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Gangs Gaining the Upper Hand
Monday, 21 July 2003, 10:19 am | ACT New Zealand
Last week’s rival gang shooting in the Bay of Plenty reminded New Zealanders of just how dangerous criminal gangs are. More >>
Gangs Gaining The Upper Hand
Monday, 21 July 2003, 9:30 am | ACT New Zealand
Last week's rival gang shooting in the Bay of Plenty reminded New Zealanders of just how dangerous criminal gangs are. More >>
Heather Roy's Diary: The Doctors Want Out
Friday, 18 July 2003, 3:28 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT is dedicated to enabling New Zealanders to have more opportunities and choices in their own lives. We promote political and economic freedom, strong families and communities, smaller government, and greater empowerment of individuals. More >>
Labour's Admission, A Foul Emission
Friday, 18 July 2003, 2:22 pm | ACT New Zealand
Agriculture Minister Jim Sutton's admission that legislation is likely to be introduced - to compel processing companies to collect the flatulence tax on Labour's behalf - represents a complete breakdown in the relationship between the livestock industry ... More >>
Hop To It, Hawkins
Friday, 18 July 2003, 11:58 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Police Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today demanded to know why the Government still has not taken effective action to combat drug crime in New Zealand, despite constant reports that the epidemic of drugs - particularly methamphetamines ... More >>
CYF Throwing Children To The Lions
Friday, 18 July 2003, 12:02 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today slammed the Department of Child, Youth and Family for placing an at-risk child in the lion's den, by housing a sexual abuse victim in a state home with sex offenders. More >>
Private Property Still Sacrosanct - Eckhoff
Thursday, 17 July 2003, 4:41 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff said today that he did not condone the actions of any private individual closing access to public areas - however - Mr Koers' repositioning of the gateway to his property, and closing it to the public, ... More >>
Nice One Harry, But Talk To Chris Carter
Thursday, 17 July 2003, 4:34 pm | ACT New Zealand
Associate Energy Minister Harry Duynhoven is justifiably proud of the fact that mining industry receipts have, for the first time, topped $500 million, ACT New Zealand Energy Spokesman Ken Shirley said today. More >>
Hui Message Must Be Clear
Thursday, 17 July 2003, 4:33 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Maori Affairs Spokesman Stephen Franks today again called on the Government to reassure other New Zealanders that the Tuwharetoa hui will hear decisively that all New Zealanders will be treated alike under the same law. More >>
Deborah Coddington's Liberty Belle Back In NZ
Thursday, 17 July 2003, 3:45 pm | ACT New Zealand
Greetings again from New Zealand. It is, in many ways, good to be home. I am already missing the undergraduate life and my little study/bedroom at Wolfson, but it's comforting to know that having been a Press Fellow at Cambridge University I can go back whenever ... More >>
Pakura Can't Have Her Cake And Eat It Too
Thursday, 17 July 2003, 11:16 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today demanded to know how much spare time CYF chief social worker Shannon Pakura could have when her agency is plagued by systemic failure, and a record that reads like a litany of tragedy. More >>
Labour Made Its Seabed, Now It Must Lie In It
Thursday, 17 July 2003, 9:00 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Maori Affairs Spokesman Stephen Franks today said that the Government should not even consider negotiating over foreshore and seabed until it has a clear bottom line - and the 95 percent of New Zealanders who don't believe in race privileges ... More >>
Hodgson Loses More Ground With Farmers
Thursday, 17 July 2003, 9:00 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff said today he was not surprised that Convenor on Climate Change Pete Hodgson had withdrawn a promise of further consultation with farmers over the proposed Flatulence Tax. More >>
Farmers March On Queen Street
Wednesday, 16 July 2003, 2:53 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff today joined his fellow angry farmers in marching down Auckland's Queen Street, in protest of the Labour Government's proposed greenhouse emissions `Flatulence' tax. More >>
Smith A Threat To Court's Secrecy
Wednesday, 16 July 2003, 1:48 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today voiced her concern over reports that the Solicitor-General's office will be taking legal action against National MP Nick Smith for his comments on the Family Court. More >>
Burglary Victims Wait - And Wait, And Wait...
Wednesday, 16 July 2003, 11:38 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Police Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today demanded to know how New Zealanders could feel safe in their homes when it can take more than 19 hours for under-staffed, under-resourced police to respond to a burglary callout. More >>
School Choice, The Only Choice
Tuesday, 15 July 2003, 6:14 pm | ACT New Zealand
A new Education Review Office report on Catholic schools demonstrates the benefits of competition and choice in education, ACT New Zealand Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington said today. More >>
Government Must Be Clear On Solomons Force
Tuesday, 15 July 2003, 5:56 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Foreign Affairs and Defence Spokesman Ken Shirley today said that, while supporting New Zealand's contribution to the Pacific Forum force aimed at restoring law and order in the Solomon Islands, ACT was deeply concerned with the lack of resources ... More >>
Sutton's Words Leave Bad Smell
Tuesday, 15 July 2003, 3:55 pm | ACT New Zealand
Agriculture Minister Jim Sutton this morning received a hostile reaction from farmers at the Federated Farmers' National Conference, following the Government's refusal to budge on its decision to implement a Flatulence Tax on farm animals, ACT New Zealand ... More >>
Show Us Some Leadership, Minister
Tuesday, 15 July 2003, 2:13 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Police Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today welcomed Eastern Bay of Plenty Police Chief Inspector Jim Marshall for taking a pro-active approach to Taneatua's gang problems, and recommended that Police Minister George Hawkins follow Mr Marshall's ... More >>
