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Minister Cannot Ignore Calls For An Inquiry Into Zespri
Monday, 22 July 2013, 12:08 pm | ACT New Zealand
Primary industries Minister Nathan Guy cannot continue to ignore the damning claims of bullying, secrecy and unacceptable behaviour from concerned growers who are forced by the Government to supply their produce to monopoly exporter Zespri, ACT New Zealand ... More >>
Right Thinking 19/7/13
Friday, 19 July 2013, 5:20 pm | ACT New Zealand
Affording our future ; Youth Parliament 2013; Constitutional Review – Make a submission ; Our new columnist More >>
Inquiry needed as Zespri’s smuggling charge upheld
Wednesday, 17 July 2013, 4:18 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Government must hold an urgent inquiry into Zespri’s operations following the Shanghai Court’s ruling yesterday to uphold smuggling charges against Zespri, which the company had attempted to appeal, ACT New Zealand Associate Primary Industries ... More >>
Government Must Do More To Encourage Submissions
Sunday, 14 July 2013, 5:43 pm | ACT New Zealand
The extension of public submissions on the Constitutional Review Panel to July 31st 2013 was welcome news, but will serve no purpose if the Government and Panel fail to do more to engage with NZers, ACT Spokesman Robin Grieve said today. More >>
Banks Asks For Guiding Principles in GCSB Bill
Wednesday, 10 July 2013, 2:39 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader John Banks today confirmed that he has been in discussions with the Prime Minister and officials over the inclusion of a set of guiding principles in the Government Communications Security Bureau and Related Legislation Amendment Bill. More >>
Psychoactive Substances Bill - Second Reading
Thursday, 27 June 2013, 6:33 pm | ACT New Zealand
I rise to oppose the Psychoactive Substances Bill. More >>
Banks Challenges Greens To Take Stand On Animal Welfare
Thursday, 27 June 2013, 3:53 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Party Leader John Banks today challenged the Green Party to stand by its principles on animal welfare. More >>
Winston’s Attack on Chinese Community Sad And Unfounded
Tuesday, 25 June 2013, 9:01 am | ACT New Zealand
Winston Peters efforts to drive a wedge between the Chinese community and the rest of New Zealand is a sad attempt to engender support for his party and deliberately ignores the positive contribution the Chinese community makes to New Zealand, ACT ... More >>
Labour’s String Pulling Won’t Fool Anyone
Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 5:16 pm | ACT New Zealand
The back down by the Greens on their policy to print money is a nothing more than a sham, forced upon them by Labour in a transparent attempt to hide the Green’s economic foolishness, ACT Leader John Banks said today. More >>
Education Amendment Bill - Third Reading Speech John Banks
Wednesday, 5 June 2013, 8:54 am | ACT New Zealand
The truth is the union opposition to Partnership Schools has been straight out of their old playbook. The same lines they trot out on any attempted reform of the education sector. More >>
Right Thinking - The Week That Was
Friday, 31 May 2013, 7:10 pm | ACT New Zealand
This week National announced its food in schools programme to provide breakfasts to decile one to four schools who want it. More >>
‘Schoolboy Bully’ Tag Undermines Serious Violent Crime
Wednesday, 29 May 2013, 4:21 pm | ACT New Zealand
The suggestion by Victoria University Criminologist John Pratt that second striker Elijah Whaanga is nothing more than a ‘schoolyard bully’ who is being unfairly punished by the three strikes regime is absolute rubbish, ACT Party President John ... More >>
Food In Schools A Band-Aid That Won’t Fix The Real Problem
Tuesday, 28 May 2013, 3:43 pm | ACT New Zealand
No one wants kids to go to school hungry, but ACT is opposed to National’s food in schools initiative as we believe parents are responsible for ensuring their children are well-fed, clothed and cared for, ACT Leader John Banks said today. More >>
Minister Must Act on Issues in China
Friday, 24 May 2013, 2:35 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Primary Industries Spokesman Don Nicolson today congratulated the Minister for Primary Industries for fixing the problem with his Ministry’s customs certificates in China and called on him to take a similar personal interest into ... More >>
Nathan Guy Cannot Keep His Head In The Sand On Zespri
Monday, 20 May 2013, 8:51 am | ACT New Zealand
Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy can no longer keep his head in the sand over Zespri’s role in the customs fraud allegations in China after damning internal documents were revealed today by the Sunday Star Times, ACT Primary Industries Spokesman ... More >>
Budget 2013: Good - But Not Great
Thursday, 16 May 2013, 5:10 pm | ACT New Zealand
I rise on behalf of the ACT Party and the people of Epsom to support the Appropriation (2013/2014 Estimates) Bill. ACT will support this Budget and associated legislation. More >>
Budget 2013: Good - But Not Great
Thursday, 16 May 2013, 5:06 pm | ACT New Zealand
I rise on behalf of the ACT Party and the people of Epsom to support the Appropriation (2013/2014 Estimates) Bill. ACT will support this Budget and associated legislation. More >>
Labour Limit on Share Fund Size Impairs Shareholders’ Rights
Wednesday, 15 May 2013, 1:14 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand will not support Labour MP Damien O’Connor’s Dairy Industry Restructuring Amendment Bill (No2), ACT New Zealand Primary Industries Spokesman Don Nicolson said today. More >>
Banks: Education Amendment Bill, Second Reading
Tuesday, 14 May 2013, 5:00 pm | ACT New Zealand
I rise to speak in favour of the second reading of the Education Amendment Bill. The Bill provides the legal framework for Partnerships Schools | Kura Hourua. I want to join with the Hon Hekia Parata in thanking Dr Cam Calder the Chair of the Education ... More >>
ACT Calls For Urgent Inquiry Into ZESPRI Allegations
Tuesday, 14 May 2013, 9:18 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Primary Industries Spokesman Don Nicolson called for an urgent inquiry into monopoly kiwifruit exporter ZESPRI International’s operations after allegations of dodgy business practices were exposed on TVNZ’s ‘One News’ last night. More >>
