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United Future NZ Party - Latest News [Page 103]

School camp fears a tragedy

Monday, 22 March 2004, 1:52 pm | United Future NZ Party

United Future's youth affairs spokesman Paul Adams today decried the increasing trend to wrap children in cotton wool - this time by having them pitch tents in the schoolyard rather than enjoy the adventure of school camps. More >>

Dunne speech to NZ Gaming Expo

Monday, 22 March 2004, 8:18 am | United Future NZ Party

I am pleased to join you this morning to offer some views on the new gaming legislation passed last year and how it will work in practice. More >>

Dunne welcomes public backing

Monday, 22 March 2004, 12:25 am | United Future NZ Party

United Future leader Peter Dunne today complimented the commonsense of New Zealand voters for overwhelmingly backing United Future’s proposal for a wide-ranging inquiry into New Zealand’s constitutional arrangements, and the role therein of the Treaty ... More >>

United Future and foreshore ownership

Monday, 22 March 2004, 12:21 am | United Future NZ Party

Monday, 22 March 2004 United Future and foreshore ownership The public has displayed a very clear preference for public ownership of the foreshore and seabed – a position United Future is very happy with, according to party leader, Peter Dunne. More >>

Vets deserve to be treated with class

Friday, 19 March 2004, 10:33 am | United Future NZ Party

"The Government's announcement yesterday that it would send all veterans who wanted to go to Monte Casino is to be welcomed," United Future's Senior Citizens spokesperson Marc Alexander has said. More >>

Dunne welcomes Treaty inquiry support

Thursday, 18 March 2004, 9:50 am | United Future NZ Party

United Future leader, Peter Dunne, today expressed his great satisfaction that United Future’s proposal for a wide-ranging inquiry into New Zealand’s constitutional arrangements, and the role therein of the Treaty of Waitangi, is beginning to gather political ... More >>

Alexander: Crime assets move should be tougher

Wednesday, 17 March 2004, 6:03 pm | United Future NZ Party

The Government's announcement today that it would develop a civil forfeiture regime to improve criminal asset recovery laws was proof that an "old dog can learn new tricks after all - well at least a little trick," United Future's Marc Alexander ... More >>

Turner: CYFS knocks back quality help for kids

Wednesday, 17 March 2004, 11:30 am | United Future NZ Party

As CYFS continues to flounder, leaving children's lives in tatters, non-government agencies stand by ready and willing to intervene, United Future's family affairs spokeswoman, Judy Turner, said today. More >>

Treaty Inquiry Must Not Become Elitist Love-In

Tuesday, 16 March 2004, 4:24 pm | United Future NZ Party

United Future leader Peter Dunne today said that a necessary pre-cursor to a Royal Commission on the Constitution and the Treaty’s place in it must be a process of engaging in the widest possible conversation with the New Zealand public. More >>

Smith applauds call to open Family Court

Tuesday, 16 March 2004, 11:51 am | United Future NZ Party

The Law Commission's proposal to allow media into the Family Court is a welcome change, United Future's justice spokesman, Murray Smith, said today. More >>

Smith: Govt must back court reforms with money

Tuesday, 16 March 2004, 12:53 am | United Future NZ Party

A Government commitment to adequate funding would make or break the structural court reforms recommended by the Law Commission in its Delivering Justice for All report, United Future's justice spokesman, Murray Smith, said today. More >>

United Future ‘On The Right Family Track’

Monday, 15 March 2004, 2:58 pm | United Future NZ Party

United Future leader, Peter Dunne, today re-emphasized that United Future is on the same wavelength as the majority of New Zealanders, as demonstrated by the latest Tower/TNS survey on “What Worries New Zealanders.” More >>

Marc Alexander: Freedom

Friday, 12 March 2004, 6:33 pm | United Future NZ Party

Perhaps the greatest single threat to our freedom is the threat to our freedom of thought. More >>

Dunne slates ‘gutless’ Transit NZ

Thursday, 11 March 2004, 10:50 am | United Future NZ Party

United Future leader and Ohariu-Belmont MP, Peter Dunne, today slammed the board and officials of Transit New Zealand for their gutlessness in refusing to front up for a debate on progress, or the lack of it, on the Transmission Gully project. More >>

Proposed Constitutional Inquiry Terms Of Reference

Wednesday, 10 March 2004, 3:51 pm | United Future NZ Party

United Future leader Peter Dunne today proposed terms of reference for a Royal Commission of Inquiry into New Zealand’s future constitutional arrangements. More >>

Dunne applauds race debate co-operation

Wednesday, 10 March 2004, 11:49 am | United Future NZ Party

United Future leader Peter Dunne today applauded the first signs of cross-party co-operation that have emerged in the current debate over race relations in New Zealand. More >>

‘Civil war’ comments inflammatory nonsense

Wednesday, 10 March 2004, 11:48 am | United Future NZ Party

United Future leader Peter Dunne today denounced remarks by Associate Maori Affairs Minister John Tamihere that the election of a National Government could lead to civil war. More >>

Dunne: Brash fails NZ

Wednesday, 10 March 2004, 12:57 am | United Future NZ Party

Dr Don Brash has failed his first major test as the leader of the National Party, according to United Future leader, Peter Dunne. More >>

UF Auck MPs call for respect for roading process

Wednesday, 10 March 2004, 12:13 am | United Future NZ Party

United Future's two Auckland MPs are calling for nay-sayers on Auckland's Eastern Corridor roading proposal to respect the process and look passed self-interest. More >>

Dunne deplores National’s lack of vision

Tuesday, 9 March 2004, 5:26 pm | United Future NZ Party

United Future leader Peter Dunne today deplored the National Party’s lack of vision and utter inability to provide leadership for New Zealand. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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