UnitedFuture New Zealand
UnitedFuture’s 2016 AGM embraces localism and announces innovative new policies, in line with our vision and key themes for the 2017 election. This year’s AGM coincided with the lead up to local elections, with the party standing candidates across Auckland, as well as for Environment Canterbury. Localism has been a consistent message from UnitedFuture, we […]
This year for the first time the Party AGM was held on the North Shore in Auckland, in the Northcote electorate of Damian Light. Members & new supporters from all over NZ gathered to hear party leader Peter Dunne give his leader’s address. Then during his President’s address, retiring President Damian Light confirmed the key […]
I am presently seeking election to Environment Canterbury, principally to put into the public domain of Canterbury New Zealand, also nationally, and globally as a matter of new science, a new way to manage fresh water resources. This will be in unity with the land, so that everyone can live together with every living thing […]
I recently attended the annual Local Government Conference in Dunedin. A speaker that caught my attention was Jason Krupp who is a Research Fellow at The New Zealand Initiative, who has an extensive background in business journalism both here and abroad. Jason has given considerable thought to what the ideal size and structure of local […]
It is the issues of homelessness and building houses for new-entrants into the market that need to be the focus of any housing policy says UnitedFuture leader, Peter Dunne. “The classic television quiz show “Who Wants to be a Millionaire” plays on the desire of people to want to enrich themselves and join a […]
UnitedFuture Leader, Peter Dunne, has announced this weekend UnitedFuture’s plan for upgrading the Super Gold Card so it better meets the needs of those who use it. The policy, called ‘Super-Me” was announced at UnitedFuture’s Annual General Meeting this weekend and blends elements of the Government’s Real-Me services with the currently existing Super Gold Card. […]
UnitedFuture leader Peter Dunne is supporting the Children’s Commissioner’s call to raise the Youth Court age to 18. Judge Becroft and more than 30 other organisations working with young people have recently called on the Government to lift the age from 17 to 18. “The Youth Court has worked successfully in New Zealand, and we […]
UnitedFuture leader, Hon Peter Dunne, has congratulated Staglands Wildlife Reserve for establishing their own electric car charging station as part of Drive Electric Week. Mr Dunne, who recently announced UnitedFuture’s own electric vehicle policy, attended the opening of the charging station yesterday and test drove a Nissan Leaf. “It is undebatable that electric vehicles are […]
HON PETER DUNNE MP FOR OHARIU LEADER, UNITEDFUTURE TRANSCRIPT OF ADDRESS TO ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, BEACHHAVEN COMMUNITY HALL, SATURDAY 10 SEPTEMBER 2016 It is good to be here at this year’s Annual General Meeting and there are a number of things I want to talk about this morning which are about issues that are […]
UnitedFuture leader, Hon Peter Dunne, has welcomed changes to the Policing (Cost Recovery) Amendment Bill heralded this evening. The changes announced this evening will exempt registered charities from the cost recovery scheme and have come about following a collaboration between Hon Peter Dunne and the Government. “UnitedFuture supports the vital role that volunteer and […]