

Australia is getting away with blue murder with its Draconian deportation laws in which visa holders have been convicted of a crime punishable by a year or more in prison, says New Zealand First Spokesperson on Justice Denis O’Rourke. More >>

Government’s Youth Unemployment Numbers Dodgy

Thursday, 12 November 2015, 4:56 pm | New Zealand First Party

Facts and statistics are being twisted by the government to convince the public that youth unemployment is dropping, says New Zealand First. More >>

Top up Rescue Helicopter Funding Shortfall

Thursday, 12 November 2015, 3:23 pm | New Zealand First Party

Northland MP Rt Hon Winston Peters is calling on the government to pick up the tab for the huge shortfall in funding for the region’s rescue helicopter. More >>

Māori TV in Breach of Treaty Over Firing Receptionists

Wednesday, 11 November 2015, 5:24 pm | New Zealand First Party

Pita Paraone MP Spokesperson for Maori Affairs Spokesperson for Treaty of Waitangi Issues 11 NOVEMBER 2015 Māori TV in Breach of Treaty Over Firing Receptionists More >>

Bill Requires Parent Migrants to Hold Health Insurance

Wednesday, 11 November 2015, 3:40 pm | New Zealand First Party

Eighty thousand migrants over 50 years of age have settled in New Zealand in the past 15 years, with full rights to use the public health system. More >>

Armistice Day Motion Blocked By National’s Simon Bridges

Wednesday, 11 November 2015, 2:51 pm | New Zealand First Party

The National Party has blocked a non-debatable motion marking Armistice Day, on the last parliamentary sitting day that it falls upon during WW1’s centennial. More >>

Polytechs Merger Shortchanges Regional Students

Wednesday, 11 November 2015, 2:35 pm | New Zealand First Party

Regional New Zealand is taking another hit from the government with the merger of Aoraki Polytechnic in Timaru and Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology, says New Zealand First. More >>

Putting Wood First Creates Work And Jobs

Wednesday, 11 November 2015, 11:50 am | New Zealand First Party

The innovative wood design of the new ACC building in Rotorua is a great example to New Zealand’s commercial construction industry of what can be achieved under Rotorua Lake Council’s Wood First policy, says New Zealand First More >>

NZ Super Ruling Won't Spark Review

Wednesday, 11 November 2015, 11:03 am | New Zealand First Party

Denis O’Rourke MP Spokesperson for Justice 11 NOVEMBER 2015 NZ Super Ruling Won't Spark Review Any Kiwis missing out on NZ Super because of injustices in entitlement will get no relief from the National government, says New Zealand First. In Parliament ... More >>