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Don't Kill Safe Family Pets
Tuesday, 11 November 2003, 5:47 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks will today move an amendment to the proposed Dog Control Bill, to allow dog owners to rebut a presumption that a dog is dangerous just because it attacked a cat. More >>
Nice Work If You Can Get It
Tuesday, 11 November 2003, 11:20 am | ACT New Zealand
Throwing an extra $10 million at the New Zealand Film Commission won't guarantee great New Zealand films, but it might mean more taxpayer-funded overseas junkets for staff, ACT New Zealand Business Development Spokesman Deborah Coddington said ... More >>
Labour Abandons Police
Tuesday, 11 November 2003, 11:19 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Police Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman, who has slammed Police Minister George Hawkins and his Labour colleagues for misleading the public about cracking down on methamphetamine crime, today accused them of abandoning police after reports ... More >>
Why Did She Wait On The Judges?
Tuesday, 11 November 2003, 8:29 am | ACT New Zealand
If only Attorney General Margaret Wilson had promised to elevate the senior Court of Appeal judges to the new Supreme Court, when she first introduced the Bill giving herself power to appoint them all, much damage to our courts' prestige could have ... More >>
Donna Awatere Huata No Longer ACT Member
Monday, 10 November 2003, 4:14 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Acting Leader Ken Shirley today said he had written to Speaker Jonathan Hunt, advising him that Donna Awatere Huata was no longer a member of the ACT Party. More >>
ACT's The Letter - 10 November 2003
Monday, 10 November 2003, 4:05 pm | ACT New Zealand
No chance in this term. Despite Bush’s call for an FTA with Australia, officials doubt it. While agriculture is a big hurdle, pharmaceuticals have emerged as the problem. More >>
Say It With Flowers
Monday, 10 November 2003, 1:36 pm | ACT New Zealand
Labour's arrogance and cynicism in promising mandatory four-weeks annual leave after the next election is breathtaking in the extreme, ACT New Zealand Commerce Spokesman Deborah Coddington said today. More >>
Clamp Down On Foreign Ownership Bizarre
Monday, 10 November 2003, 1:35 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff today described the Labour Government's plan to clamp down on the sale of land to foreign interests as nothing short of bizzare. More >>
ACT's Hard-Working Staff
Monday, 10 November 2003, 11:16 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Acting Leader Ken Shirley today expressed extreme disappointment that the New Zealand Herald chose to print the spoof report on staff prepared by a fellow staffer and included as a joke in strategy papers leaked to the media. More >>
Education Can Make A Difference - Coddington
Monday, 10 November 2003, 9:07 am | ACT New Zealand
Address to ACT Central Regional Conference, Awatea Conference Centre, Palmerston North, Sunday 9 November 2003 More >>
Seabed, Foreshore And Politics -- Ken Shirley
Monday, 10 November 2003, 9:06 am | ACT New Zealand
Address to ACT Central Regional Conference, Awatea Conference Centre, Palmerston North, Sunday 9 November 2003 More >>
Eckhoff Speech: Property Rights Must Be Protected
Monday, 10 November 2003, 9:05 am | ACT New Zealand
Address to ACT Central Regional Conference, Awatea Conference Centre, Palmerston North, Sunday 9 November 2003 More >>
Govt Must Listen To Rural Crime Concerns
Friday, 7 November 2003, 4:39 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff today said the theft of $300,000 worth of livestock from an Otago farmer would contribute to the growing sense of insecurity among rural communities. More >>
Liberty Belle: Big Billy Goat Gruff
Friday, 7 November 2003, 1:49 pm | ACT New Zealand
For my sins, when the House is sitting, I have to wake up to state radio. Not that I mind Sean Plunkett and Geoff Robinson. They're nice enough sounding chaps. It's just that, in order to know what's happening before I reach Parliament, I have to ... More >>
Wellington Hospital Investigation Welcomed
Friday, 7 November 2003, 8:30 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy said today that families of heart patients who have died, and patients who continue to wait for surgery at Wellington Hospital, will welcome the Associate Minister of Health's commitment to investigate why patients ... More >>
Waitangi Tribunal Dead
Friday, 7 November 2003, 8:26 am | ACT New Zealand
News that the Crown will not take part in the urgent foreshore and seabed hearing proposed for tomorrow is another indication that the Waitangi Tribunal has lost its clout said ACT's Maori Affairs spokesman Stephen Franks. More >>
Awatere Huata Must Resign
Thursday, 6 November 2003, 4:31 pm | ACT New Zealand
"I was shocked to learn that Donna Awatere Huata and trusts that she is both directly and indirectly associated with have received nearly $2 million of taxpayers money from various Government departments and Crown agencies," ACT New Zealand ... More >>
Addressing the CYF Problem
Thursday, 6 November 2003, 2:08 pm | ACT New Zealand
In her column this week, ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman, Dr Muriel Newman, has come up with a five-point plan to reduce child abuse and reform welfare in New Zealand. More >>
Addressing the Problems: The 5-Point Plan
Thursday, 6 November 2003, 8:47 am | ACT New Zealand
It is a sad fact that while for most parents our children are everything to us, some children are not so fortunate. Instead of the love, support and security they should expect in their normal family life, these children face risk, fear and violence, ... More >>
Health Dollars Pay Koha Tax For Spiritual Healers
Tuesday, 4 November 2003, 5:57 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy was today stunned to discover that precious health dollars were used to pay tax on koha given to workers at a failed health trust that was supposedly providing spiritual and cultural healing to Maori ... More >>
