Memo to DoC: let’s conserve kea, not kill them

UnitedFuture leader Peter Dunne is demanding that the Department of Conservation be publicly held to account over the damage done by 1080 poison to native... Read More

Last post by mcinnes
12:54AM, 1 Aug 2008
1 response, 1007 views

Dunne detests Parliament’s ‘stalactites’

UnitedFuture leader Peter Dunne is appalled by the sudden eruption of six cylindrical stalactites from the ceiling of Parliament’s debating chamber. “The restoration of Parliament’s... Read More

Last post by mcinnes
08:21PM, 27 Jul 2008
1 response, 1023 views

BLOG: Reducing Bullying

Currently the Children's Commissioner and the Minister of Education are responding to the call by teachers and parents to help reduce bullying in schools. I... Read More

Last post by Brian Ward
09:01PM, 25 Jul 2008
2 responses, 1495 views

Dunne – Big Game Hunting Council must go ahead

UnitedFuture leader Peter Dunne has challenged the Government to honour the recommendations of the Deer, Chamois, Tahr and Pigs Consultation Panel and set up a... Read More

Last post by peter dunne
08:25AM, 23 Jul 2008
2 responses, 1273 views

Two more UF candidates

UnitedFuture President Denise Krum today announced two more candidates to contest this year’s general election. “Both” she said “have had considerable experience in and around... Read More

Last post by mcinnes
11:41PM, 19 Jul 2008
1 response, 1113 views

BLOG: A Matter of Fact

I am sick and tired of people who wilfully or otherwise seek to portray UnitedFuture as something we are not. We are not an extreme,... Read More

Last post by angryBob
10:09PM, 17 Jul 2008
4 responses, 2105 views

BLOG: Service & Duty

President Kennedy's great inaugural address in 1961 ended with the ringing cry," Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you... Read More

Last post by Quentin Todd
08:48AM, 9 Jul 2008
1 response, 1101 views

BLOG: In the heart of Onehunga

Our conference on the weekend was held in the heart of Onehunga. Not downtown Auckland. Not the CBD of Wellington. Not in some corporate convention... Read More

Last post by mcinnes
08:47PM, 1 Jul 2008
11 responses, 3906 views

BLOG: Emissions Trading

Occasionally an issue comes along that is of such immense importance and with such wide-reaching implications that it is deserving of cross-party parliamentary support. The... Read More

Last post by mcinnes
08:44PM, 1 Jul 2008
4 responses, 2354 views

Dunne – If 1080’s safe, endosulfan is too!

UnitedFuture leader Peter Dunne has consoled Green Party MP Sue Kedgley that she is definitely not the first person to be shocked by ERMA’s liberal... Read More

Last post by mcinnes
08:34PM, 1 Jul 2008
1 response, 1084 views

Ideology putting children at risk - Turner

Police and Government policy that is based on ideology not evidence is putting children at risk and unjustly targets fathers, according to UnitedFuture family spokesperson,... Read More

Last post by Kelleigh Sheffield-Cranstoun
04:35PM, 27 Jun 2008
3 responses, 1762 views

Abortions: safe and rare?

The intention of the Contraception, Sterilisation and Abortion Act 1977 was to ensure that in New Zealand, abortions were safe and rare, according to UnitedFuture... Read More

Last post by Kelleigh Sheffield-Cranstoun
12:04PM, 27 Jun 2008
1 response, 1209 views

Transmission Gully – Best news in 15 years says Dunne

The announcement today of a preferred route for the Transmission Gully highway is the best news in 15 years of campaigning for it says veteran... Read More

Last post by Kelleigh Sheffield-Cranstoun
11:48AM, 27 Jun 2008
1 response, 971 views

Complaints service pleases UF

UnitedFuture is thrilled at the Government’s announcement that it has today launched a new complaints service for the Children and Young Families Service, according to... Read More

Last post by Kelleigh Sheffield-Cranstoun
12:17PM, 18 Jun 2008
1 response, 1130 views

BLOG: UnitedFuture's Budget Gains

The tax cuts announced in today’s Budget are long overdue. They have been inevitable since the UnitedFuture-led Business Tax Review introduced the first business tax... Read More

Last post by mcinnes
09:57PM, 13 Jun 2008
2 responses, 1520 views

Turner: Police policy bias contributing to false arrests?

Recent ‘not guilty’ verdicts in high profile child homicide cases could be examples of an ideological bias in police policy, according to UnitedFuture deputy leader,... Read More

Last post by carol bennett
08:06PM, 31 May 2008
2 responses, 1268 views

Govt ETS message to households: you’re on your own!

UnitedFuture leader Peter Dunne says it seems his worst fears have been realised following an exchange in Parliament today with Climate Change Minister, David Parker... Read More

Last post by peter dunne
05:30PM, 29 May 2008
2 responses, 1437 views

Peter Dunne's 2008 Budget speech (video)

Following the Government's delivery of its 2008 tax cutting Budget, the UnitedFuture leader Peter Dunne gave his **view.**. Read the full text of this article. Read More

Last post by Quentin Todd
07:29PM, 28 May 2008
1 response, 1189 views

BLOG: Who Should Come to Our Conference?

We have a saying in UnitedFuture that we invite anyone to judge us on our results. We have a proven (and often under the radar)... Read More

Last post by Denise Krum
08:14PM, 21 May 2008
4 responses, 1891 views

POLL: Should the Family Court have the power to order Paternity Testing?

Should the Family Court have the power to order Paternity Testing? See the results. Read More

Last post by Allysa Carberry
06:24PM, 21 May 2008
5 responses, 3048 views

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