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NCEA Survey Proves Parents Want Choice

Tuesday, 12 October 2004, 2:54 pm | ACT New Zealand

When is Education Minister Trevor Mallard going to wake up to the fact that the NCEA is definitely not the "triumph" he claims it to be? ACT New Zealand Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington said today. More >>

Health Board STV Debacle Unacceptable

Tuesday, 12 October 2004, 11:55 am | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy today labelled the STV District Health Board elections an unacceptable shambles, and said that blaming the higher numbers of votes received in the last days was nothing more than a cop-out. More >>

Stephen Franks Speech Mid Canterbury Grasshoppers

Tuesday, 12 October 2004, 8:58 am | ACT New Zealand

When we landed in Christchurch this afternoon the hostess told us not to release our belts, "for our comfort and safety". Apparently a long ago inquiry after a taxiing collision showed that some injuries might have been prevented if ... More >>

ACT's The Letter - Monday 11 October

Monday, 11 October 2004, 3:18 pm | ACT New Zealand

John Banks suffered a massive loss and the C&R, NZ's most successful electoral winning machine, its first defeat since the depression in 1938. More >>

Newman On-Line: Returning Power To The Judges

Monday, 11 October 2004, 9:57 am | ACT New Zealand

This week, Newman On-Line looks at the inconsistencies in Labour’s Sentencing Act, and considers ways to turn sentencing back into punishment for crime. More >>

Come Clean On Deception, Minister

Monday, 11 October 2004, 8:49 am | ACT New Zealand

It is time for Corrections Minister Paul Swain to tell us whether deceit is official policy for his agents, ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>

Time To Get Moving On Wellington Roading

Monday, 11 October 2004, 8:48 am | ACT New Zealand

I hope that all Wellington MPs will now unite to ensure that we get Transmission Gully and other urgent roading improvements, given the years of confusion, bickering and indecision likely from Auckland local government, ACT New Zealand Wellington-based ... More >>

Police Denial Ducks DNA Issue

Friday, 8 October 2004, 8:08 pm | ACT New Zealand

Today's North Shore Police statement does not rebut concerns that an arbitrary police budget cap is allowing guilty criminals to escape detection, ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>

Working Group Must Do More Than Just Talk

Friday, 8 October 2004, 8:07 pm | ACT New Zealand

Yet more money is having to be poured into Primary Healthcare to cope with problems that the Labour Government didn't anticipate when launching its flagship Primary Health Organisation programme, ACT New Zealand health Spokesman Heather Roy said ... More >>

Blame Goff For White-Collar Leniency

Friday, 8 October 2004, 9:06 am | ACT New Zealand

It is Justice Minister Phil Goff who should be taking the heat over white-collar crime leniency, ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>

Time To Reconsider Native Species Trade

Wednesday, 6 October 2004, 10:29 am | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff today urged the Northland Conservation Board to keep an open mind when it considers a proposal - by one of its members - to back a trade in rare native species. More >>

'P' Research Highlights Labour Failure

Tuesday, 5 October 2004, 4:23 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader and Police Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today claimed that the recent police-commissioned Massey University research on methamphetamine use had confirmed Labour's dismal failure to arrest the drug epidemic sweeping the ... More >>

ACT's The Letter - Monday 4 October 2004

Monday, 4 October 2004, 3:44 pm | ACT New Zealand

The Supreme Court begins its first case tomorrow, Prebble vs Huata at 10 am in the cellar of the Court of Appeal, Wellington. We will post the legal arguments at http://www.act.org.nz/supremecourt More >>

Deal With Youth Offenders Before It's Too Late

Monday, 4 October 2004, 3:38 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader and Police Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today urged the Government to catch and deal with young offenders now, before it is too late and they grow into hardened adult criminals who end up spending their lives in and ... More >>