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Child abuse cases soar 45% in one year
Thursday, 23 June 2005, 11:37 am | ACT New Zealand
It is a scandal that child abuse cases have skyrocketed 45 percent to a record 13,017 cases in the last year, ACT Deputy Leader and Welfare spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said today. More >>
Environment Waikato out of control
Wednesday, 22 June 2005, 5:12 pm | ACT New Zealand
It’s little wonder that our investment in new forests has diminished to a small fraction of the former levels and that large forestry companies are looking to leave New Zealand, ACT MP Ken Shirley said today More >>
Who's the failure now, Minister?
Wednesday, 22 June 2005, 10:22 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT MP Deborah Coddington today called on Climate Control Convenor Pete Hodgson to stop blaming his advisors and accept full responsibility for hoodwinking the nation over the Kyoto Protocol effects. More >>
Actions speak louder than words, Winston
Wednesday, 22 June 2005, 9:38 am | ACT New Zealand
Winston Peters’ speech on NZ First’s Treaty of Waitangi policy fails to answer a number of the telling questions concerning the Treaty grievance industry, ACT Maori Affairs spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>
NZ on track to become a Maori sovereign nation
Wednesday, 22 June 2005, 9:37 am | ACT New Zealand
Events of the last week have exposed the fact that the laws and regulations to ensure that Maori have precedence over non-Maori are now so advanced and deeply entrenched that without a massive upheaval, we could be on track to becoming a new South Africa. More >>
Labour out of touch over nuclear ban
Wednesday, 22 June 2005, 9:37 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Foreign Affairs and Trade spokesman Ken Shirley today labelled the Labour Government’s refusal to consider a referendum on lifting the ban on nuclear-powered US ships visiting New Zealand ports as arrogant. More >>
Maori rights dominate those of the majority
Wednesday, 22 June 2005, 9:35 am | ACT New Zealand
Dr Muriel Newman Wednesday, 22 June 2005 Speeches - Treaty of Waitangi & Maori Affairs More >>
What's genuine in Winston's Treaty policy?
Tuesday, 21 June 2005, 12:34 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Maori Affairs spokesman Stephen Franks today offered a checklist of questions for journalists considering NZ First's treaty policy claims. More >>
Rongonui outrage enough reason to end parole
Monday, 20 June 2005, 4:48 pm | ACT New Zealand
Justified outrage at the prospect of parole for Janine Rongonui, barely six years after she stabbed an innocent mother of three to death, is enough reason to end all parole after the election, ACT Justice spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>
The Letter
Monday, 20 June 2005, 3:31 pm | ACT New Zealand
If Labour were to call an election today, the government would lose. Every government in the last 30 years has lost ground during the campaign. Last election Labour lost 10% support between the opening of the campaign and election day. More >>
ACT launches its Billboards
Monday, 20 June 2005, 3:30 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Rodney Hide today launched ACT’s billboard campaign calling for tax cuts now and less spin, less talk and more action. More >>
Sponsorship criticism unfair
Monday, 20 June 2005, 3:29 pm | ACT New Zealand
Criticism of a tobacco company’s sponsorship of an anti-smoking programme is completely unwarranted, ACT Health spokesman Heather Roy said today. More >>
Govt must rule out Fart Tax return
Monday, 20 June 2005, 3:28 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Rural Affairs spokesman Gerry Eckhoff today called on the Labour Government to give farmers an unequivocal assurance that it will not revisit the Fart Tax as a result of its embarrassing billion-dollar miscalculation around carbon credits. More >>
Majority of NZers support lifting of nuclear ban
Monday, 20 June 2005, 8:16 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Foreign Affairs and Trade spokesman Ken Shirley today released the results of a new survey that shows a majority of Kiwis support lifting the ban on nuclear-powered US ships visiting New Zealand ports. More >>
Newman Online Weekly commentary by Muriel Newman
Monday, 20 June 2005, 8:15 am | ACT New Zealand
If anyone doubted that the Labour Party was not only anti-business but had lost its marbles as well, the expose' yesterday of the enormous $1 billion cost to New Zealand taxpayers of signing us up to the ill- advised Kyoto Protocol is ample proof. More >>
PM kids herself over land grab
Friday, 17 June 2005, 4:45 pm | ACT New Zealand
Helen Clark’s kidding herself if she thinks Labour’s land access legislation doesn’t impact on farmers’ property rights, ACT Rural Affairs spokesmen Gerry Eckhoff said today. More >>
Heather Roy's Diary 17 June 2005
Friday, 17 June 2005, 3:17 pm | ACT New Zealand
A decision has recently been made to add testing for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) to the battery of tests routinely offered to pregnant women. More >>
Liberty Belle 17 June 2005
Friday, 17 June 2005, 2:22 pm | ACT New Zealand
Stop the car, I need to be sick. The Health Select Committee has recommended a law change to ban discrimination against breastfeeding women. I mean, mothers who breastfeed their babies, toddlers or children. More >>
Dump Kyoto – ACT
Friday, 17 June 2005, 12:38 am | ACT New Zealand
“It’s a madness that New Zealand is the only southern hemisphere nation with a commitment in the first reporting period, that we are the only ASEAN nation with an obligation and that we stand alone with Japan and Canada as the only APEC nations with an obligation. More >>
Employment law damage to film industry
Friday, 17 June 2005, 12:13 am | ACT New Zealand
Think again before laying the blame on the judges for letting a model maker renege on his contract with a Lord of the Rings production company, ACT justice spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>
