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Upper Hutt School Review ‘money driven’
Tuesday, 7 October 2003, 2:46 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future Hutt Valley MP Murray Smith says that, despite the Minister of Education’s rhetoric, the move to merge Upper Hutt schools is entirely money driven and there is a real danger that ‘non-financial’ considerations would be totally ignored in ... More >>
Dunne: Why are we (still) waiting?
Monday, 6 October 2003, 10:55 am | United Future NZ Party
Ohariu-Belmont MP and United Future leader, Peter Dunne, says the weekend’s weather disaster on the Kapiti coast has exposed the faulty thinking behind the continued delays in getting the Transmission Gully route out of Wellington started. More >>
'Medicine-by-survey' charade shows Green obsession
Thursday, 2 October 2003, 2:59 pm | United Future NZ Party
A Green Party survey on the medicinal use of cannabis was just further evidence of their determination to make it a parliamentary issue rather than a medical one as it should be, United Future's Judy Turner said today. More >>
Ogilvy: Charge truants' parents $27 a day
Thursday, 2 October 2003, 2:46 pm | United Future NZ Party
The Government needs to get serious on truancy and charge parents of truant children what it costs to educate each child each day - $19 for primary students and $27 for secondary students, United Future's Bernie Ogilvy said today. More >>
Speech at Brigham Young Uni. Utah - Peter Dunne
Thursday, 2 October 2003, 10:02 am | United Future NZ Party
Ladies and gentlemen, greetings from Middle Earth and thank you for the opportunity to address you on an issue of intense interest to the whole world – the role of the family in society and the proper function of government in relation to the family. More >>
Reflections on the Tragedy of Coral Burrows
Friday, 26 September 2003, 9:27 am | United Future NZ Party
On Tuesday 23 September a small yellow coffin decorated with beautiful spring flowers made its way through Featherston from a memorial service at St. Teresa's Catholic Church, to Matamata a day later for a funeral and burial. More >>
Ogilvy: Lunatics loose on campus
Thursday, 25 September 2003, 6:04 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future education spokesman Bernie Ogilvy today joined ACT's Stephen Franks in condemning the Labour Government's move to have all university research proposals examined through a Maori lens. More >>
First home buyers and investment properties
Thursday, 25 September 2003, 3:06 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future spokesperson on Revenue and Finance, Gordon Copeland, says he has been misquoted in today’s Dominion Post article on home buyers. More >>
Dunne: UN report a wake-up call on drugs
Thursday, 25 September 2003, 9:57 am | United Future NZ Party
A United Nations report showing amphetamine-type drug use in New Zealand is among the highest in the world should serve as a wake-up call to the Government on the need for a comprehensive drug strategy, United Future leader Peter Dunne said today. More >>
Fahey: Is he a threat to the community standards?
Wednesday, 24 September 2003, 4:39 pm | United Future NZ Party
On 22 September, the Parole Board in its infinite wisdom decided to set former Deputy Mayor and convicted sex offender Morgan Fahey free, after serving just over half of his miserly six year sentence. More >>
Dunne Speech to Canterbury Manufacturers Assoc.
Wednesday, 24 September 2003, 2:58 pm | United Future NZ Party
Ladies and gentlemen, I come here today convinced that we have a lot to offer each other. More >>
Peter Dunne Op-ed: Pink Thinking On The Rise
Tuesday, 23 September 2003, 4:34 pm | United Future NZ Party
Last month I wrote about the ‘pink think’ that is pervading a number of government measures that are trying to change the way in which we think about social norms. More >>
‘Responsible’ legislation on gambling? You bet!
Monday, 22 September 2003, 10:01 pm | United Future NZ Party
Recently United Future has been berated by critics who appear to have a visceral dislike of all forms of gambling, where nothing short of an outright ban would satisfy them. Instead, given the reality of gambling, we negotiated a sensible regulatory ... More >>
Dunne underwhelmed by Green abuse
Monday, 22 September 2003, 12:55 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader, Peter Dunne, has received a communication from a senior Green Party official that he feels compelled to share with the rest of the world. More >>
Ogilvy: Govt owes students families an explanation
Friday, 19 September 2003, 11:10 am | United Future NZ Party
The Government's recently released discussion document on student loans and allowances is more than a year overdue and doesn't do what it was supposed to do, United Future Education spokesman Bernie Ogilvy says. More >>
Petty politics the winner; democracy the loser
Wednesday, 17 September 2003, 3:38 pm | United Future NZ Party
The Government did Parliament and democracy a disservice today when it blocked a motion that would have had the Privileges Committee monitor the contempt of court case against National MP Nick Smith, United Future whip Gordon Copeland says. More >>
Local Govt respects people on prostitution
Wednesday, 17 September 2003, 3:37 pm | United Future NZ Party
Local government across New Zealand is foiling the "politically correct" Prostitution Reform Act, United Future's Gordon Copeland said today. More >>
United Welcomes Judicial Appointments Procedure
Wednesday, 17 September 2003, 9:32 am | United Future NZ Party
The United Future party today welcomed the Government’s advice that it would carry out policy work and public discussion with a view to the establishment of an independent body to appoint judges in the future. More >>
NZers - Owners Of The Foreshore and Seabed?
Tuesday, 16 September 2003, 11:11 am | United Future NZ Party
On Monday 18 August, the Government released its proposals on the foreshore and seabed of New Zealand. That night Prime Minister, Helen Clark, was on the Holmes show and announced to the nation that the Government’s proposal was to put the foreshore and ... More >>
Marc My Words… United Future and the Gambling Bill
Friday, 12 September 2003, 4:28 pm | United Future NZ Party
In recent days, United Future has been assailed from all sides as lacking commonsense; betraying its supporters and being anti-family because of the role it played in securing the passage through Parliament of the Gambling Bill. More >>
