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The Letter: John Key behind closed doors
Monday, 28 April 2014, 5:16 pm | ACT New Zealand
At the Epsom fundraiser for David Seymour, John Key gave a demonstration of why he is the most popular Prime Minister in the history of polling. Key totally wowed the sold out function, which included many influential supporters The Letter has not ... More >>
Recreational Drug Policy in Disarray Says ACT MP
Monday, 28 April 2014, 3:26 pm | ACT New Zealand
The proposal to pass amending legislation under urgency to amend the Psychoactive Substances Act 2013 a law that was passed less than nine months ago proves the Government’s policy around recreational drugs is in disarray said John Banks, ACT MP for Epsom. More >>
ACT Speech: Three Strikes For Burglary, Three Years Jail
Monday, 21 April 2014, 4:01 pm | ACT New Zealand
Last year there were more than 52,000 reported burglaries. According to the Treasury, for every 10 reported burglaries, there are another 12 that go unreported. This means there were more than 120,000 burglaries last year – or over 2000 a week. More >>
Easter trading laws archaic, in need of overhaul
Friday, 18 April 2014, 10:45 am | ACT New Zealand
Press release: ACT New Zealand Easter trading laws are outdated and in need of a major overhaul, said ACT leader Jamie Whyte today. More >>
Selling homes to foreigners benefits New Zealanders
Thursday, 17 April 2014, 8:23 am | ACT New Zealand
Winston Peters has apparently convinced David Cunliffe that when foreigners buy New Zealand property they make New Zealanders worse off. Mr Cunliffe has announced his intention to adopt Winston Peters’ policy of banning foreigners from buying ... More >>
Richard prebble: The Letter 7 April 2014
Monday, 7 April 2014, 4:13 pm | ACT New Zealand
View from abroad; Crusher Collins crushing National; That photo; Crony Capitalism ; Let him prove it; How to get Kiwis to come home? The Auckland City Council is right; Pre budget speeches; Three strikes and the maximum More >>
My challenge to David Cunliffe
Monday, 7 April 2014, 11:05 am | ACT New Zealand
The Labour Party has announced a return to “industrial policy”. If elected, they will decide which businesses and sectors of the economy will deliver the highest returns and promote them in various ways – most obviously, by subsidising them ... More >>
Responsible climate change policy is a "bottom line"
Monday, 31 March 2014, 11:59 am | ACT New Zealand
The Act Party today reconfirmed its policy on climate change focusing on mitigation and adaptation. This follows the release of the lates report form the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). More >>
Twyford jumps the shark
Friday, 28 March 2014, 4:55 pm | ACT New Zealand
This morning at a conference hosted by Prefab New Zealand, Phil Twyford said that Labour is considering using the Public Works Act to expropriate private property to build homes. More >>
The Left try to solve problems created by their own policies
Thursday, 27 March 2014, 3:52 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Greens today claimed that the appreciation in Auckland property prices shows that a capital gains tax is needed. They claim that that the profits earned from investing in rental properties “draws more and more money into the market, pushing ... More >>
New Zealand must address trade barriers
Thursday, 27 March 2014, 11:36 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT strongly supports the government’s initiative in opening up free trade talks with the European Union, said ACT leader Jamie Whyte today. "More trade allows for greater division of labour and the productivity gains of specialization. Trade ... More >>
New Zealand's manufactured education scarcity
Tuesday, 25 March 2014, 2:38 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Herald reports that Auckland's growing population is putting pressure on its schools. Low decile schools are losing students to high decile schools. Parents shift their children because there is not enough of the education that parents want. More >>
The Letter - 24 March 2014
Monday, 24 March 2014, 5:24 pm | ACT New Zealand
Policy not politics; Apartheid; no whites apply; Anti-New Zealand Steel ? ; More leaks ; Policies have consequences ; Increased petrol prices ; Some goss; Forced Consumption More >>
Labour and Greens serving business interests
Monday, 24 March 2014, 2:43 pm | ACT New Zealand
David Cunliffe has decided to direct great wads of taxpayers’ money to the forestry industry. According to the Otago Daily Times, when “asked about the response from the industry to the policies, Mr Cunliffe said it had been ‘bloody good’, but ... More >>
On Cunliffe's policies of forced consumption
Sunday, 23 March 2014, 3:26 pm | ACT New Zealand
Yesterday my 10-year-old told me she had a brilliant idea to boost economic growth. She had learnt at school that much of the money earned in New Zealand comes from the food industry. So, she figured, if the government just forced people to buy more ... More >>
On house prices and anti-foreigner sentiment
Thursday, 20 March 2014, 12:59 pm | ACT New Zealand
The prices of residential homes are high because land use restrictions, of the kind supported by the Greens, create an artificial scarcity. But the Greens don’t see it that way. They think the problem is not insufficient supply but excessive demand. ... More >>
Greens and National failing to commit to cost-benefit ratios
Wednesday, 19 March 2014, 3:37 pm | ACT New Zealand
The government has spent $3.4 billion on Roads of National Significance. Yesterday the Greens announced their discovery that the benefit-to-cost ratio of the spending on these roads has been either “low” or “medium”. Since the money could have ... More >>
David Cunliffe's proposed crony capitalism
Tuesday, 18 March 2014, 1:00 pm | ACT New Zealand
On Friday David Cunliffe declared that in government Labour would plan the economy. “Government should back positive Kiwi businesses, not leave it to the wolves of international trade … That also means attracting industry to New Zealand regions ... More >>
The Letter 17/03/2014
Monday, 17 March 2014, 4:39 pm | ACT New Zealand
Xenophobia; 471,711; Strategic mistake; Most popular NZ Chinese politician; Innumerate; Figures sing to him; In the land of the blind; No disclosure; More leaving More >>
What is going on at Maori Television?
Monday, 17 March 2014, 4:33 pm | ACT New Zealand
Finance Minister Bill English and Maori Affairs Minister Pita Sharples seem to have lost control of Maori Television with reports its board will go ahead with the controversial appointment of Paora Maxwell as chief executive, Labour’s Broadcasting spokesperson ... More >>
