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Stop Being Such A Wet Blanket, Transit

Tuesday, 3 August 2004, 11:35 am | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Transport and Auckland Issues Spokesman Deborah Coddington today urged Transit New Zealand to quit opposing the Auckland V8 Supercar street-race and work more closely with event organisers to ensure its success. More >>

DOC's Advocacy Role Must Be Abolished

Monday, 2 August 2004, 5:10 pm | ACT New Zealand

The Conservation Department's plan for a 50,000-hectare marine reserve at Great Barrier Island is yet another example of the Labour Government and its environmental supporters' eco-imperialist attitude towards conservation, ACT New Zealand Fisheries ... More >>

Maori Fisheries Bill: More Litigation Ahead

Monday, 2 August 2004, 5:08 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Fisheries and Other Sea-related Select Committee member Ken Shirley today predicted that the Labour Government's Maori Fisheries Bill will lay the framework for a further round of costly and wasteful litigation. More >>

GST Off Rates Not The Answer, Says Shirley

Monday, 2 August 2004, 5:04 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Local Government Spokesman Ken Shirley today urged United Future's Gordon Copeland to dump his Private Members Bill proposing the exclusion of GST on rates. More >>

ACT's The Letter - Monday 2 August 2004

Monday, 2 August 2004, 5:02 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT must decide by Friday whether to appeal the Court of Appeal decision that Donna Awatere Huata is still (for electoral purposes) an ACT MP despite being declared an independent MP. More >>

The Letter Monday 2 August 2004

Monday, 2 August 2004, 2:06 pm | ACT New Zealand

DONNA APPEAL ACT must decide by Friday whether to appeal the Court of Appeal decision that Donna Awatere Huata is still (for electoral purposes) an ACT MP despite being declared an independent MP. More >>

ACT Welcomes WTO Development

Monday, 2 August 2004, 1:24 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Foreign Affairs and Trade Spokesman Ken Shirley today welcomed the prospect of fewer export subsides, as signalled at world trade talks in Geneva, but warned that progress towards full free trade was still some way off from becoming ... More >>

One Standard Or Two On Political Corruption?

Monday, 2 August 2004, 1:15 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Maori Affairs Spokesman Stephen Franks today condemned the National Party, as well as Labour, for its feeble response to the naked political bias of Maori Language Commission chief executive Haami Piripi. More >>

Franks: Piripi Must Go

Monday, 2 August 2004, 9:13 am | ACT New Zealand

Maori Language Commission CEO Haami Piripi maybe completely unsuitable as a senior public servant, but his offence this week has been to breach principle against Labour - instead of politicking for political correctness, as he and his colleagues have ... More >>

Labour's Macho Men Strike Back - Well, Sort Of

Monday, 2 August 2004, 12:48 am | ACT New Zealand

It's official: Minister's Trevor Mallard and John Tamihere have declared that it is perfectly acceptable to be a red-blooded, white, middle-class, heterosexual male, ACT New Zealand Women's Affairs Spokesman Heather Roy said today. More >>

One Standard Or Two On Political Corruption?

Monday, 2 August 2004, 12:40 am | ACT New Zealand

WTO Agreement Good News For Exporters

Monday, 2 August 2004, 12:25 am | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff today welcomed the agreement of members of the World Trade Organisation to scrap export subsidies over the next few years. More >>

Blunder Of Potentially Epic Proportions

Friday, 30 July 2004, 2:48 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Foreign Affairs Spokesman Ken Shirley today noted with dismay Cabinet Minister Marian Hobbs' hosting of a special screening of Michael Moore's film `Fahrenheit 9/11' next Wednesday. More >>

Burton Should Do His Bit For Defence And Resign

Friday, 30 July 2004, 2:44 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Leader and Defence Spokesman Rodney Hide today called on mis-named Defence Minister Mark Burton to do his bit for the defence of New Zealand and resign his post. More >>

Liberty Belle: Poor New Zealand

Friday, 30 July 2004, 2:22 pm | ACT New Zealand

If I could paint a picture it would be of me eating humble pie. Grovelling in the dirt. Begging forgiveness for the two unforgivable errors in last week's LB. More >>

Lives Just A Numbers Game To Minister King

Friday, 30 July 2004, 11:24 am | ACT New Zealand

Reports today, that Wellington Hospital provided 49 fewer heart operations than it was contracted to do and underspent its cardiothoracic budget by $376,000, is bad news for Wellingtonians that carries a sense of déjà vu, ACT New Zealand Health ... More >>

Minister All Plaque On Dental Care

Thursday, 29 July 2004, 2:55 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy today accused Health Minister Annette King of playing games with the oral health of New Zealand teenagers, by refusing to front up and tell parents whether she plans to cut dentist visit subsidies altogether. More >>