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Schools Should Reject NCEA Level 2
Thursday, 26 September 2002, 1:46 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT education spokesman Donna Awatere Huata has reiterated her call for schools to reject the implementation of Level 2 of the NCEA, after teachers agreed to lift their total ban on the next stage of the qualifications system. More >>
Attacks on Teachers Rising - Awatere Huata
Thursday, 26 September 2002, 8:34 am | ACT New Zealand
Calls from PPTA members at their annual conference for more targeted resources and staffing to counter violence against teachers come as no surprise, ACT Education Spokesman MP Donna Awatere Huata said today. More >>
PPTA Delegates Urged to Vote for Sixth Form Cert
Wednesday, 25 September 2002, 2:19 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT education spokesman Donna Awatere Huata is urging PPTA delegates to vote against the implementation of Level 2 of the NCEA at their annual meeting tomorrow. More >>
Rail Won't Reduce Toxic Spill Risk
Wednesday, 25 September 2002, 11:47 am | ACT New Zealand
A claim by the environmental group, ECO, that carrying more goods by rail would somehow reduce the risk of toxic chemical spills, is absurd, ACT deputy leader Ken Shirley says. More >>
Government's Secret Strategy Threatens Motorists
Wednesday, 25 September 2002, 9:09 am | ACT New Zealand
Motorists could be paying twice as much for petrol under the Labour Government's secret Land Transport Strategy, ACT's transport spokesman Deborah Coddington said today. More >>
Centralised Negotiation at Heart of Pay Shambles
Tuesday, 24 September 2002, 3:45 pm | ACT New Zealand
Reports of possible further industrial action by secondary teachers highlight the failure of the centralised pay negotiation system, ACT education spokesman Donna Awatere Huata says. More >>
Richard Prebbles Letter from Wellington
Monday, 23 September 2002, 2:31 pm | ACT New Zealand
Out of the gloom of Tranz Rail’s annual report is the very significant statement that freight volumes are up - a good indication that the economy is growing strongly. Feedback from business is that prices and wages are both heading upwards. More >>
We Need Honesty in the Health Debate
Monday, 23 September 2002, 2:26 pm | ACT New Zealand
"It should come as no surprise that one-third of nurses are at the end of their tether and thinking of leaving the profession within the next year," ACT health spokesman Heather Roy says. More >>
Parliament committee debates judge race criteria
Monday, 23 September 2002, 11:04 am | ACT New Zealand
Race politics lurk in proposals to replace access to the Privy Council with an indigenous New Zealand final court of appeal, ACT justice spokesman Stephen Franks says. More >>
Parliament Committee Criticises Record Secrecy
Friday, 20 September 2002, 5:18 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Justice & Electoral Select Committee's report on Justice Estimates signals a refreshing concern from the whole committee about the suppression of offender records. "This leads to some hope there may be a cross party commitment to restoring a freedom ... More >>
Anderton Should Give Answers, Not Silence Critics
Friday, 20 September 2002, 4:44 pm | ACT New Zealand
Jim Anderton should front up with answers on Kiwibank instead of attacking those seeking accountability for the waste of taxpayers' money on a bank that's not needed, ACT Finance spokesman Rodney Hide says. More >>
Will Mallard Really Establish a Truancy Database?
Friday, 20 September 2002, 4:14 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT education spokesman Donna Awatere Huata has welcomed the Education Minister's pledge to establish a central database to monitor truancy. More >>
Hemp Could Spoil Illegal Cannabis Industry
Friday, 20 September 2002, 10:49 am | ACT New Zealand
A lack of environmental-impact planning with hemp trials could have some interesting consequences for the illegal cannabis industry, ACT Agriculture spokesman Gerry Eckhoff says. More >>
NCEA: The Experiment on Our Children
Thursday, 19 September 2002, 4:40 pm | ACT New Zealand
Weekly Column by Dr Muriel Newman: Very few people, if any, would disagree with the fact that education is the key to the future. In light of the vital importance that education plays in enabling children to achieve their potential, it is difficult ... More >>
Minister Does U-turn on Housing Inquiry
Thursday, 19 September 2002, 1:49 pm | ACT New Zealand
George Hawkins has obviously seen the error of his ways in ruling out an inquiry into the Weathertightness of Buildings in New Zealand, ACT Commerce Spokesman Deborah Coddington said today. More >>
Health Minister Exposes Doctors to Huge Risk
Wednesday, 18 September 2002, 6:09 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Health Minister is exposing doctors to hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of personal risk, ACT Health Spokesman Heather Roy said today. More >>
PM Has Selective Amnesia Over Timor
Wednesday, 18 September 2002, 3:47 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader and Foreign Affairs & Defence Spokesman Ken Shirley today accused the Prime Minister of selective amnesia over the 1975 Indonesia invasion of East Timor. More >>
PM Must Solve Impasse Between Ministers
Wednesday, 18 September 2002, 10:23 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Conservation and Energy spokesman Ken Shirley is calling on the Prime Minister to settle the impasse created by two of her Ministers. More >>
Select Com Must Examine Leaky Building Crisis
Wednesday, 18 September 2002, 12:28 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Commerce Spokesman Deborah Coddington is calling on the Commerce Select Committee to conduct an inquiry into leaky buildings as a fast and achievable way to address issues of responsibility. More >>
Stress on Doctors Increases Under Annette King
Tuesday, 17 September 2002, 3:53 pm | ACT New Zealand
Revelations that doctors are suffering nervous breakdowns and turning to drug and alcohol in record numbers are a damning indictment on the Minister of Health Annette King, ACT Health Spokesman Heather Roy said today. More >>
