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Quieten Down Mallard

Wednesday, 22 January 2003, 10:02 am | ACT New Zealand

The Life Education trust, recently slated by Education Minister Trevor Mallard for accepting a $100,000 donation from a tobacco company, has been praised for its positive contribution to the health education of New Zealand primary school children, ACT ... More >>

Prison Problem Won't Go Away

Wednesday, 22 January 2003, 12:02 am | ACT New Zealand

Proposed trouble at this year's Waitangi Day celebrations is a direct result of the Government's `divide and conquer' approach to the building of the Northland prison, ACT New Zealand Police Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said today. More >>

Government On Wrong Track

Tuesday, 21 January 2003, 11:35 am | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Transport Spokesman Deborah Coddington today questioned the Government's reported plan to buy the national rail network from Tranz Rail for up to $130 million. More >>

NCEA Results System is Pathetic

Tuesday, 21 January 2003, 8:27 am | ACT New Zealand

The release of the first ever NCEA results prove exactly why they should also be the last, ACT Associate Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington said today. More >>

Patients Die Waiting for Minister to See Reason

Monday, 20 January 2003, 3:31 pm | ACT New Zealand

Revelations that patients are dying waiting for cardiac surgery are not surprising, ACT Health Spokesman Heather Roy said today. More >>

Somebody Tell the Greens: The Cold War is Over

Monday, 20 January 2003, 3:19 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader Ken Shirley has slammed the Green Party, branding them Luddites for opposing the bid by Air New Zealand's engineering operation at Christchurch International Airport to win a huge new contract to service Hercules ... More >>

Did Carter Know About Auckland University Threats?

Monday, 20 January 2003, 3:13 pm | ACT New Zealand

Conservation Minister Chris Carter is - at the very least - allowing a ministerial employee to intimidate Auckland University over its plans to sell land at Waikawau Bay, ACT New Zealand Tertiary Education Spokesman Deborah Coddington revealed today. More >>

Muriel Newman: "Have We Gone Too Far?"

Friday, 17 January 2003, 3:36 pm | ACT New Zealand

New Zealand has formed a reputation as a great country to make movies. This lucrative standing is being placed at serious risk. While most New Zealanders greeted the news that The Last Samurai was to be filmed on the slopes of Mt Taranaki with enthusiasm ... More >>

Recreational Fishermen Endangered Species

Friday, 17 January 2003, 3:35 pm | ACT New Zealand

New Zealanders' ability to gather coastal seafood goes back to the days of the country's earliest habitation, yet greed and ignorance are putting that opportunity at risk. More >>

150 Queue Jumping Refugees Arrive in NZ

Friday, 17 January 2003, 3:33 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT Deputy Leader Ken Shirley said today that he was extremely concerned that 150 queue jumping refugees have arrived in New Zealand. More >>

Government Lets Monsters Be

Friday, 17 January 2003, 2:03 pm | ACT New Zealand

Recent offending admissions by paedophile Barry Allan Ryder are evidence that the Government is not doing enough to effectively combat this horrendous crime against children, ACT New Zealand Police Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said today. More >>

Greens Compare Apples With Oranges

Friday, 17 January 2003, 1:14 pm | ACT New Zealand

Green Party Co-leader Rod Donald has obviously been adding something to his morning cereal to believe the introduction of the rabbit hemorrhagic disease (RHD) can be compared to the Wild Greens' 1999 destruction of the Lincoln potato crop, ACT New ... More >>

Ministers Let Rural Communities Suffer

Thursday, 16 January 2003, 3:52 pm | ACT New Zealand

The plight of small, isolated rural schools is being ignored by Rural Affairs Minister Jim Sutton, ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff said today. More >>

Minister Must Answer For Kahukura Fiasco

Thursday, 16 January 2003, 3:50 pm | ACT New Zealand

The Film Commission and the Associate Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage have been callously cavalier in their attitude toward creditors of Kahukura Productions Ltd, ACT's Small Business Spokesman Deborah Coddington said today. More >>

Minister Of Spin At It Again

Thursday, 16 January 2003, 11:18 am | ACT New Zealand

Social Services and Employment Minister Steve Maharey's supposed clarification, of unemployment statistics I released yesterday, simply shows that the Government does not want to face facts, ACT New Zealand Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said ... More >>

Students Deserve Better

Wednesday, 15 January 2003, 2:22 pm | ACT New Zealand

Education Minister Trevor Mallard should apologise to students for the serious delay in releasing NCEA results, ACT New Zealand Associate Education spokesman Deborah Coddington said today. More >>

Minister Barking Up The Wrong Tree

Wednesday, 15 January 2003, 11:48 am | ACT New Zealand

Alleged threats of eco-terrorism to Kapiti, Cod Fish and Stewart Islands appear to have all the hallmarks of green extremists determined to undermine the credibility of the hunting community, ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff said ... More >>