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UF backs NZ Institute savings scheme
Wednesday, 6 April 2005, 8:34 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader Peter Dunne is throwing his support behind the latest recommendation from the thinktank, the New Zealand Institute, aimed at increasing ordinary New Zealanders ownership of assets. More >>
ACT’s bizarre behaviour bewilders Alexander
Wednesday, 6 April 2005, 8:33 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future law and order spokesman Marc Alexander today expressed bewilderment when ACT's Stephen Franks suggested that United Future only voted for the Films, Videos and Publications Classification Amendment Bill because they were somehow "duped" ... More >>
Dunne challenges PHARMAC’s performance
Tuesday, 5 April 2005, 4:57 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader Peter Dunne launched a fierce attack in Parliament today on the performance of the Government’s drug-buying agency, PHARMAC. More >>
Tribute to the Pope
Tuesday, 5 April 2005, 2:41 pm | United Future NZ Party
Gordon Copeland MP today paid tribute in Parliament, on behalf of United Future, to Pope John Paul II. Here is the full text of those remarks: More >>
Dunne to attend Gallipoli celebrations
Monday, 4 April 2005, 5:58 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader and Ohariu-Belmont MP, Peter Dunne, will attend this year’s celebrations at Gallipoli as part of the official New Zealand delegation being led by the Prime Minister Helen Clark. More >>
Four-laning SH1 - with cycle lanes for Jeanette!
Monday, 4 April 2005, 12:02 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future’s Larry Baldock said today that he was sorry to hear that the Greens oppose the very idea of gradually four-laning State Highway 1, as announced in United Future’s transport policy on Friday. More >>
United Future transport policy announced
Friday, 1 April 2005, 3:50 pm | United Future NZ Party
Greater transparency in road funding, the ultimate four-laning of State Highway 1 from Kaitaia to Invercargill, the possible splitting-out of traffic functions from the police force, and driver education in schools are all significant features of ... More >>
Marc My Words: You can’t pick an empty pocket
Friday, 1 April 2005, 3:32 pm | United Future NZ Party
The Child Poverty Action Group published a report last November urging the Government to “stop discriminating on the basis of a family's income source”. In other words, treat beneficiaries no differently from low and middle income earners. More >>
Turner: Home alone cases on the rise
Friday, 1 April 2005, 3:27 pm | United Future NZ Party
The number of people who have been charged for leaving children without reasonable supervision has more than tripled and convictions have more than doubled since 1994, according to figures obtained by United Future deputy leader Judy Turner. More >>
Turner: Clear way for dads to prove paternity
Friday, 1 April 2005, 3:25 pm | United Future NZ Party
There need to be “clear legal pathways” for men to establish if they are the fathers of children they are raising or being held responsible for, United Future deputy leader Judy Turner said today. More >>
Baldock pleased at ratepayer roading relief
Friday, 1 April 2005, 1:33 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future transport spokesperson Larry Baldock is delighted to see that United Future’s policy to reduce the local road funding burden on the long suffering ratepayer has been backed up by the findings of the just-released Surface Costs and Charges ... More >>
United welcomes stricter money rules for NGO’s
Thursday, 31 March 2005, 5:09 pm | United Future NZ Party
Media Statement For immediate release 31 March 2005 United Future welcomes stricter money rules for NGO’s United Future finance spokesperson Gordon Copeland today welcomed the news that the Auditor General will in future insist on stronger audit requirements ... More >>
Medical student debt shrinks GP pool by 8%
Thursday, 31 March 2005, 4:59 pm | United Future NZ Party
The Government is being deliberately blind to the “lose, lose, lose” situation that young doctors’ student debt is having on them, the profession and the nation, with GP numbers having fallen eight percent since 1992, United Future deputy leader Judy ... More >>
Smith delighted ‘weak’ Lawyers Bill derailed
Thursday, 31 March 2005, 4:49 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future justice spokesman Murray Smith today said he was delighted that the “overcooked and poorly drafted” Lawyers and Conveyancers Bill was now unlikely to pass before the election. More >>
United welcomes end of benefit discrimination
Wednesday, 30 March 2005, 12:51 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future revenue spokesperson Gordon Copeland today welcomed assurances received from the Minister of Social Welfare, Steve Maharey, that the existing discrimination against married couples on benefits versus sole parents on benefits will come to ... More >>
UF backs tertiary savings scheme
Tuesday, 29 March 2005, 1:33 pm | United Future NZ Party
United Future leader Peter Dunne is urging the Government to press ahead with the hard work of designing a scheme that will enable families to save towards their children’s tertiary education. More >>
Ogilvy backs truancy database call
Tuesday, 29 March 2005, 10:30 am | United Future NZ Party
United Future education spokesman Bernie Ogilvy today welcomed the call of a group of North Island truancy officers for a national database to track children’s attendance at school, saying it had been United Future policy for some time. More >>
Victims May Not Be Told About Teens’ Rap Sheets
Thursday, 24 March 2005, 3:20 pm | United Future NZ Party
Following the revelation last week that the number of youth offenders who had attended two or more family group conferences had more than doubled since 2001, United Future law and order spokesman Marc Alexander has since discovered that victims who participate ... More >>
DOC’s 1080 campaign ‘biological warfare’
Thursday, 24 March 2005, 10:51 am | United Future NZ Party
DOC is conducting biological warfare in New Zealand’s backyard with its 1080 pellet drops the equivalent of the Vietnam era Agent Orange drops, Outdoor Recreation NZ chairman Paul Check said revealing DOC plans for New Zealand’s largest 1080 drop. More >>
United Future / ORNZ – 10 point plan
Tuesday, 22 March 2005, 1:24 pm | United Future NZ Party
Split DOC into two semi-autonomous divisions – one for recreational activities and one for the conservation estate. Transfer all its advocacy and policy-making capabilities to the Ministry for the Environment. More >>
