New Zealand First stands for cheaper power prices for ALL New Zealanders.

To help achieve this, New Zealand First Energy Spokesperson, Peter Brown, will be meeting the Minister of Energy for further discussions this afternoon.

After the caucus meeting today, the Leader, Rt. Hon. Winston Peters, said: “We have a number of proposals to put to Max Bradford on what are very complex issues”.

“We will be asking the Minister to come back urgently on these – at least by this coming Friday.

“Our MPs will be conferring on this over the weekend and will give a response publicly on the issues and our decision on Sunday.

“Too much is at stake to allow this issue to become just another political football”, said Mr Peters.

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Gordon Campbell: On the Sony cyber attack

Given the layers of meta-irony involved, the saga of the Sony cyber attack seemed at the outset more like a snarky European art film than a popcorn entry at the multiplex.

Yet now with (a) President Barack Obama weighing in on the side of artistic freedom and calling for the US to make a ‘proportionate response’quickly followed by (b) North Korea’s entire Internet service going down, and with both these events being followed by (c) Sony deciding to backtrack and release The Interview film that had made it a target for the dastardly North Koreans in the first place, then ay caramba…the whole world will now be watching how this affair pans out. More>>