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Alliance responds to rejection of teachers’ deal
Monday, 10 June 2002, 3:44 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
Alliance leader Laila Harré has said that the rejection of the settlement negotiated with the PPTA for secondary school teachers will put quality education and state sector wages at the top of the election campaign agenda. More >>
Wellington Candidates High On Alliance List
Monday, 10 June 2002, 10:49 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
Party General Secretary, Gerard Hehir is ranked six, Vern Winitana, standing for Te Tai Tonga is seven, Ohariu Belmont candidate, Rebecca Matthews, is eight, Wellington Central candidate, Robert Reid, is eleven and Rongatai’s Vern Tile is fifteen on ... More >>
Alliance List Announced
Monday, 10 June 2002, 9:14 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
“We have an incredibly strong field of candidates and ranking them has not been easy,” said Ms Harré from her Waitakere office. More >>
Teachers Strike Highlights Issues For State Sector
Monday, 10 June 2002, 9:06 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
Alliance leader Laila Harre has sent a letter to public servants living in west Auckland’s Waitakere electorate highlighting her party’s concerns over pay, recruitment and retention in the public sector. More >>
Act Tax Policy a “fast track to third world”
Thursday, 6 June 2002, 6:07 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
Alliance Leader Laila Harré has slammed Act’s tax and economic policies announced today as visionless and a “fast track to the third world”, not the first world. More >>
Harre Speech to Service and Food Workers’ Union
Monday, 27 May 2002, 12:21 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
Speech to Service and Food Workers’ Union Otahuhu Working Men’s Club 101 Atkinson Ave; Otahuhu More >>
Priorities For Any Coalition Agreement
Monday, 27 May 2002, 12:19 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
Alliance Leader Signals Contracting Out And Four Weeks Annual Leave As Priorities For Any Coalition Agreement More >>
Willie Jackson comments on Budget 2002
Thursday, 23 May 2002, 6:50 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
Urgent resourcing of the Waitangi Tribunal would be a key feature of the Alliance budget allocation for Mäori, Mana Motuhake leader and Alliance deputy leader Willie Jackson said today. More >>
Laila Harré comments on Budget 2002
Thursday, 23 May 2002, 3:49 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
Alliance leader Laila Harré has said that today’s budget is another step in the right direction and has signalled key areas where the Alliance would go further. More >>
Alliance Urges Reason All Round On GE Moratorium
Thursday, 23 May 2002, 11:33 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
Alliance Leader Laila Harré said today that the only beneficiaries of the non-negotiable stance being taken by both Labour and the Greens on GE will be right wing parties and those supporting the unrestrained development and release of GMOs. More >>
Alliance Selects Auckland Central Candidate
Thursday, 23 May 2002, 9:55 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
Alliance Party National Council member Mike Treen has been selected as the party’s Auckland Central candidate for the coming election. More >>
Liz Gordon Announces She Will Stand Again
Wednesday, 22 May 2002, 3:36 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
Alliance MP Liz Gordon today announced that she had decided to stand again for the Alliance at the year's general election. An abridged version of her speech in Parliament's general debate follows. More >>
Laila Harré Welcomes Liz Gordon’s Announcement
Wednesday, 22 May 2002, 3:12 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
Alliance Leader Laila Harré has welcomed Liz Gordon's announcement that she will stand for Parliament again this year. More >>
Gordon Wholeheartedly Supports Allowance Campaign
Wednesday, 15 May 2002, 3:05 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
Alliance education spokesperson Liz Gordon today gave her full support to a student allowance campaign being launched today by the New Zealand University Students Association. The campaign calls for the reintroduction of universal student allowances in two ... More >>
Laila Harre Speech to Press Club
Wednesday, 15 May 2002, 9:29 am | New Zealand Alliance Party
Hon Laila Harre Speech to Press Club Leaders Series breakfast Members and Guests Dining Room Parliament Buildings Wellington More >>
Can Brownlee Face Facts?
Friday, 10 May 2002, 4:30 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
Obscure National MP Gerry Brownlee lacks the grace to admit when he is wrong, Alliance whip Grant Gillon says. More >>
Alliance Opposes Private Savings Scheme
Monday, 6 May 2002, 1:57 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
Alliance education spokesperson Liz Gordon today stated her party's clear opposition to the introduction of a private individualised savings scheme for tertiary education. More >>
Gordon Strongly Supports New Voice/Text Service
Thursday, 2 May 2002, 4:49 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance spokesperson on Disability Issues, Liz Gordon, is welcoming news that the Labour-Alliance Government is setting up a voice/text relay service to improve access to telecommunications services for hearing-impaired and speech impaired New ... More >>
Gordon Opposes Mallard's Decision To Appeal
Wednesday, 1 May 2002, 12:38 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
Alliance MP Liz Gordon is opposing the Education Minister's decision to appeal the recent court victory for parents of special needs students. More >>
Gordon Welcomes Human Rights Commission Finding
Monday, 15 April 2002, 4:23 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party
15 April 2002 The Alliance spokesperson on Disability Issues, Liz Gordon, is welcoming news that the Government is looking at setting up a voice/text relay service in order that hearing-impaired and speech impaired New Zealanders can at last have real access ... More >>