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Mayor removed from reality - Jennings
Friday, 18 February 2000, 1:08 pm | ACT New Zealand
Auckland Mayor Christine Fletcher's call for a review of the Resource Management Act in response to allegations against her Council shows how far removed from reality the councillors and senior staff of Auckland City Council are, says ACT local government ... More >>
Bitter disappointment at Mallard's actions
Thursday, 17 February 2000, 4:18 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Education spokesperson Donna Awatere Huata said today she had been inundated with calls from families who have just been told about the axing of the Whakapiki Tauira scheme - the TIE scheme for Maori - saying they are bitterly disappointed ... More >>
PM's suggestion 'absurd' - Webster
Thursday, 17 February 2000, 1:42 pm | ACT New Zealand
Helen Clark's suggestion that the new head of the TVNZ Board would remove the chief executive's powers to negotiate salaries is absurd, says ACT Broadcasting spokesman Penny Webster. More >>
WINZ Problems Caused By Labour Policy - ACT
Thursday, 17 February 2000, 11:06 am | ACT New Zealand
WINZ Problems Caused By Labour's Loan Policy Student loan applications have dramatically increased this year under Labour's new interest free loan policy, says ACT youth affairs spokesman Muriel Newman. More >>
Review may be smoke screen for splitting WINZ
Wednesday, 16 February 2000, 9:22 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT social welfare spokesman Muriel Newman says Labour's ministerial review of WINZ looks like a smoke screen for splitting WINZ back into two departments. More >>
Auckland Council allegations require inquiry
Wednesday, 16 February 2000, 9:21 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Minister for Auckland issues Judith Tizard is trying to head off a select committee inquiry into the Auckland City Council, says ACT local government spokesman Owen Jennings. More >>
Dairy merger too rushed for farmers - Webster
Wednesday, 16 February 2000, 9:19 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT MP Penny Webster says there's concern among farmers that they will not have enough time to discuss the merger of dairy companies Kiwi and Dairy Group. More >>
Mallard Caught Out By Awatere Huata - ACT
Wednesday, 16 February 2000, 2:25 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Education spokesperson Donna Awatere Huata said today the Minister of Education, Trevor Mallard has been "caught out" on his interpretation of what the Targeted Individual Entitlement (TIE) scheme has achieved for low-income families. More >>
Penny Webster Maiden Speech
Tuesday, 15 February 2000, 4:52 pm | ACT New Zealand
This is a day that I never really thought would occur. I became involved in farming politics fighting for the rights of sharemilkers in the dairy industry before becoming the first woman president of Auckland Federated Farmers, and the first woman to hold ... More >>
[ACT] Roseanne Meo Driven Out --- Richard Prebble
Tuesday, 15 February 2000, 4:18 pm | ACT New Zealand
TVNZ chair Roseanne Meo has been forced to resign by an orchestrated programme of vilification and character assassination by Labour Ministers, says ACT Leader Richard Prebble More >>
Govt Buries Head In The Sand Over ACC
Tuesday, 15 February 2000, 4:00 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Government’s intent on burying its head in the sand over opposition to the ACC reforms, Opposition ACC spokesperson Gerry Brownlee said today. More >>
Pressure on WINZ was worth it - Newman
Monday, 14 February 2000, 6:46 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT social welfare spokesman Muriel Newman is pleased that public pressure by ACT has finally led to a review of WINZ. More >>
Please substantiate --- Penny Webster
Monday, 14 February 2000, 6:44 pm | ACT New Zealand
I write to ask whether you have any facts to substantiate your very serious allegation that Richard Long and Judy Bailey were being "wheeled out as part of a public relations campaign - just as Paul Holmes was". More >>
ACT Seeks Inquiry Into Auckland Council
Monday, 14 February 2000, 3:17 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT MP Owen Jennings is seeking a Select Committee inquiry into the widespread allegations of Auckland City Council's "gross mis-management" of its regulatory function under the Resource Management Act, the Building Act and other related Acts. More >>
ACT 'Sickened' By Axing Of Successful Scheme
Monday, 14 February 2000, 11:20 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT education spokesman Donna Awatere Huata says she is sickened by the Minister of Education's decision to axe the successful TIE scheme. More >>
Elderly At Risk Of Losing Benefits - ACT
Sunday, 13 February 2000, 3:44 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT senior citizens spokesman Muriel Newman has hit out at the Government over playing 'mean and deceitful' games with the elderly. More >>
ACT Seeks Answers On Missing Tainui Millions
Sunday, 13 February 2000, 3:41 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble said today he would be raising with Te Puni Kokiri the issue of the squandering of Tainui's settlement, when the Maori Affairs select committee examines the 1998/98 financial review of Te Puni Kokiri/Ministry of Maori Development. More >>
Impartial Review Of MMP Needed - ACT
Friday, 11 February 2000, 2:48 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Deputy Leader Ken Shirley says ACT opposes the Government's proposed make-up of the select committee charged with the MMP review. More >>
Overseas buyers leave NZ in frustration
Friday, 11 February 2000, 1:17 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Minister of Agriculture has given a timely warning to the apple industry regarding the independence of the exports consents committee. His remarks apply directly to ENZA who are abusing their position and putting the integrity of the committee at ... More >>
Cullen Shows Contempt For Farmers
Friday, 11 February 2000, 11:05 am | ACT New Zealand
The Minister responsible for accident insurance Michael Cullen has today shown his contempt for farmers and their justified concerns about Labour's ACC proposals, says ACT deputy leader and accident insurance spokesman Ken Shirley. More >>
