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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Rural Affairs Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff said today he was not surprised that Convenor on Climate Change Pete Hodgson had withdrawn a promise of further consultation with farmers over the proposed Flatulence Tax.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 >>
Last Chance For Rural New Zealand?
Tuesday, 15 July 2003, 11:34 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff today offered New Zealanders what could be their last chance to speak out, by launching his petition to oppose the Labour Government's Flatulence Tax, at the Federated Farmers' National Conference. More >>
Will Clark Sign Her Integrity Away?
Tuesday, 15 July 2003, 8:40 am | ACT New Zealand
Prime Minister Helen Clark's integrity is on the line if she signs the Tony Blair initiative at the Left-leaning conference on progressive governments," ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader Ken Shirley said today. More >>
Mallard Plays Truant - Again
Monday, 14 July 2003, 3:45 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Associate Education Spokesman Stephen Franks today said he was dismayed that Education Minister Trevor Mallard had told the Education and Science Select Committee at its meeting to discuss Vote Education, that a pilot project for a truancy ... More >>
Foreshore Troubles Of Government's Own Making
Monday, 14 July 2003, 1:49 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader Ken Shirley, the only MP not identified as Maori to attend the Hauraki hui on seabed and foreshore claims, today said that the Labour Government has no one to blame but itself for the unreasonable expectations that ... More >>
Will Prime Minister Cry Again Next February?
Monday, 14 July 2003, 8:47 am | ACT New Zealand
Prime Minister Clark's crying in the face of Waitangi protestors should have warned that she might not have the strength to stand up for ordinary people when the going gets tough, ACT Maori Affairs Spokesman Stephen Franks said today, commenting on ... More >>
Will Goff Ever Admit Non-Parole Law Blunder?
Monday, 14 July 2003, 8:46 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks today called on Justice Minister Phil Goff to accept ACT's amendments to the Sentencing ACT, after the Appeal Court described the Act's restrictions on Judges' power to set minimum non-parole periods ... More >>
ACT's The Letter 14 July 2003
Monday, 14 July 2003, 12:48 am | ACT New Zealand
Parliament is currently in a two-week recess so Helen can indulge in her passion – visiting Europe to talk to Lefties. Nearly half the Cabinet is overseas. After four years of Government, Labour Ministers not accustomed to hard work are feeling ... More >>
Idle Minister, Idle Schools
Monday, 14 July 2003, 12:16 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington said today that reports of five Wellington schools, worth $4 million, remaining empty and unused 19 months after their closure was only the tip of the iceberg. More >>
