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The Hon Winston Peters MP, Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer, today said that he had sought assurances from the Labour Minister, on behalf of the New Zealand First Caucus, on proposed industrial

New Zealand has sought a pause in negotiations on the OECD's proposed Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI), Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer Winston Peters and Acting Finance Minister Lock

Deputy Prime Minister and New Zealand First Leader, Winston Peters, said today he was pleased that the message of the real meaning of MMP appeared to be finally getting through.

Taranaki-King Country voters will have plenty of scrap paper to light their fires thanks to another planned ACT propaganda blitz.

ACT MP Owen Jennings has shot himself and his party in the foot with a brazen statement about campaigning full-time in the Taranaki-King Country electorate, Deputy Prime Minister and New Zealand Fi

The latest OECD "projections" covering New Zealand are largely in line with our own reading of external events, including the Asian crisis, says Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer Winston Peters.

ACT Leader Richard Prebble has defined the style of moderation that his party wishes to bring to Parliament, which is to rob our children, our elderly and our poor, Deputy Prime Minister and New Ze

Lower prices for consumers should result from the Coalition Government's electricity reform package, the Treasurer and Ministers of Finance and Energy said today.

The Coalition Government has decided in principle to split ECNZ into three competing state-owned enterprises (SOEs), the Treasurer and Ministers of Finance, Energy and State-Owned Enterprises said

Electricity supply companies are to be divided into separate line and energy businesses, the Treasurer, Winston Peters, and Minister of Energy, Max Bradford, said today.

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The three new Crown owned electricity generators resulting from the split of ECNZ, will continue to be strategic assets protected under the Coalition Agreement, Deputy Prime Minister and New Zealan

ECNZ cannot have it both ways, Deputy Prime Minister and New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters said in response to the company's opposition to the three-way split announced today.

Labour is on the verge of abandoning its higher tax policy for the sake of political gain, Deputy Prime Minister and New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters said today.

ACT's criticism of the Government's proposed energy reforms are further evidence of Richard Prebble's unfinished agenda of "privatisation at all costs", Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer Winston

New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters today condemned Labour Leader Helen Clark of attempting to separate New Zealanders on the basis of race, instead of financial and social circumstance.

New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters today questioned the motives behind Helen Clark's meeting with Auckland Mayors over the Auckland Regional Services Trust, since her party refused to give Auc

"The people of Auckland will be asked to make a choice on how the assets of the Auckland Regional Services Trust will be used in the future," Prime Minister Jenny Shipley and Deputy Prime Minister

A cautious approach to the economic outlook as reflected in the latest National Bank business survey was understandable but not permanent, Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer Winston Peters said to

Deputy Prime Minister and New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters has made good on his promise to award full war pensions to nuclear test veterans.

The 2.3 per cent growth in GDP for the year to December 1997 was consistent with forecasts and represented continued stable economic growth, Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer Winston Peters said.

Sometimes Wellington Central MP Richard Prebble should return to his electorate urgently, if he is so worried about proposed boundary changes, Deputy Prime Minister and New Zealand First Leader Win

New Zealand needs to increase its domestic savings in order to reduce the Current Account deficit, Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer Winston Peters said in response to latest figures.

The Government today introduced legislation to ensure that wrongfully obtained money will continue to remain taxable, Revenue Minister Bill Birch and Treasurer Winston Peters said this afternoon.