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A Birthday To End All Birthdays

Monday, 28 June 2004, 9:06 am | ACT New Zealand

Heather Roy Speech to ACT Tamaki mid-winter dinner; Tamaki Yacht Club; Friday June 25, 2004; More >>

Why I Want to Reward Success and Achievement

Monday, 28 June 2004, 9:05 am | ACT New Zealand

Rodney Hide Speech to ACT members and supporters; ACT Leader's Brunch; the Backbencher; Sunday June 27, 2004. More >>

No Families In Families Commission

Monday, 28 June 2004, 9:03 am | ACT New Zealand

Heather Roy Speech to ACT members and supporters; Leader's Brunch; the Backbencher; Sunday June 27, 2004 More >>

Labour Sacrifices Families To Cling To Power

Monday, 28 June 2004, 12:38 am | ACT New Zealand

Any party that can spend $28 million in taxpayers' money to curry favour with its political ally while a proven community agency struggles to help parents in crisis does not deserve to ever be in government, ACT New Zealand Families Spokesman Heather ... More >>

ACT Seeks Answers Over Irresponsible Spending

Friday, 25 June 2004, 3:55 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Whangarei-based MP and Deputy Leader Dr Muriel Newman today lodged a written Parliamentary Question to Education Minister Trevor Mallard in relation to the Manse street bus company controversy. More >>

Backpackers' Are Not Prison Release Hostels

Friday, 25 June 2004, 3:54 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Corrections Spokesman Stephen Franks today called on Corrections Minister Paul Swain to undertake that the Government would never again place released prisoners in backpackers' hostels, without the fully informed agreement of hostel ... More >>

Liberty Belle 25 June 2004

Friday, 25 June 2004, 12:48 am | ACT New Zealand

Howard Fancy is the Secretary for Education. He was appearing before the Education Select Committee to answer questions about the 2004/2005 Estimates. Bill English was grilling him about Christchurch Polytech and the audit office probe into a $15 ... More >>

Parole Review Gutless

Friday, 25 June 2004, 12:46 am | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks today described the announcement of a review of parole as "a gutless blame shift by the Labour Government", and said that the Parole Board has been doing exactly what Labour ordered it to do in the ... More >>

Families Commission Will Change Nothing

Thursday, 24 June 2004, 1:25 pm | ACT New Zealand

Prime Minister Helen Clark's announcement today, that six Commissioners have been appointed to the Families Commission, will amount to little more than an expensive talk-fest, ACT New Zealand Families Spokesman Heather Roy said today. More >>

Don't Know, Don't Care, Says Labour

Thursday, 24 June 2004, 1:23 pm | ACT New Zealand

The Labour Government doesn't know and doesn't care how much the new Holidays Act provisions are costing the local hospitality industry, ACT New Zealand Tourism Spokesman Deborah Coddington said today. More >>

Eckhoff Welcomes Kiwi Preservation Plan

Wednesday, 23 June 2004, 1:51 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff today welcomed an Environment, Conservation and Outdoor Education Trust initiative to have a creche built to protect kiwi chicks from predators. More >>

Bill Gives Labour Chance To Redeem Itself

Wednesday, 23 June 2004, 1:51 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader and Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today offered Labour a rare opportunity to rectify its past mistakes by supporting her Family Court (Openness of Proceedings) Amendment Bill through its first reading in ... More >>

Criminal Procedure Bill Wrong - And Right

Wednesday, 23 June 2004, 8:18 am | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks today said the Criminal Procedure Bill, which sets out to replace unanimous jury verdicts with majority verdicts, will also erode safeguards against wrongful convictions. More >>

Labour Two-Faced Over Maori Fishing Quota

Tuesday, 22 June 2004, 6:57 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Fisheries Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff today accused the Coordinating Minister for Race Relations Trevor Mallard of hypocrisy after failing to reject a proposal to give Maori 20 percent of marine farming space around the New Zealand ... More >>