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Labour Comment Inaccurate And 'Cheap'

Tuesday, 19 August 2003, 12:59 am | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader Ken Shirley today criticised Prime Minister Helen Clark and Deputy Prime Minister Dr Michael Cullen for their cheap swipe at the Marlborough District Council, and said their comments were both inaccurate and offensive. More >>

Govt pays price for creating false expectations

Tuesday, 19 August 2003, 12:06 am | ACT New Zealand

The Government is today reaping the consequences of its policies that create false expectations among Maori, says National Party Leader Bill English. More >>

Rodney Hide Fails Miserably

Monday, 18 August 2003, 5:50 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide said today that he was very disappointed to have failed so miserably and comprehensively to have boosted the ratings of Dr Brian Edwards' show `Edwards at Large' last Saturday night. More >>

Foreshore and Seabed Legal Nonsense

Monday, 18 August 2003, 5:49 pm | ACT New Zealand

The government foreshore and seabed decision is legal nonsense ACT Leader Richard Prebble said today. More >>

Labour Must Leaves Lakes Alone

Monday, 18 August 2003, 5:48 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader Ken Shirley today called on the Labour Government to stop its intended transfer of the foreshore and lakebeds of 14 Rotorua lakes to Te Arawa, following today's announcements. More >>

Labour Tries To Snooker Pakeha Concerns

Monday, 18 August 2003, 5:46 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Maori Affairs Spokesman Stephen Franks today accused Labour of trying to snooker concerned pakeha who respect the rule of law, and the role of the courts in it, by shifting the real decision on seabed and foreshore to the Maori Land Court. More >>

Concession To Maori Will Damage All But Lawyers

Monday, 18 August 2003, 4:43 pm | ACT New Zealand

By saying that no one can own the seabed and foreshore, the Labour Government has guaranteed generations of uncertainty and dispute, ACT New Zealand Maori Affairs Spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>

Taxpayers Fund CTU Propaganda

Monday, 18 August 2003, 2:20 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington today condemned the use of taxpayer funds to finance the Council of Trade Unions' efforts to peddle union-biased propaganda in the country's secondary schools. More >>

Labour Perpetuates Maori Misery

Monday, 18 August 2003, 1:07 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today demanded to know how Labour could claim to be uplifting Maori, when it excludes them from the very initiatives that could help them escape the misery of entrenched, long-term welfare ... More >>

Richard Prebble’s The Letter

Monday, 18 August 2003, 11:55 am | ACT New Zealand

It’s very expensive – but some other government will pay! Labour believes the public does not care about telephone number Maori settlements as long as the public still has access to the beaches. ACT will look very closely at any proposals the government ... More >>

MTS Should Be Dumped

Monday, 18 August 2003, 10:18 am | ACT New Zealand

The latest episode in the ongoing never-to-be-aired mini-series called `Maori Television Service' shows it is past time the Labour Government axed this sideshow, ACT New Zealand Broadcasting Spokesman Deborah Coddington said today. More >>

Name and Shame The Worst As Well

Friday, 15 August 2003, 6:07 pm | ACT New Zealand

If the Labour Government has no compunction about allowing the Courts Department to `name and shame' major fine defaulters, why will it not let the public know the names and records of more serious criminals, ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen ... More >>

Labour Must Not Ignore Police Call

Friday, 15 August 2003, 6:06 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Police Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today supported the New Zealand Police Association's call for more police, in light of latest crime statistics showing that crime has increased by more than five percent over the past two years. More >>

Childflight Victim Of Government Meddling

Friday, 15 August 2003, 5:57 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Health and Internal Affairs Spokesman Heather Roy today criticised Associate Health Minister Ruth Dyson's comment that there are 10 other operators that can fill the void left by the closure of Childflight, and likened that claim ... More >>

Farmers Win First Skirmish

Friday, 15 August 2003, 1:22 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff said today that last night's meeting, in Hastings, of Hawke's Bay farmers showed the anger felt by rural communities regarding the Labour Government's Flatulence Tax. More >>

Australia Beware

Friday, 15 August 2003, 10:12 am | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Defence Spokesman Ken Shirley today cautioned Australia to use more subtlety in its dealings with our Pacific neighbours, in an address to the Australian Defence College for Defence and Strategic Studies. More >>

Crime Stats Show Parole Failure

Friday, 15 August 2003, 10:12 am | ACT New Zealand

This year, more than 5,700 of the 46,000 New Zealanders who were robbed, bashed, raped or murdered would have been safe if the Government had kept violent crime rates at the level they were when Labour first took office, ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman ... More >>