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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 >>

Labour Sanctions Long-Term Unemployment

Wednesday, 15 January 2003, 11:05 am | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today released new figures showing more than 6,000 people had been on the unemployment benefit since 1992, and accused the Government of failing the country's long-term unemployed. More >>

Government Keeps Homeless Families On The Street

Tuesday, 14 January 2003, 9:37 am | ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today accused the Labour Government of creating Auckland's housing crisis. More >>

Avarice and Greed Displayed by Taranaki Maori

Monday, 13 January 2003, 2:19 pm | ACT New Zealand

"The naked greed and avarice of some Maori in Taranaki toward the filming of The last Samurai is disappointing, embarrassing, and a threat to further investment in this country, ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader Ken Shirley said today. More >>

Callous IRD Lacks Compassion

Monday, 13 January 2003, 2:17 pm | ACT New Zealand

The Inland Revenue Department's demand that Charlene Aplin - mother of the two recently murdered Masterton girls - repay $120 in overpaid child support, shows just how insensitive the department is, ACT Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said today. More >>

Labour's Socialism by Stealth

Monday, 13 January 2003, 9:23 am | ACT New Zealand

While we undoubtedly finished last year with a buoyant economy, the country continues its inexorable slide to Third World status. From being a world leader in living standards we have now dropped to 21st position in the OECD rankings, below Puerto Rico. As ... More >>

Computer-Endorsed Benefit Fraud

Friday, 10 January 2003, 11:06 am | ACT New Zealand

The fact that the Work and Income Service's computer system cannot tell whether or not a benefit debt is the result of fraud makes Government claims of effective fraud prevention implausible, ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel ... More >>

Minister Relaxes As Fraud Increases

Thursday, 9 January 2003, 10:57 am | ACT New Zealand

The Labour Government's failure to prosecute 94 percent of beneficiaries investigated for welfare fraud highlights Social Services and Employment Minister Steve Maharey's feeble approach to combating benefit fraud, ACT New Zealand Social Welfare Spokesman ... More >>

Kahukura Saga Gets Murkier

Wednesday, 8 January 2003, 1:22 pm | ACT New Zealand

Answers to new parliamentary questions show the New Zealand Film Commission has been totally irresponsible with taxpayers' money over the demise of Larry Parr's Kahukura Productions Ltd, and Chief Executive Ruth Harley - or the Associate Minister ... More >>