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Northland Faces Recession
Wednesday, 31 July 2002, 6:04 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Government must outline a strategy to save Northland from the looming recession, Whangarei-based ACT MP Dr Muriel Newman said today. More >>
Confidence Drop Shows Need for Econ. Programme
Wednesday, 31 July 2002, 10:55 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance spokesman Rodney Hide repeated his call for Helen Clark to spell out a clear economic programme for her Government for the next three years, following the fourth monthly drop in business confidence. More >>
Greens Pose Threat to NZ-US Trade Breakthrough
Wednesday, 31 July 2002, 9:07 am | ACT New Zealand
The Prime Minister must be careful not to jeopardise New Zealand's chances of a free trade deal with the United States, by allowing the Greens to have undue influence in the next government, ACT Deputy Leader Ken Shirley says. More >>
ACT Challenges Labour to Come Clean on Welfare
Wednesday, 31 July 2002, 9:06 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Social Services Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today challenged the Labour Government to spell out its plan to turn around the growing numbers of long term benefit-dependent New Zealanders. More >>
ACT Leader Remains in Hospital
Tuesday, 30 July 2002, 4:28 pm | ACT New Zealand
Mr Prebble has been transferred from 24-hour observation to a general ward, where his condition is improving. More >>
ACT Continues to Support GM Moratorium Lifting
Tuesday, 30 July 2002, 3:05 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Environment Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff today repeated the ACT party's offer to Prime Minister Helen Clark to support the Labour Government over the lifting of the moratorium on Genetic Modification. More >>
ACT Will Continue to be the Effective Opposition
Tuesday, 30 July 2002, 1:29 pm | ACT New Zealand
New Zealand First leader Winston Peters is acting like a jilted bride with his laughable claims that the National and ACT parties are irrelevant, ACT Deputy Leader Ken Shirley says. More >>
Awatere Huata's Message to United, Greens
Tuesday, 30 July 2002, 11:37 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Education Spokesman MP Donna Awatere Huata today wrote to the leaders of the Green and United Future parties, asking them to focus on education during their negotiations with Labour. More >>
Where's the Economic Plan, Prime Minister?
Monday, 29 July 2002, 4:51 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance spokesman Rodney Hide today called on Prime Minister Helen Clark to detail her government's economic plan to take the country to four percent growth a year. More >>
ACT Leader Recovering From Pneumonia
Monday, 29 July 2002, 10:49 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT leader Richard Prebble was admitted to North Shore Hospital last night suffering from pneumonia. More >>
ACT's Two Newest MPs
Monday, 29 July 2002, 9:25 am | ACT New Zealand
New Zealanders elected two new ACT members to parliament on Saturday. They are Deborah Coddington and Heather Roy. More >>
Third Kiwibank Robbed
Friday, 26 July 2002, 11:42 am | ACT New Zealand
News that a third Kiwibank has been held up shows tragically yet again that Helen Clark would have been better spending $80 million supporting the police than creating a second-rate bank, ACT Finance Spokesman MP Rodney Hide said today. More >>
ACT Will Continue to be the Party of Influence
Thursday, 25 July 2002, 4:24 pm | ACT New Zealand
Opinion polls show voters are moving away from the two old parties and Helen Clark has lost her gamble that Labour could govern alone, ACT leader Richard Prebble says. More >>
The Pundits Were Wrong
Thursday, 25 July 2002, 4:01 pm | ACT New Zealand
The polls have already proved the pundits wrong. New Zealand has a real election this Saturday. More >>
Small Business Under Attack from Labour
Thursday, 25 July 2002, 2:00 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Labour government has made a sustained attack on small business. Since Labour took office, thousands of dollars in compliance costs have been added to the average small business, and driven many to the wall. More >>
First World Economy for a First World Education
Thursday, 25 July 2002, 9:27 am | ACT New Zealand
A Vision of a First World Economy for a First World Education and Health System More >>
Mallard's Head Should Also Roll Over World Cup
Wednesday, 24 July 2002, 2:21 pm | ACT New Zealand
Sir Thomas Eichelbaum's report shows that Labour and Trevor Mallard should also carry the can for the loss of the World Cup, ACT leader Richard Prebble says. More >>
Greens Want Empty Roads
Wednesday, 24 July 2002, 11:57 am | ACT New Zealand
The Green Party's transport policy is social engineering of the worst kind, ACT Transport Spokesman Penny Webster MP said today. More >>
Dairy Payout Is Wake-Up For Farmers
Wednesday, 24 July 2002, 11:19 am | ACT New Zealand
The Tatua Dairy Company's massive payout of $6.77 should be a wake-up call for farmers across the country, ACT Rural Affairs Spokesman Owen Jennings MP said today. More >>
Election Critical for Private Tertiary Training
Wednesday, 24 July 2002, 10:10 am | ACT New Zealand
This election is a critical one for private tertiary training providers, said Dr Muriel Newman MP, ACT's spokesman on Tertiary Education at a meeting of private providers and their students at AUT today. More >>
