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Govt must condemn death sentence for blasphemy
Wednesday, 12 March 2008, 4:48 pm | United Future NZ Party
UnitedFuture Leader Peter Dunne is calling for the Prime Minister to meet urgently with the Afghani Ambassador over the impending execution of student Sayed Parwez Kambakhsh in Afghanistan. More >>
UF releases paper on national identity
Wednesday, 5 March 2008, 5:02 pm | United Future NZ Party
UnitedFuture leader Peter Dunne today released a public discussion paper on New Zealand's population and national identity. More >>
Timeframe on Treaty settlements needed
Wednesday, 5 March 2008, 5:00 pm | United Future NZ Party
UnitedFuture leader Peter Dunne today is urging National Party leader John Key to reconsider his abandonment of his party’s Treaty settlement policy. More >>
Turner: 4 % is not enough
Tuesday, 4 March 2008, 10:54 am | United Future NZ Party
A 4% pay rise for each of the next three years is not nearly enough to value teachers and support staff for the work they do every day for kiwi kids, says Judy Turner UnitedFuture education spokesperson and former teacher. More >>
Turner: Petition Captured
Friday, 29 February 2008, 2:55 pm | United Future NZ Party
Normally when petitions are presented to Parliament, invitations are sent to MPs sympathetic to the cause regardless of party affiliation, to be present when it is received. This did not happen today. More >>
Overseas-born NZers leaving for Aussie in droves
Thursday, 28 February 2008, 4:40 pm | United Future NZ Party
UnitedFuture leader Peter Dunne has released figures showing nearly thirty percent of New Zealand migrants to Australia since 2001 were born overseas. “It’s a serious concern that many migrants to New Zealand are coming here to gain their citizenship, ... More >>
Dunne on Flexible Land Use Alliance
Thursday, 28 February 2008, 2:45 pm | United Future NZ Party
UnitedFuture leader Peter Dunne has indicated support for the positive intentions of the Flexible Land Use Alliance, which was launched in Wellington today. More >>
Middle-aged depression alarms Turner
Wednesday, 27 February 2008, 10:24 am | United Future NZ Party
In the last two years the number of anti-depressant prescriptions to middle-aged Kiwis aged between 45 and 64 has risen by an astonishing 69%, according to Ministry of Health figures obtained by UnitedFuture health spokesperson, Judy Turner. More >>
Turner: Advocacy for vulnerable elderly needed
Tuesday, 26 February 2008, 12:16 am | United Future NZ Party
UnitedFuture families spokesperson Judy Turner says elder abuse and neglect will continue and increase as baby boomers age, unless we resource elder support agencies and arm the elderly with their own voice. More >>
Dunne wants equal treatment for Wgtn/Hutt patients
Monday, 25 February 2008, 11:01 am | United Future NZ Party
Elective surgery should be equally available to Wellingtonians, says United Future leader and Ohariu-Belmont MP, Peter Dunne. Mr Dunne is responding to reports that people living within Capital and Coast DHB's reach received 20 per cent fewer elective ... More >>
Dunne: TV3’s news credibility in tatters
Monday, 25 February 2008, 10:59 am | United Future NZ Party
UnitedFuture leader Peter Dunne says TV3’s much-touted claim to be ‘leading news journalists’ is now in complete tatters, following the weekend’s revelations about the infamous ‘medals’ interview. More >>
Dunne calls on TV3 to dob in medal thief
Friday, 22 February 2008, 9:57 am | United Future NZ Party
UnitedFuture leader Peter Dunne today called on TV3 management to do its civic duty and immediately dob in the alleged Waiouru medal thief interviewed on Campbell Live last night. More >>
It's not just about bed numbers!
Thursday, 21 February 2008, 12:16 am | United Future NZ Party
UnitedFuture health spokesperson Judy Turner says the fact that Blenheim's Wairau Hospital maternity unit is to get one more bed than originally planned for in the new upgrade borders on the irrelevant when measured against the more secret agenda ... More >>
Dunne on proposed Wgton airport terminal design
Wednesday, 20 February 2008, 10:04 am | United Future NZ Party
Ohariu-Belmont MP Peter Dunne, a long-time resident of Wellington and a frequent user of the city’s airport, thinks the proposed new design for Wellington airport’s terminal is a classic example of edginess that’s gone over the edge. More >>
Dunne: Hutt Rotary Club
Wednesday, 20 February 2008, 12:14 am | United Future NZ Party
The big news over the summer holidays was that Labour and National suddenly discovered that disaffected and increasingly alienated young people are a social time bomb. More >>
New Minister, new policy?
Thursday, 14 February 2008, 3:49 pm | United Future NZ Party
UnitedFuture Leader Peter Dunne is wondering if the Labour-led government has changed its ideological opposition to using the private sector to help out the public health sector. More >>
Brady’s ‘gut feeling’ a slur on public servants
Thursday, 14 February 2008, 9:20 am | United Future NZ Party
UnitedFuture leader and Ohariu-Belmont MP Peter Dunne says comments by the Auditor-General that he has a “gut feeling” corruption in the public sector “may” be on the rise is a slur on the integrity of all public servants, unbefitting his office. More >>
Dunne calls for vision, constitutional debate
Tuesday, 12 February 2008, 4:49 pm | United Future NZ Party
UnitedFuture leader, Peter Dunne, today called for the government and the country to have the courage to face up to New Zealand’s future constitutional arrangements. More >>
Dunne pleased by business tax call
Monday, 11 February 2008, 10:43 am | United Future NZ Party
UnitedFuture leader Peter Dunne has welcomed the call by the Business Roundtable, Federated Farmers, New Zealand Chambers of Commerce, and the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants to align the top personal, business and trust tax rates ... More >>
Turner blasts maternity services
Monday, 11 February 2008, 12:13 am | United Future NZ Party
UnitedFuture deputy leader and health spokesperson Judy Turner says she’s appalled at the low level of support in maternity services that is now becoming standardised in New Zealand. More >>
