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Dunne: Pro-drug politician must go
Thursday, 22 January 2004, 11:05 am | United Future NZ Party
Further evidence is emerging that the Green Party and its pro-cannabis campaigner, MP Nandor Tanczos, are on the completely wrong track with their obsessive campaign to promote greater dope-smoking among young New Zealanders, according to United Future ... More >>
Piecemeal approach to justice sells NZ short
Tuesday, 20 January 2004, 3:42 pm | United Future NZ Party
The Government's announcement that it is considering creating yet another tribunal for disputes over badly built houses is testament to its lack of a vision for the development of New Zealand's legal system, United Future's Murray Smith said today. More >>
Drugs survey another nail in Greens' coffin
Friday, 16 January 2004, 10:03 am | United Future NZ Party
It's now "put up or shut up time" for the Greens' drug policies, United Future leader Peter Dunne said today in the wake of a damning Massey University study confirming that cannabis is a 'gateway' link to the drug P. More >>
No-names a mockery of 'straight' business claims
Friday, 16 January 2004, 10:02 am | United Future NZ Party
Hypocrisy, secrecy and double standards are already showing through as the first licences are being handed out to brothel-keepers under the Prostitution Reform Act, United Future's Gordon Copeland said today. More >>
Eight jail terms for child porn not enough
Thursday, 15 January 2004, 2:28 pm | United Future NZ Party
The fact that only eight of 26 people convicted of child pornography offences in New Zealand last year were jailed indicates that the full seriousness of such crimes is not being reflected by the judiciary, United Future leader Peter Dunne said today. More >>
Dunne: ACT - they're all heart
Wednesday, 14 January 2004, 10:48 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader Peter Dunne today dismissed an ACT call for New Zealand to play hardball with Niue over its tax haven status before extending a helping hand to the cyclone-ravaged Pacific nation. More >>
Dunne: Govt not facing student debt debacle
Tuesday, 13 January 2004, 10:48 am | United Future NZ Party
The 2000 New Zealand doctors who have left the country in the past five years have done so in a huge number of cases because of this country’s seriously flawed student loan scheme, United Future leader Peter Dunne said today in proposing parental savings ... More >>
Turner: Stop protecting negligent professionals
Monday, 12 January 2004, 11:58 am | United Future NZ Party
Professional medical bodies need to stop protecting the identities of negligent doctors, nurses and midwives at the expense of the public, United Future’s Judy Turner said today. More >>
Ogilvy: We’re killing rural NZ
Sunday, 11 January 2004, 4:08 pm | United Future NZ Party
The Government’s employment ‘dead zone’ towns are the logical conclusion of years of political leadership bereft of ideas, United Future’s Bernie Ogilvy said today. More >>
Alexander: Desperate ACT bashing Maori
Wednesday, 7 January 2004, 10:37 pm | United Future NZ Party
New Zealanders should give no credence to ACT's "racially-driven claptrap", United Future's Marc Alexander said today. More >>
Alexander: Kiwis decide who lives here
Monday, 5 January 2004, 7:38 pm | United Future NZ Party
Would-be refugees must respect New Zealanders' right to determine who comes here and under what circumstances, United Future MP Marc Alexander said today. More >>
Alexander: Search & rescue shouldn't cost arm-leg
Monday, 5 January 2004, 12:30 am | United Future NZ Party
Adventurers should have insurance cover to meet the cost of any rescue operation they require, rather than expect the taxpayer to pick up the increasingly costly tab, United Future's civil defence spokesman Marc Alexander said today. More >>
The worst-behaved MP’s of 2003
Tuesday, 23 December 2003, 10:53 am | United Future NZ Party
New Zealand First leader, Winston Peters, was far and away the worst behaved MP in Parliament this year, according to United Future leader Peter Dunne’s annual register of MPs’ behaviour in the House. More >>
Turner: Custodial parents up for $8 million
Monday, 22 December 2003, 1:59 pm | United Future NZ Party
More than 8000 custodial parents, often already struggling financially, are being chased for nearly $8 million by Inland Revenue because of an inadequate child support system, United Future's Judy Turner said today. More >>
Dunne: Thousands of fishing jobs go begging
Monday, 22 December 2003, 11:13 am | United Future NZ Party
Thousands of New Zealand fishing jobs are going begging as this country continues to allow overseas fishing operators to pay foreign crews Third World pay rates in our waters, United Future leader Peter Dunne said from Nelson today. More >>
Dunne: Time for Nats to work for New Zealand
Friday, 19 December 2003, 4:57 pm | United Future NZ Party
National's Gerry Brownlee gets a 'D' for comprehension after misconstruing - "wilfully or otherwise" - United Future's position on the foreshore and seabed issue, the party's leader, Peter Dunne, said today. More >>
Marc My Words: Tis The Season To Reflect
Thursday, 18 December 2003, 4:08 pm | United Future NZ Party
I always think of this season as a good time for reflection. Another year is about to bid us a fond farewell. It's like a page of history still wet with ink and about to be put on the shelf, while a blank chapter readies itself to be written. I imagine ... More >>
Turner: CYFS a 'dysfunctional monster'
Thursday, 18 December 2003, 12:32 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future's Judy Turner today labelled CYFS a "dysfunctional monster", with child death after child death being laid at its door. More >>
Copeland says “Time for tax cuts”
Thursday, 18 December 2003, 12:08 am | United Future NZ Party
The above-forecast healthy surplus position indicated in the government’s Economic and Fiscal Update provides head room for an immediate tax cut at both the personal and company levels, according to United Future finance and revenue spokesperson Gordon ... More >>
United Future backs foreshore & seabed proposals
Wednesday, 17 December 2003, 3:06 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader Peter Dunne said today his party’s caucus had discussed the Government’s foreshore and seabed proposals exhaustively and was prepared to support them in their present form. More >>
