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Dunne Speaks
Thursday, 28 November 2013, 11:10 am | Peter Dunne
Amidst the frenzied debate about the suitability or otherwise of the untested, yet to be elected, Conservatives as a viable post-election support partner for National, one point seems to have been overlooked. More >>
Dunne Speaks - 14 November 2013
Thursday, 14 November 2013, 10:18 am | Peter Dunne
This weekend’s Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Sri Lanka seems set to be dominated by the furore surrounding human rights abuses in that country. More >>
Dunne Speaks - Historical Rape Charges
Thursday, 7 November 2013, 10:01 am | Peter Dunne
Karl Marx once said famously that the thing to learn from history is that people do not. More >>
Dunne Speaks For This Week
Thursday, 31 October 2013, 10:34 am | Peter Dunne
A sure sign of looming danger is when a politician opines the eerie words, “I’ve been thinking.” It is usually a warning some new crackpot idea is about to be unleashed, or hobby horse indulged. In fact, politicians’ “thinking” lies at the heart ... More >>
Greenpeace Warning “Sobering And Timely”
Wednesday, 23 October 2013, 11:38 am | Peter Dunne
Greenpeace’s warning of the potential risks to the New Zealand coastline and surrounding oceans from a deep sea oil spill is both “sobering and timely”, according to UnitedFuture leader Peter Dunne. “Deep sea oil exploration is inherently risky ... More >>
Dunne Speaks
Thursday, 10 October 2013, 10:08 am | Peter Dunne
The greatest football game in town kicked off again this week – and I am not referring to the epic All Blacks/Springboks test at Ellis Park last weekend. More >>
Dunne Speaks: 18 September 2013
Wednesday, 18 September 2013, 2:39 pm | Peter Dunne
The visit to parliament this week by Dunedin leaders to push for the retention of the Invermay agricultural research centre in Otago raises the wider issue of what is now referred to as localism in some quarters. More >>
Peter Dunne on Syria
Friday, 30 August 2013, 10:16 am | Peter Dunne
Syria is the world’s current international pariah. And the drums of war are beating once more. The apparently regime sanctioned poison gas attacks on Syrian citizens are despicable, callous and indefensible. More >>