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Copeland seeks ban on 'Dr Death'

Friday, 27 January 2006, 2:48 pm | United Future NZ Party

United Future MP Gordon Copeland has written to Immigration Minister David Cunliffe to see if there are any grounds for preventing Australian euthanasia campaigner Dr Philip Nitschke from moving to New Zealand. More >>

Dunne cool on 'radical' child check-up proposal

Wednesday, 25 January 2006, 11:33 am | United Future NZ Party

United Future leader Peter Dunne says the Children's Commissioner's call for the Government to test all children four times during childhood to keep tabs on their welfare looks remarkably like trying to re-invent the wheel. More >>

Driver sex cases breach Bill of Rights Act

Friday, 13 January 2006, 12:15 am | United Future NZ Party

United Future leader Peter Dunne pointed out today that the legislation that will cause some bus drivers to lose their jobs, because of minor sexual offences committed several decades ago, appears to breach the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990. More >>

Turner: students need a better deal

Tuesday, 13 December 2005, 1:54 pm | United Future NZ Party

United Future education spokesperson Judy Turner says New Zealand is doing itself no good by driving more and more students into debt. More >>

Dunne backs media over Rogers tape

Tuesday, 13 December 2005, 10:57 am | United Future NZ Party

United Future leader, Peter Dunne, says he supports the media in its efforts to show a videotaped confession to murder that has been temporarily suppressed by the courts. More >>

Copeland highlights MPs' double-talk

Thursday, 8 December 2005, 10:56 am | United Future NZ Party

United Future MP Gordon Copeland today named 11 MP's who voted against his Marriage Bill in Parliament last night, despite having previously said they supported its central provision of making marriage a union only between a man and a woman. More >>

Dunne delighted at National support on carbon tax

Thursday, 1 December 2005, 9:59 am | United Future NZ Party

United Future leader, Peter Dunne, said today he was delighted to hear the National Party is swinging in behind United Future with a campaign against Labour's proposed carbon tax. More >>

Turner: time for a serious medicines strategy

Monday, 28 November 2005, 5:06 pm | United Future NZ Party

United Future health spokeswoman, Judy Turner, says the fact that one in five New Zealand patients fail to pick up prescriptions because they cost too much, is further evidence that New Zealand is long overdue for a serious whole-of-government look ... More >>

Dunne debunks Green conspiracy theory

Monday, 28 November 2005, 3:08 pm | United Future NZ Party

United Future leader, Peter Dunne, says the Greens have got it completely wrong in their criticism of United Future over the proposed abolition of the Foreshore and Seabed Act. More >>

Dunne welcomes the voice of the people - again

Monday, 7 November 2005, 2:17 pm | United Future NZ Party

Ohariu-Belmont MP, Peter Dunne, today applauded the results of a UMR Research poll which shows seventy percent of all people living in Wellington, the Hutt Valley and Porirua City support the building of the Transmission Gully Motorway. More >>

Dunne on the death of Rod Donald

Monday, 7 November 2005, 10:54 am | United Future NZ Party

United Future leader, Peter Dunne, said today he was deeply shocked by the sudden death of Greens co-leader Rod Donald and he offered his commiserations to Mr Donald’s family. More >>

Marc My Words: What Was The Result?

Thursday, 22 September 2005, 9:41 am | United Future NZ Party

Marc My Words. By Marc Alexander MP Wednesday 21 September 2005 What was the result? More >>

Dunne on Peters: ‘Can we trust him? No, we can’t!’

Friday, 16 September 2005, 10:22 am | United Future NZ Party

What Winston said before doing a total about-face and betraying every last NZ First supporter who cast a vote in the 1996 election: More >>

United Future’s commonsense approach to GE issue

Friday, 16 September 2005, 9:22 am | United Future NZ Party

United Future leader Peter Dunne today contrasted the Green Party’s abandonment of its principles over genetic engineering with United Future’s commonsense approach to the issue. More >>

Transmission Gully key priority for United Future

Thursday, 15 September 2005, 1:08 pm | United Future NZ Party

United Future leader and Ohariu-Belmont MP Peter Dunne today voiced his strong support for the Transmission Gully Action Group. More >>

Dunne: MMP worked because of United Future

Wednesday, 14 September 2005, 4:08 pm | United Future NZ Party

The supply and confidence agreement between Labour and United Future has lasted three years and two months -a full six months longer than the failed Labour-Alliance minority coalition last term and almost twice as long as the National-NZ First government ... More >>

And the winner is ……!!!

Wednesday, 14 September 2005, 2:50 pm | United Future NZ Party

United Future leader, Peter Dunne, today released his list of the worst behaved MP’s in the Parliament of 2002 – 2005. More >>

An agenda for the next government

Wednesday, 14 September 2005, 2:48 pm | United Future NZ Party

United Future leader, Peter Dunne, has set out an Agenda for Action for the next government. More >>

Greens the albatross around Clark's neck

Wednesday, 14 September 2005, 9:54 am | United Future NZ Party

United Future leader Peter Dunne says the time has come for the Prime Minister to cut the Greens loose, since it's now clear the Greens have become the major obstacle to Miss Clark's getting a third term as Prime Minister. More >>

Dunne challenges National on Maori seats policy

Tuesday, 13 September 2005, 1:46 pm | United Future NZ Party

United Future leader Peter Dunne today called on National to drop its "totally divisive" policy of simply getting rid of the Maori seats, saying United Future had "very serious concerns" about the damage such a unilateral decision would have on New Zealand's ... More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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