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Policies for Whole Life, Not Just Student Life
Thursday, 7 October 1999, 3:04 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand today released its tertiary policy at a forum of Auckland University students with ACT Education Spokesman Donna Awatere Huata and Leader Hon Richard Prebble outlining how ACT's policies would help students now and in the future. More >>
Media advisory: Heartland Tour Starts
Wednesday, 6 October 1999, 11:31 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT's new crop of farmer MPs will present themselves on the steps of Parliament this morning (11.45 am outside steps of Parliament). More >>
ACT appalled by Labours West Coast betrayal
Wednesday, 6 October 1999, 8:22 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT NZ is appalled by the Labour Party's announced policy on indigenous forests which if implemented, would betray the West Coast said ACT deputy leader Ken Shirley. More >>
ACT Leader farewells rural MPs on Heartland Tour
Wednesday, 6 October 1999, 12:02 am | ACT New Zealand
The ACT Party is launching a Heartland Tour. ACT in Parliament has been the voice of rural New Zealand. On ACT's list, we have more farmers than National, Labour and the Alliance put together. More >>
Health incidents show treaty out of control
Tuesday, 5 October 1999, 5:01 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble says recent incidents in the health sector show the Waitangi process is out of control. More >>
Alliance policy spells disaster for homeowners
Monday, 4 October 1999, 5:19 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT's Housing spokesperson Dr Muriel Newman said today " the Alliance's housing policy spells disaster for the country's home owners and low income earners." More >>
NZ First don't know farming
Monday, 4 October 1999, 9:15 am | ACT New Zealand
NZ First's provincial policy launched today proves NZ First knows nothing about farming says former Federated Farmers President and ACT list MP Owen Jennings. More >>
Speech: Prebble - Treaty Claims
Sunday, 3 October 1999, 1:07 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Hon Richard Prebble Address to Launch ACT New Zealand's Treaty of Waitangi Policy One Tree Hill, Auckland Sunday October 3 1999 More >>
ACT Treaty Policy Statement
Sunday, 3 October 1999, 1:06 pm | ACT New Zealand
Policy Statement: ACT says legitimate Treaty of Waitangi claims must be resolved. To enable us to move forward as a nation we must put the grievances of the past behind us. To do that it is essential that a timetable for the fair, full, and final settlement ... More >>
ACT for Fair, Full, and Final Settlements
Sunday, 3 October 1999, 1:05 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand today released its first major policy of the election campaign calling for the fair, full, and final settlement of all Treaty of Waitangi claims by 2010. More >>
NZ First Out Of Touch On Law & Order
Friday, 1 October 1999, 3:59 pm | ACT New Zealand
"Winston has no idea of the real problems in law and order if he thinks that the answer to keeping New Zealanders safe in their homes and on the streets is to have traffic officers issuing the mongrel mob with parking tickets." More >>
Alliance Spending Sends Runner Around The Globe
Friday, 1 October 1999, 3:49 pm | ACT New Zealand
Long distance runner, Seigfried Bauer must be hugely relieved that the Alliance cancelled its plan to have him running to highlight their spending promises. More >>
ACT Kills Winston Peters' Bargaining Power
Friday, 1 October 1999, 10:08 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble confirmed today that the ACT Party will not allow Winston Peters to hold an auction between the parties as he did so disastrously last election. More >>
Overwhelming Support For Prebble's Crime Bill
Friday, 1 October 1999, 12:19 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble said today he was delighted with the overwhelming support for his Truth in Sentencing Bill to ensure criminals serve more of their sentence. More >>
ACT On Growth
Thursday, 30 September 1999, 8:54 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Party President Sir Roger Douglas today said job creation and strong, growing businesses were at the heart of ACT's five year programme to bring the top rate of tax down to 20 cents. More >>
Portability for everyone
Thursday, 30 September 1999, 8:53 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble today welcomed the portability of superannuation to the Pacific Islands, but questioned why it was limited to the Pacific Islands only. More >>
ACT $650m Business Deveklopment Cut Will Kill Jobs
Thursday, 30 September 1999, 4:37 pm | ACT New Zealand
Act's proposed vicious cut of $650 million in business assistance will destroy thousands of jobs and is flying in the face of Japan and Taiwan's proven path to creating a knowledge based economy. More >>
Toll Roads To Solve Auckland's Traffic Crisis
Thursday, 30 September 1999, 3:48 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT is the only party openly acknowledging that New Zealand, and Auckland in particular, has a transport crisis. Our roading system has a third more cars than it was designed to meet. In Auckland the motoring system and the Bridge are now beyond the design ... More >>
Hospital battle not over yet - Prebble
Thursday, 30 September 1999, 1:58 pm | ACT New Zealand
The announcement by the Minister of Health Hon Wyatt Creech of a new tertiary hospital for Wellington at Newtown is wonderful news but the battle's not over, says Wellington Central MP Richard Prebble. More >>
Tax - the issue of the 1999 election
Thursday, 30 September 1999, 9:31 am | ACT New Zealand
With the release of the Alliance's policy to have an 'executive' tax rate of 47 cents, tax has become the first issue of the 1999 election. All of the parties have issued income tax proposals. They range from ACT's proposals for a low flat tax of 20 cents, ... More >>
