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'No-Go' Zones Not The Solution
Thursday, 4 March 2004, 4:05 pm | ACT New Zealand
Community response to the Government's Limited Employment Locations - or `no-go' zones - shows that, once again, Labour has got it wrong, ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said today. More >>
ACT Commends Crown Appeal
Thursday, 4 March 2004, 4:04 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Crown appeal against Steven Williams' 15 years non-parole sentence, for murdering Coral-Ellen Burrows, is good news - parole must be abolished but, until then, we must remove the weasel words from our law, ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen ... More >>
Muriel Newman's The Column
Thursday, 4 March 2004, 12:20 am | ACT New Zealand
The Column this week - is the text of a speech delivered to Rotary - looks at the devastating effect that political correctness has had on our society, and asks how we can reverse the damage. More >>
Free Water Claim An Insult
Thursday, 4 March 2004, 12:13 am | ACT New Zealand
Meridian Energy's claim that farmers were after `free' water is as insulting as it is inaccurate, and it is wrong for Meridian CEO Dr Keith Turner to imply that irrigators want `free' water to enrich themselves, ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs ... More >>
Seabed And Foreshore Shambles
Wednesday, 3 March 2004, 5:57 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Maori Affairs Spokesman Stephen Franks today predicted that Labour would be forced to abandon its plan to give Maori customary title over most of New Zealand's coastline. More >>
Helen Clark Has Changed Her Tune
Wednesday, 3 March 2004, 5:13 pm | ACT New Zealand
Today's revelations that Taranaki District Health Board has paid around $370,000 in costs, and a settlement package to its former CEO, makes a farce of Prime Minister Helen Clark's 1999 election rhetoric, ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy ... More >>
DHB Blowout Due To Labour Double-Speak
Wednesday, 3 March 2004, 2:19 pm | ACT New Zealand
Christchurch Hospital's multi-million dollar budget blowout - and the resulting threats of service cuts - is the direct result of Health Minister Annette King's double-speak, ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy said today. More >>
Time To Prove Job Jolt Is For Real
Wednesday, 3 March 2004, 2:19 pm | ACT New Zealand
Today's release of the `Limited Employment Locations' alert sheet, for Work and Income case managers, gives Labour an opportunity to prove that the `Jobs Jolt' is more than just window-dressing, ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel ... More >>
Caution Needed Over Chinese Trade
Wednesday, 3 March 2004, 1:14 pm | ACT New Zealand
While trade with the People's Republic of China is important and should be fostered, it would be a mistake for New Zealand to be the first and only country in the world to formally recognise PRC's status as a market economy, ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader ... More >>
Labour Rips Children Apart
Tuesday, 2 March 2004, 4:13 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington today accused the Labour Government of tearing families apart, after reports that school zoning laws have prevented two young brothers from attending the same primary school. More >>
PM In Cuckooland Over School Closures
Tuesday, 2 March 2004, 3:16 pm | ACT New Zealand
Prime Minister Helen Clark must be in Cuckooland if she thinks she can escape being badly tainted over her Government's unpopular programme of school closures, ACT New Zealand Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington said today. More >>
Appointment Questioned
Monday, 1 March 2004, 5:58 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader Ken Shirley today expressed reservations over the Labour Government's appointment of former Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet Head Mark Prebble to the position of Commissioner for State Services. More >>
ACT's The Letter - Monday 1 March 2004
Monday, 1 March 2004, 2:59 pm | ACT New Zealand
Labour is stunned by its poll reverse and struggling to discover how they got it so wrong. Labour’s own polling had told the party the public was relaxed about race relations, not overly concerned about treaty settlements and, provided there was ... More >>
Real Answers For A Very Real Problem
Monday, 1 March 2004, 11:44 am | ACT New Zealand
While it is imperative that the Government officially recognises that our nurses are under-paid, overworked and struggling under heavy patient loads, fixed nursing ratios are not the answer, ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy said today. More >>
Mallard's Victims Younger And Younger
Monday, 1 March 2004, 9:05 am | ACT New Zealand
Not content with crippling the educations of New Zealand school pupils, Education Minister Trevor Mallard is now harming our pre-schoolers by failing to properly monitor their education, ACT New Zealand Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington said today. More >>
Petitions, Bills And Electorate Seats
Friday, 27 February 2004, 5:38 pm | ACT New Zealand
I would like to use this opportunity to report back on three issues of importance to the Whangarei electorate: ACT's petitions for passing laws and the completion of ALPURT B2; My Private Members Bill to open up the Family Court; More >>
Liberty Belle: The Leaving Of New Zealand
Friday, 27 February 2004, 12:42 am | ACT New Zealand
It's not the lump in the throat when returning to this country that defines us as a New Zealander, but the lump in the throat when leaving. More >>
Treaty Tribes' Right, Says Franks
Thursday, 26 February 2004, 6:02 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Maori Affairs Spokesman Stephen Franks welcomed the Treaty Tribes Coalition's Foreshore and Seabed submission today as an inspiring document. "It is calm, respectful of New Zealanders as citizens of one nation, and well-reasoned ... More >>
Clean Slate For Welfare Thief
Thursday, 26 February 2004, 1:52 pm | ACT New Zealand
Justice Minister Phil Goff's Clean Slate Bill will help fraudsters like Lisa Clement in the future, allowing them to find fresh employers to prey upon, ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>
No More Excuses, Maharey
Thursday, 26 February 2004, 10:32 am | ACT New Zealand
New information shows that Maori continue to be hugely over-represented in long-term unemployment statistics - so much for Labour's vaunted claim of uplifting Maori and `closing the gaps', ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said ... More >>
