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'Full and final' Waitangi settlements?
Wednesday, 18 November 2009, 5:21 pm | Progressive Party
If the government reopens the Treaty settlement with Ngai Tahu because of the ETS, there will never again be any such principle as ‘full and final’ settlements, Progressive MP Jim Anderton says. “The government is heading down a very damaging ... More >>
Jim's E-News Nov '09 - Dental Care And More
Monday, 16 November 2009, 3:05 pm | Progressive Party
I am involving myself in a project to raise the profile of, and extend the services for, dental treatment in New Zealand. The cost of dental treatment is a significant barrier to lifetime dental care and as a result, neglected teeth and gums are a hidden ... More >>
Jim Anderton Speech: ACC Bikers’ rally
Sunday, 15 November 2009, 11:29 am | Progressive Party
One of my staff was at a community function the other day at Southwards Car Museum on the Kapiti Coast, and he came across a leaflet calling all motorcyclists to get in touch with their local club, and it had the contact details of every club in the ... More >>
Urgent inquiry into monetary policy now
Wednesday, 11 November 2009, 9:34 am | Progressive Party
We must put party politics aside and come up with a new approach to monetary policy which supports people in New Zealand who produce tradeable goods, rather than those who speculate on property and take the profits off-shore, says MP for Wigram and ... More >>
A note from Jim Anderton
Tuesday, 10 November 2009, 4:00 pm | Progressive Party
Firstly, I would like to thank my friend and colleague Denis O’Reilly for reading this to you. Just tell him to stick to the script! I am disappointed not to be with you today, and if it wasn’t for the doctor’s orders, I would be standing with ... More >>
A generation of kids will be lost, NZ must do more
Thursday, 29 October 2009, 3:56 pm | Progressive Party
16,000 children are dying from hunger every day because food aid is now at its lowest level in twenty years, but the National government remains determined not to use our aid for ‘poverty reduction,” says Progressive leader and MP Jim Anderton. ... More >>
Who owns the ASB? Not us
Thursday, 29 October 2009, 3:06 pm | Progressive Party
The ASB has been an Australian owned bank for the last two decades, and it is misleading the public when it pretends to be a ‘Kiwi Bank’, says Progressive MP Jim Anderton. More >>
An ‘unfortunate’ arrangement
Wednesday, 28 October 2009, 5:30 pm | Progressive Party
The Auditor General’s findings about Bill English’s accommodation arrangements go significantly further than findings that caused Marion Hobbs and Phillida Bunkle to stand down from ministerial office in 2001, Progressive MP Jim Anderton says. ... More >>
Government stigmatises families of suicide victims
Thursday, 15 October 2009, 3:51 pm | Progressive Party
Minister of ACC, Nick Smith says it was ‘a mistake and wrong’ for the last Labour-led government to support the families of suicide victims through ACC. More >>
Iconic sports should be free to air
Wednesday, 14 October 2009, 4:18 pm | Progressive Party
The government now reportedly has $8 million on the table to help TVNZ, Maori Television Service (MTS) and TV3 bid for the right to screen the Rugby World Cup, says MP for Wigram and Progressive leader Jim Anderton. “Does it now accept the principal that ... More >>
Alcohol abuse more serious than methamphetamine
Thursday, 8 October 2009, 5:29 pm | Progressive Party
The abuse of alcohol is by far and away the most serious drug abuse we face in New Zealand, the former Associate Minister of Health in charge of the government’s drug policy, Jim Anderton said today. “It is more serious than the abuse of methamphetamine, ... More >>
Home help for elderly under attack
Wednesday, 7 October 2009, 4:04 pm | Progressive Party
“Elderly people in my electorate are having their weekly home help cut while at the same time, fewer people are being funded to live in rest homes,” says Wigram MP and Progressive Leader, Jim Anderton. Jim Anderton’s electorate office in Sydenham ... More >>
Auditor-General Investigates Bill English
Friday, 25 September 2009, 10:57 am | Progressive Party
The Auditor-General has advised Jim Anderton that preliminary enquiries are being carried out into ‘whether Hon Bill English’s circumstances meet the criteria for eligibility for a parliamentary accommodation allowance.’ More >>
Mourning the loss of a passionate New Zealander
Thursday, 24 September 2009, 12:42 pm | Progressive Party
“Howard Morrison was more than a world-class and unique entertainer; he was a fierce advocate for a fair go for all New Zealanders,” says Progressive leader Jim Anderton. “It is not widely known that Sir Howard was passionately committed to the economic ... More >>
Fonterra capital restructuring
Friday, 18 September 2009, 3:38 pm | Progressive Party
The Opposition will be listening very carefully to farmer comment about the proposals, agriculture spokesperson Jim Anderton says. "New proposals for Fonterra's capital restructuring appear to provide more stability for Fonterra and avoid the trap of ... More >>
Waikato innovation park opened
Wednesday, 16 September 2009, 2:30 pm | Progressive Party
Jim Anderton was in Hamilton today to mark the further development of a project begun by the last Labour-led government; the formal opening of the now Tetra Pak building at Waikato Innovation Park. As Minister of Economic Development, Mr Anderton had ... More >>
Jim delivers on his promise
Friday, 11 September 2009, 4:07 pm | Progressive Party
Twenty years ago, local MP Jim Anderton was promised funding to build a new police station in Sydenham. He put out a press release to announce the good news. The 1984 press release has been pinned on the police notice board ever since. “I was promised ... More >>
Bill to stop current MPs standing for election
Friday, 11 September 2009, 10:42 am | Progressive Party
New Bill designed to stop MPs standing for election when they are already elected Jim Anderton has drafted a Bill designed to stop current members of parliament from standing for election to parliament in a by-election. The Bill will be placed in ... More >>
Cuts to biosecurity staff on silly assumptions
Thursday, 10 September 2009, 3:32 pm | Progressive Party
The government is cutting 54 frontline jobs in biosecurity because it assumes a recent decline in trade in New Zealand is permanent, and numbers of passengers arriving will continue to decline, says Jim Anderton. Biosecurity staff prevent diseases and ... More >>
Speech: Anderton - World Suicide Prevention Day
Thursday, 10 September 2009, 2:30 pm | Progressive Party
We are here to remember those lost to suicide and also to support those who grieve after loss. Every year we lose around five hundred New Zealanders who take their own lives – more than are killed on our roads each year. Many have our stories ... More >>
