Champions of the Pacific 

Joined by List MP Tanya Unkovich, party leader Rt Hon Winston Peters accepted a petition this week on the steps of parliament, highlighting the ongoing issue around the societal creep of gender ideology. 

Winston has also been leading the charge on the media’s latest disinformation attempt. The irony is not lost on us when we get called out for disinformation, only to see the same article rebuked with an apology. 

New Zealand First campaigned to protect the safety and interests of girls and women, and fairness in sport is an essential aspect of this. Read what Winston had to say here. 

And rounding out the latest sitting block this week was List MP Jenny Marcroft praising the efforts of our leader Rt Hon Winston Peters as a champion of the Pacific. Watch the video here. 

Hear more from Winston direct in the following interview with Dale Husband this week: 

• Winston Peters | Leader of NZ First Party

Zapping electricity prices 

“The electricity industry has been hijacked by a narrow range of corporate interests and their managers, and they're called the gentailers, and they are holding industry to ransom. 

The entire electrical institutional settings are overdue for a dose of socks.” – Shane Jones 

New Zealand First has always campaigned on policy that protects and progresses the interests of everyday Kiwis, and we know that the cost of living is impacting pockets heavily. 

Practical solutions are needed as fast as possible, and we are taking on the banks with a parliamentary banking inquiry, we will rally against the supermarket duopoly, and electricity pricing is just as important to pull into line.  

Hear more from Shane in the following interviews from the week that was: 

• SHANE JONES: NZ First MP: On The Te Pāti Māori Member's Bill To Make Waitangi Tribunal Decisions Binding On The Crown
• Labour cancelled the oil & gas industry like half-plucked fowls, now consequences come home to roost
• Shane Jones: Yes, Gentailers are profiteering just look at the hopelessly expensive energy prices
• Shane Jones: the culture wars define the day-to-day diet of the Green Party

Team check in 

Shane Jones visits Lyttelton Port in Christchurch. Casey Costello inspecting some of New Zealand Police's newest recruits.

Mark Patterson at the Rural Women NZ function to farewell outgoing CEO Gabrielle O’Brien and welcome in new CEO Marie Fitzpatrick. Then, a visit to Wairoa to meet with the community after recent floods and a couple of sheep and beef farm visits and a visit to the Tatau Tatau o Te Wairoa horticultural development.

Jenny Marcroft and the Health Select Committee heard submissions from kiwis who are excited about our move to repeal the Therapeutic Products Act. Then meeting with Vanuatu‘s Prime Minister Charlot Salwai to discuss the ongoing sustainability of valuable Pacific fisheries.

Jamie Arbuckle visiting the Blenheim Salvation Army and meeting the team of volunteers. Andy Foster visiting Whanganui district employment training trust, Ucol Whanganui, River port revitalisation project, and meeting with Mayor Andrew Tripe and Palmerston North Mayor Grant Smith.

• Taxpayers Union MPs in Depth: Andy Foster