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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 >>
Muriel Newman: Heroes In Waiting
Wednesday, 25 February 2004, 6:18 pm | ACT New Zealand
This week, the Column looks at how New Zealand’s thousands of unemployed could be used to help in the event of natural disaster or emergency. More >>
SSC Terms of Reference Need to be Widened
Wednesday, 25 February 2004, 2:58 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble said today the terms of reference for the State Services Commission inquiry into the `guinea pig letter' need to be much wider to include the role of the prime minister's electorate office in the affair. More >>
General Practitioners A Dying Breed
Tuesday, 24 February 2004, 2:42 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy today expressed concern - but not surprise - at the Royal College of General Practice's survey finding that full-time independent General Practitioners may be a dying breed in New Zealand. More >>
'Education Matters': Choice A Step Closer
Tuesday, 24 February 2004, 2:41 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington today welcomed Mark Harrison's book `Education Matters: Government, Markets and New Zealand Schools', labelling it another voice in the call for a comprehensive overhaul of New Zealand's failing ... More >>
Crowd Urges Mallard To Re-think School Closures
Tuesday, 24 February 2004, 2:40 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington was today delighted - but unsurprised - at the number of people protesting Labour's school closures, and said it was just a fraction of the anger that communities feel about this misguided initiative. More >>
Trevor Listens, Yeah Right!
Tuesday, 24 February 2004, 9:06 am | ACT New Zealand
Education Minister Trevor Mallard's backdown on school network reviews has got everything to do with Labour's bad polling, and nothing to do with quality education, ACT New Zealand Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington said today. More >>
Organ Donor Fairness
Monday, 23 February 2004, 4:26 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks today proposed that organ donorship be encouraged by a simple law change, an idea he believes would be good to discuss at ACT's conference in Christchurch in the next fortnight. More >>
Save Our Schools From Labour's Axe
Monday, 23 February 2004, 2:34 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington today urged New Zealanders to voice their anger over Labour's school closures and said that, with the Government's popularity in free-fall, the time was ripe to save their children's futures. More >>
