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Winston Peters free to live in Zimbabwe or Burma
Friday, 10 December 2004, 12:52 am | Progressive Party
Winston Peters seems to think that just because he says something, it must be true. But that’s not the case. When he says Ahmed Zaoui is a “grave security risk,” Mr Peters is merely repeating himself when he has no evidence to back his claim, says ... More >>
ANZ report good 5th birthday present for coalition
Friday, 10 December 2004, 12:02 am | Progressive Party
Today's ANZ November report on job advertisements in major newspapers, which are up a staggering 14.4 percent from a year ago, highlights yet again the importance to the economy of the government's investment in workers' skills, training and apprenticeship ... More >>
Zaoui decision means Parliament needs to act
Thursday, 9 December 2004, 5:50 pm | Progressive Party
Progressive MP Matt Robson welcomes the decision of the Supreme Court that Ahmed Zaoui can be bailed to the Dominican Friary in Auckland. More >>
Mortgage rates would have been higher under Brash
Thursday, 9 December 2004, 10:49 am | Progressive Party
Had Don Brash been governor pursuing National's early 1990s annual inflation target of zero to 2%, mortgage interest rates would currently be up to one percentage point higher than they are, Progressive MP Matt Robson says. More >>
Brash move on 4 Weeks Leave welcome
Thursday, 9 December 2004, 10:44 am | Progressive Party
Progressive leader Jim Andeton today welcomed the news that the National Party has reversed its previous opposition to extending to workers a minimum of four weeks' annual leave, and has urged National to also reverse its commitment to sell Kiwibank. More >>
Open letter to Stephen Fleming and the Black Caps
Tuesday, 7 December 2004, 4:52 pm | Progressive Party
Congratulations on your inspirational performance on Sunday. You lifted the roof off the Telstra dome. More >>
Trade with China doesn't mean silence on rights
Tuesday, 7 December 2004, 2:39 pm | Progressive Party
New Zealand's desire to lower unfair barriers on our exports into China doesn't mean we should ever tone down our championing of human rights or our support for democratic renewal in China, says Progressive MP Matt Robson. More >>
Anderton regrets Catholic statements
Tuesday, 7 December 2004, 12:34 am | Progressive Party
Progressive leader Jim Anderton today expressed regret at the view outlined in a Catholic bishops' Open Letter on the Civil Union Bill because, he said, it appears to misunderstand the impact and the purposes of the legislation. More >>
Slashing Maori graduates' debt benefits economy
Monday, 6 December 2004, 2:53 pm | Progressive Party
The Progressive Party's policy to slash tertiary graduates' debt, in return for graduates working in New Zealand, would benefit the whole economy, Progressive MP Matt Robson told Te Mana Akonga National Maori Tertiary Students' Association today. More >>
Progressives canvassing on housing
Friday, 3 December 2004, 5:09 pm | Progressive Party
Progressive leader Jim Anderton visited the Hutt motorway site of one of the Progressive billboards on housing today, the day before the Progressives start door to door campaigning on their housing policy. More >>
Project GDP to bring research & dev. benefits
Friday, 3 December 2004, 3:45 pm | Progressive Party
Small to medium sized businesses are expected to reap the benefits from a project run by the Wellington based Crown Research Institute Industrial Research Ltd (IRL). Project GDP aims to bring researchers, scientists and small to medium sized enterprises, ... More >>
robson-on-politics 3 December
Friday, 3 December 2004, 3:12 pm | Progressive Party
More for early childhood education - Thinkers Not Drinkers - The Bill of Rights, national security, and Mr Zaoui - Maori student debt is the country's debt More >>
Project GDP to bring development benefits
Friday, 3 December 2004, 12:38 am | Progressive Party
Small to medium sized businesses are expected to reap the benefits from a project run by the Wellington based Crown Research Institute Industrial Research Ltd (IRL). Project GDP aims to bring researchers, scientists and small to medium sized enterprises, ... More >>
Battling the hardest development problems
Thursday, 2 December 2004, 4:36 pm | Progressive Party
The Mongrel Mob in Putaruru invited Jim Anderton to speak to them today about business development and launch their whanau business development project. More >>
Anderton: Speech on Maori Development
Thursday, 2 December 2004, 4:34 pm | Progressive Party
Launch of Mongrel Mob whanau business development project 2.30PM Thursday, 2 December 2004 Putaruru Soccer Club More >>
Battling the hardest development problems
Thursday, 2 December 2004, 3:24 pm | Progressive Party
The Mongrel Mob in Putaruru invited Jim Anderton to speak to them today about business development and launch their whanau business development project. More >>
Funding for Murupara anti-drugs campaign
Thursday, 2 December 2004, 12:54 am | Progressive Party
The government has agreed to contribute toward the Murupara community's anti-drugs education campaign, Jim Anderton said in Murupara today. More >>
Anderton heading to Murupara
Wednesday, 1 December 2004, 4:55 pm | Progressive Party
The Murupara community will discuss their economic and social development challenges on Thursday, with Jim Anderton, Regional Development Minister and the Minister responsible for co-ordinating the Labour-Progressive government's anti-drugs campaign. This visit ... More >>
Billboard campaign to raise drinking age
Wednesday, 1 December 2004, 3:31 pm | Progressive Party
The Progressive Party's publicity campaign to gain public support for raising the alcohol purchasing age back to twenty kicks off this week with billboards going up in Auckland and Christchurch, says Progressive leader Jim Anderton. More >>
Curtains for Nats
Wednesday, 1 December 2004, 10:34 am | Progressive Party
National’s collapse in the New Zealand Herald poll released today means voters who want to see the company tax rate cut should vote Progressive, Progressive leader Jim Anderton says. More >>
