New Zealand Progressive Political Party

Crossdale Courts to become retirement village

Crossdale Courts is to be gazetted as a retirement village, giving extra protection to residents, Wigram MP and Progressive Party leader Jim Anderton said today.

Opening of Kiwibank in Barrington Mall (speech)

I remember when Barrington lost its post office. It was under a Labour government in the eighties and I was in the government caucus. There were plenty of post offices and banks closed all around New Zealand.

Opening of Kiwibank in Barrington Mall

The opening of the new Kiwibank branch in Barrington Mall was a gain for the community in Wigram, local MP and Progressive Party leader Jim Anderton said.

Next step in New Zealand Fast Forward initiative (speech)

New Zealand Fast Forward is a bold initiative aimed at transforming the pastoral and food sectors (including meat, dairy, horticulture, seafood and associated industries) – economically and environmentally.

New Zealand Fast Forward bold step forward

The first private sector contributors to the New Zealand Fast Forward initiative have showed their commitment to the joint industry-government venture, Agriculture Minister Jim Anderton said today.

Blue cod in the Marlborough Sounds

Proposed partnership watched with interest

Agriculture Minister Jim Anderton said today that yesterday’s announcement of the proposed partnership between Silver Fern Farms and PGG Wrightson is a commercial proposition that he will watch with interest.

Fairfax ignores regional New Zealand�s strength

Ongoing cuts to regional media are worrying Progressive Party leader Jim Anderton.

robson-on-politics: 1 July 2008

This issues of robson-on-politics includes the following:

Laura Norder Hits the Headlines
Some Facts
One More Prison Is the Final Solution Says National
What does work?
Progressive Policy

Does National�s policy secrecy mean it will re-sell rail again?

The return of rail to public ownwership is a triumph for common sense and a reminder of what went wrong when National refused to make clear before the 1990 election that it was planning to sell the asset, Progressive leader Jim Anderton said today, on the return of rail to public ownership.