New Zealand First

Watch @winstonpeters full Campaign Launch Speech here: youtube.com/watch?v=F91gOJ…

.@winstonpeters just delivered his Campaign Launch speech to over 800 people in Auckland this afternoon. New Zealand First is here to protect, to save, and to restore New Zealand’s place at the top of the world. By putting New Zealand and New Zealanders first. We are asking you to join us - and Party Vote New Zealand First.

REMIT DEBATE UPDATE: NZF delegates have concluded Remit 29 – Passed Remit 30 – Lost Remit 31 – Lost Remit 32 – Passed

Alfred Ngaro: Winston told me no MP is worth his salt if he doesn't go out into the community and meet the real people.

REMIT DEBATE UPDATE: NZF delegates have concluded Remit 24 – Passed Remit 25 – Passed Remit 26 – Passed Remit 27 – Passed Remit 28 – Passed

"The Labour of today is a pale reflection of the Labour that once was, of the party that my family and Rino's [Tirikatene] family once represented. Labour used to stand up for those that worked the hardest, now they stand up for those who complain the loudest. Labour built the first State House, now they defend those who trashed them." Watch Stuarts full speech here: youtube.com/watch?v=WIxp3a…

Harete Hipango-Brownlie: Different backgrounds, different political journeys, one destination.

REMIT DEBATE UPDATE: NZF delegates have concluded Remit 20 – Passed Remit 21 – Lost Remit 22 – Passed Remit 23 – Passed

WATCH LIVE HERE: youtube.com/watch?v=P-BZSk…

"We're not afraid to tackle the hard issues. We're not afraid to go into places to show the authenticity of who we are. Every place, every handshake that we make, every person that we greet, everywhere, on marae, in community centres, in churches, it doesn't matter what it is. The authenticity that has been grounded in this party is what we represent. So, let's now go and finish the job." Watch Alfred's full speech here: youtube.com/watch?v=IbOH0-…

Stuart Nash: We didn't leave Labour, Labour left us.

"When people who've spent decades on opposite sides of politics all arrive at the same conclusion. Perhaps the parties we once rode with drifted away from the values that first inspired us to join them." Watch Harete's full speech here: youtube.com/watch?v=puxNhi…

Shane Jones delivered his speech to the New Zealand First Convention this evening. Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=vsQzPm…

Get to know our Candidates! We will be holding candidate panels across the weekend - watch our first panel here: youtube.com/watch?v=jRXdk4…

REMIT DEBATE UPDATE: NZF delegates have concluded Remit 15 result - Passed with Amendment - Protect New Zealand’s sovereignty by rejecting international agreements or trade deals that compromise parliamentary supremacy, independent immigration policy, economic self-governance, or democratic control over New Zealand laws, currency, resources, and national decision-making by establishing a permanent, statutory, independent, international Trade Treaty Scrutiny Commission to provide oversight of international trade and investment agreements. Remit 17 – Passed Remit 18 – Lost Remit 19 – Passed with Amendments - Include in New Zealand First’s Energy Strategy the creation of a NZ State Owned Enterprise (SOE) for the express purposes of: 1. exploration, 2. production, 3. upstream refining of oil and gas, and 4. supporting biomass to energy conversion, 5. State Owned Enterprises (SOE) in gas and oil exploration that need to attract overseas investment must require a retainer or bond. This retainer or bond has to go into an escrow account, not into an overseas account, but into the NZ Superfund or ACC. With extra focus to also include the restructure of New Zealand Petroleum and Minerals permitting processes and enabling recycling of existing infrastructure of pipelines and existing consented sites to support modern production stimulation techniques and distribution of refined petroleum-based products.

REMIT DEBATE UPDATE: NZF delegates have concluded Remit 15 - VOTE ON HOLD Remit 16 – Passed

REMIT DEBATE UPDATE: NZF delegates have concluded Remit 11 - Passed Remit 12 – Passed Remit 13 – Passed Remit 14 – Lost

REMIT DEBATE UPDATE: NZF delegates have concluded Remit 8 – Passed with Amendment - Adopt a policy to protect the integrity of New Zealand’s GE-FREE economic advantage for Non-GE food and fiber exports by keeping all products from new bio-technologies in containment to prevent GE contamination. Therefore ensuring the exporting of pure, safe, world- class non-GMO food to a growing global market. Remit 9 – Passed Remit 10 – Passed

Our caucus delivered an exciting update on our Coalition commitments and how those achievements are helping us take back our country.