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Forgotten people report highlights male isolation
Thursday, 24 August 2006, 4:15 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future deputy leader Judy Turner has lent her support to the Salvation Army’s call for changes within social services to address the growing number of men who are pushed to the fringes of society. More >>
Turner pleased with Govt response to CYF campaign
Thursday, 24 August 2006, 3:56 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future deputy leader Judy Turner says she's pleased with the response – so far – of the Government towards her campaign to have an independent complaints authority established to cover the Child, Youth and Family Service. More >>
Mortgage diversion will enhance KiwiSaver
Thursday, 24 August 2006, 1:30 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future’s finance spokesperson, Gordon Copeland, today expressed his delight that the government has adopted his suggested mortgage diversion mechanism as part of KiwiSaver. More >>
Rates rises only a symptom of the real problem
Wednesday, 23 August 2006, 9:08 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader Peter Dunne says the current furore over the high level of local body rates rises is missing the point. More >>
Turner: Boys' education ignored by Government
Wednesday, 23 August 2006, 12:45 am | United Future NZ Party
Figures showing nearly a third of all boys leaving school have substandard literacy, is just another statistic showing boys falling further behind girls in every level of education, says United Future education spokesperson Judy Turner. More >>
Swell of support for CYF complaints authority
Monday, 21 August 2006, 2:24 pm | United Future NZ Party
Public support for an independent Complaints Authority for Child Youth and Family (CYF) has been steadily pouring in since Judy Turner, deputy leader of United Future, publicly called on the Government to establish one a few weeks ago. More >>
School evictions emphasise systemic problem
Wednesday, 16 August 2006, 4:22 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future education spokesperson Judy Turner is delighted that the Auckland Grammar Board of Trustees has agreed to allow evicted students to see the year out, but points out that this is not a problem isolated to one school. More >>
Dunne on the death of Te Arikinui
Wednesday, 16 August 2006, 3:21 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader Peter Dunne says the death of Te Arikinui Dame Teatairangikaahu is a loss not only to the Kingitanga and Maoridom, but all of New Zealand. More >>
Tall Blacks do not matter to NZ, yeah right!
Wednesday, 16 August 2006, 2:22 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future sport and recreation spokesman Gordon Copeland expressed his disappointment today at the exclusion of basketball from Sparc's high-performance list. More >>
Turner urges school to delay student evictions
Wednesday, 16 August 2006, 12:55 am | United Future NZ Party
More than 45 Auckland Grammar students who face immediate ejection from the school due to false details on initial enrolment applications, are taking the punishment for over-zealous parents and a problematic zoning system, according to United Future ... More >>
Creation of a CYFs complaints authority overdue
Tuesday, 15 August 2006, 5:43 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future deputy leader, Judy Turner, has renewed her calls for an independent body to be established to investigate complaints into the Child, Youth and Family agency. More >>
Ownership scheme better but no silver bullet
Tuesday, 15 August 2006, 10:55 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future housing spokesperson Judy Turner, has welcomed the extended provision of the 'Welcome home' loan scheme announced by the government, but warns that more strategies must be developed to turn the tide of falling home ownership rates. More >>
Origin Pacific – now watch regional airfares soar
Friday, 11 August 2006, 9:45 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader Peter Dunne is lamenting the suspension of passenger services by regional passenger airline Origin Pacific. "Origin was a breath of fresh air in the domestic aviation market and deserved to succeed. This is a bleak day for regional ... More >>
Turner: School support staff need support
Friday, 11 August 2006, 12:10 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future education spokesperson, Judy Turner, is backing the 27 000 support staff in New Zealand schools, who voted yesterday to endorse a package calling for improved pay and working conditions. More >>
Social Report highlights impending housing crisis
Wednesday, 9 August 2006, 4:04 pm | United Future NZ Party
"Despite many positives aspects, the Social Report 2006 has again highlighted the two related and interlocking problems of increasingly unaffordable housing, and an increasing number of New Zealanders who are experiencing significant or severe hardship," ... More >>
Dunne urges Key to keep up
Wednesday, 9 August 2006, 3:59 pm | United Future NZ Party
Revenue Minister Peter Dunne says he's pleased National's finance spokesman has entered the debate on New Zealand's business tax arrangements, but he's urging John Key to do his homework better. More >>
Immigration Minister's powers need review
Friday, 4 August 2006, 10:34 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future immigration spokesperson Gordon Copeland today called for a new look at the scope of the review powers granted to the Minister of Immigration in the light of the Taito Phillip Field controversy. More >>
Dunne outlines plan for MPs code of conduct
Thursday, 3 August 2006, 11:22 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader Peter Dunne says the unsatisfactory outcome of the Taito Phillip Field case makes it vital that a code of standards be developed for MPs. More >>
Ownership is key to halt rise of vandalism
Wednesday, 2 August 2006, 11:56 am | United Future NZ Party
Encouraging State house tenants to become homeowners is the only way to effectively reduce the escalating State house repair bill, according to United Future's housing spokesperson Judy Turner. More >>
Turner seeks CYFS Complaints Authority
Wednesday, 2 August 2006, 11:48 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future family spokesperson Judy Turner is calling for the creation of a complaints authority to provide an avenue for people who feel they have been unfairly treated by the Children's, Youth and Family Services. More >>
