We were forced to issue a press release about a donation we made to a very worthy cause.  It speaks for itself.

DONATION GIVEN TO SUSAN COUCH TRUST

New Zealand First made a donation of $78,000 this year to the Susan Couch and Crime Victims Charitable Trust, Rt Hon Winston Peters announced this evening.

As we expected the Electoral Commission has found that the party’s secretary committed no offence over the filing of the 2007 annual return of donations. All these complaints from “you know who” have wasted a lot of time and money. The only motive was political malice.  Now Act has been caught by a failure to declare free office space donated by Bob Jones.

 We at NZ First are outraged. The very day that the Reserve Bank tries to instill some confidence in the New Zealand economy (too little and a bit too late in our opinion, but at least they are finally waking up to reality), Contact Energy blunders ahead with plans to double directors’ fees while increasing customer’s charges by 10 percent. One step forward, two steps back!

Speaking at the Inaugural Pacific Economic Transformation Conference 

08:15 am - 11:00 am, Langham Hotel, Auckland

Matua Residents Association “Meet the Candidates”

07:00 pm - 09:00 pm,  Matua Hall, Levers Road, Matua, Tauranga

POWHIRI - 30th Annual Conference of the NZ Maori Wardens Association (Inc)   

10:00 am - 12:00 pm, Te Pakira Marae, Whakarewarewa, Rotorua

OPENING - 30th Annual Conference of the NZ Maori Wardens Association

01:00 pm - 03:00 pm, Keswick Christian Camp, Holdens Bay, Rotorua