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UF lays down RMA challenge to Nats, ACT

Thursday, 8 May 2003, 5:16 pm | United Future NZ Party

United Future has cleared the way for National and ACT to come on board and support the Resource Management Act Amendment Bill (No2), the party's environment spokesman Larry Baldock said today. More >>

Dunne laments Govt inaction over Tonga

Thursday, 8 May 2003, 3:57 pm | United Future NZ Party

United Future leader, Peter Dunne, today quizzed Foreign Affairs Minister, Phil Goff, over the New Zealand Government's attitude towards the state of democracy in Tonga. More >>

Family groups back Families Commission

Thursday, 8 May 2003, 12:23 am | United Future NZ Party

Community groups working at the coalface of support for New Zealand families and children are queuing up to applaud the proposed formation of a Families Commission. More >>

Controversial historic RMA definitions to go

Wednesday, 7 May 2003, 5:17 pm | United Future NZ Party

In a bid to make the RMA more workable, United Future will be moving that the terms "spiritual", "cultural landscapes" and "ancestral landscapes" be removed from the Resource Management Act Amendment Bill (No.2), the party's environment ... More >>

'Laughable' child porn sentences

Wednesday, 7 May 2003, 2:26 pm | United Future NZ Party

United Future law and order spokesman Marc Alexander today said harsher sentences for peddlers of child pornography can't come soon enough, calling Justice Minister Phil Goff's attention to the "laughable" sentences the crime is still attracting. More >>

Peter Dunne Speech to Christchurch Defence Assn

Wednesday, 7 May 2003, 2:19 pm | United Future NZ Party

Thank you for the opportunity to address you on the very important topic of recruitment and retention in the New Zealand Defence Forces. More >>

Mainland Report MAY 2003

Monday, 5 May 2003, 3:40 pm | United Future NZ Party

Welcome to another edition of The Mainland Report. Plenty has happened since my return from Santiago including the announcement of one of our core policy objectives; the Commission on the Family. The primary function will be to advocate for the role ... More >>

An open letter to the Editor of the Dominion Post

Monday, 5 May 2003, 3:38 pm | United Future NZ Party

I write in response to the Dominion Post editorial of Friday, May 2, more in sorrow than in anger at the cynicism targeted at the United Future-driven Families Commission. To dismiss it as some sort of MMP compromise is to simply miss the point. More >>

Miss NZ to open UF electorate office

Thursday, 1 May 2003, 5:48 pm | United Future NZ Party

Bill English couldn't get it, Helen Clark wouldn't want it, Winston Peters would kill for it... but United Future's Paul Adams has got it. More >>

Turner: Be careful what you copy, Mr Jones!

Thursday, 1 May 2003, 5:29 pm | United Future NZ Party

New Zealand First MP Dail Jones' anti-gay attack on the Families Commission was a sad mix of bigotry and hypocrisy, with a dollop of plagiarism thrown in for good measure, United Future family affairs spokeswoman Judy Turner said today. More >>

Copeland seeks Prostitution Reform consensus

Thursday, 1 May 2003, 2:20 pm | United Future NZ Party

United Future MP and leading Prostitution Law Reform Bill opponent Gordon Copeland today sent the following document to all MPs, seeking a common way forward for those opposed to the Bill. More >>

Privy Council rug may be pulled

Thursday, 1 May 2003, 2:18 pm | United Future NZ Party

Matters quite outside of New Zealand's control could impact on any decision as to whether or not the Privy Council remains as New Zealand's final court of appeal, United Future justice spokesman Murray Smith said today. More >>

Dunne: Who would oppose the family?

Thursday, 1 May 2003, 9:32 am | United Future NZ Party

United Future leader Peter Dunne today said his delight at the introduction to Parliament of the Families Commission Bill was somewhat tempered by how far National has fallen from the days when it was a party for the New Zealand family. More >>

Actions speak louder than words - RMA

Wednesday, 30 April 2003, 5:52 pm | United Future NZ Party

United Future's environment spokesman Larry Baldock has responded to National MP Nick Smith's alarmist claims about the Resource Management Amendment Bill by calling on him to put up or shut up. More >>

Copeland Energy House Speech

Wednesday, 30 April 2003, 5:49 pm | United Future NZ Party

Yesterday in this House I asked the Minister of Conservation, Hon Chris Carter, whether he would be prepared to look at changing the provisions of the Conservation Act 1987 to permit the Dobson Hydroelectricity scheme on the West Coast to proceed. More >>

Peter Dunne Speech: New Zealand Now'

Wednesday, 30 April 2003, 5:47 pm | United Future NZ Party

Peter Dunne Speech: New Zealand Now' - that is the title of this series of talks in which you have had the, perhaps, dubious pleasure of being addressed by one politician after another! More >>

Dunne celebrates Families Commission Bill

Wednesday, 30 April 2003, 3:32 pm | United Future NZ Party

United Future New Zealand leader, Peter Dunne, said today the introduction to Parliament of the Families Commission Bill represents the highly satisfactory culmination of years of effort by party members and hundreds of thousands of New Zealanders. More >>

The tragedy of Possum Bourne's death

Wednesday, 30 April 2003, 11:59 am | United Future NZ Party

The President of the United Future New Zealand party, Inky Tulloch, said today the death of motorsport icon, Possum Bourne, is a great loss to New Zealand. More >>

Adams mourns Possum's passing

Wednesday, 30 April 2003, 10:52 am | United Future NZ Party

United Future MP and long-time rally driver Paul Adams today mourned the death of his friend and motorsport colleague, Possum Bourne. More >>

Alexander: Green light for black hole for Maori TV

Wednesday, 30 April 2003, 10:30 am | United Future NZ Party

The Maori Television Services Bill came a step closer to becoming a disaster for the New Zealand taxpayer when it completed the select committee stage today, United Future broadcasting spokesman Marc Alexander said. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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