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Prebble To Be Sorely Missed
Tuesday, 27 April 2004, 2:39 pm | ACT New Zealand
On hearing the news that ACT New Zealand Leader Richard Prebble will resign the ACT leadership, ACT New Zealand MP Stephen Franks today cut short his trip to the US. More >>
Thank You Richard Prebble
Tuesday, 27 April 2004, 2:12 pm | ACT New Zealand
"It is with great sadness that I will be informing the members of ACT New Zealand that Hon Richard Prebble CBE has decided to resign as leader of ACT New Zealand. More >>
Richard Prebble to Resign as Leader
Tuesday, 27 April 2004, 2:10 pm | ACT New Zealand
"I have today advised the ACT caucus of my intention to resign as leader of the ACT party. More >>
Commonsense - An Endangered Species?
Tuesday, 27 April 2004, 11:08 am | ACT New Zealand
I was asked to choose a topic for my speech today and as usual, I left it until the last minute to provide Hewitt Humphrey with the title. Deadline came when I was reading the latest piece of bureaucratic nonsense to cross my desk. More >>
The Letter - 26 April 2004
Monday, 26 April 2004, 1:42 pm | ACT New Zealand
With parliament in recess the country was politically very quiet last week. But in NZ there are now two nations. In the Maori country there is political ferment. More >>
Paralysis By Analysis
Monday, 26 April 2004, 10:56 am | ACT New Zealand
If Health Minister Annette King is not prepared to take action in her own electorate, after the recent suicide attempt of a Wellington mental patient, then what hope is there for the rest of New Zealand, ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy said ... More >>
Gerry Eckhoff: Anzac Day: Lest We Forget
Monday, 26 April 2004, 8:30 am | ACT New Zealand
Gerry Eckhoff Speech to the Cromwell RSA Anzac Day service, Cromwell Memorial Hall, Cromwell, Sunday April 25, 2004. More >>
Anzac Day To Be Hijacked Too?
Monday, 26 April 2004, 8:29 am | ACT New Zealand
Retired Maori Land Court judge Heta Hingston's extremely political speech at the Ohinemutu Dawn Parade was entirely inappropriate and signals the hijacking of yet another national day of remembrance, ACT New Zealand MP Deborah Coddington said today. More >>
Mallard Makes Beggars Of Schools
Monday, 26 April 2004, 12:47 am | ACT New Zealand
Education Minister Trevor Mallard is forcing schools to write to parents asking for hundreds of dollars to pay for new classrooms, library books, computers, musical instruments and first aid equipment, ACT New Zealand Education Spokesman Deborah ... More >>
Deborah Coddington's Liberty Belle
Friday, 23 April 2004, 10:18 am | ACT New Zealand
Liberty Belle this week is my speech to the Milford Ladies' Probus Club, on the topic, 'The Role of a Mother in Parliament'. More >>
PBRF Contains Hidden Race-based Funding
Friday, 23 April 2004, 10:14 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Tertiary Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington today applauded the Tertiary Education Commission's tertiary league table, and welcomed the competition it introduces, but noted it was still askew. More >>
No Blood In This Stone
Friday, 23 April 2004, 12:03 am | ACT New Zealand
PHARMAC's latest plan to remove the subsidy from the popular cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor, will affect around 10,000 Kiwi patients, ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy said today. More >>
Give Kids A Good Start - Bring Back Plunket
Friday, 23 April 2004, 12:02 am | ACT New Zealand
The best way to prepare children for school is to ensure they're raised in a strong, committed family - we can do this by bringing back Plunket, ACT New Zealand Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington said today. More >>
Judges Need Not Fear An Open Family Court
Thursday, 22 April 2004, 4:56 pm | ACT New Zealand
Opening up the Family Court to public scrutiny is the cheapest and simplest solution to Chief Family Judge Peter Boshier's claims the Family Court has become a `supermarket court with judges expected to rule on everything from choices of school to choices ... More >>
No More CYF WhitewashesNo More CYF Whitewashes
Thursday, 22 April 2004, 4:56 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today asked what point there was in holding an internal investigation into Child, Youth and Family when the report will be nothing more than a whitewash. More >>
Muriel Newman - Column April 21st
Wednesday, 21 April 2004, 4:03 pm | ACT New Zealand
This weeks Column is the Speech to the Executive Committee of the Whangarei Branch of ACT New Zealand given on 20 April 2004 More >>
Report Confirms Two Laws Exist In New Zealand
Wednesday, 21 April 2004, 1:40 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide today said the Corrections Department report into Spring Hill Prison consultation had confirmed that Dr Don Brash - and the overwhelming number of Kiwis who support him - is right: under Labour, New Zealand ... More >>
Dunne All Talk On Transmission Gully
Wednesday, 21 April 2004, 12:16 am | ACT New Zealand
United Future Leader Peter Dunne's claim that he could achieve more by cooperating with the Government has been shown to be nothing more than hot air, and he is yet to deliver for his constituents, ACT New Zealand Wellington-based MP Heather Roy ... More >>
House The Homeless
Tuesday, 20 April 2004, 3:24 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Housing Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today demanded to know why Housing Minister Steve Maharey has not yet entered into the debate over what to do about Wellington's homeless people. More >>
Council Consultation Absurd
Tuesday, 20 April 2004, 11:06 am | ACT New Zealand
Full marks to Wellington Tenths Trustee Peter Love for telling the Wellington City Council that its consultation requirements with Maori have been taken to outrageous lengths, ACT New Zealand Acting Leader Ken Shirley. More >>
