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Franks: open justice, end secrecy
Thursday, 24 February 2005, 8:28 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Justice spokesman Stephen Franks tonight pointed to two examples of pathological secrecy replacing New Zealand's traditional culture of openness. More >>
Single benefit looking like a spin-doctor sham
Thursday, 24 February 2005, 8:27 am | ACT New Zealand
Labour's single benefit package has been a hurried election-year PR exercise to try to counter Opposition attacks on Labour's soft-on-welfare record, ACT Deputy Leader and Social Welfare spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said tonight. More >>
ACT calls for NCEA fee to be scrapped
Wednesday, 23 February 2005, 8:55 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Education spokesman Deborah Coddington today called on the Labour Party to do the decent thing and waive the NCEA scholarship reassessment fee. More >>
Mayor Hubbard wastes police resources
Tuesday, 22 February 2005, 1:57 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT leader Rodney Hide today said he was pleased the police had concluded that ACT stalwart Brian Nicolle committed no offence under the Local Electoral Act 2001 when he was campaign manager for former Auckland City Mayor John Banks. More >>
PM Using Double Standards says Prebble
Tuesday, 22 February 2005, 8:48 am | ACT New Zealand
Prime Minister Helen Clark is again using double standards in demanding a "triple-A" apology from the Israeli government for the attempt by Israeli agents to obtain New Zealand passports, ACT MP Richard Prebble said today. More >>
ACT: Maori Party's explanation is mafia-like
Tuesday, 22 February 2005, 8:46 am | ACT New Zealand
The Leader of the Maori Party Tariana Turia's statement today that it is common practice within Maoridom to keep things in the family, in response to my exposure of nepotism rife at Te Wananga O Aotearoa, is offensive, ACT MP Ken Shirley said ... More >>
Labour attacks the rich and successful
Tuesday, 22 February 2005, 12:39 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Rodney Hide said today that the Labour Party's further attack on rich and successful families in New Zealand was shooting the economy in the foot. More >>
Maharey's news only tiny part of the solution
Tuesday, 22 February 2005, 12:10 am | ACT New Zealand
The Labour Party's adoption of the single benefit concept is only the first step in ACT's five-step plan to overhaul the welfare system, ACT Deputy Leader and Social Welfare spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said today. More >>
Cabinet dilly-dallies over wananga
Monday, 21 February 2005, 4:25 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT MP Ken Shirley is disgusted Cabinet today has taken no affirmative action to get to the bottom of the serious allegations surrounding Te Wananga O Aotearoa. More >>
Newman: Labour's Pacific recruitment ridiculous
Monday, 21 February 2005, 4:01 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Welfare spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today labelled the Labour Department's recruitment of nearly 100 Samoans for bus driving and prison officer jobs in New Zealand as ridiculous. More >>
NCEA fails homeschooled students
Monday, 21 February 2005, 3:10 pm | ACT New Zealand
The NCEA qualifications system has totally overlooked families who homeschool their children, and Trevor Mallard just turned a blind eye, ACT's Education spokesman Deborah Coddington said today More >>
Kiwibank profit small-fry
Monday, 21 February 2005, 2:35 pm | ACT New Zealand
Kiwibank's first profit in three years deserved little celebration, said ACT Leader Rodney Hide today. More >>
The Letter Monday 21 February 2005
Monday, 21 February 2005, 2:15 pm | ACT New Zealand
The government is relieved that parliament has recessed. Ministers were sideswiped one day when Stephen Franks asked whether Tame Iti would be prosecuted for presenting a gun at the Waitangi Tribunal. ACT almost didn't ask the question as the incident ... More >>
Political correctness on the march
Monday, 21 February 2005, 9:59 am | ACT New Zealand
Newman On-Line: Political correctness on the march This week, Newman Online looks at two recent cases of political correctness gone mad: playdough being banned in kindergartens; and the case of an employer finding themselves in the firing line ... More >>
Ken Shirley Speech: Wananga - dual laws
Monday, 21 February 2005, 8:18 am | ACT New Zealand
Speech by ACT MP Hon Ken Shirley: `Wananga - dual laws, dual standards', Tauranga Branch of the ACT Party, Sunday 20 February 2005 More >>
Liberty Belle - Thu, 17 Feb 2005
Friday, 18 February 2005, 4:44 pm | ACT New Zealand
Typically, many of the lunacy sightings concern traffic officers and their nazi-like behaviour. One of the worst came from a reader travelling on SH1 in a late model car driven by a respectable, middle-aged but one-armed driver who cannot wear a seatbelt ... More >>
Newman speaks to property investors association
Friday, 18 February 2005, 8:43 am | ACT New Zealand
I'm delighted to be here to address you at this important time. Not only is it the day before submissions to the review of the Residential Tenancy Act close, but it is also the start of election year! I'd like to take this opportunity to discuss ... More >>
Political correctness paralyses Labour on burkas
Friday, 18 February 2005, 8:42 am | ACT New Zealand
More than eight months after Labour Ministers knew they would have to decide our law's attitude to extreme Muslim clothing preferences, they still have no idea what to do, ACT Justice spokesman Stephen Franks said today More >>
Clark Forces Her Music On Aussies At ANZAC Day
Thursday, 17 February 2005, 5:01 pm | ACT New Zealand
Helen Clark has insisted that when she turns up to the 90th anniversary ANZAC commemorations at Gallipoli her music must be played, not anyone else's, said ACT Leader Rodney Hide today. More >>
Better wananga outcomes are what ACT wants
Thursday, 17 February 2005, 1:40 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT MP Ken Shirley has totally rejected comments made by Ranginui Walker and Pita Sharples that ACT is beating up on Maori in rasing concerns about Te Wananga O Aotearoa. More >>
