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Post Board Must Focus On Business
Thursday, 5 July 2001, 12:33 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance Spokesman MP Rodney Hide said today that the tragedy of the Post Board soap opera was the opportunities being lost on the business front. More >>
Catastrophe Looms At Lake Omapere
Thursday, 5 July 2001, 12:33 am | ACT New Zealand
The government's response to the Maori Affairs Select Committee report on Lake Omapere in Northland is a sham and reveals a disturbing level of self delusion, says ACT Deputy Leader Ken Shirley, who was a member of the committee. More >>
Feeble NZ Post Decision Is Not Credible
Wednesday, 4 July 2001, 4:29 pm | ACT New Zealand
SOE Minister Mark Burton's feeble stop-gap measure to salvage the NZ Post Board is neither credible nor durable, ACT Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide said today. More >>
Principled Approach Needed To Resolve Apple Crisis
Wednesday, 4 July 2001, 3:46 pm | ACT New Zealand
Apple growers urgently need an end to their crisis, but moves to resolve the complex and contentious issues must done in a principled way, ACT MP Owen Jennings said today. More >>
ACC No-Refund Decision Is Theft
Wednesday, 4 July 2001, 3:34 pm | ACT New Zealand
The government's refusal to refund up to 100,000 self-employed New Zealanders who were over-charged for their ACC premiums last year, is nothing short of institutionalised theft, says ACT deputy leader Ken Shirley. More >>
Criminals Shouldn't Prosper For Serving Time
Wednesday, 4 July 2001, 2:49 pm | ACT New Zealand
The case of a convicted rapist held in jail 'illegally' for 15 months - after two-thirds of his sentence, but still within the ten years the judge handed down - highlights a need for law change, ACT Justice Spokesman MP Stephen Franks said today. More >>
RMA Treatment Must Be Fair And Consistent
Wednesday, 4 July 2001, 10:32 am | ACT New Zealand
The Deputy Prime Minister's assurance to the boat industry that the helping hand given to Sovereign Yachts will be 'available to everyone on the same basis' shows Mr Anderton is happy to ride roughshod over the Resource Management Act, Gerry Eckhoff ... More >>
Stop The Bank Until NZ Post Is Sorted
Wednesday, 4 July 2001, 9:43 am | ACT New Zealand
Any development on 'MyBank' must stop until the NZ Post Board chaos is sorted, ACT Finance Spokesman MP Rodney Hide said today. More >>
Vice Chancellor Must Apologise To Parents
Wednesday, 4 July 2001, 9:41 am | ACT New Zealand
The Waikato University vice-chancellor must immediately withdraw his promise to bar New Zealand students with foreign high school qualifications, ACT MP Donna Awatere Huata said today. More >>
Report Avoids Issue Of Welfare Dependency
Wednesday, 4 July 2001, 9:34 am | ACT New Zealand
The Social Report 2001 skirts around New Zealand's most serious social problem - that more than three-quarters of a million people are now dependent on the state for their livelihood, ACT social welfare spokesperson Muriel Newman says. More >>
Revamped Kaimai Express Could Be Viable
Wednesday, 4 July 2001, 12:31 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT deputy leader Ken Shirley says he enjoyed a return trip from Tauranga to Auckland on the Kaimai Express this week and believes the threatened rail service could be viable if revamped and properly marketed. More >>
Improve the Roads, Make Trucks Bigger
Tuesday, 3 July 2001, 3:11 pm | ACT New Zealand
Improvements to the road network are necessary if we are to increase the size of trucks, ACT MP Penny Webster said today. More >>
Distribution of Fisheries Must Finally Begin
Tuesday, 3 July 2001, 11:14 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Maori Affairs spokesman Donna Awatere Huata today urged the Minister of Maori Affairs to accept today's Privy Council decision and move to distribute fisheries assets to iwi. More >>
Ministerial Inquiry Needed For Apple Industry
Tuesday, 3 July 2001, 11:14 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT MP Gerry Eckhoff today called for a Ministerial Inquiry into ENZA's alleged 'legacy costs'. More >>
Auckland Economy Shrinks by More Than $600 Million
Monday, 2 July 2001, 5:19 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Auckland economy has shrunk by more than $600 million in the past year, ACT MP Rodney Hide revealed today. More >>
Auditor-General Must Investigate NZ Post Board
Monday, 2 July 2001, 4:45 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide has today asked the Auditor-General to investigate the behaviour of NZ Post’s Board and their decision to invest in “Newbank”. More >>
How Good Is The Kaimai Express?
Monday, 2 July 2001, 1:52 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT deputy leader Ken Shirley and his wife Jenny will today travel from Tauranga to Auckland on the Kaimai Express, returning to Tauranga on the train tomorrow morning. More >>
Defence Chiefs Confirm Override Of Command
Monday, 2 July 2001, 9:53 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide said today that Defence Minister Mark Burton must be held to account for last year ordering a bomb-laden Hercules back to Samoa to pick up a father anxious to be with his critically injured young daughter in Dunedin ... More >>
LTSA Proposals Will Increase Road Carnage
Monday, 2 July 2001, 9:37 am | ACT New Zealand
Misguided LTSA proposals will increase the number of deaths on New Zealand roads and boost the black market in car parts, ACT Transport Spokesman MP Penny Webster said today. More >>
Closing The Gaps Has Failed
Friday, 29 June 2001, 1:51 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Maori Affairs select committee has delivered a strong attack on the failure of the government's Closing the Gaps programme, in its supplementary estimates report to Parliament yesterday. More >>
