United Future NZ Party - Latest News [Page 143]
South Coast Marine Reserve - West Coast Mine
Tuesday, 21 August 2001, 4:22 pm | United Future NZ Party
Will Wellington South Coast Marine Reserve Go The Same Way As West Coast Gold Mine? More >>
Children & Families Losers In Hospital Cutbacks
Thursday, 9 August 2001, 9:43 am | United Future NZ Party
Children and families are the big losers from Starship Hospital's decision to cut back elective surgery because of nursing shortages, says United Future leader, Hon Peter Dunne. More >>
MMP Review Report Ducks Key Questions
Wednesday, 8 August 2001, 12:24 am | United Future NZ Party
Today's report by Parliament's MMP Review Committee, ducks the key questions, according to United Future leader, Hon Peter Dunne. More >>
Reject Cannabis Decriminalisation Now
Monday, 6 August 2001, 10:59 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader, Hon Peter Dunne, is calling on the Government to abandon immediately any plans to decriminalise cannabis in the light of the School Trustees Association petition to be presented to Parliament tomorrow. More >>
Cutbacks In Wgtn Wharf Police Utterly Unacceptable
Thursday, 2 August 2001, 4:32 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader and Ohariu Belmont MP, Hon Peter Dunne, says suggestions Wellington's Wharf Police service will be cut back by two days a week are "utterly unacceptable" and must be strongly resisted. More >>
Burton's Law
Thursday, 2 August 2001, 10:00 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader and deputy Finance and Expenditure Committee chair, Hon Peter Dunne, says the revelation that SOE Minister Mark Burton stood up the Committee to kow-tow to a Chinese General is disgusting. More >>
More Teachers Only Part Of The Story
Thursday, 2 August 2001, 12:34 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader, Hon Peter Dunne, says the appointment of an additional 350 teachers is only part of the school staffing story. More >>
GM Commission Report: Another Costly Door-Stop?
Tuesday, 31 July 2001, 3:53 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader, Hon Peter Dunne, says the Report of the Royal Commission on Genetic Modification could become another costly door-stop, just like the ill-fated Royal Commission on Social Policy's Report in the late 1980s, under a previous Labour ... More >>
Transport Commissioner Needed For Auckland
Tuesday, 31 July 2001, 11:07 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader, Hon Peter Dunne is repeating his call for the appointment of a Transport Commissioner for Auckland, in order to break the logjams preventing progress on public transport and motorway extensions, and to put in place long-term plans ... More >>
Compulsory Pre-School Plan Orwellian Con Job
Monday, 30 July 2001, 12:31 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader, Hon Peter Dunne, says Labour's plan for compulsory pre-school education for 4 year olds is a massive con job. More >>
Superannuation Time Bomb Still Ticking
Tuesday, 24 July 2001, 3:54 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader, Hon Peter Dunne, says the superannuation time bomb is still ticking, despite today's vote in Parliament in favour of the Government's plan to pre-fund a portion of superannuation. More >>
Report On Parliamentary Allowances On Right Track
Tuesday, 24 July 2001, 3:53 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader, Hon Peter Dunne, has welcomed today's report by the Auditor-General on Parliamentary Allowances, although he says it falls short of offering a real solution. More >>
Teen Smoking Increase - Zealots Have Failed
Tuesday, 24 July 2001, 11:32 am | United Future NZ Party
New Zealand's harsh anti-smoking laws are a dismal failure, says United Future leader, Hon Peter Dunne. More >>
New Zealand Post Board Decision A Joke
Wednesday, 4 July 2001, 4:33 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader, Hon Peter Dunne, says the Government's decision to retain the New Zealand Post Board is a sick joke that threatens to bring the whole nature of the Government's relations with SOEs into disrepute. More >>
Fiji Still Volatile As Election Looms
Monday, 2 July 2001, 11:14 am | United Future NZ Party
The murder of Fiji's Red Cross head shows how volatile the country remains in the lead-up to next month's elections, says United Future leader, Hon Peter Dunne. More >>
Transport Commissioner Needed For Auckland
Monday, 2 July 2001, 11:13 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader, Hon Peter Dunne is calling for the appointment of a Transport Commissioner for Auckland, in order to break the logjams preventing progress on public transport and motorway extensions, and to put in place long-term plans for both. ... More >>
TVNZ Decisions Will Do Nothing To Secure Future
Monday, 25 June 2001, 10:56 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader, Hon Peter Dunne, says today's expected Cabinet decisions to turn TVNZ into a Crown company and retain BCL will do nothing to secure TVNZ's long-term future in today's television market. More >>
Needless Hype Over House Tax Idea
Thursday, 21 June 2001, 11:01 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader, Hon Peter Dunne, says the house tax idea has generated a lot of needless hype. More >>
Wellington Roading Projects Dealt Fatal Blow
Monday, 18 June 2001, 11:28 am | United Future NZ Party
Major Wellington roading projects, such as Transmission Gully, have been dealt a potentially fatal blow by political gameplaying by the Transit New Zealand Board, says United Future leader, Hon Peter Dunne. More >>
Charities Tax Review Ducks Point
Thursday, 14 June 2001, 1:45 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader, Hon Peter Dunne, says the Government's discussion document on charities and taxes appears to duck the main point. More >>
