United Future NZ Party - Latest News [Page 122]
Copeland: Bring back Bill, Sowry's gone nuts
Tuesday, 17 June 2003, 4:04 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future finance spokesman, Gordon Copeland, today called on National leader, Bill English, to abandon his trip to the United States in order to rein in his deputy, Roger Sowry, who is displaying his 'astonishing ignorance of finance' by calling ... More >>
United Future caucus rejects Care of Children Bill
Tuesday, 17 June 2003, 3:44 pm | United Future NZ Party
The United Future caucus today decided to oppose the Government's Care of Children Bill. More >>
Dunne: 'Swim coach' issue must not disappear
Tuesday, 17 June 2003, 10:08 am | United Future NZ Party
In congratulating Swimming New Zealand for suspending the female coach who had a sexual relationship with a 13-year-old boy, United Future leader Peter Dunne today renewed his call for urgent Government action to fix the legal anomaly that means ... More >>
Dunne: Put Tongan democracy on SP Forum agenda
Friday, 13 June 2003, 5:48 pm | United Future NZ Party
Democracy in Tonga must be on the South Pacific Forum agenda when it is held in Auckland in August, and New Zealand, Australia and the Commonwealth are duty-bound to speak out on the issue, United Future leader Peter Dunne said today. More >>
Alexander: Tenants from hell strike again
Friday, 13 June 2003, 4:08 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future law and order spokesman Marc Alexander today pledged to keep pushing for a bad tenants register in the wake of news that the family that trashed a Christchurch charitable trust's house last month has struck again. More >>
Copeland: AGMs needed for SOEs
Friday, 13 June 2003, 10:33 am | United Future NZ Party
State-owned enterprises should hold annual general meetings, according to United Future finance spokesman Gordon Copeland. More >>
Political parties apply for de-registration
Friday, 13 June 2003, 9:56 am | United Future NZ Party
The two parties that joined to form the United Future New Zealand party have formally applied to the Electoral Commission to be de-registered. More >>
Turner reveals hike in benefit 'psych' figures
Thursday, 12 June 2003, 3:31 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future social services spokeswoman Judy Turner today said the Government was ignoring what Helen Clark might well call the "bleeding obvious" in continuing to insist that there is no migration from the sickness benefit to the unemployment ... More >>
Copeland: Savings Behaviour Must Change
Thursday, 12 June 2003, 2:33 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future finance spokesman, Gordon Copeland, today renewed his call for a dramatic change in the savings habits of New Zealanders. More >>
Govt needs to be accountable for its Air NZ shares
Thursday, 12 June 2003, 1:18 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future MP Murray Smith has called for the Government's role as a shareholder in private sector companies to be made accountable to Parliament through the select committee process. More >>
United welcomes flexible funding for Auck's roads
Wednesday, 11 June 2003, 5:12 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future's finance spokesman Gordon Copeland today welcomed the Government's commitment to exploring a wide range of options for the funding of roads and other transport infrastructure in Auckland. More >>
Dobson Dam should be built - United Future
Wednesday, 11 June 2003, 4:29 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future MP's Gordon Copeland and Larry Baldock have returned from a visit to the West Coast convinced that the proposed Trustpower 60 megawatt hydro scheme at the Dobson Dam site near Greymouth should go ahead. More >>
Dunne: Key changes needed to Care of Children Bill
Wednesday, 11 June 2003, 1:11 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader Peter Dunne today signalled that the Care of Children Bill needed key changes or the party won't back its passage through Parliament. More >>
Alexander: Just get parole right
Wednesday, 11 June 2003, 9:41 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future law and order spokesman Marc Alexander has questioned whether moves to increase supervision of released paedophiles to 10 years would actually be enforced. More >>
Greens endanger NZ lives
Tuesday, 10 June 2003, 7:52 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader, Peter Dunne, said tonight he was appalled at the Green Party's reaction to the Government's commitment of New Zealand military personnel to the rebuilding of Afghanistan. More >>
Adams: Four weeks leave no go
Monday, 9 June 2003, 4:07 pm | United Future NZ Party
Matt Robson's continuing advocacy of four weeks leave is irresponsible and would hit families by ultimately putting more people out of work, United Future industry spokesman Paul Adams said today. More >>
Constructive engagement the right way to go
Monday, 9 June 2003, 3:18 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader, Peter Dunne, today applauded the New Zealand Government's commitment of more military personnel to Iraq and Afghanistan. More >>
Alexander: Finest Justice Money Can Buy
Monday, 9 June 2003, 1:33 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future law and order spokesman Marc Alexander today slammed a High Court decision halving the two-year jail sentence of a speeding driver who killed a four-year-old girl, because his family offered a $40,000 donation to the girl's kindergarten. More >>
Tranz Rail: Tracks good, monopoly bad
Monday, 9 June 2003, 9:20 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader Peter Dunne today supported the Government decision to buy back the New Zealand rail track network. More >>
Dunne Speech Principals Catholic Secondary Schools
Monday, 9 June 2003, 7:50 am | United Future NZ Party
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for the invitation to address you on a topic that has fascinated me for the past 30 years or more. More >>
