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Govt Plays Roulette With Taxpayers' Money
Tuesday, 26 October 2004, 1:31 pm | ACT New Zealand
The latest River Queen movie debacle, whereby Director Vincent Ward has been sacked, is yet more proof that governments have no business "investing" taxpayers' money in risky projects, ACT New Zealand Arts, Culture and Heritage Spokesman Deborah ... More >>
Fresh Ideas Needed In Conservation Battle
Tuesday, 26 October 2004, 1:30 pm | ACT New Zealand
A shocking new report, showing that more than two-thirds of New Zealand's rare plants and wildlife are facing extinction, highlights the need for fresh ideas in the fight to protect our endangered native species, ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs Spokesman ... More >>
Helen Clark's Tamihere Woes Deepen - He Must Go
Tuesday, 26 October 2004, 8:18 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Leader Rodney Hide today said Prime Minister Helen Clark couldn't continue to duck responsibility for John Tamihere and the golden koha scandal now engulfing her government. More >>
Hospital Waiting Lists Under Serious Pressure
Tuesday, 26 October 2004, 8:17 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy today released new information revealing that hospitals throughout New Zealand were under-funded by $94.6 million in the year to June 2004 More >>
John's Golden Koha
Tuesday, 26 October 2004, 8:16 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Leader Rodney Hide today said the Labour Party was in a sad shape trying to describe Minister John Tamihere's $195,000 "golden handshake" as everything but a golden handshake. More >>
Property Rights Under Threat
Friday, 22 October 2004, 1:52 pm | ACT New Zealand
The American humorist P J O'Rourke asked this question in his book Eat the Rich : "Why is it that in Russia people are so cerebral that chess is a spectator sport, however, they boil stones to make soup, yet in Hollywood, the dumbest place ... More >>
'P' Epidemic Alive And Kicking
Friday, 22 October 2004, 11:33 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader and Police Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today disputed speculation that, due to lower numbers of clan labs being busted by police, New Zealand's methamphetamine crisis may have peaked. More >>
Newman On-Line: The Troublesome Ordeal That Is STV
Friday, 22 October 2004, 9:06 am | ACT New Zealand
This week, Newman On-Line looks at the debacle created by Labour’s promotion of STV voting for local body and District health Board elections. More >>
King's Failure: Lower Bar, Longer Waits
Thursday, 21 October 2004, 12:04 am | ACT New Zealand
Reports that the Health Ministry has lowered the bar for emergency department waiting times, is an acknowledgement that District Health Boards are in no position to provide treatment in as timely a manner as they once were, ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman ... More >>
Time To Make Punishment Fit The Crime
Wednesday, 20 October 2004, 3:03 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader and Police Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today urged Parliament to support her Sentencing (Community Sentencing to Fit the Crime) Private Members Bill through its first reading and help send it to the Select Committee stage. More >>
Re-Open Submissions On Charities Bill
Wednesday, 20 October 2004, 2:17 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand deputy Leader and Social Services Select Committee Acting Chair Dr Muriel Newman today launched an online petition urging the Government to re-open submissions on the Charities Bill as soon as the re-written version is available. More >>
Lower Standard For Maori
Tuesday, 19 October 2004, 6:37 pm | ACT New Zealand
The statements of Maori leaders - trying to justify the political use of Government grants to Maori trusts - should now trigger a freeze on further payments, ACT New Zealand Maori Affairs Spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>
Paddlers Show Commonsense On Accident Risk
Tuesday, 19 October 2004, 5:45 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Sport & Recreation Spokesman Stephen Franks today congratulated the kayak industry for its solidarity against a prosecution after a drowning accident on the Buller River. More >>
Police Claims Highlight Need For Inquiry
Tuesday, 19 October 2004, 2:19 pm | ACT New Zealand
Claims by the police, that they decided to send a taxi in response to Iraena Asher's emergency 111 call, raises serious concerns about the enormous pressure that police are under and highlights the urgent need for a full independent inquiry into this ... More >>
ACTs The Letter - Monday 18 October 2004
Tuesday, 19 October 2004, 9:17 am | ACT New Zealand
Labour has gone from expressing confidence that Tamihere will be cleared to saying he will win a by-election. Tamihere himself claims that 24 hours before the golden handshake story broke, he discovered that he did not support Labour's foreshore bill. More >>
The Letter: Tamihere - Time's Up?
Tuesday, 19 October 2004, 8:39 am | ACT New Zealand
Tamihere - Time's Up? Labour has gone from expressing confidence that Tamihere will be cleared to saying he will win a by-election. Tamihere himself claims that 24 hours before the golden handshake story broke, he discovered that he did not support Labour's ... More >>
Tamihere Inquiry Should Be Open & Transparent
Monday, 18 October 2004, 2:53 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Leader Rodney Hide today said Prime Minister Helen Clark was making the same mistake she made with her last inquiry into John Tamihere: the inquiry should be a judicial one, it should be open to the media, and witnesses should be allowed ... More >>
Inquiry Needed to Uncover The Facts
Monday, 18 October 2004, 8:51 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader and Police Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today called for an urgent independent inquiry to ascertain just why police responded to an emergency 111 call from missing woman Iraena Asher by sending a taxi rather than a police car. More >>
Report Blows Labour Claims Out Of The Water
Monday, 18 October 2004, 8:50 am | ACT New Zealand
Labour's claim that the New Zealand economy is improving its competitiveness is blown out of the water by the recently released World Economic Forum global competitiveness report, ACT New Zealand Foreign Affairs and Trade Spokesman Ken Shirley said today. More >>
Newman On-Line: One Nation – Two Worlds
Monday, 18 October 2004, 8:38 am | ACT New Zealand
This week, Newman On-Line reveals the Housing New Zealand Corporation’s ‘Two World View’, and outlines lengths the Government has gone to divide the nation. More >>
