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Turner fights for grandparents raising children
Friday, 21 March 2003, 11:30 am | 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 >>
Ogilvy applauds rethink on physical contact policy
Friday, 21 March 2003, 11:04 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future education spokesman Bernie Ogilvy has welcomed news of a review of the primary teaching policy of avoiding any physical contact with children. More >>
Baldock's calls for moth-spraying inquiry
Thursday, 20 March 2003, 1:37 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future biosecurity and environment spokesman Larry Baldock said today that he was delighted the inquiry he had been calling for into the health effects of the West Auckland painted apple month spraying programme would now take place. More >>
Copeland slams Opposition race claims
Thursday, 20 March 2003, 1:36 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future finance spokesman, Gordon Copeland, has strongly disputed claims by National, New Zealand First and ACT that the new 19.5 cents in the dollar tax rate for Maori Authorities is race-based. More >>
UF succeeds in widening Supreme Court inquiry
Thursday, 20 March 2003, 11:38 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future is delighted that the justice and electoral select committee, which is considering the Supreme Court Bill, has accepted its proposal to address the fundamental issue of whether New Zealanders' access to the Privy Council should be abolished ... More >>
Dunne seeks renewed support for Transmission Gully
Thursday, 20 March 2003, 10:03 am | United Future NZ Party
Ohariu-Belmont MP and United Future leader, Peter Dunne, is hoping today's Wellington Regional Transport Forum will reconfirm support for building the Transmission Gully motorway. More >>
Dunne hosts New Neighbourhood Support
Thursday, 20 March 2003, 8:08 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader, Peter Dunne, says he's delighted to be hosting a function in the Beehive this evening for New Neighbourhood Support (Eds: 5.30pm, Banquet Hall, Parliament). More >>
New Chief of Staff for Dunne
Tuesday, 18 March 2003, 1:25 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader, Peter Dunne, today announced that Mr Rob Eaddy has been appointed as his new Chief of Staff, responsible for managing the relationship between United Future and the Labour-led Government. More >>
Dunne welcomes Tranz Metro moves
Monday, 17 March 2003, 5:34 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader and Ohariu-Belmont MP, Peter Dunne, has cautiously welcomed today's announcement by Tranz Rail that it has begun the process of selling its Wellington commuter rail service. More >>
Baldock calls for sensible roading legislation
Monday, 17 March 2003, 2:07 pm | United Future NZ Party
The folly of caving in to the Greens' backward-looking transport policies is now becoming increasingly plain, according to United Future's transport spokesman, Larry Baldock. More >>
Baldock applauds PM on roading
Monday, 17 March 2003, 2:05 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future transport spokesman Larry Baldock today applauded Prime Minister Helen Clark for her remark this morning that if New Zealanders want first-world motorways, then maybe it's time to put their hands in their pockets. More >>
United Future seeks Iraq debate
Monday, 17 March 2003, 2:04 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future New Zealand leader, Peter Dunne, today wrote to the Speaker of Parliament seeking an urgent Parliamentary debate tomorrow on the crisis in Iraq. More >>
Marc My Words
Friday, 14 March 2003, 3:06 pm | United Future NZ Party
No issue is likely to divide and test this nation more than euthanasia. Those with dogmatic religious views will certainly line up on one side along with those who, while sympathetic to the idea, cannot accept its 'slippery slope' implications, nor ... More >>
Dunne slams 'outrageous' Chinese law change
Friday, 14 March 2003, 11:13 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future New Zealand leader, Peter Dunne, today attacked a Chinese government-proposed law change in Hong Kong as 'an outrageous assault on free speech'. More >>
Alexander: Robbing dying man no 'burglary'
Friday, 14 March 2003, 11:12 am | United Future NZ Party
Someone needs to tell the Parole Board that robbing a battered man as he lies dying in the street is not just a 'burglary', United Future MP Marc Alexander said today. More >>
Copeland: Put Super money where our mouth is
Friday, 14 March 2003, 10:25 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future finance spokesman Gordon Copeland today renewed his call for the New Zealand Superannuation Fund to be invested mainly in New Zealand. More >>
Baldock: Health inquiry needed into moth-spraying
Friday, 14 March 2003, 12:02 am | United Future NZ Party
It is time for a Government-backed health inquiry into the impact of the painted apple moth spraying programme on the people of West Auckland, United Future's environment and conservation spokesman Larry Baldock said today. More >>
Murdered man's mum getting run-around
Thursday, 13 March 2003, 5:52 pm | United Future NZ Party
The Parole Board won't tell murdered pizza delivery driver Michael Choy's mother, Rita Croskery, when the woman who robbed her dying son will come before it, United Future MP Marc Alexander said today. More >>
Alexander: Murdered man's mum getting run-around
Thursday, 13 March 2003, 4:24 pm | United Future NZ Party
The Parole Board won't tell murdered pizza delivery driver Michael Choy's mother, Rita Croskery, when the woman who robbed her dying son will come before it, United Future MP Marc Alexander said today. More >>
Copeland attacks 'lazy' debt
Thursday, 13 March 2003, 4:21 pm | United Future NZ Party
It is time to address the "nation's balance sheet" which sees New Zealand as the most indebted nation in the OECD, United Future finance spokesman Gordon Copeland said today. More >>
