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Prebble Welcomes Wellington's Newest Attraction
Wednesday, 7 July 1999, 11:41 am | ACT New Zealand
A local parade featuring stilt walkers, children's entertainers, community groups, a band, a piper and the "Queen" in a Rolls Royce will wind through Wellington at lunchtime today, concluding at the steps of Parliament. More >>
Taxpayers Foot Bill For More Sloppy Spending
Wednesday, 7 July 1999, 11:28 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Health Spokesman Hon Ken Shirley today said the independent audit of the HFA's $7.5 million office fit out was another kick in the guts for hardworking New Zealanders. More >>
ACT Welcomes Withers Referendum
Wednesday, 7 July 1999, 12:44 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Justice Spokesman Patricia Schnauer today congratulated Christchurch man Norm Withers on his petition that will see a referendum on reform of the Justice system held at the general election. "I applaud Norm Withers and particularly his mother ... More >>
No Excuse For Child Abuse - ACT
Tuesday, 6 July 1999, 1:45 pm | ACT New Zealand
In a joint statement today ACT Social Welfare Spokesman Muriel Newman and Maori Affairs Spokesman Donna Awatere Huata said there is absolutely no excuse for child abuse. More >>
Economy Needs Tax Cuts Not Talk - ACT
Tuesday, 6 July 1999, 11:29 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide today said it's clear from the Treasurer's speech this morning that the Government is trying to tailor a tax cut to get votes, rather than for the good of the whole economy. More >>
Maori Leadership Must Focus On the Crisis In Maori
Monday, 5 July 1999, 4:46 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Maori Affairs spokesman Donna Awatere Huata today said Maori leadership must stop focusing on the past and get to work on the crisis Maori families are facing in the present. More >>
US Continues Fork Tongue Approach to Trade
Monday, 5 July 1999, 1:20 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Agriculture Spokesman Owen Jennings today said the continuing interference in the international dairy market by the US Government subsidy programme (DEIP) is further evidence of their forked tongue approach to trade issues. More >>
Labour's Union Bill Strongly Rejected
Monday, 5 July 1999, 11:44 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT MP Patricia Schnauer today said New Zealanders don't want to be forced back in to the hands of the Unions as Labour is proposing with its promised Workplace Relations Bill. More >>
Prebble Speech - A Golden Moment
Monday, 5 July 1999, 12:40 am | ACT New Zealand
I want to share with you my concern over the way this election is being fought. Over the last two weeks we have had the media and the Labour Party tell us that the most important issue facing the nation is whether or not our Prime Minister made a flippant ... More >>
ACT Contests Vote-Rich Wgtn Electorate
Sunday, 4 July 1999, 4:34 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble confirms the ACT New Zealand candidate for another Wellington electorate, at a function in Khandallah tomorrow night. More >>
Speech: Newman - The Government And Private Rents
Saturday, 3 July 1999, 1:37 pm | ACT New Zealand
Owning your own home is very much the Kiwi dream. A home is the largest investment that many families will ever make. Using the security of their property, families are able to build up sizeable savings in their home as, over time, they gradually ... More >>
Government Has No Excuse Not To Cut Tax
Friday, 2 July 1999, 3:05 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide today said the Government's latest financial statements showing an operating balance $431 million ahead of forecast meant National had no excuses not to cut tax. More >>
ACT Rural Conf. Looks At Improving Farmer Incomes
Friday, 2 July 1999, 12:37 am | ACT New Zealand
As ACT's Rural Candidates get down to work at the first of two rural conferences this weekend in Taupo, farmers' bottom lines will be the top item on the agenda. More >>
Rural New Zealand Needs Protection Not Red Tape
Thursday, 1 July 1999, 6:19 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Rural Spokesman Owen Jennings today said rural New Zealanders need protection from criminals not increased red tape and cost that a gun registration system would dump on them. More >>
Payouts Offend Public Sense Of Justice - Prebble
Thursday, 1 July 1999, 4:44 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT does not agree that Messrs Mogridge and Wall deserve a single dollar, says ACT Leader Richard Prebble. More >>
ACT Wants Real Causes Of Crime Addressed
Thursday, 1 July 1999, 2:12 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Justice Spokesman Patricia Schnauer today said that while Government was spending its time and taxpayers money putting in place a gun registration system, the real causes of crime would not be addressed. More >>
Labour's ACC Policy 'Sheer Stupidity'
Thursday, 1 July 1999, 2:06 pm | ACT New Zealand
Labour's decision to abandon essential reform of the time-worn ACC system is a giant leap backwards - even for a party dedicated to the nanny state, ACT's spokesman on accident compensation, the Hon Derek Quigley MP, said today. More >>
Tribunal Ruling on Radio Waves a Farce - ACT
Thursday, 1 July 1999, 11:54 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Deputy Leader Ken Shirley has slammed the latest Waitangi Tribunal Report on the allocation and auctioning of radiowaves and is calling on the Government to legislate the bounds of Treaty claims. More >>
Government Can't Raise Maori Babies
Wednesday, 30 June 1999, 4:16 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Maori Affairs Spokesman Donna Awatere Huata today said Maori crying foul over Roger Sowry's comments yesterday are getting angry at the wrong person. More >>
Whanganui Decision Already Impacting Claims
Wednesday, 30 June 1999, 2:55 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Deputy Leader Hon Ken Shirley today said river tribes with claims for ownership of rivers are looking at the Waitangi Tribunal's decision, to grant Maori ownership of the Whanganui River, in terms of the precedent it sets for their own claims. More >>
