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Unitedfuture Will Oppose Harawira Bill
Wednesday, 13 November 2013, 1:34 pm | United Future NZ Party
UnitedFuture Ieader Peter Dunne says he will vote against Hone Harawira’s Food in Schools Bill. “While I have no doubt the Bill is well-intentioned, I think it is fundamentally flawed for a number of reasons. More >>
Dunne Lambasts Electoral Commission Change
Monday, 4 November 2013, 4:21 pm | United Future NZ Party
The Electoral Commission has amended its rules to allow for electronic signatures to be provided as evidence of party membership, but the decision has been attacked as “cowardly and cynical” by United Future leader Peter Dunne. More >>
Transmission Gully Is Labour’s Wellington Test
Thursday, 31 October 2013, 10:14 am | United Future NZ Party
UnitedFuture leader Peter Dunne is calling on the Labour Party to say where it stands on the building of the Transmission Gully Highway. More >>
Dunne Hails Transmission Gully Announcement
Wednesday, 30 October 2013, 2:15 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader Peter Dunne has hailed today’s announcement by the Prime Minister that construction of the Transmission Gully Highway as the “beginning of the end of 75 years uncertainty for the Wellington region.” More >>
Peter Dunne Address to Rotary Club of Mangere - 29 Oct 2013
Wednesday, 30 October 2013, 8:58 am | United Future NZ Party
Tonight, therefore, I want to offer some thoughts on the current political landscape, and how things might play out over the next year. As a political scientist, I am acutely aware that the game of political predictions is a risky one. More >>
Dunne Speaks - 24 October 2013
Thursday, 24 October 2013, 9:53 am | United Future NZ Party
Many years ago, when I was a Labour MP, there used to be a weekly debate in Caucus about the theme for the week. If it was a quiet week, or one the government would rather forget, the default theme was always splits and divisions in the Opposition. More >>
Dunne Speaks - the Lundy Case and others
Thursday, 17 October 2013, 9:23 am | United Future NZ Party
In the 1980s the Wellington retailer Alan Martin of L.V. Martin & Son became a cult figure for his idiosyncratic television advertisements where he proclaimed, “it’s the putting right that counts”. The slogan became part of the national lexicon ... More >>
Retirement Commissioner’s Review “Disappointing"
Wednesday, 9 October 2013, 9:18 am | United Future NZ Party
UnitedFuture leader Peter Dunne says the Retirement Commissioner’s review of retirement income policies is a “disappointing, same-old, same-old” response that will not take the retirement income debate any further forward. More >>
Defibrilators Should Be Available In Rest Homes
Tuesday, 8 October 2013, 9:08 am | United Future NZ Party
UnitedFuture leader Peter Dunne says he is “very surprised” defibrillator equipment is not required to be available in rest homes “as a matter of course.” More >>
Dunne Concerned Local Firms Shut Out of IRD Transformation
Tuesday, 8 October 2013, 9:05 am | United Future NZ Party
UnitedFuture leader Peter Dunne is expressing concern at reports that local IT firms are being shut out of a lead role in Inland Revenue’s business transformation programme. More >>
New Zealand Should Strengthen Ties with Taiwan
Monday, 7 October 2013, 11:17 am | United Future NZ Party
UnitedFuture leader Peter Dunne has renewed his call for New Zealand to strengthen its ties with the Republic of China (Taiwan). Speaking ahead of celebrations this week to mark the 102nd Anniversary of the founding of the Republic of China, Mr Dunne ... More >>
Dunne Speaks - 1 October 2013 - Resource management issues
Tuesday, 1 October 2013, 12:06 pm | United Future NZ Party
Resource management issues are very prominent on the current political agenda, and reveal a great deal about the National Party’s attitude to the environment. More >>
Dunne Speaks - "Same Old Group"
Wednesday, 25 September 2013, 11:36 am | United Future NZ Party
While there has been a lot of hype over the new Labour leadership, the reality is very little has changed. It is still the same old group, albeit a little reshuffled, with all the old rivalries and tensions simmering as ever, just below the surface. More >>
Dunne Welcomes High Court’s One-plan Decision
Wednesday, 25 September 2013, 9:14 am | United Future NZ Party
UnitedFuture leader Peter Dunne has welcomed the High Court’s decision to reject appeals by Horticulture New Zealand and Federated Farmers against the Manawatu-Whanganui Regional Council’s “One-Plan”. More >>
German Election Result Has Warnings For National
Tuesday, 24 September 2013, 9:20 am | United Future NZ Party
UnitedFuture leader Peter Dunne says this week’s German election result contains warnings for National in the lead-up to our General Election next year. More >>
Dunne Announces Electoral (Party Registration) Amendment Bil
Thursday, 19 September 2013, 10:27 am | United Future NZ Party
UnitedFuture leader Peter Dunne has announced the details of his Member’s Bill, the Electoral (Party Registration, Reinstatement, and Audit) Amendment Bill. More >>
Snapper Bag Limit Decision Misses Real Point
Tuesday, 17 September 2013, 3:30 pm | United Future NZ Party
Although recreational fishers may be breathing a small sigh of relief at today’s revised snapper catch announcements, the changes are in reality little consolation, says United Future leader Peter Dunne. More >>
Support For Vulnerable Children Bill One Stage At A Time
Tuesday, 17 September 2013, 12:15 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader Peter Dunne says he will support the introduction of the Government’s Vulnerable Children Bill today, but he is making no commitments to support the Bill beyond that. More >>
Where Is the Electoral Commission?
Tuesday, 17 September 2013, 9:18 am | United Future NZ Party
UnitedFuture leader Peter Dunne is challenging the Electoral Commission to become involved in the case Whangarei Council worker, Jan Walters-Gleeson. More >>
DOC Report On Ruataniwha Dam Should Be Made Public
Tuesday, 17 September 2013, 9:16 am | United Future NZ Party
UnitedFuture leader Peter Dunne is calling for the release of DOC’s currently secret report critical of the Ruataniwha Dam proposal. Mr Dunne says there is a great deal of interest in Hawkes Bay and elsewhere about the Ruataniwha proposal, and that all ... More >>
