Poll Find Against Peters - Owen Glenn's Evidence Preferred
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A LawFuel poll showed only two percent of respondents believed Winston Peters in the ongoing saga over New Zealand First donations and Peters' contempt hearing before the Privileges Committee.

The committee resumed today hearing videotaped evidence from Winston Peters' lawyer Brian Henry.

Of the respondents to the LawFuel.co.nz survey, 73 percent found that Owen Glenn was telling the truth, while 26 percent believed neither Mr Glenn nor Mr Peters.

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World Refugee Day:
Are We Doing Our Bit?

On World Refugee Day, Thursday June 20th, Doing Our Bit will officially launch a campaign to double New Zealand’s UNHCR Refugee Resettlement Quota...

New Zealand’s low refugee intake is not a new issue. In February a NZ Herald editorial commented that our intake was ‘paltry’, remarking that ‘surely we could do more’. In April, Amnesty International described the quota as ‘tiny'.

“Despite being a small country in the middle of the South Pacific, New Zealand prides itself on being hospitable. We are friendly to overseas visitors and we see ourselves as punching above our weight in international affairs,” said Murdoch Stephens, coordinator of Doing Our Bit.

“However, in terms of accepting refugees New Zealand is clearly not doing our share.” More>>