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Blue Line Among World's Thinnest
Thursday, 24 April 2003, 1:14 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Police Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today demanded a response from Police Minister George Hawkins in light of new information showing that the numbers of police in New Zealand are among the lowest in the developed world. More >>
Outlawing 'Unhealthy' Food is Ridiculous
Thursday, 24 April 2003, 10:44 am | ACT New Zealand
Making it illegal to sell `unhealthy' food to children is ridiculous, ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman Heather Roy said today. More >>
NZ 'Displeases' US Administration Says Downer
Thursday, 24 April 2003, 8:43 am | ACT New Zealand
Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer's throwaway comment yesterday that he did not believe New Zealand was likely to be attacked by the United States is a very revealing statement, ACT New Zealand Leader Richard Prebble said today. More >>
Dry Times Ahead For Wine Industry
Thursday, 24 April 2003, 12:51 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff today warned of the dangers posed by the proposed Wine Bill, and recommended that winemakers look to Australia to see what such dangerous legislation could mean for our own wine industry. More >>
Castro and Jong Il Are Not Ideal Role Models
Wednesday, 23 April 2003, 4:20 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Transport Spokesman Deborah Coddington today asked why the `Buy Back Rail' gang want to stop at nationalising railways. More >>
New Zealand's Hollow Gesture
Wednesday, 23 April 2003, 8:34 am | ACT New Zealand
While welcoming the Government's decision to provide mine-clearers for Iraq under a UN programme, ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader Ken Shirley noted that the Government continues to marginalise itself from our traditional allies abroad. More >>
What's the Problem, Mr Mallard?
Wednesday, 23 April 2003, 8:32 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington today questioned the Education Minister's decision to rule out a satellite arrangement between a private school and a kura kaupapa Maori. Arorangi School near Tokoroa and Te Kura Kaupapa Motuhake o Tawhiuau ... More >>
Taonga Could Kill Maori Language
Tuesday, 22 April 2003, 4:01 pm | ACT New Zealand
The attitude of a self-proclaimed `Maori intellectual property campaigner' to Sony PlayStation's The Mark of Kri shows nothing was learned from the Lego Bionicle debacle, ACT Maori Affairs Spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>
Prebble's Letter From Wellington
Tuesday, 22 April 2003, 4:00 pm | ACT New Zealand
Parliament is in a two-week recess. Labour is relieved. Helen Clark was failing to perform under pressure. Clark is not good in parliament. More >>
ACT Offers To Support Labour
Monday, 21 April 2003, 10:22 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble today offered ACT's vote in Parliament to Labour to pass a prosperity-promoting tax cut. "Labour does not have to rely on either the Greens or United," Mr Prebble said. More >>
Victimisation Report: Fact Or Fiction?
Monday, 21 April 2003, 10:20 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks today demanded that Justice Minister Phil Goff come clean over the 2001 Crime Victimisation Survey, now more than a year late. More >>
Tons Of Pests Crossing Our Borders
Monday, 21 April 2003, 10:20 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff today slammed the Labour Government's `open door' and `wander at will' policy for unwanted pests, organisms and products, in light of new information showing that more than four tons of unwanted material ... More >>
Hidesight: How Much Government?
Monday, 21 April 2003, 10:11 am | ACT New Zealand
HideSight is a regular column from Rodney Hide MP sent from his Epsom office. More >>
Ministry Must Back Off Rural Schools
Monday, 21 April 2003, 12:53 am | ACT New Zealand
Cattle Creek, Oaonui and Patea schools are all under increasing pressure to show the Education Ministry why they should not be closed, as the Government continues its attack on rural schools to free up resources in the cities, ACT New Zealand Rural ... More >>
New Zealand Must Provide Aid To Iraq
Thursday, 17 April 2003, 4:42 pm | ACT New Zealand
Prime Minister Helen Clark must urgently clarify her Government's position on providing aid to Iraq, ACT Deputy Leader Ken Shirley said today. More >>
PM Inaction Contributes to Power Crisis
Thursday, 17 April 2003, 4:41 pm | ACT New Zealand
It is clear that the Prime Minister is not prepared to confront misguided conservation extremists and insist that Conservation Minister Chris Carter stops blocking the Arnold River $200 million hydro investment at Dobson, ACT New Zealand Energy Spokesman ... More >>
The Diary: Mallard the Ass vs Harold the Giraffe
Thursday, 17 April 2003, 2:03 pm | ACT New Zealand
Heather Roy's Diary is a weekly opinion piece from Mother of 5 and ACT New Zealand Member of Parliament Heather Roy. More >>
ACT Supports Iwi Claim
Thursday, 17 April 2003, 1:03 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Fisheries Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff today supported Hawkes Bay iwi Ngati Kahungunu's calls for Maori ownership of up to 50 percent of New Zealand's coastal waters - so long as that ownership is for individual Maori, not the wider ... More >>
Deborah Coddington Goes to Cambridge
Thursday, 17 April 2003, 12:07 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington leaves New Zealand tomorrow to begin ten weeks of study at Cambridge University. More >>
Hawkins Should Back Off Victim's Brother
Wednesday, 16 April 2003, 2:56 pm | ACT New Zealand
Stephen Couch should be applauded for refusing to name the police officer who gave him information about RSA triple murderer William Duane Bell - leave Mr Couch out of it, even if the public-spirited police officer has risked his career, ACT New ... More >>
