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ACT New Zealand - Latest News [Page 606]

Allblack and ACT Party Fever hits Auckland

Friday, 23 July 1999, 1:13 pm | ACT New Zealand

Allblack fever and ACT party fever will hit the city of sails this weekend with the relaunch of Auckland Central Candidate Donna Awatere Huata's 1999 Election campaign. More >>

Wool Board out of step

Friday, 23 July 1999, 10:33 am | ACT New Zealand

Legislation introduced into the House yesterday for freeing up and commercialising the apple and kiwifruit industries demonstrated how far out of step the Wool Board is with its plan to go in the opposite direction, ACT rural spokesman Owen Jennings ... More >>

Wool Growers Have No Confidence In Wool Board

Thursday, 22 July 1999, 6:35 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT's Otago Candidate Gerry Eckhoff today said the New Zealand Wool Board must accept it has lost the confidence of wool-growers. More >>

Kohunga Must Be 100% Sure of Children's Safety

Thursday, 22 July 1999, 6:34 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT Social Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said a Stokes Valley kohunga reo must be 100% certain that the children in its care are safe. More >>

MMP needs certainty - ACT opposes NZ First

Thursday, 22 July 1999, 5:33 pm | ACT New Zealand

Extract from Richard Prebble speech to Life Brokers Assn Conference Copthorne Rutherford Hotel Nelson 8.00pm Thursday 22nd July 1999 More >>

Maori Leading Innovation in Education - ACT

Thursday, 22 July 1999, 5:27 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT Education and Maori Affairs Spokesman Donna Awatere Huata is welcoming the Maori Education Strategy announced today saying Maori are leading innovation in education. More >>

Maori Leading Innovation In Education - ACT

Thursday, 22 July 1999, 4:52 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT Education and Maori Affairs Spokesman Donna Awatere Huata is welcoming the Maori Education Strategy announced today saying Maori are leading innovation in education. More >>

ACT Wants Tougher Prison Call Monitoring

Thursday, 22 July 1999, 4:22 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT Justice Spokesman Patricia Schnauer today said the monitoring of prisoners phone calls is an urgent priority. More >>

Innovation Needed To Lift Maori

Thursday, 22 July 1999, 11:38 am | ACT New Zealand

National education monitoring project test results showing poor writing, listening and viewing performances by Maori students, are further indication of the need for innovation in State Education, according to ACT Education Spokesperson Donna Awatere ... More >>

Wool Board Admits To Under 2.5% Support For Plan

Thursday, 22 July 1999, 9:59 am | ACT New Zealand

ACT Rural Spokesman Owen Jennings today said that the revelation in today's NZ Farmer that the Wool Board has less than 2.5% support for its latest attempt to pump up wool prices will come as a shock to growers. More >>

What's Labour Think of Anderton's Tax Plans? - ACT

Wednesday, 21 July 1999, 6:24 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT Finance spokesman Rodney Hide said it was important for Labour's Michael Cullen to come clean on his views of Jim Anderton's plans to tax New Zealanders stupid. More >>

Rail Bid highlights Auckland Councils' Stupidity

Wednesday, 21 July 1999, 5:28 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT Epsom candidate Rodney Hide says the Auckland Councils are merely highlighting their stupidity and lack of accountablity by even considering Tranzrail's 200 million grab from the infrastructure fund. More >>

Wool Board Acting Without Grower Mandate

Wednesday, 21 July 1999, 4:03 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT Rural Spokesman Owen Jennings today said the Wool Board does not have the mandate from wool growers it claims for the Board's leaked 'Sheep Industry Development Plan'. More >>

Frustration at Wool Board Plans-ACT

Wednesday, 21 July 1999, 11:13 am | ACT New Zealand

ACT's Kaikoura candidate Graham Hewett says he's amazed at the audacity of the N.Z Wool Board in its latest attempt to shore up the failing structure. More >>

All MPs should get the Alamein treatment - Prebble

Wednesday, 21 July 1999, 12:18 am | ACT New Zealand

ACT Leader Richard Prebble says the scrutiny being applied to Alamein Kopu's use of taxpayers' funds should be applied to every other MP as well. More >>

National About To Be Burnt, Again - ACT

Tuesday, 20 July 1999, 4:05 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT Finance spokesman Rodney Hide said today that National was once again bowing to New Zealand First's demands with Max Bradford now having to report to Winston Peters. More >>

ACT Won't Let Peters Hold The Country To Ransom

Tuesday, 20 July 1999, 10:28 am | ACT New Zealand

In the unlikely event of NZ First returning from the dead to be re-elected to Parliament, ACT will not let Winston Peters hold the country to ransom again, says ACT Leader Richard Prebble. More >>

WINZ Blunder Costs Those Who Can Least Afford It

Tuesday, 20 July 1999, 9:03 am | ACT New Zealand

ACT Social Welfare Spokesperson Muriel Newman says the debacle over Winz spending is costing the department it's credibility at a time when it can least afford it. More >>

TVNZ behaviour abhorrent - Prebble

Monday, 19 July 1999, 3:09 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT Leader Richard Prebble lodged a complaint shortly after TVNZ screened footage of the PM and her advisors which had been obtained by filming secretly through the Beehive windows from outside the building. More >>

ACT signals more social spending

Saturday, 17 July 1999, 11:55 am | ACT New Zealand

ACT Leader Richard Prebble has today signalled a major investment by his party in social spending . Speaking to delegates at the ACT Auckland regional conference, Mr Prebble said young women on the DPB should receive a range of state funded support, ... More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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