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…
UnitedFuture leader, Peter Dunne has welcomed the changes proposed today to strengthen New Zealand’s Family Violence laws. “Our families are the bedrock of our communities and the rates of family violence we have in this country are appalling. “These changes signal a much-needed shift in the way we respond to family violence,” said Mr Dunne.…
Parliament wasted two days this week debating the Housing Legislation Amendment Bill under Urgency. An inept mixture of opposition political gamesmanship and Government organisation meant that the Bill was essentially filibustered by the Opposition. “We spent 17 hours arguing about a Bill that has the potential to add up to 9000 additional houses to Auckland…
Families are the focus of the first-ever Gambling Harm Awareness Week, Associate Minister of Health Hon Peter Dunne said today. The week aims to draw attention to the harmful effects that gambling can have and how people can get help. “The theme of the week is Family Time – Time Together can beat gambling harm.…
UnitedFuture will today support the Government’s Urgency Motion in order to pass the Housing Legislation Amendment Bill but is calling on the Government to initiate a national housing summit to establish a long term work plan for housing in New Zealand. “The use of Urgency in Parliament should be reserved for pieces of legislation that…
The world’s first big United Nations sponsored conference on the state of the environment took place in Stockholm in July 1972. Its focus was on “the need for a common outlook and for common principles to inspire and guide the peoples of the world in the preservation and enhancement of the human environment.” Hardly radical…
Last week’s flurry about whether Uber was complying with the law and should be shut down if it was not missed the point entirely. Of course, Uber should comply with the law of the land – that is a given for any business operating here – but that was not really the issue. The bigger…
UnitedFuture leader Peter Dunne says the Government’s new security legislation is the proverbial Curate’s Egg, good in parts, but a missed opportunity overall. “I support the stricter and more transparent arrangements for the issue and review of surveillance warrants, and the application of the Privacy Principles of the Privacy Act to the intelligence legislation. “But…