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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 >>
Montana Decision Strengthens Sharemarket Respect
Friday, 29 June 2001, 1:04 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Montana Committee's decision that Lion must dispose of 19% of the Montana shares will strengthen respect for the New Zealand sharemarket, ACT Commerce spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>
New Direction Needed To Get Economy Growing
Friday, 29 June 2001, 1:03 pm | ACT New Zealand
Latest GDP figures showing zero growth for the March quarter are a serious setback for the government, ACT leader Richard Prebble says. More >>
Playing With Trains At The Taxpayer's Expense
Friday, 29 June 2001, 11:52 am | ACT New Zealand
Common sense has been replaced by emotion in the debate about railways, ACT MP Penny Webster said today. More >>
Hypocritical Vice Chancellor Must Stop Meddling
Friday, 29 June 2001, 11:47 am | ACT New Zealand
The Waikato University Vice Chancellor's warning that he would not 'undermine' the NCEA by accepting students with foreign qualifications is disgraceful and hypocritical, ACT MP Donna Awatere Huata said today. More >>
Abolition of Wool Board in Private Member's Bill
Friday, 29 June 2001, 11:46 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT MP Owen Jennings, a longstanding critic of the Wool Board, has written a Private Members Bill that would abolish the board. More >>
Government Must Resist Railway Blackmail
Wednesday, 27 June 2001, 11:40 am | ACT New Zealand
The Government must not fall for blackmail or closure threats from railway companies, ACT Transport Spokesman MP Penny Webster said today. More >>
Semi-Commercial Stance on TVNZ is Farcical
Monday, 25 June 2001, 4:57 pm | ACT New Zealand
If today's announcements about TVNZ weren't so serious, they would be laughable, ACT MP Penny Webster said today. More >>
