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Shipley Needs To Read The MMP Report

Wednesday, 8 August 2001, 4:24 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party

Alliance MP Grant Gillon says the report of the MMP review committee is an important addition to the debate over the future shape of the New Zealand electoral system. However he is disappointed by some of the comments made by the Leader of the Opposition. More >>

More Needs To Be Done In Northland

Tuesday, 7 August 2001, 2:30 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party

Alliance MP Grant Gillon is welcoming a major fire-safety drive to install smoke alarms in at-risk Northland homes but warns that smoke alarms should not be relied upon to stop the Northland fire tragedies. More >>

Equal Pay - Still A Big Issue And Needed Today

Thursday, 2 August 2001, 4:00 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party

Alliance MP Liz Gordon will highlight the issue of equal pay for women in a number of speaking engagements in Dunedin tomorrow. More >>

Kevin Campbell: Electricity Bill Third Reading

Wednesday, 1 August 2001, 10:11 am | New Zealand Alliance Party

Electricity is a key strategic asset of this country. Every day New Zealanders rely on electricity at home and at work. Everyone, from the cradle into retirement is reliant upon electricity in New Zealand. More >>

Nats & Media Must Fulfil Their Treaty Obligations

Friday, 27 July 2001, 9:27 am | New Zealand Alliance Party

National's Murray McCully said in the snap debate on Maori TV the government should put Maori broadcasting money into housing. His colleagues also questioned the amount of money put into Maori TV. More >>

Willie Jackson On Maori TV

Tuesday, 24 July 2001, 4:49 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party

Mana Motuhake leader and Alliance MP, Willie Jackson congratulates his colleagues today for the launch of the Maori Television plan. More >>

Jackson Gives Homage To Frank Bernard

Wednesday, 18 July 2001, 4:01 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party

"Frank Barnard was a staunch protector and fighter for workers rights who had a great ability to communicate across cultures. More >>

Speech to Sanfords workers - Kevin Campbell

Monday, 16 July 2001, 10:10 am | New Zealand Alliance Party

First let me acknowledge the difficulties and hardship you are experiencing. Three weeks on strike is a long time. While it is very unfortunate that you have had to suffer this hardship, your commitment and solidarity under difficult circumstances ... More >>

Collective Bargaining For Sanford Workers

Monday, 16 July 2001, 10:04 am | New Zealand Alliance Party

Canterbury Alliance MP Kevin Campbell will speak to striking Sanford fisheries workers in Timaru on Saturday 14 July. More >>

Address To Alliance Auckland Regional Conference

Monday, 2 July 2001, 9:45 am | New Zealand Alliance Party

We have the first Government in a generation that is governing truly in the interests of ordinary New Zealanders. More >>

Gillon Welcomes Dampening of Industrial Sparks

Thursday, 28 June 2001, 5:52 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party

Alliance MP and former firefighter Grant Gillon is pleased that the long running Fire Service dispute has been resolved. "The end of this dispute will no doubt do a great deal for the morale of our firefighters, and good morale can only be good ... More >>

Poverty a Key Factor in Northland Fire Deaths

Tuesday, 19 June 2001, 7:19 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party

In assessing the performance and current operations of state agencies, it is worthwhile to examine how these agencies interrelate. In making such assessments, it is often instructive to look at an issue in a broad context. More >>

Bunkle to seek members bill on exemplary damages

Thursday, 14 June 2001, 6:23 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party

Phillida Bunkle Alliance MP today announced she will seek to introduce a Member’s Bill to change the legal criteria for exemplary damages following the Court of Appeal decision on Patient A. More >>

Gordon Gives An E To A-Levels

Wednesday, 13 June 2001, 3:53 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party

The Alliance Education Spokesperson, Dr Liz Gordon is asking the Minister of Education to warn schools that purchasing A-Level curricula is money down the drain. More >>

Graham Parry’s Former Patients Outraged

Thursday, 31 May 2001, 1:59 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party

Alliance MP Phillida Bunkle today met with a group of Graham Parry’s former patients and their partners from Keri Keri in the far North. Every one of these women, all of whom have suffered at the hands of Parry, are deeply concerned that, following ... More >>

Cervical Screening Laboratories Should Be Central

Friday, 18 May 2001, 9:58 am | New Zealand Alliance Party

Alliance Health spokesperson Phillida Bunkle said today there was an obvious solution to the current situation in which many public hospital laboratories will be unable to carry out cervical screening, because they do not meet the criteria for sufficient ... More >>

National 'vision' a sequel of an old horror movie

Monday, 7 May 2001, 5:25 pm | New Zealand Alliance Party

Alliance Education Spokesperson Liz Gordon says that the recently released National Party taskforce on education is "an amazing grabbag of excuses for raising student fees". More >>

Gordon Queries NZUSA On Priorities

Friday, 4 May 2001, 12:40 am | New Zealand Alliance Party

Alliance education spokesperson Liz Gordon said today that the New Zealand University Students Association should understand the necessity to balance priorities in the methods of setting student loan interest rates under current law. More >>

'Fire Safe' Cigarette Introduction Welcomed

Wednesday, 2 May 2001, 12:32 am | New Zealand Alliance Party

Alliance MP Grant Gillon is pleased that the cigarette manufacturer Phillip Morris supports his call for a fire safety standard for cigarettes. A private members bill promoting such a standard was successfully introduced into the house by Mr Gillon ... More >>

Women’s Health Surest Road To Quality Of Life

Friday, 6 April 2001, 12:41 am | New Zealand Alliance Party

“Investment in women’s health is the best value investment any government can make in its society’s welfare,” Alliance health spokesperson Phillida Bunkle said today. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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