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UnitedFuture will support revised ETS legislation
Tuesday, 15 September 2009, 9:47 am | United Future NZ Party
UnitedFuture leader Peter Dunne says he will support the introduction of the Government’s proposed revised climate change legislation. UnitedFuture had not supported the previous Labour-led government’s legislation because it placed too high a cost on households ... More >>
Dunne says Key and Goff should meet to resolve ETS
Wednesday, 2 September 2009, 2:04 pm | United Future NZ Party
UnitedFuture leader Peter Dunne says it is time for Prime Minister John Key and Labour leader Phil Goff to meet to hammer out an agreement on the emissions trading scheme. Mr Dunne, who chaired the select committee which reviewed the emissions trading scheme, ... More >>
Dunne says Key and Goff should meet to resolve ETS
Wednesday, 2 September 2009, 2:03 pm | United Future NZ Party
UnitedFuture leader Peter Dunne says it is time for Prime Minister John Key and Labour leader Phil Goff to meet to hammer out an agreement on the emissions trading scheme. More >>
ETS Report gives Govt platform for Copenhagen
Monday, 31 August 2009, 3:10 pm | United Future NZ Party
The Emissions Trading Scheme Select Committee review has demonstrated strong support for such a scheme and gives the Government the platform it needs to develop its position for the upcoming Copenhagen climate change conference, committee chairman Peter Dunne ... More >>
Dunne endorses documentary significant to 1080
Monday, 24 August 2009, 3:50 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader Peter Dunne has endorsed the anti-1080 documentary Poisoning Paradise: Ecocide in New Zealand as a meaningful contribution to the debate around the use of the controversial poison in New Zealand. More >>
Dunne Welcomes “Long Overdue” Defence Co-Operation
Friday, 21 August 2009, 3:45 pm | United Future NZ Party
UnitedFuture leader Peter Dunne has welcomed the agreement between the Prime Ministers of Australia and New Zealand to look towards the establishment of joint ANZAC defence contingent as “long overdue.” “An ANZAC defence contingent would enable both ... More >>
UnitedFuture opposes separate Maori seats
Thursday, 20 August 2009, 9:45 am | United Future NZ Party
UnitedFuture leader Peter Dunne has reiterated his party’s opposition to separate Maori seats in the wake of the argument over Maori representation in the new Auckland supercity. Mr Dunne said UnitedFuture has long favoured abolishing separate Maori ... More >>
Government Merely Reinventing Wheel On Driving Age
Wednesday, 19 August 2009, 9:12 am | United Future NZ Party
UnitedFuture leader Peter Dunne says the Government is just reinventing the wheel in its proposals regarding lifting the minimum driving age announced as part of its just released road safety discussion paper. “The driving age proposals simply duplicate ... More >>
Dunne: Drink-drivers should be named and shamed
Monday, 17 August 2009, 3:19 pm | United Future NZ Party
Privacy concerns that have stopped the Dominion-Post newspaper from publishing the names of drink-drivers in the Wellington region need to be overcome, UnitedFuture leader and Ohariu MP Peter Dunne said today. “This is a backward step, and in this ... More >>
Dunne supports school support staff
Tuesday, 11 August 2009, 9:40 am | United Future NZ Party
UnitedFuture leader and Ohariu MP Peter Dunne has expressed his full support for school support staff in their current pay negotiations. Mr Dunne met with a delegation of school support staff and New Zealand Educational Institute (NZEI) members at his ... More >>
Dunne pays tribute to KAKA founder Dave White
Thursday, 30 July 2009, 2:43 pm | United Future NZ Party
UnitedFuture leader Peter Dunne has sent his condolences to the anti-1080 advocacy group KAKA (Karameans Advocating Kahurangi Action) for the passing of its founder Dave White. More >>
Auckland-only supercity decision disappointing
Wednesday, 29 July 2009, 9:38 am | United Future NZ Party
UnitedFuture leader Peter Dunne is disappointed Local Government Minister Rodney Hide is ruling out further local government reform beyond the establishment of the Auckland supercity during this parliamentary term. More >>
Dunne: Principles, not compensation, for foreshore
Monday, 6 July 2009, 12:43 pm | United Future NZ Party
UnitedFuture leader Peter Dunne says principles, not compensation, should govern the Government’s approach to the foreshore and seabed issue. More >>
Auckland supercity makes it inevitable for Wgtn
Wednesday, 24 June 2009, 9:10 am | United Future NZ Party
UnitedFuture leader and Ohariu MP, Peter Dunne, says the establishment of an Auckland supercity makes it inevitable and necessary that Wellington would go down a similar path. Addressing the Wellington Federation of Progressive Associations annual meeting ... More >>
Dunne seeks broader emphasis on multicultural NZ
Sunday, 21 June 2009, 1:33 pm | United Future NZ Party
UnitedFuture leader Peter Dunne wants a broader emphasis placed on New Zealand’s future as a multicultural society. More >>
Dunne: Rotary Club Of Western Hutt
Wednesday, 10 June 2009, 11:50 am | United Future NZ Party
We live in truly remarkable times – economically to be sure, politically and socially. A year ago no-one would have imagined the depth of the international economic crisis now facing the world. More >>
Dunne: A prudent Budget for the times
Thursday, 28 May 2009, 3:46 pm | United Future NZ Party
UnitedFuture leader Peter Dunne has endorsed the Budget handed down today as “prudent for the times”. More >>
Judy Turner: Wait a minute, John Boscawen
Friday, 22 May 2009, 1:53 pm | United Future NZ Party
UnitedFuture’s Mt Albert candidate Judy Turner said that if ACT candidate John Boscawen thought he was the answer for disaffected National and Labour voters in the coming by-election, then the question must be truly frightening. “In the end, ... More >>
Judy Turner standing for UnitedFuture in Mt Albert
Thursday, 14 May 2009, 1:50 pm | United Future NZ Party
UnitedFuture leader Peter Dunne today announced that former UnitedFuture MP and the current party president Judy Turner will represent the party in next month’s Mt Albert by-election. “Mrs Turner is an outstanding candidate and with two terms ... More >>
Public meeting on Wellington Civil Defence
Wednesday, 13 May 2009, 4:53 pm | United Future NZ Party
UnitedFuture leader and Ohariu MP Peter Dunne has called a public meeting for this Saturday to get to the bottom of Wellington’s Civil Defence woes. More >>
