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ENZA Must Explain Where Growers' Money Is Going
Friday, 3 September 1999, 11:46 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT's investigation involving ENZA's own figures show that growers are missing out on up to $10 per carton through bad management, excessive spending and waste. More >>
ACT Wins Big Gains For Apple Growers
Friday, 3 September 1999, 11:41 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT has won some big gains for apple growers in the Apple and Pear Industry Restructuring Bill being passed through Parliament today. More >>
Orchardists Must Have The Right To Choice - ACT MP
Friday, 3 September 1999, 11:39 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT MP Donna Awatere Huata today said she is voting against the Apple and Pear Industry Restructuring Bill in protest over the lack of choice for growers in the Bill. More >>
Parliament Doesn't Have A Mandate For Compulsion
Friday, 3 September 1999, 11:37 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT is standing with the country's apple growers telling the Parliament it must set a date for an end to ENZA's monopoly position. More >>
Status Quo Not Good Enough For Growers
Friday, 3 September 1999, 11:31 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Hon Richard Prebble today said the situation for many of the country's apple growers was desperate and they needed choice to survive. More >>
Auckland's future at stake - Prebble Speech
Thursday, 2 September 1999, 6:48 pm | ACT New Zealand
Auckland faces two threats. First, Labour's proposals to unleash industrial civil strife and second, the complete lack of leadership on Auckland's growing transport crisis. More >>
Kiwifruit Industry Should Be In Growers' Hands
Thursday, 2 September 1999, 6:32 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT has today backed kiwifruit growers wanting the right to market and sell their own fruit. More >>
Peters Clearly Rattled In Tauranga
Wednesday, 1 September 1999, 4:32 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Hon Richard Prebble today said it was outrageous Winston Peters was attacking ACT's Deputy Leader Hon Ken Shirley for risking his own personal safety to serve as a United Nations observer in East Timor. More >>
State Sector Boss Must Take Responsibility
Wednesday, 1 September 1999, 2:16 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide said today that David Bale's outrageous salary package and subsequent resignation raised questions about State Services boss Michael Wintringham and how he is doing his job. More >>
Tax Cuts Because New Zealanders Deserve Them - ACT
Wednesday, 1 September 1999, 2:14 pm | ACT New Zealand
Tau Henare, Tuariki Delamere and Christine Fletcher have come under fire today from ACT Finance Spokesman Rodney for putting their own interests ahead of hardworking New Zealanders who deserve a tax cut. More >>
Families Need Fathers - Prebble
Wednesday, 1 September 1999, 1:30 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble and Wellington Central MP Richard Prebble said demonstrations by father's groups in Wellington and Porirua today and Friday indicated a need for a look at whether changes needed to be made in family law. More >>
ACT Tauranga Team Considering Tactics
Wednesday, 1 September 1999, 10:22 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Deputy Leader Hon Ken Shirley said from East Timor today that the ACT team in Tauranga was considering whether he should withdraw as a constituency MP for Tauranga and just go for the list vote . More >>
ACT firm in Ohariu-Belmont
Tuesday, 31 August 1999, 1:34 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT candidate Kathryn Asare says the ACT party will not be withdrawing from Ohariu-Belmont. More >>
Wool Board Chiefs Should Honour Pledge To Resign
Tuesday, 31 August 1999, 11:02 am | ACT New Zealand
Wool Board Chiefs are being called on to honour a pledge to resign if their multi million dollar Fernmark branding strategy did not improve returns for farmers. More >>
Labour Whipping Up Anti-US Feeling Before APEC
Tuesday, 31 August 1999, 10:36 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble, one of the few MPs in Parliament to have personally known Norman Kirk, has accused Labour President Bob Harvey of whipping up anti-American feelings on the eve of APEC, with his absurd claim that the CIA murdered Norman Kirk. More >>
ACT Writes To Fletcher Over Tax Cut Threat
Monday, 30 August 1999, 5:13 pm | ACT New Zealand
I write on behalf of Epsom voters and all hardworking New Zealanders to protest against your threat to the Government that you will cross the floor and vote against tax cuts. More >>
Govt Should Get Out Of Gambling - Prebble
Monday, 30 August 1999, 10:37 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble says the row over the excessive salary paid to the Lotteries Commission head was inevitable and indicates what should be done. More >>
$400,000 salary for lotto boss raises questions
Sunday, 29 August 1999, 4:08 pm | ACT New Zealand
The revelation that State Services boss Michael Wintringham didn't blow the whistle on Lotteries boss David Bale's $400,000 plus salary package raises serious questions about who guards the guardians. More >>
Anderton Again Shows What A Risk He Is - ACT
Friday, 27 August 1999, 6:04 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance spokesman Rodney Hide said today that Jim Anderton's recommitment to a Financial Transaction Tax showed what an extreme threat he is to jobs and to growth. More >>
How Labour will gut the economy --- Prebble
Thursday, 26 August 1999, 7:32 pm | ACT New Zealand
Extract from speech to Kapiti Rotary Senior Citizens Hall, Ocean Road Paraparaumu 7.30 pm Thursday 26 August 1999 More >>
