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utting cost of doctor visits for all the family
Monday, 15 August 2005, 4:23 pm | United Future NZ Party
Parents will pay no more than $20 for their doctor visits, their schoolchildren no more than $10 and under-sixes will be free under United Future's health policy launched today More >>
Coalition blues ahead, warns Dunne
Monday, 15 August 2005, 2:16 pm | United Future NZ Party
Coalition blues lie ahead unless United Future is the main support for the next government, United Future leader Peter Dunne told Rotary Club of Wellington members this afternoon. More >>
Dunne: David Lange inspired a nation
Sunday, 14 August 2005, 12:48 am | United Future NZ Party
Former Prime Minister David Lange, who died overnight, will forever hold a place in New Zealand history as a leader who inspired the nation, United Future leader Peter Dunne said today. More >>
Marc My Words: Why Waitangi?
Thursday, 11 August 2005, 2:59 pm | United Future NZ Party
Sometimes politics end up like provincial squabbles for booty between tribes. Whether or not it seems pertinent, we are constantly banging our heads against the Treaty of Waitangi in a landslide of legislation. More >>
Constitutional committee reports back
Thursday, 11 August 2005, 9:28 am | United Future NZ Party
Parliament's constitutional arrangements select committee is recommending an extensive public education and school civics education programme before any significant changes are made to New Zealand's constitutional a arrangements. More >>
Smith: Need to get local voters out is key
Wednesday, 10 August 2005, 2:12 pm | United Future NZ Party
The key issue from the select committee review of the 2004 local body elections was the need to encourage more New Zealanders to exercise their civil obligation and vote, United Future electoral spokesman Murray Smith said today. More >>
Women’s Convention right to back income splitting
Wednesday, 10 August 2005, 1:49 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future finance and revenue spokesperson Gordon Copeland today said that the 2005 Wellington Women’s Convention was right to endorse income splitting as a core family value. More >>
Dunne, Anderton take TV3 to court
Wednesday, 10 August 2005, 11:32 am | United Future NZ Party
Ohariu-Belmont MP Peter Dunne and Wigram MP, Jim Anderton, today filed proceedings in the High Court seeking an urgent decision on whether TV3 was acting properly in excluding the two MP’s from tomorrow night’s scheduled Leaders’ Debate. More >>
Transit 'arrogance' on Transmission Gully
Wednesday, 10 August 2005, 10:11 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader Peter Dunne today slammed the "sheer arrogance" of Transit New Zealand for ditching the Transmission Gully roading option, adding that the matter was by no means closed. More >>
Marc My Words
Tuesday, 9 August 2005, 2:20 pm | United Future NZ Party
Political debate is like bathing in someone else's dirty water! Sometimes it seems the only reason we have elections is to find out whether the polls are getting it right! Maybe I'm too cynical for my own good, but this is how I see things at the ... More >>
Wairarapa teen 'poster boy' for brat camps
Tuesday, 9 August 2005, 11:49 am | United Future NZ Party
The 13-year-old Wairarapa boy involved in three high-speed police chases in stolen cars in Masterton in five months could be the poster boy for brat camps, United Future law and order spokesman Marc Alexander said today. More >>
UF calls for 10-year population strategy
Tuesday, 9 August 2005, 9:45 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future wants New Zealand to have a 10-year population strategy to identify the economic, social and policy impacts of immigration so that it can properly planned, Paul Adams said in announcing the party's immigration policy today. More >>
Smith: Crèche case shows justice system flaws
Monday, 8 August 2005, 4:41 pm | United Future NZ Party
The Christchurch Civic Crèche case raises major issues about our adversarial criminal justice system, United Future justice spokesman Murray Smith said today in calling for major changes. More >>
Tongan report tabled in Parliament
Monday, 8 August 2005, 11:22 am | United Future NZ Party
Parliament's foreign affairs, defence and trade select committee today tabled its report into its inquiry into New Zealand's relationship with the Kingdom of Tonga. More >>
Smith: Govt takes too long on Treaty
Thursday, 4 August 2005, 4:57 pm | United Future NZ Party
Labour's deadline for lodging historical Treaty of Waitangi claims is longer than needed and United Future's proposal of a two-year deadline is more than enough, the party's Maori affairs spokesman, Murray Smith, said today. More >>
Turner welcomes call for parent education
Thursday, 4 August 2005, 11:51 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future deputy leader Judy Turner today welcomed the Families Commission's call for parenting education for all New Zealanders. More >>
Nats' 'born to rule' attitude re-surfaces
Thursday, 4 August 2005, 11:24 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader Peter Dunne said today the National Party appears to believe it will govern the country on its own after the election, judging by the latest hysterical outburst from its so-called families spokeswoman, Judith Collins. More >>
Superannuitants will be better off with UF
Wednesday, 3 August 2005, 4:00 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future revenue spokesperson Gordon Copeland revealed today that his party will be significantly increasing the rate of super for senior New Zealanders. More >>
Commentator catches up with UF
Wednesday, 3 August 2005, 2:44 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader Peter Dunne expressed his pleasure today that a prominent political commentator had finally come round to United Future's view of one of the central issues in this election campaign - the stability of the next Government. More >>
Dunne lodges complaints against TV3's 'stupidity'
Wednesday, 3 August 2005, 1:12 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader Peter Dunne today lodged complaints with the Electoral Commission, the Broadcasting Standards Authority and TV3 against the television network's 'stupid and arrogant' decision to exclude United Future from TV3's planned political leaders' ... More >>
