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Smith: Govt 'head in sand' over leaky homes
Tuesday, 1 April 2003, 10:40 am | United Future NZ Party
The Government's refusal to survey the extent of the leaky homes problem, despite a select committee call for it to do so, is a 'head in the sand' position, United Future's Murray Smith said today. More >>
Fatal night reminder of need for 'Boy Racer Bill'
Monday, 31 March 2003, 3:40 pm | United Future NZ Party
Christchurch streets were blocked by hundreds of boy racers on Saturday night, with one person killed and two seriously injured in accidents, prompting United Future's Marc Alexander to say the 'Boy Racer Bill', already hastened by United Future's backing, ... More >>
Marc My Words: Prostitution reform Bill Speech
Monday, 31 March 2003, 9:04 am | United Future NZ Party
Because.those who believe that prostitutes are nothing more than free agents exercising their right to sell their bodies in a free market transaction couldn't be more wrong. Instead of 'liberating' sex workers it will 'expand' their opportunities in a crime ... More >>
UF helps Boy Racer Bill to the start line
Monday, 31 March 2003, 9:02 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future was delighted that its contribution to what has become known as the "Boy Racer Bill" would not only help it become better law, but bring it about quicker. More >>
Dunne: Do Kiwis want spotty Glaswegian cops?
Thursday, 27 March 2003, 5:11 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader Peter Dunne today slammed the combined effect of the lowered police recruiting age and a campaign for British police to come here, questioning whether the New Zealand public is being well served. More >>
Alexander: Keep Rawiri behind bars
Thursday, 27 March 2003, 4:45 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future MP Marc Alexander today told the Parole Board that if it released the woman who robbed pizza delivery driver Michael Choy as he lay dying, it would be a "bleeding heart experiment on the innocent, law-abiding citizens of New ... More >>
Opinion piece from Gordon Copeland
Thursday, 27 March 2003, 1:48 pm | United Future NZ Party
The last sentence in Greens co-leader, Jeannette Fitzsimons's anti-coal diatribe ("Let's say goodbye to black rivers and smokestacks" NZ Herald March 27) very neatly encapsulates the Green attitude towards New Zealand's energy needs. More >>
Straight talk… With Peter Dunne
Thursday, 27 March 2003, 9:47 am | United Future NZ Party
New Zealanders like to say we punch above our weight in the fields of sport or international affairs. It’s a very good description of how United Future is performing in relation to the Labour-led Government. More >>
Copeland praises BERL analysis
Wednesday, 26 March 2003, 8:39 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future finance spokesperson Gordon Copeland today praised the call by economic forecaster BERL in its March forecast that the time was right for the Reserve Bank to reduce interest rates to a level closer to those in Australia. More >>
Copeland: Hit electricity price-gouging hard
Wednesday, 26 March 2003, 3:53 pm | United Future NZ Party
As well as moving to avoid looming power cuts and blackouts, the Government must protect New Zealanders from power company price-gouging, United Future energy spokesman Gordon Copeland said today. More >>
Adams: Car dealers misled by ACT
Wednesday, 26 March 2003, 10:50 am | United Future NZ Party
Parliament's only licensed motor vehicle dealer, United Future's Paul Adams, today slammed a letter to dealers by ACT's Deborah Coddington as "scare mongering". More >>
Porteous resignation late, but appropriate
Tuesday, 25 March 2003, 5:10 pm | United Future NZ Party
Building Industry Authority chief executive Bill Porteous's resignation was typically late, but still appropriate, United Future MP Murray Smith said today. More >>
Superannuation and private savings
Tuesday, 25 March 2003, 5:09 pm | United Future NZ Party
There is a maxim which applies to the formulation of public policy. "Encourage something and you will get more of it, discourage something and you will get less of it." More >>
Homeowners pay for Labour's folly
Tuesday, 25 March 2003, 5:08 pm | United Future NZ Party
The Leaky Buildings Inquiry select committee report tabled in Parliament today simply demonstrates that the fourth Labour Government's free market chickens are coming home to roost at the expense of Kiwi homeowners, United Future's Murray Smith says. More >>
Smith: Porteous resignation late, but appropriate
Tuesday, 25 March 2003, 2:42 pm | United Future NZ Party
Building Industry Authority chief executive Bill Porteous's resignation was typically late, but still appropriate, United Future MP Murray Smith said today. More >>
Dunne: Brownlee hot air answer to NZ energy needs?
Tuesday, 25 March 2003, 10:09 am | United Future NZ Party
Quite how National's energy spokesman Gerry Brownlee can claim that the market is working and yet in the same copious breath admit that there is not enough electricity being generated, beggars belief, United Future leader Peter Dunne said today. More >>
Marc My Words
Monday, 24 March 2003, 3:32 pm | United Future NZ Party
Some men would rather be wrong than quiet.this is certainly true of some CEOs. The same could not be said for my wife who alerted me to one of the most stupid, inane pieces of wisdom ever admitted by a man. And if I don't write about it, she will ... More >>
Peter Dunne Speech: Rotary Club of Hamilton
Monday, 24 March 2003, 12:50 am | United Future NZ Party
Ladies and gentlemen, I'd like to talk to you today about my party's view of New Zealand, and about a serious and growing threat to our country. No, I'm not referring to current events in the Middle East - though everyone knows that's serious enough ... More >>
Turner fights for grandparents raising children
Friday, 21 March 2003, 2:02 pm | United Future NZ Party
The Government should give grandparents raising their grandchildren the same allowances that foster parents get, United Future family affairs spokeswoman Judy Turner said today. More >>
Marc My Words Victims Must Not Be Treated This Way
Friday, 21 March 2003, 1:58 pm | United Future NZ Party
Rita Croskery has endured what no mother should ever have to.the murder of her son at the hands of savages who have no right to expect any sympathy. Her son Michael Choy was killed with the help of seven individuals, each with varying degrees of ... More >>
