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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.

  • Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister

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

  • Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister

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

  • Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister

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.

  • Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister

NO PRIVATISATION
LOWER PRICES

  • Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister

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

  • Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister

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.

  • Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister

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.

  • Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister

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

  • Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister

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.

  • Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister

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

  • Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister

"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

  • Winston Peters
  • 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

  • Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister

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.

  • Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister

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.

  • Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister

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

  • Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister

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.

  • Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister

Helen Clark, Michael Cullen and Rodney Hide have all shown their total ignorance of tax issues in criticising the appeal of the Winebox findings, Deputy Prime Minister and New Zealand First Leader

  • Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister

Responding to a Christchurch City Council poll on the proposed roading reforms Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters said the public had every right to express their concerns.

  • Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister

Though disappointed with the court judgement today, Deputy Prime Minister and New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters said it had always been his intention to appeal the matter further, should he r

  • Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister

ACT has all but confirmed their primary selection process is nothing but a by-election confidence trick, says Deputy Prime Minister and New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters.

  • Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister

The Government has sent a letter to all local authorities urging them to consult widely before selling all or part of community assets, Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters and Local Government Min

  • Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister

Deputy Prime Minister and New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters visited Tairangi School, Porirua today, as part of Alan Duff's "Books in Homes" programme for children.

  • Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister

New Zealand First backbenchers were free to express concerns on behalf of their constituents, Deputy Prime Minister and New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters said in response to Tukoroirangi Morg

  • Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister