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United Future NZ Party - Latest News [Page 92]

''It’s The Voters, Stupid!''

Monday, 23 August 2004, 1:03 pm | United Future NZ Party

United Future leader Peter Dunne says ACT leader Rodney Hide’s political inexperience is beginning to show through. More >>

Brash reactions miss the point

Friday, 20 August 2004, 12:18 am | United Future NZ Party

United Future leader Peter Dunne says the various reactions to National leader Don Brash’s Australian article all miss the point. More >>

Soaring medical costs hit the elderly

Thursday, 19 August 2004, 4:20 pm | United Future NZ Party

United Future leader, Peter Dunne, says the survey of doctors’ fees released today is graphic evidence of the increasing difficulties faced by the elderly in accessing medical care. More >>

Copeland welcomes Mighty River Marsden initiative

Wednesday, 18 August 2004, 1:01 pm | United Future NZ Party

United Future energy spokesman Gordon Copeland today welcomed the announcement from Mighty River Power that it wants to fire up the Marsden B power station near Whangarei, adding another 320 MW of electricity to the nation’s supply. More >>

ORNZ plans for reforming DOC

Tuesday, 17 August 2004, 4:11 pm | United Future NZ Party

United Future leader Peter Dunne today backed a call from the chairman of the Outdoor Recreation Party, which is affiliated to United Future, for a major overhaul of the structure of the Department of Conservation. More >>

Dunne: Cash-collecting cops losing respect

Tuesday, 17 August 2004, 9:18 am | United Future NZ Party

The police are in danger of losing their greatest weapon - the respect of middle New Zealand, United Future leader Peter Dunne said today. More >>

Marc My Words: The Love Of Justice And Freedom

Monday, 16 August 2004, 1:50 pm | United Future NZ Party

Much of my job in Parliament revolves around the passing of laws that curb extreme human nature. In the case of those who desecrated the Jewish gravestones in Wellington, their humanity is debateable. More >>

Copeland backs new power station

Thursday, 12 August 2004, 5:37 pm | United Future NZ Party

United Future Energy spokesman Gordon Copeland today expressed delight that Genesis Energy will proceed to build a 385 MW combined cycle gas turbine plant at Huntly. More >>

Adams: ACC stings farmers while counting the cash

Thursday, 12 August 2004, 3:49 pm | United Future NZ Party

Farmers have faced a 74 percent hike in their ACC levies in the past three years, as the monopolistic ACC is expected to return an $850 million surplus this year, United Future's Paul Adams revealed in Parliament today. More >>

Dunne: Superannuitants getting ripped off

Wednesday, 11 August 2004, 3:29 pm | United Future NZ Party

Superannuitants will be up to $10 a week worse off than they should be by the end of the year, United Future leader Peter Dunne told a Wanganui Grey Power audience today. More >>

Foetal Alcohol Syndrome should be notifiable

Wednesday, 11 August 2004, 11:28 am | United Future NZ Party

Foetal alcohol syndrome needs to battled with far more than just warning labels on alcohol bottles, United Future health spokeswoman Judy Turner said today in supporting a call for it to be recognised as a notifiable disability. More >>

Former MP Reeves new United Future President

Tuesday, 10 August 2004, 5:38 pm | United Future NZ Party

Former Miramar MP Graeme Reeves is the new President of United Future. More >>

Baldock: Recreational fishers done over again

Tuesday, 10 August 2004, 5:18 pm | United Future NZ Party

United Future fisheries spokesman Larry Baldock today raised a strong objection to the Government's announcement of the total allowable commercial catch for kahawai on its introduction into the Quota Management System. More >>

Turner: Damage approach to diabetes a disgrace

Monday, 9 August 2004, 3:13 pm | United Future NZ Party

A Government policy that relies on increased damage to people with diabetes before they become eligible for an important new drug is disgraceful, United Future health spokeswoman Judy Turner said today. More >>

Ogilvy: $9.5m for Net needs good start

Monday, 9 August 2004, 2:56 pm | United Future NZ Party

A Government decision to put $9.5 million into firewalls for school computers was long overdue and should be followed with a co-ordinated reporting system for offences, United Future education spokesman Bernie Ogilvy said today. More >>

Dunne deplores cemetery vandalism

Friday, 6 August 2004, 3:01 pm | United Future NZ Party

United Future leader Peter Dunne today condemned the "deplorable" attack overnight on the Jewish section of Wellington's Makara Cemetery. More >>

Marc My Words: Maybe it's time to give up

Friday, 6 August 2004, 11:23 am | United Future NZ Party

In the last week we have been flooded by cases that put the spotlight on our flawed criminal justice system. Our appetiser on the week's criminal menu started with 48 year-old Jo-Anne Mary Rhodes. More >>

Copeland slams $3.6m forestry 'donation'

Thursday, 5 August 2004, 3:46 pm | United Future NZ Party

The recklessness of the Government's latest $3.6 million "donation" to the embattled Taitokerau Forest Ltd is best illustrated by the fact that commercial lenders wouldn't go near it with a barge pole, United Future revenue spokesman Gordon Copeland said ... More >>

Copeland: Parliament fails Kiwis to tune of $160m

Thursday, 5 August 2004, 9:20 am | United Future NZ Party

Parliament tonight failed the people of New Zealand to the tune of $160 million, United Future's Gordon Copeland said. More >>

Baldock points to broad local govt policy base

Thursday, 5 August 2004, 9:00 am | United Future NZ Party

GST off rates may be only fair for the tax-paying public, but it is just one of a number of changes that should be made at a local government level, United Future's Larry Baldock told Parliament today. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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