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Seriousness of water quality issues
Thursday, 5 April 2007, 4:11 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future environment spokesperson Gordon Copeland has emphasised his party's concern over the state of water quality in many parts of rural New Zealand following the OECD Environmental Performance Review. More >>
Kids having kids - bad for both
Wednesday, 4 April 2007, 11:50 am | United Future NZ Party
New Zealand's high levels of teen pregnancy need both the Family Planning Association (FPA) and Maori leadership to better address the problem, according to United Future family and social services spokesperson Judy Turner. More >>
Dunne: New Zealand’s aid contribution pathetic
Wednesday, 4 April 2007, 10:45 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader Peter Dunne has urged the Government to increase New Zealand’s aid contribution after latest OECD figures ranked us in the bottom six of member countries in terms of aid donation. More >>
Dunne reiterates UF's housing stance
Tuesday, 3 April 2007, 9:42 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader Peter Dunne today told the Canterbury Manufacturers' Association there was no way his party would support a capital gains tax on housing. More >>
Bazley report disturbs UF
Tuesday, 3 April 2007, 12:17 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader Peter Dunne says the report of the Bazley Commission of Inquiry into Police conduct is a disturbing document that gives genuine cause for concern about the behaviour of a major agency of state towards the people it's supposed to ... More >>
Key challenged on education and performance pay
Monday, 2 April 2007, 3:07 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future educations spokesperson Judy Turner says National leader John Key must clarify the intended purpose of testing primary children against national standards, saying testing must be seen as a diagnostic tool for student progression rather than ... More >>
Key challenged on education and performance pay
Monday, 2 April 2007, 3:05 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future educations spokesperson Judy Turner says National leader John Key must clarify the intended purpose of testing primary children against national standards, saying testing must be seen as a diagnostic tool for student progression rather than ... More >>
Copeland will seek to amend Smacking Bill
Monday, 2 April 2007, 10:56 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future MP Gordon Copeland has today released an amendment to Sue Bradford's Bill to ensure that parents may take a child to 'time-out' or to a 'naughty mat'. More >>
CYF to come-a-knocking when parents go-a-smacking
Friday, 30 March 2007, 4:51 pm | United Future NZ Party
Police confirmation that CYF will become involved in smacking as reported by the public following the section 59 repeal, is a concern raised by United Future deputy leader Judy Turner months ago. More >>
New Zealand's neglected underclass - our future
Wednesday, 28 March 2007, 5:14 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future deputy leader Judy Turner is calling for a significant change in focus, towards policies that will help young Kiwis who are bearing the brunt of problems absent to previous generations. More >>
United Future backs Greens over ejected journalist
Wednesday, 28 March 2007, 3:13 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader Peter Dunne says he supports Green Party police spokesperson Keith Locke who is asking the Police to admit responsibility for wrongly stopping an accredited parliamentary press gallery journalist from doing his job at a media ... More >>
Student allowance eligibility will be lowered
Wednesday, 28 March 2007, 9:04 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future education spokesperson Judy Turner agrees with the Students' Association that student debt has reached an alarming level. More >>
Most farmers adopting best clean water practice
Tuesday, 27 March 2007, 10:07 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future environment spokesperson Gordon Copeland is pleased that the majority of dairy farmers have adopted Fonterra's effluent disposal requirements, although he concedes that the few remaining culprits can ruin it for everyone else. More >>
Dunne praises Canterbury DHB
Monday, 26 March 2007, 10:58 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader Peter Dunne today lauded the Canterbury District Health Board for its 'very sensible' decision to use extra capacity in the private hospital sector to perform many of the 975 extra operations planned for the next four months. More >>
Who owns the rain?
Friday, 23 March 2007, 9:35 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader Peter Dunne says that Maori Party claims that Maori have customary rights over fresh water go beyond what is acceptable to most Kiwis. "The Maori Party appears to be asserting Maori rights to all New Zealand's natural resources, the ... More >>
United Future says no to urgency on Bradford Bill
Friday, 23 March 2007, 9:29 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader Peter Dunne says his party will not support Sue Bradford's smacking Bill being rushed through Parliament under urgency. "Although United Future MPs are exercising a conscience vote on the Bill, we will vote as a party to oppose any move ... More >>
Kahawai decision good for recreational fishers
Thursday, 22 March 2007, 12:59 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future fisheries spokesperson Gordon Copeland is delighted that the High Court has ruled Fisheries Minister Jim Anderton must reconsider the catch limits and allocations of kahawai stocks. More >>
Prendergast needs to move on
Wednesday, 21 March 2007, 9:03 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader Peter Dunne says it is time for Wellington Mayor Kerry Prendergast to move on over Transmission Gully. "Wellington people have made it abundantly clear they want Transmission Gully, not the daft Coastal Highway scheme Mayor Prendergast ... More >>
How misleading can you get?
Monday, 19 March 2007, 3:56 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future MP Gordon Copeland today expressed his dismay at the misleading nature of an information sheet which is being circulated by Labour MPs in reply to correspondence on Sue Bradford’s ‘Anti-Parental-Correction Bill’. More >>
Daylight saving support delights Dunne
Monday, 19 March 2007, 9:56 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader Peter Dunne is delighted with the support that the petition to extend the period of daylight saving has received. More >>
