UnitedFuture New Zealand
Policies that make it easier to secure home ownership need to cater for families looking to guarantee home security, UnitedFuture leader, Hon Peter Dunne says. “Home ownership is a concern for many people as they struggle to save for a home deposit, but we need to be focusing on young families and giving them a […]
23 November 2016 Rational, Not Reactionary, Immigration Policies Needed – Dunne The need for additional construction workers post-Kaikoura and yesterday’s release of the Treasury’s Long-Term Fiscal Update underscores the need for UnitedFuture’s rational approach to immigration policy. “UnitedFuture remains the only party in New Zealand that is not promoting major change to our immigration […]
I’m scared. Fear was a major election strategy for the Donald Trump campaign, and it worked. However, unlike the fear of immigrants, terrorism, criminal Mexicans or Muslims, I’m fearful of the intolerance, blame and anger towards “others” that the US election stoked, and that certain political leaders here are also fostering. I’m fearful of the world my […]
The smoke-and-mirrors job on Resource Management Act reform is letting down our future generations, says UnitedFuture Leader Hon Peter Dunne. “This is a Bill rushed from Select Committee back to the House just to be rushed back into Select Committee on the basis of political bargaining meaning that there is limited time to review or […]
New Zealand has had to deal with two earthquakes in the last week – at almost opposite ends of the globe. First was the unexpected election of Donald Trump as the next President of the United States, and the second was the massive earthquake that tumbled many people in central New Zealand and the Upper […]
New data showing unemployment dropping to the lowest levels since 2008 and in a month of higher-than-average immigration figures backs UnitedFuture’s call for a more sensible discussion on the impact of immigration on New Zealand society. “Too often we have heard calls for big changes to our immigration system on the basis that immigration […]