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Donna Awatere Huata Must Resign
Tuesday, 4 November 2003, 2:45 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Acting Leader Ken Shirley today called on Donna Awatere Huata to resign from parliament forthwith. More >>
Are Our Troops Safe Or Not?
Tuesday, 4 November 2003, 10:53 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader Ken Shirley today accused the Labour Government of deliberately misleading the public by grossly understating the risks that our troops would face in Iraq. More >>
Maharey Should Resign, Not Pivac
Monday, 3 November 2003, 6:37 pm | ACT New Zealand
While the sudden resignation of CYFS chief executive Jackie Pivac is good news, it is her political masters who should resign - especially Social Services Minister Stave Maharey, ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said today. More >>
Sonographers' Strike No Surprise
Monday, 3 November 2003, 6:36 pm | ACT New Zealand
It is totally unacceptable that patients urgently requiring ultra-sound scans to diagnose often sinister illnesses are being forced to wait up to five months to be seen at Whangarei Hospital, ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy said today. More >>
Stop Risking Lives And Take Action
Monday, 3 November 2003, 6:35 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today vowed not to sit back and allow the Government to put more innocent children's lives at risk by hiding CYF's failure in more complex bureaucracy. More >>
ACT's The Letter - Monday 3 November 2003
Monday, 3 November 2003, 3:19 pm | ACT New Zealand
Politics has suddenly got exciting. While Labour claims to be pleased with Don Brash’s election, in fact Labour hoped that Bill English would remain leader. In retrospect, what is hard to understand is how 12 National MPs thought Bill could carry on. More >>
Waitangi Tribunal Dying as Honest Broker
Monday, 3 November 2003, 2:43 pm | ACT New Zealand
Maori Affairs Minister Parekura Horomia's three new appointments to the Waitangi Tribunal will help it decay into toothlessness ACT New Zealand Maori Affairs Spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>
Labour Says: Do As We Say, Not As We Do
Monday, 3 November 2003, 11:05 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington today slammed Labour's hypocrisy after it awarded former Teachers Council director Margaret Kouvelis a golden handshake following her secret resignation last month. More >>
Crown Ignores Property Rights Sends Victim To Jail
Monday, 3 November 2003, 8:50 am | ACT New Zealand
Clearing private land for personal use and enjoyment can now attract a jail term of five months ranking it alongside sentences for serious crimes, ACT Rural Affairs Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff said today. More >>
Everybody Must Be Heard On Foreshore Debate
Monday, 3 November 2003, 8:49 am | ACT New Zealand
Address to ACT Waikato/BOP Regional Conference, Quality Hotel, Hamilton, Saturday 1 November 2003, 11.00 am More >>
Judd Speech: Beyond The 'Tipping Point'
Monday, 3 November 2003, 8:48 am | ACT New Zealand
It has been a memorable week in politics. The return of our absent Party Vice President Vince Ashworth, has been one of the highlights for me this week. I'd like to acknowledge the wonderful job Diane Mulcock has done as acting Vice President, and thank her ... More >>
National Could Win Hamilton East
Monday, 3 November 2003, 8:47 am | ACT New Zealand
Hamilton East is a seat that National should win back from Labour, ACT New Zealand President Catherine Judd said today. More >>
Brash PM in 18 Months - Prebble
Monday, 3 November 2003, 8:42 am | ACT New Zealand
New National Party leader Don Brash could be Prime Minister in 18 months, ACT New Zealand Leader Richard Prebble said today. More >>
Education Minister Can't Cope
Monday, 3 November 2003, 8:41 am | ACT New Zealand
Recent events show that Trevor Mallard is suffering from a crisis of mismanagement in education, ACT's education spokesman Deborah Coddington said today. More >>
Speech: Rodney Hide To Contest Epsom
Monday, 3 November 2003, 8:40 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Epsom Candidate Selection Meeting, Parnell Community Centre, 545 Parnell Road, 1pm Sunday 2 November 2003 More >>
Firearms, Lies and the Police
Monday, 3 November 2003, 8:39 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Justice spokesman Stephen Franks today warned that three bills Parliament will attempt to push through in the pre-Christmas rush will frustrate frontline police. More >>
Prebble Speech: "Labour's Law-making Machine"
Monday, 3 November 2003, 8:17 am | ACT New Zealand
The job of being a director of a company has become very risky. Directors often have their own money at risk and always their reputational capital at risk. Just look at the attacks on Lindsey Payne, who in my observation of the BNZ, certainly ... More >>
End Government Racism - Richard Prebble Speech
Friday, 31 October 2003, 1:59 pm | ACT New Zealand
It is a pleasure to speak to the ACT Waikato Regional Conference. This years regional conferences have been the most successful in our party's history. More >>
Is Cullen Funding New Zealand Sell Off?
Friday, 31 October 2003, 1:57 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Associate Commerce spokesman, Stephen Franks today called for assurance from Dr Cullen that the deal he has done with Toll is not indirectly funding Toll's surprise raid on New Zealand transport company, Owens Group. Toll's ambush on Owens blocks ... More >>
Deborah Coddington's Liberty Belle.
Friday, 31 October 2003, 12:00 am | ACT New Zealand
Trevor Mallard - speaking from Edinburgh - got away with spin last night on Holmes. He was talking about school closures. Ken Shirley was briefly featured, as a famous former pupil of one of the New Zealand schools the Minister wants to shut. More >>
