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Dunne: Reclaim or rename Waitangi Day for all New Zealanders
Monday, 7 February 2011, 11:04 am | United Future NZ Party
All of New Zealand needs to reclaim Waitangi Day, and if that means renaming it New Zealand Day or choosing another day as a true New Zealand Day, then that should happen, UnitedFuture leader and Ohariu MP Peter Dunne said today. “New Zealanders have ... More >>
Dunne: Help into housing; more parental leave
Saturday, 5 February 2011, 1:21 pm | United Future NZ Party
Dunne: Help into housing; more parental leave and DNA paternity testing Families should be allowed to capitalise their Working for Families entitlements to buy first homes, extend parental leave to 13 months, and there should be compulsory DNA paternity ... More >>
Restoration of Khandallah Town Hall the Perfect Xmas present
Thursday, 16 December 2010, 4:54 pm | United Future NZ Party
Ohariu MP and Khandallah resident Peter Dunne has expressed his delight at the announcement today that the Khandallah Town Hall is to be restored to its former glory. “The announcement by the Wellington City Council of over $1 million for the upgrade of ... More >>
Dunne: Instant fines for bursting cyclists’ ‘bubble’
Wednesday, 15 December 2010, 1:08 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader Peter Dunne wants a change to the road code to require drivers to give cyclists a 1.5 metre “bubble” when passing them. “The road code already suggests motorists give cyclists a 1.5 metre space, but the spate of recent serious ... More >>
Constitutional review needs to include republic debate
Wednesday, 8 December 2010, 4:34 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader Peter Dunne has welcomed the wide-ranging review of New Zealand’s constitutional arrangements announced today. “I am delighted with the announcement of the review as I believe that such an exercise has long been overdue in this country,” ... More >>
Income Sharing a litmus test for Labour on families
Monday, 6 December 2010, 4:23 pm | United Future NZ Party
If Labour is serious about addressing the “squeeze on middle income families” then it needs to back policies such as UnitedFuture’s Income Sharing Bill currently “rather that trifling with taking a dollar’s worth of GST off fruit and veggies ... More >>
Dads key to winning the war on child neglect
Monday, 6 December 2010, 3:10 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader Peter Dunne has labelled the fight against child neglect a “war that must be won” if we are to overturn our current rates of child neglect and welfare dependency. More >>
UnitedFuture supporters asked to back Hekia Parata
Wednesday, 17 November 2010, 11:03 am | United Future NZ Party
UnitedFuture leader Peter Dunne is calling on the party’s voters in the Mana electorate to back National’s Hekia Parata in this weekend’s by-election. UnitedFuture is not contesting the by-election, choosing instead to focus on next year’s General ... More >>
United Future AGM
Friday, 12 November 2010, 10:23 am | United Future NZ Party
The UnitedFuture annual meeting and policy conference will take place at Brentwood Hotel, Kilbirnie, Wellington, 9.30am – 3.30pm, Saturday, 13 November . Hon Peter Dunne’s Leader’s Address: 10am ; Other speakers include: Bryce Johnson , Chief ... More >>
Dunne disappointed at Timberland’s decision
Friday, 29 October 2010, 1:11 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader Peter Dunne has expressed his disappointment that Timberlands have once again closed all access to the Kaingaroa Forest and the Rangitaiki River. More >>
Dunne slams Zealandia’s poison plan for Karori
Wednesday, 27 October 2010, 12:05 pm | United Future NZ Party
Zealandia’s proposed rotenone poisoning of the upper lake and tributaries of the Karori wildlife sanctuary is quite literally “short-sighted, ideologically driven extremism”, United Future leader Peter Dunne said today. More >>
UnitedFuture will not contest Mana by-election
Tuesday, 19 October 2010, 4:54 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader Peter Dunne says his party will not be contesting the Mana by-election, although the party will be contesting the seat at next year’s General Election. More >>
Dunne congratulates Wade-Brown
Wednesday, 13 October 2010, 5:17 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader Peter Dunne has congratulated Celia Wade-Brown for winning the Wellington mayoralty today. More >>
Dunne congratulates and demands release of Xiaobo
Tuesday, 12 October 2010, 2:04 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader Peter Dunne has extended his congratulations to Liu Xiaobo, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his pro-democratic activism in China. More >>
Fresh water must remain in public hands – Dunne
Friday, 8 October 2010, 2:04 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader Peter Dunne has rebutted claims from Te Wai Maori Trust that successful freshwater management relies on Maori having ownership over our waterways. More >>
Dunne to fight for people's right to access
Thursday, 7 October 2010, 3:39 pm | United Future NZ Party
UnitedFuture leader Peter Dunne today told a Murupara public meeting to protest Timberlands’ ban on public access to Kaingaroa Forest and rivers and lakes, that he would fight for their right to enjoy and use them More >>
Henry insult shows NZ still not multicultural
Wednesday, 6 October 2010, 2:35 pm | United Future NZ Party
The Paul Henry controversy over his insult to Governor-General Sir Anand Satyanand shows New Zealand has still some way to go before it is a genuinely multicultural society, UnitedFuture leader Peter Dunne says. More >>
Labour irresponsible on GST
Monday, 27 September 2010, 2:52 pm | United Future NZ Party
Labour's about-face in advocating removing GST from fresh fruit and vegetables after years of arguing for the simple GST system we have, is more about the main Opposition party polling at 30 percent than the health of New Zealanders, Revenue Minister Peter ... More >>
Politicians must listen to families on Income Tax
Friday, 24 September 2010, 9:44 am | United Future NZ Party
In welcoming the passage of the Taxation (Income-sharing Tax Credit) Bill through its First Reading this evening, Revenue Minister Peter Dunne said 90 percent of submissions on an earlier discussion document had favoured Income Sharing. More >>
Federated Farmers complementary accord a joke
Wednesday, 1 September 2010, 3:40 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader Peter Dunne has labelled Manawatu Federated Farmers ‘complementary’ accord on the Manawatu River “a joke”. More >>
