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Govt breaking sanctity of contract - ACT
Friday, 25 February 2000, 2:37 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Education spokesperson Donna Awatere Huata today called on the Minister of Education to confirm or deny rumours that he is intending to introduce legislation into the house that will allow the Government to break 830 contracts with boards of trustees ... More >>
Government discourteous to bulk funded schools
Thursday, 24 February 2000, 6:21 pm | ACT New Zealand
The news that the Government has not yet informed bulk funded schools of their intentions and their timetable for implementing changes to the bulk funding option is regrettable, says ACT education spokesman Donna Awatere Huata.. More >>
Mayor Fletcher's fury wrongly directed - ACT
Thursday, 24 February 2000, 11:04 am | ACT New Zealand
Mayor Christine Fletcher fury toward me over the allegations made in Parliament yesterday concerning her Council staff should be better directed toward those involved and the Council leadership in Auckland that has ignored the problem for so long, says ... More >>
Govt. Responsible For Increase In Student Debt
Thursday, 24 February 2000, 10:22 am | ACT New Zealand
New Government policies look set to bankrupt the next generation, says ACT MP Dr Muriel Newman. More >>
Caygill's Comments Contradict Government - ACT
Thursday, 24 February 2000, 10:19 am | ACT New Zealand
"The Chairman of ACC, Hon David Caygill's, reported comments in today's Independent gives some hope that commonsense may yet prevail" says Ken Shirley, ACT Deputy Leader and member of the Accident Insurance Select Committee. More >>
Labour's TVNZ Proposals Don't Stand Analysis
Tuesday, 22 February 2000, 10:28 am | ACT New Zealand
Labour's announced policy for TVNZ is poorly thought through and lacks critical analysis, says ACT Leader and former Broadcasting Minister Richard Prebble. More >>
Teachers' unions only winners
Friday, 18 February 2000, 2:07 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT education spokesperson Donna Awatere Huata said in an address to the Association of Bulk Funded Schools' executive committee today that the Minister of Education had buckled to teachers' union terrorism. More >>
Awatere Huata urges class action against Minister
Friday, 18 February 2000, 1:47 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT education spokesperson Donna Awatere Huata wants the School Trustees Association to organise boards of trustees to bring a class action against the Minister of Education Trevor Mallard. She says Mr Mallard has broken the sanctity of contract by making ... More >>
The importance of bulk funding
Friday, 18 February 2000, 1:32 pm | ACT New Zealand
In the past 20 years, New Zealand has gone from being number one in the world in maths and science to midtable. If Maori results were taken out and put into a separate category, then Maori would be the 46th county in the world. There were only 45 countries ... More >>
Tax changes draconian, costly and unnecessary
Friday, 18 February 2000, 1:10 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance spokesman Rodney Hide said today that the tax changes Dr Cullen proposed today were "draconian, costly and unnecessary". "The ACT party told Hon Dr Michael Cullen of these problems when he rushed his silly tax hike through ... More >>
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 >>
