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Failed Rollout Highlights Kiwibank Financial Flaws
Monday, 28 January 2002, 9:56 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance Spokesman MP Rodney Hide said today that NZ Post was now missing every target that had been set for Kiwibank's roll-out. More >>
King Acts Hypocritically by Allowing Bookmaker In
Monday, 28 January 2002, 9:54 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Racing Spokesman MP Penny Webster today wrote to Racing Minister Annette King questioning the legality of an Australian bookmaker being allowed to operate in New Zealand. More >>
Newman: Signing To Kyoto Protocol Will Be Madness
Friday, 25 January 2002, 10:43 am | ACT New Zealand
Predictions of calamitous events have always been around. Some of the most famous were those of Nostradamus, written in the 16th century, which continue to be re-interpreted to this very day. More >>
Predictions Of More Strikes Under ERA Correct
Friday, 25 January 2002, 10:00 am | ACT New Zealand
Predictions that Labour's Employment Relations Act would result in more strikes, are being proved correct, ACT leader Richard Prebble said today. More >>
AgResearch Institute's Plan Must Be Supported
Friday, 25 January 2002, 12:58 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Environment Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff is urging medical and scientific organisations to be much more vocal in their support for AgResearch Institute's plans to carry out GM research in order to find a treatment for multiple sclerosis. More >>
Minister Complains To ASX About Self Mutilation
Thursday, 24 January 2002, 9:31 am | ACT New Zealand
New Zealand businesses facing extra compliance costs on the ASX are now paying the price for the business ignorance of Commerce Minister Paul Swain and his overbearing leader, says ACT Commerce Spokesman Stephen Franks. More >>
Prebble Pays Tribute To Phil Warren
Thursday, 24 January 2002, 9:27 am | ACT New Zealand
The sudden death today of Auckland Regional Council chairman Phil Warren is a tragedy, says ACT leader Richard Prebble, a long-time friend of Mr Warren. More >>
Labour Turns Navy into Expensive Fishing Patrol
Wednesday, 23 January 2002, 1:14 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Labour Government has continued taking the teeth out of the military with today's announcement on the Navy's future, ACT Defence Spokesman MP Owen Jennings said today. More >>
Co-Op Shareholders Left to Company Law Remedies
Wednesday, 23 January 2002, 9:22 am | ACT New Zealand
It is now up to shareholders to make sure their Fonterra giant is not becoming the monster-mistake feared by its critics says ACT Commerce Spokesman Stephen Franks. More >>
Farmers Must Ask Hard Questions Of Fonterra
Tuesday, 22 January 2002, 11:41 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT MP and dairy farmer Penny Webster today called on farmers to demand a full explanation of Mike Smith's concerns at Fonterra. More >>
Richard Prebble's Letter From Wellington
Tuesday, 22 January 2002, 9:48 am | ACT New Zealand
The new year has started well, the rain is producing grass hydroponically and driving people into shopping malls. The two old parties seem to have gone on holiday. While Helen Clark was away in North America, no one in government did anything. More >>
Greens Talking PC Rubbish On Taleban PoWs
Tuesday, 22 January 2002, 12:55 am | ACT New Zealand
The protest by Green foreign affairs spokesman Keith Locke that the Americans are torturing Al Qaeda prisoners at Guantanamo Bay by forcing them to wear blindfolds and earmuffs, is just hypocrisy, ACT leader Richard Prebble says. More >>
Prebble Seeks Answers On People Smuggling Threat
Thursday, 17 January 2002, 4:43 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT leader Richard Prebble has today written to the Prime Minister, raising with her the warnings issued by Australian Immigration Minister Philip Ruddock that New Zealand could be the next target for people smugglers. More >>
Congratulations Auckland City
Thursday, 17 January 2002, 2:56 pm | ACT New Zealand
Auckland City Council's discovery that it was spending $500,000 on unnecessary bureaucratic regulation will be no surprise to those like the ACT party who have been claiming from the beginning that the RMA was a major factor in NZ's high compliance costs, ... More >>
Health Funding Crisis Set To Worsen
Wednesday, 16 January 2002, 10:58 am | ACT New Zealand
The prevailing health funding crisis will inevitably worsen, with ongoing pay demands for increases throughout the sector, ACT Health Spokesman Ken Shirley predicted today. More >>
Government Forces Schools To Blackmail Parents
Wednesday, 16 January 2002, 10:57 am | ACT New Zealand
The Labour-Alliance Government has forced schools to resort to blackmail, ACT Education Spokesman MP Donna Awatere Huata said today. More >>
Zoning Puts Squeeze On Popular Schools
Wednesday, 16 January 2002, 10:14 am | ACT New Zealand
The Government has abandoned some of the country's most popular schools and is leaving them alone to battle the effects of the coalition's blatantly racist and elitist zoning system. More >>
ACT Welcomes PM’s Return To Waitangi
Wednesday, 16 January 2002, 9:59 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT leader Richard Prebble has welcomed the decision that the Crown, in the form of the Governor-General, and the government, represented by the Prime Minister, will go to Waitangi on our national day. More >>
ACT Attacks Kiwi Share Impact On Rural Services
Tuesday, 15 January 2002, 11:13 am | ACT New Zealand
The Government's poor handling of the Telecom `Kiwi Share' is the biggest obstacle to farmers getting much-need improvements to their internet services, ACT Rural Affairs Spokesman Owen Jennings says. More >>
Greens Must Renounce Criminal Activity
Tuesday, 15 January 2002, 9:19 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Environment Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff said today that the Green Party must now immediately publicly renounce law breaking activity - including destroying GM crops. More >>
