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Maori Boarding Schools Rob Youths of Potential
Thursday, 14 June 2001, 10:49 am | ACT New Zealand
Maori boarding schools are robbing our brightest youths of their potential, ACT Maori Affairs and Education Spokesman Donna Awatere Huata said today. More >>
Health Minister Abuses Power
Wednesday, 13 June 2001, 5:32 pm | ACT New Zealand
Health Minister Annette King’s decree that only Health Board Chairs may speak to the public is a dictatorial move to tighten political domination of health news, ACT Health Spokesman Ken Shirley said today. More >>
Stirring And Rumbling In The Hills
Wednesday, 13 June 2001, 2:09 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Agriculture Spokesman MP Owen Jennings today released results of an extensive survey showing strong feeling in the rural sector that the Government is too lax on border control. More >>
'Soak The Rich' Policies The Politics Of Envy
Wednesday, 13 June 2001, 11:09 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide said today that Deputy Prime Minister Jim Anderton’s renewed zeal for increasing tax on the “rich” was proof that the government’s economic policies were failing. More >>
More Schools Should Copy Waikato and Reject NCEA
Tuesday, 12 June 2001, 6:31 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Education Spokesman MP Donna Awatere Huata today called on all principals to join Waikato's top secondary institutions and snub the National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA). More >>
Sutton Must Outline The Fine Print
Tuesday, 12 June 2001, 3:00 pm | ACT New Zealand
Agriculture Minister Jim Sutton's letter to farmers outlining the regulatory package for GlobalCo misses the point, ACT MP and dairy farmer MP Penny Webster said today. More >>
Goff Using Appeal Court Judges Like Own Officials
Tuesday, 12 June 2001, 2:54 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks has accused Justice Minister Phil Goff of politicising the Court of Appeal. More >>
Government Makes New Zealand a Twiglet Economy
Monday, 11 June 2001, 3:24 pm | ACT New Zealand
Australian fears that their competition law will make Australia a “branch economy” show our Commerce Amendment Act last month will make us no more than a twiglet on the Australian branch, ACT Commerce Spokesman Stephen Franks said today. More >>
Lessons From Britain - Richard Prebble Speech
Monday, 11 June 2001, 9:42 am | ACT New Zealand
Speech to the Outdoor Fabric Products Association of New Zealand Gala Awards Dinner Grand Hall, Parliament, Wellington 9 June 2001 More >>
Hound The Murderer At Mystery Creek
Monday, 11 June 2001, 12:33 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks said today he hoped decent people would make it intolerable for murderer Shane Rogers to attend Mystery Creek Fieldays in Hamilton. More >>
Councils Should Pay Back Illegal Millions
Thursday, 7 June 2001, 4:23 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Local Government Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff said it would be a betrayal of thousands of working New Zealanders if the Government introduced retrospective legislation allowing councils to keep around $100 million of unlawfully collected rates. More >>
Court Fee Increase Only A Fraction Of The Story
Thursday, 7 June 2001, 2:02 pm | ACT New Zealand
The swingeing increases in court filing fees are a tax on justice but that is only a part of the story says ACT’s Justice spokesman Stephen Franks. More >>
Suspension Statistics Expose Zoning Poverty Trap
Thursday, 7 June 2001, 9:41 am | ACT New Zealand
Children at poor schools accounted for 80 per cent of primary school suspensions last year, ACT Education Spokesman Donna Awatere Huata said today. More >>
ACT Caucus Retreat In Dunedin
Wednesday, 6 June 2001, 2:48 pm | ACT New Zealand
The private retreat at the Southern Cross Hotel is an opportunity for ACT’s nine MPs to discuss strategy and develop policies in the lead-up to the next election. More >>
ACT Repeats Call For Multi-Party Super Talks
Wednesday, 6 June 2001, 10:25 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide said today that he was refusing to attend the Finance and Expenditure Select Committee, set to vote on the Government’s superannuation plan, and called the process a sham. More >>
Meridian’s North Otago Plan Should Get Priority
Wednesday, 6 June 2001, 12:30 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Environment Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff says Meridian Energy’s proposed development of the lower Waitaki should be given top priority by Jim Anderton and his Ministry of Economic Development. More >>
Dairy Farmers Should Consider GlobalCo Alternative
Tuesday, 5 June 2001, 5:55 pm | ACT New Zealand
Dairy farmers should seriously examine the alternative to GlobalCo launched today by farmers Mark Masters and Malcolm Bailey, said ACT MP and dairy farmer Penny Webster. More >>
Damage to UK Economy Is A Warning For New Zealand
Tuesday, 5 June 2001, 12:43 am | ACT New Zealand
The damage to the British economy should be a salient lesson to New Zealand not to relax for a moment in its vigil against foot and mouth disease entering this country said ACT Rural Affairs Spokesman Owen Jennings More >>
Big Hole in Govt Finances
Sunday, 3 June 2001, 4:16 pm | ACT New Zealand
Michael Cullen’s tax revenue forecasts have turned out to be hopelessly optimistic, leaving the government in a financial hole, ACT leader Richard Prebble said today. More >>
ACT Calls for All-Party Talks on Super
Sunday, 3 June 2001, 4:15 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT has called for urgent all-party talks in a bid to save the New Zealand Superannuation Bill. With the Greens announcing they won’t support the Bill, ACT now effectively holds the balance of power. More >>
