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Electricity: Abandon Market Model
Wednesday, 21 May 2003, 9:33 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Government should abandon the market model and integrate electricity generation and supply under public ownership and community control, the Alliance says. More >>
A Party In Govt Committed To Free Education Needed
Friday, 16 May 2003, 10:17 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
What we need is a party in government committed to free education- Alliance response to tertiary fee rises More >>
Alliance position on RailAmerica
Friday, 16 May 2003, 9:31 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
Missed opportunity to take back Tranz Rail The sale of Tranz Rail to RailAmerica will be a significant loss to the people of New Zealand, the Alliance says. More >>
Alliance opposes break-up of Tranz Rail
Tuesday, 15 April 2003, 9:57 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Finance Minister and others might see the break-up of Tranz Rail as being in the best interests of shareholders, but it is certainly not in the best interests of the people, the Alliance says. More >>
Privatised electricity system fails
Tuesday, 15 April 2003, 9:56 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
Bill English is living in Wonderland if he seriously thinks the answer to the current crisis in electricity supply is to let the markets work even more freely. More >>
Alliance condemns McDonald's homophobic stand
Friday, 11 April 2003, 8:36 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
"McDonalds has shown themselves to be the true moral conservatives that they are," said Sam Huggard, Alliance party Youth Affairs spokesperson. More >>
DPB cuts for the most vulnerable women
Wednesday, 9 April 2003, 4:59 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
“We’re not there to stop it this time” Laila Harré on DPB cuts for the most vulnerable women More >>
A better deal for our children
Sunday, 6 April 2003, 10:18 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance spokesperson on Children, Laila Harre, has welcomed NGO calls for the government to better address the needs of children. More >>
Alliance Opposed To Gats Negotiations
Thursday, 13 March 2003, 4:29 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance Party has joined the growing number of local and international organisations opposed to the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) negotiations currently being undertaken at the World Trade Organisation. March 13th is an international ... More >>
Labour government still failing students
Wednesday, 26 February 2003, 9:15 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
“Keeping the student loan interest rate at commercial levels is nothing to get too excited about” Alliance party tertiary education spokesperson Laila Harre said today. More >>
Alliance says people will lead if Clark doesn’t
Monday, 17 February 2003, 8:30 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
Alliance Leader, Laila Harré told a Peace Concert in Auckland today that if Blair and Howard were playing America’s poodles over Iraq Prime Minister Helen Clark was taking the part of the sheep. More >>
Alliance welcomes next step towards 4 weeks leave
Tuesday, 3 December 2002, 4:17 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
Alliance Leader Laila Harré has welcomed the government’s intention to send a member’s bill for four weeks annual leave to a select committee for submissions and consideration. More >>
Govt Will Fail To Protect Children Says Harré
Tuesday, 3 December 2002, 2:29 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
“The Government will fail to protect children if it allows parents to continue to use ‘reasonable force’ on their children” Alliance Leader and former Minister of Youth Affairs Laila Harré said today. More >>
Laila Harre's Speech to Alliance conference
Monday, 2 December 2002, 8:55 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
I want to begin by acknowledging Alliance members, our friends and our voters. It’s been a big year. Many people here have shouldered a huge and unexpected load, and Alliance activists have risen to the challenge. More >>
Alliance 2002 Conference: Advisory and Agenda
Thursday, 28 November 2002, 2:23 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance is holding its 2002 Conference this weekend in Wellington. Originally scheduled for July this year it was postponed due to the early election. More >>
Not the Speech from the Throne
Tuesday, 27 August 2002, 2:39 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance today released its own “Speech from the Throne” top ten priority list, highlighting the lost opportunity to deal with the chronic under funding of health and education services and increasing inequality. More >>
Minor Parties - Proportion Of Women In Parliament
Friday, 26 July 2002, 9:32 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
Alliance MP Liz Gordon is urging women considering backing a minor party on Saturday to look closely at the gender balance of their party lists before casting a vote. More >>
Beware The Prime Minister …
Thursday, 25 July 2002, 10:55 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
Wellington Central Alliance candidate and political bard Robert Reid finished his campaign in style last night. More >>
Anderton Ambused – Crackers Returns Home to Roost
Thursday, 25 July 2002, 9:54 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
Earlier this week Crackers and her newly found mate Cocky ambushed an unsuspecting Deputy Prime Minister Jim Anderton at a local candidates meeting. More >>
Laila Harre Speech to NZUSA Debt Summit 2003
Tuesday, 23 July 2002, 12:03 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
We had just received an Auditor General’s report into the student loan scheme. It confirmed what many of us had been saying for some time. That was that the scheme was put together without any consideration of its social impacts on generation debt, ... More >>
