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Memo To Nats: Labour's Top Tax Rate Must Go!

Wednesday, 1 September 2004, 12:14 am | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Leader Rodney Hide today said that National was right to complain about taxpayers being ripped off by Labour's punitive tax take. More >>

Memo To Nats: Labour's Top Tax Rate Must Go!

Wednesday, 1 September 2004, 12:00 am | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Leader Rodney Hide today said that National was right to complain about taxpayers being ripped off by Labour's punitive tax take. More >>

Hunters Should Celebrate Carefully

Tuesday, 31 August 2004, 8:25 am | ACT New Zealand

In a speech this evening, ACT New Zealand Sport & Leisure Spokesman Stephen Franks today warned Queenstown members of the New Zealand Deerstalkers Association not to get arrogant or greedy, and urged them not to relax their guard just because ... More >>

The Letter

Tuesday, 31 August 2004, 8:25 am | ACT New Zealand

The media reported Margaret Mutu’s predictions of violence if the Foreshore bill becomes law but were far too politically correct to report the extent of the fracas at the hearing in Auckland. Before the meeting even began the committee clerk was ... More >>

It's Official: NCEA Is Fatally Flawed

Monday, 30 August 2004, 12:31 am | ACT New Zealand

If the recent debacle over Cambridge High School isn't enough proof for Education Minister Trevor Mallard, then a weekend newspaper ad should finally convince him that the NCEA must go, ACT New Zealand Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington said ... More >>

Economic Growth Key To Caring For Elderly

Monday, 30 August 2004, 12:19 am | ACT New Zealand

Thank you ladies and gentlemen. I have eight minutes to address key questions that conference organisers have put to the political parties. More >>

Stephen Franks Supports ACT 100 Percent

Friday, 27 August 2004, 2:41 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand MP Stephen Franks today said that hypothetical media speculation about his future is misleading and damaging, and made his position crystal clear. More >>

Anderton Spends $122 Million On Corporate Welfare

Friday, 27 August 2004, 1:15 pm | ACT New Zealand

Economic Development Minister Jim Anderton has forked out over $122 million of taxpayers' dollars on corporate welfare since the Labour Government came to power, ACT New Zealand Leader Rodney Hide revealed today. More >>

The Column: Help Getting Further Away

Friday, 27 August 2004, 9:42 am | ACT New Zealand

This week, Newman On-Line looks at average police response times to burglary callouts, and asks how burglary victims can feel safe when they have to wait longer and longer for police assistance More >>

Lakes Hand-Over A Political Rort

Friday, 27 August 2004, 8:42 am | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Maori Affairs Spokesman Stephen Franks today applauded the Rotorua Lakes Protection Society for its decision to go to the High Court in a bid to prevent the Government from giving ownership of 13 Rotorua lakes to Te Arawa. More >>

Australia Takes Defence Seriously

Friday, 27 August 2004, 12:25 am | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Leader Rodney Hide today said that Australia's purchase of long-range missiles showed it was taking its defence seriously. More >>

Rural Otago Crime Stats Disgraceful: Eckhoff

Thursday, 26 August 2004, 5:08 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs Spokesman and Otago-based MP Gerry Eckhoff today demanded that Otago MP David Parker explain just how his Government intends to fix the problem of skyrocketing crime in rural Otago, as revealed in new crime statistics. More >>

Crime Statistics Don't Tell Full Story

Thursday, 26 August 2004, 5:02 pm | ACT New Zealand

No matter how Police Minister George Hawkins tries to spin it, the fact remains that this Government is failing in its duty to keep law-abiding New Zealanders safe, ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader and Police Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said today. More >>

Labour's Land Access Plan Legalised Theft

Thursday, 26 August 2004, 3:07 pm | ACT New Zealand

During this General Debate I want to talk about an issue of huge importance to rural New Zealanders. They were dismayed about two weeks ago to get `Walking Access in the New Zealand Outdoors', a discussion paper from the office of Jim Sutton. More >>

Margaret Mutu Must Be Challenged

Thursday, 26 August 2004, 10:25 am | ACT New Zealand

Auckland University Professor of Maori Studies Margaret Mutu's irresponsible threats and outrageous assertions before the Parliamentary Select Committee on the Foreshore and Seabed Bill must be challenged, Committee Member and ACT MP Ken Shirley said ... More >>

It's Official: Too Tough To Do Business In NZ

Thursday, 26 August 2004, 9:50 am | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Leader Rodney Hide today was unsurprised by the Small Business Advisory Group's recommendations, that tell Labour what everyone else knows: business is sick and tired of red tape and the pitfalls associated with hiring and firing staff. More >>

It's A Jungle Out There

Thursday, 26 August 2004, 12:54 am | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy today said she hoped that Canterbury District Health Board's pet zebra was living a fulfilled and happy life - but that the same could not be said of those suffering from mental illness living in Christchurch. More >>