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Parekura Horomia Must Front
Friday, 23 May 2003, 9:37 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide said today it was simply not credible for Minister of Maori Affairs Parekura Horomia to continue ducking accountability for the latest fiascos over Maori Broadcasting spending. More >>
More Labour PC Social Engineering
Friday, 23 May 2003, 9:36 am | ACT New Zealand
Labour's establishment of a pay equity taskforce is taking feminism too far - it will do nothing but increase the burden on taxpayers, and introduce feelgood legislation for feminists, ACT New Zealand Women's Affairs Spokesman Heather Roy said today. More >>
Watercare Appointment Was Conflict of Interest
Thursday, 22 May 2003, 1:29 pm | ACT New Zealand
"Auckland City Councillor Bruce Hucker's claim that Mr Gary Taylor's appointment as a Director of Watercare has been invalided due to a legal `technicality' is grossly misleading" ACT Deputy Leader Ken Shirley said today. More >>
George Bush Snubs Helen Clark
Thursday, 22 May 2003, 1:28 pm | ACT New Zealand
"It is clear that George Bush's enthusiastic acceptance of John Howard's invitation to visit Australia around the time of the APEC meeting later this year will be matched with a stony silence towards New Zealand" ACT Deputy Leader and Foreign Affairs ... More >>
Very Serious Trade Setback
Thursday, 22 May 2003, 10:41 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble said today the rejection of a New Zealand/US Free Trade Agreement is the most serious trade setback since Britain joined the EC. More >>
Oil & Gas Claim Valid, But Not Justified
Thursday, 22 May 2003, 8:16 am | ACT New Zealand
The Waitangi Tribunal's finding, that Maori ownership in petroleum was a basic facet of land ownership and property rights created by the Treaty in 1840, is almost indisputable, ACT New Zealand Treaty Spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>
Minister Desperate Over Welfare Challenge
Wednesday, 21 May 2003, 2:47 pm | ACT New Zealand
Social Services and Employment Minister Steve Maharey today showed his desperation about any challenge to Labour's soft-on-welfare growth strategy, by criticising National's welfare reform plan before it has even been released, ACT New Zealand Social Welfare ... More >>
Treaty Religion Unravelling
Tuesday, 20 May 2003, 6:35 pm | ACT New Zealand
Hallelujah - the cult followers of the Treaty of Waitangi are losing their faith. But when a cult decays, expect it to get ugly, ACT Treaty Spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>
Another Bureaucratic Committee
Tuesday, 20 May 2003, 6:34 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Government's response to the energy crisis announced no more than the establishment of another bureaucratic commission with the power to levy consumers to the tune of $200 million a year, ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader Ken Shirley said today. More >>
New Zealanders Petition Cullen for Tax Relief
Tuesday, 20 May 2003, 3:15 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble today is presenting Dr Cullen with Parliament's first electronic petition, together with 60 pages of comments from the public, calling for an immediate tax cut for every worker. More >>
Double-Speak Minister Raising Hopes In Vain
Tuesday, 20 May 2003, 3:14 pm | ACT New Zealand
The looming prospect of nurses' strikes can be laid firmly at the door of Health Minister Annette King, whose two-faced dealings with nurses and District Health Boards will result in the shutting down of all but essential services at five North Island ... More >>
Pseudo-Science on Vehicle Emissions is Bull
Tuesday, 20 May 2003, 10:42 am | ACT New Zealand
Aucklanders should be very suspicious of the pseudo-science being spouted by their Regional Council and Judith Tizard regarding motor vehicle emissions, ACT New Zealand Transport spokesman Deborah Coddington said today. More >>
Labour's Hypocritical Oath
Monday, 19 May 2003, 5:44 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy today accused the Labour Government of racial discrimination, and said that it was using its Primary Health Organisations to create a two-tiered health system. More >>
Richard Prebble’s The Letter
Monday, 19 May 2003, 5:42 pm | ACT New Zealand
After cabinet the Government will announce its plans to regulate the electricity industry by levying each generator to provide dry winter capacity. All regulation produces unintended consequences. This regulation will remove the possibility of ... More >>
Labour Neglects Land-Based Industry
Monday, 19 May 2003, 3:18 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff today congratulated Massey University Professor Ian Warrington for challenging the Labour Government's leadership of New Zealand's farming industry. More >>
Why Wait On Oil And Gas?
Monday, 19 May 2003, 3:17 pm | ACT New Zealand
If the Waitangi Tribunal announces that Maori lost their oil and gas rights in breach of the Treaty, it is right - but so did every landowner, ACT New Zealand Treaty Spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>
Boy Racers and All the Usual Suspects
Monday, 19 May 2003, 11:33 am | ACT New Zealand
It seems the very fears ACT New Zealand expressed when its MPs voted against the Street and Illegal Drag Racing Bill have unfortunately come to pass, Transport Spokesman Deborah Coddington said today. More >>
System Looks After 'Broomstick' Offenders
Monday, 19 May 2003, 8:13 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks today called for a change in policy so that offenders who appeal and lose can be given stiffer sentences to reflect the difference between those who accept their crime and show remorse, and those whose ... More >>
Don't Settle Until Iwi Have 'Clean Hands'
Monday, 19 May 2003, 8:12 am | ACT New Zealand
The Waitangi Tribunal finding, that Wellington iwi deserve more compensation for unfair early land deals, should get a thorough review from impartial historians, ACT New Zealand Treaty Spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>
The Do Nothing Budget of 2003
Friday, 16 May 2003, 6:31 pm | ACT New Zealand
Do you remember the days when budgets were exciting? Evening meetings of people huddled around the radio or television - complete with invited experts to explain what everything meant. The public galleries in Parliament were packed. New Zealanders ... More >>
