United Future NZ Party - Latest News [Page 44]
Peter Dunne – Leader's Letter 8 February 2007
Thursday, 8 February 2007, 11:27 am | United Future NZ Party
The last couple of weeks have seen Labour and National back to doing what they know best – scrapping with each other. More >>
Waitangi Poll Results Show Preference For Change
Wednesday, 7 February 2007, 4:38 pm | United Future NZ Party
Waitangi Day poll results show that debate on the issue of a separate national day will not go away and is in fact intensifying, according to United Future leader Peter Dunne. More >>
Dunne backs Key's food plan, wants more
Wednesday, 7 February 2007, 4:22 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader Peter Dunne has come out in support of National leader John Key's plan to involve the private sector in supplying food for under-nourished children in schools, but is urging him to expand it. More >>
Dunne backs Key's food plan, wants more
Wednesday, 7 February 2007, 4:17 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader Peter Dunne has come out in support of National leader John Key's plan to involve the private sector in supplying food for under-nourished children in schools, but is urging him to expand it. More >>
Waitangi Day poll shows preference for change
Wednesday, 7 February 2007, 4:04 pm | United Future NZ Party
Waitangi Day poll results show that debate on the issue of a separate national day will not go away and is in fact intensifying, according to United Future leader Peter Dunne. More >>
Dunne backs Key's food plan, wants more
Wednesday, 7 February 2007, 4:02 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader Peter Dunne has come out in support of National leader John Key's plan to involve the private sector in supplying food for under-nourished children in schools, but is urging him to expand it. More >>
Turner: Anti-CYF blog and CYF resignations
Tuesday, 6 February 2007, 12:51 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future deputy leader Judy Turner is calling for the Government to treat the cause not just the symptom of widespread unhappiness with CYF, following Google's decision to censor an anti-CYF blogsite and the resignation in protest of two CYF ... More >>
Dunne Continues Push For National New Zealand Day
Monday, 5 February 2007, 12:17 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader Peter Dunne, on the eve of Waitangi Day, today renewed his call for New Zealand to have a separate day to celebrate New Zealand's nationhood, while retaining Waitangi Day as a historically and culturally significant day for this ... More >>
Copeland sounds alarm over Easter trading
Friday, 2 February 2007, 10:20 am | United Future NZ Party
Shortly before Christmas, the Commerce Committee reported two Easter Shop Trading Bills back to Parliament, which may consider them as early as 21 February. More >>
Land supply is important: Copeland
Thursday, 1 February 2007, 5:09 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future Finance spokesperson, Gordon Copeland MP, today lamented the comments made by the Minister of Housing, Chris Carter, on Campbell Live (TV3) last night. More >>
Bridge building not flag waving needed
Thursday, 1 February 2007, 4:15 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader Peter Dunne has reiterated his approval of Transit’s decision to reject the proposal to fly the Maori sovereignty flag on Waitangi Day, and called for further discussion to be focused on resolving the conflict’s underlying issues. More >>
Dunne hails infrastructure bonds
Thursday, 1 February 2007, 12:35 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader and Ohariu-Belmont MP Peter Dunne today expressed his delight that the Government will shortly be launching a new bond tender which includes $50 million for new transport infrastructure, including the Transmission Gully project. More >>
UF and Greens find common ground re: students
Wednesday, 31 January 2007, 4:57 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future education spokesperson Judy Turner agrees with the Green Party that our students are being treated unjustly under the current student loan/allowance scheme, as concluded by the OECD review released on Monday. More >>
Health risk strengthens call for 1080 moratorium
Wednesday, 31 January 2007, 4:41 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future MP Gordon Copeland has strengthened his call for a moratorium on the aerial application of 1080 poison, citing possible risks to human health as a further justification for his stance. More >>
Dunne: Is a separate national day win/win solution
Wednesday, 31 January 2007, 3:20 pm | United Future NZ Party
A Treaty expert's warning of plummeting public interest in the Treaty of Waitangi and the threat of another protest to hoist the Maori independence flag on the Auckland Harbour Bridge are both reminders of the benefits of a separate national day for ... More >>
Is a separate national day a win/win solution?
Wednesday, 31 January 2007, 3:16 pm | United Future NZ Party
A Treaty expert's warning of plummeting public interest in the Treaty of Waitangi and the threat of another protest to hoist the Maori independence flag on the Auckland Harbour Bridge are both reminders of the benefits of a separate national day for ... More >>
Uh, oh – it looks like 'tit for tat' politics
Wednesday, 31 January 2007, 9:51 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader Peter Dunne says the predictable reaction from various political quarters to John Key's Burnside speech shows it is going to be politics as usual again this year. More >>
OECD report backs UF on student allowances
Tuesday, 30 January 2007, 3:04 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future is about to finalise a proposal that will put an end to the unfair treatment of adult students, according to the party's education spokesperson, Judy Turner MP. More >>
Dunne: Key off to a good start but -
Tuesday, 30 January 2007, 3:03 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader Peter Dunne says National leader John Key's Kiwi Way speech today is a positive contribution towards the debate on raising New Zealand's standard of living. More >>
Peter Dunne Leader's Letter January 26 2007
Friday, 26 January 2007, 4:14 pm | United Future NZ Party
Another summer holiday is behind us and it is time to look beyond the beach to the year ahead. More >>