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More RMA changes needed for power supply
Wednesday, 21 May 2003, 5:14 pm | United Future NZ Party
If the Government is serious about a long-term solution to New Zealand's power problems then further changes need to be made to the Resource Management Act to allow power transmission upgrades, United Future energy spokesman Gordon Copeland said today. More >>
Dunne: Waitangi Tribunal out of line
Wednesday, 21 May 2003, 11:42 am | United Future NZ Party
The Waitangi Tribunal has moved away from its mandate of righting historical wrongs and into "judicial activism", United Future leader Peter Dunne said today. More >>
Copeland: Govt power move only a good start
Tuesday, 20 May 2003, 6:36 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future today signalled its support of the Government announcement that a new Electricity Commission will secure reserve generation capacity to avoid a repeat of the current power crisis facing the nation. More >>
Copeland: Tax reform opportunity lost
Thursday, 15 May 2003, 4:30 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future finance spokesman, Gordon Copeland, welcomed today's Budget announcements that family support and family tax credits will be adjusted for inflation from 1 April 2003 and the reduction in tax rates on employer funded superannuation schemes. More >>
Alexander vows to press on with victims' rights
Thursday, 15 May 2003, 4:07 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future law and order spokesman, Marc Alexander, welcomed the provisions in today's Budget aimed at improving the rights of victims of crime and deterring future criminal lives for our children, but promised there was more to come. More >>
Dunne celebrates concrete Budget wins
Thursday, 15 May 2003, 4:06 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future New Zealand leader, Peter Dunne, today expressed his pleasure at the substantive gains the party has achieved in the Government's 2003 Budget. More >>
Ogilvy applauds Budget NCEA funding
Thursday, 15 May 2003, 4:05 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future education spokesman Bernie Ogilvy has welcomed the extra funding allocated in today's Budget for ensuring that the NCEA system works properly. More >>
Marc My Words
Thursday, 15 May 2003, 3:07 pm | United Future NZ Party
Justice Minister Phil Goff wants to tighten section 100 of his sentencing Act which allows for offenders to be kept in home detention under special circumstances. These circumstances include those whose sentences have been deferred pending a judgement ... More >>
Turner: Probe Family Court on dads
Thursday, 15 May 2003, 1:58 pm | United Future NZ Party
It is time for an evaluation of Family Court rulings to make sure that they are reflecting the importance of fathers in the lives of their children, United Future family affairs spokeswoman Judy Turner said today. More >>
Dunne: Green lunacy at work again
Thursday, 15 May 2003, 1:57 pm | United Future NZ Party
Green Party knee-jerk criticism of the Government's decision to support an international case challenging the five-year European ban on GM foods was typical Green lunacy, United Future leader Peter Dunne said today. More >>
Baldock: Green conspiracy theory doesn't stack up
Wednesday, 14 May 2003, 2:15 pm | United Future NZ Party
The Greens are big on conspiracy theories, but sadly lacking on understanding of how MMP works, judging by their criticism of United Future-driven RMA amendments, the party's environment spokesman Larry Baldock said today. More >>
Turner: Dig a little deeper, Ms Rich
Wednesday, 14 May 2003, 10:25 am | United Future NZ Party
Hell's Angels could not be mistaken for families by anyone other than increasingly irrelevant National MPs, United Future family affairs spokeswoman Judy Turner said today. More >>
Enough rubbish, back RMA Bill, Baldock tells Nats,
Wednesday, 14 May 2003, 8:56 am | United Future NZ Party
National and ACT have been all talk and no action over the Resource Manage Amendment Bill (No.2), United Future environment spokesman Larry Baldock said in Parliament today. More >>
Dunne: Greens soft on drugs - again
Wednesday, 14 May 2003, 12:11 am | United Future NZ Party
The Greens appear to have never met a drug they didn't like, United Future leader Peter Dunne said today. More >>
Turner: Commission not just about needy families
Tuesday, 13 May 2003, 4:47 pm | United Future NZ Party
The Families Commission will not just be about needy families, but about all families as they provide the context in which most of us live our lives, United Future's family affairs spokeswoman Judy Turner told Parliament today. More >>
Poll backs Copeland's view on Prostitution Reform
Tuesday, 13 May 2003, 3:43 pm | United Future NZ Party
An overwhelming majority of New Zealand's well educated young women have no wish to see brothel keeping, pimping and procuring made legal in this country, according to a new UMR Research Ltd poll of 500 New Zealanders over the age of 18. More >>
Copeland: Conservation Minister is wrong
Friday, 9 May 2003, 4:26 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future energy spokesman, Gordon Copeland, says the Minister of Conservation, Chris Carter, is wrong in his obstinate refusal to allow the Dobson Valley hydro scheme on the West Coast to go ahead. More >>
United Future submission on superannuation
Friday, 9 May 2003, 12:34 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future finance spokesman, Gordon Copeland, today released his submission to the Periodic Report Group on private saving for superannuation. More >>
Legal aid for grandparents raising grandchildren
Thursday, 8 May 2003, 5:50 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future family affairs spokeswoman Judy Turner today called for grandparents raising their grandchildren to get legal aid when contesting the guardianship of those children. More >>
Baldock: RMA change 'gets things moving'
Thursday, 8 May 2003, 5:20 pm | United Future NZ Party
Parliament's adoption today of the United Future amendment removing the terms "spiritual", "cultural landscapes" and "ancestral landscapes" from the Resource Management Act Amendment Bill (No.2) will "get things moving" for New Zealand ... More >>
