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Trade unionists lead Alliance List
Monday, 16 May 2005, 8:48 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Party’s two co-leaders and number one and two on the Alliance List are Party President and Auckland union organiser Jill Ovens, who is contesting the Manukau East seat, and local government union organiser Paul Piesse, from Christchurch. More >>
Alliance voice needed in Parliament
Thursday, 12 May 2005, 9:15 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance will be the only socialist party on the ballot paper in this year’s General Election and while the Greens will be strong competitors for the left vote, that does not necessarily mean they are a “Left” party, Alliance members say. More >>
Tertiary Saving Scheme will reinforce inequalities
Thursday, 12 May 2005, 9:14 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Labour-led Government’s decision to seek “expressions of interest” from groups interested in providing a tertiary savings scheme is a clear indication that they will never be committed to a fully funded public tertiary education system, says ... More >>
Labour betrayal in Montecillo Hospital decision
Tuesday, 10 May 2005, 3:37 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
Labour has betrayed one of its most loyal members and also some of its most loyal supporters through its denial of $2 million in funding to the Montecillo War Veterans Home and Hospital according to Dunedin South Alliance candidate Chris Ford. More >>
Toll roads are highway robbery
Friday, 22 April 2005, 9:47 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
The proposal to toll the Orewa to Puhoi extension of the motorway north of Auckland (ALPURT 2B) is “highway robbery”, the Alliance says. More >>
Alliance voice needed in Parliament
Thursday, 21 April 2005, 10:14 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance will be the only socialist party on the ballot paper in this year’s General Election and while the Greens will be strong competitors for the left vote, that does not necessarily mean they are a “Left” party, Alliance members say. More >>
Campaign funding makes a mockery of democracy
Tuesday, 19 April 2005, 8:31 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
The system used to allocate State broadcasting funds and television time is anti-democratic and merely reinforces the status quo, the Alliance says. More >>
Charity Health Sad Day For New Zealand
Friday, 8 April 2005, 8:26 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
“It is a sad day for New Zealand health when the government is so derelict in its duty that charity groups have to set up their own mobile surgery units for the poor,” said Tom Dowie, Alliance Party Health Spokesperson today. More >>
Rich get Richer & Workers get Crumbs under Labour
Monday, 4 April 2005, 8:51 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
The question of ‘who’s really winning in a period of so-called economic growth?’ is but one question to be posed at the Wellington Alliance People’s Forum this Sunday 3rd April, 2pm at the Crossways Community Centre (cnr Elizabeth and Brougham Streets) ... More >>
Trade unionists selected as Alliance candidates
Tuesday, 29 March 2005, 1:55 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance has selected three trade unionists as its South Auckland candidates for this year’s General Election. More >>
Alliance Party Dunedin candidates
Monday, 28 March 2005, 12:46 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance Party has selected its electorate candidates for Dunedin North and Dunedin South seats for the 2005 General Election. More >>
The Alliance is the party of the working poor
Thursday, 24 February 2005, 8:49 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
As someone once said: “History repeats itself -- the first time as a tragedy; the second as a farce.” More >>
Benefits: people with disabilities could suffer
Thursday, 24 February 2005, 8:48 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Labour Government's single benefit system proposal is a good idea, but the Alliance is concerned about the impact it will have on people with disabilities. More >>
Public transport commitment a bad joke
Wednesday, 2 February 2005, 9:45 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
Public transport is the loser in a recently announced $225 million transport Government package for Wellington. Alliance transport spokesperson John Shaw says the majority of the package is earmarked to increase road capacity. Of the remainder, most merely ... More >>
Mallard Ducks Student Loan Turkey
Monday, 31 January 2005, 9:32 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
Trevor Mallard's dismissal of a students' association survey revealing the average student now owes $18,726 shows his priorities lie in keeping the financiers happy at the expense of an entire generation. More >>
Brash’s Code of Victorian Individualism
Thursday, 27 January 2005, 2:30 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance Party holds the speech of Don Brash with all the contempt it deserves. More >>
Alliance supports Wellington students
Friday, 21 January 2005, 8:58 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance backs the call from Not In Our Schools for the homophobic Destiny church and political party to be expelled from Wellington High School. More than half the students at Wellington High have signed a petition against Destiny's presence. More >>
Alliance says Delta should show some Xmas spirit
Friday, 17 December 2004, 1:00 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance Party has offered its support to Delta Utilities workers in Dunedin and says they have every right to be protesting against poor treatment by their employer. More >>
No drug and alcohol treatment in new prisons
Monday, 13 December 2004, 8:40 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
Drug and alcohol treatment centres have been left out of the plans in the expensive new prisons currently being built. More >>
Decision a Hint of Polish on Tarnished Reputation
Friday, 10 December 2004, 9:22 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance has applauded the granting of bail for Ahmed Zaoui as a small step towards restoring New Zealand's tarnished international reputation. Two years of imprisonment without trial - including months of solitary confinement - for an acknowledged refugee ... More >>
