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United Future NZ Party - Latest News [Page 4]

Bill has the potential to bring the future to our classrooms

Wednesday, 14 September 2016, 8:25 am | United Future NZ Party

UnitedFuture leader, Peter Dunne, has supported the First Reading of the Education (Update) Amendment Bill through to Select Committee because the Bill resonates with core UnitedFuture values of providing opportunities and choice to New Zealand students. More >>

UnitedFuture Welcomes Overdue Reforms on Family Violence

Tuesday, 13 September 2016, 1:30 pm | United Future NZ Party

United Future leader, Peter Dunne has welcomed the changes proposed today to strengthen New Zealand’s Family Violence laws. More >>

Candidates Fighting For A UnitedFuture For Auckland

Monday, 12 September 2016, 8:56 am | United Future NZ Party

United Future President, Damian Light, has declared that United Future is campaigning on three big issues in the Auckland Local Body Elections at the United Future Annual General Meeting held this weekend in Auckland. More >>

Super Gold Card needs to be catapulted into the future

Saturday, 10 September 2016, 6:51 pm | United Future NZ Party

Super Gold Card needs to be catapulted into the future - Dunne UnitedFuture Leader, Peter Dunne, has announced this weekend UnitedFuture’s plan for upgrading the Super Gold Card so it better meets the needs of those who use it. The policy, called ‘Super-Me” ... More >>

Empower Local Communities, Not Unelected Commissions - Dunne

Saturday, 10 September 2016, 1:11 pm | United Future NZ Party

Empower Local Communities, Not Unelected Commissions - Dunne At today’s UnitedFuture Annual General Meeting, leader, Peter Dunne, has declared his parties opposition to provisions in the Local Government Act 2002 Amendment Bill (No.2) that would transfer ... More >>

Who wants to be a millionaire (Auckland Housing Edition)

Saturday, 10 September 2016, 12:21 pm | United Future NZ Party

Who wants to be a millionaire (Auckland Housing Edition) – Dunne It is the issues of homelessness and building houses for new-entrants into the market that need to be the focus of any housing policy says UnitedFuture leader, Peter Dunne. “The ... More >>

Political Games Are Not A Housing Solution - Dunne

Thursday, 8 September 2016, 3:47 pm | United Future NZ Party

An inept mixture of opposition political gamesmanship and Government organisation meant that the Bill was essentially filibustered by the Opposition. More >>

Housing Summit Would Make Urgency Debate Unnecessary

Tuesday, 6 September 2016, 3:17 pm | United Future NZ Party

UnitedFuture will today support the Government's Urgency Motion in order to pass the Housing Legislation Amendment Bill but is calling on the Government to initiate a national housing summit to establish a long term work plan for housing in New Zealand. More >>

Dunne Speaks: Six Steps to Future-Proof the Environment

Thursday, 1 September 2016, 9:14 am | United Future NZ Party

The world’s first big United Nations sponsored conference on the state of the environment took place in Stockholm in July 1972. Its focus was on “the need for a common outlook and for common principles to inspire and guide the peoples of the world in the preservation ... More >>

Our Plan to Future-Proof NZ’s Environment

Wednesday, 31 August 2016, 12:40 pm | United Future NZ Party

United Future is today announcing a new environmental policy package aimed at future-proofing New Zealand's environment for generations to come. More >>

UnitedFuture Secures Clarity For Contractors

Wednesday, 24 August 2016, 5:19 pm | United Future NZ Party

UnitedFuture leader, Peter Dunne, said today he could no longer support The Minimum Wage (Contractor Remuneration) Amendment Bill because of ongoing concerns with the Bill as drafted as well as receiving undertakings from the Minister of Workplace ... More >>

Dunne Speaks: The New Industrial Militants & Bullies

Wednesday, 24 August 2016, 9:35 am | United Future NZ Party

For most New Zealander’s under about forty, the stories of industrial disruption in the 1970s and early 1980s seem like fantasy. The thought that a small group of members of the Boilermakers’ Union was able to hold up the construction of Wellington’s ... More >>

“Curate’s Egg” Security Legislation Far From Ideal

Tuesday, 16 August 2016, 1:47 pm | United Future NZ Party

UnitedFuture leader Peter Dunne says the Government’s new security legislation is the proverbial Curate’s Egg, good in parts, but a missed opportunity overall More >>

Window to the past for Vanuatu PM

Monday, 15 August 2016, 1:42 pm | United Future NZ Party

Visiting Vanuatu Prime Minister Charlot Salwai discovered a unique piece of his country’s history at the University of Auckland last week. More >>

Dunne Unhappy Kenepuru Overnight Emergency Service May Close

Monday, 15 August 2016, 1:41 pm | United Future NZ Party

Ohariu MP Peter Dunne says he is “extremely unhappy” at reports Kenepuru Hospital’s overnight emergency service may be closed. More >>

Unitedfuture Supports Children’s Covenant

Friday, 5 August 2016, 11:21 am | United Future NZ Party

Unitedfuture Supports Children’s Covenant United Future leader Peter Dunne has given his support to the Children’s Covenant launched today by Aotearoa New Zealand MMXVII. The Covenant recognises that children should be at the centre of all-policy ... More >>

Housing Approach Still Piecemeal

Monday, 11 July 2016, 11:14 am | United Future NZ Party

UnitedFuture leader, Peter Dunne, is renewing his call for a national housing summit to develop real solutions to the country's housing problems. "Over the past week we have seen an abundance of essentially scattergun policies proposed indeed, ... More >>

Police Admit They Don't Know If Speeding Policy Saves Lives

Friday, 1 July 2016, 10:33 am | United Future NZ Party

United Future leader Peter Dunne says the Police have confirmed they have no information about whether speed cameras and speeding infringement notices save lives. More >>

UnitedFuture Supported Government Gives More Back

Thursday, 30 June 2016, 5:23 pm | United Future NZ Party

UnitedFuture is giving more back to New Zealanders as Budget measures begin to take effect. More >>

Dunne – Keep Kiwibank Bill Unnecessary

Thursday, 30 June 2016, 8:59 am | United Future NZ Party

UnitedFuture leader Peter Dunne said today the ‘Keep Kiwibank Bill’, a private Members’ Bill sponsored by Labour’s David Parker, is unnecessary and consequently UnitedFuture has voted against it at its Second Reading. “As part of the 2011 Confidence ... More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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