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Let Mutu Speak!—Brash
Wednesday, 7 September 2011, 3:33 pm | ACT New Zealand
Maori Studies professor Margaret Mutu should be allowed to express her opinions even if those opinions are highly objectionable, says ACT New Zealand leader Dr Don Brash. Professor Mutu is in hot water for saying white immigration should be restricted ... More >>
Nix NAIT Says ACT's Nicolson
Tuesday, 6 September 2011, 11:02 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Agriculture Spokesman Don Nicolson is applauding today's decision by the ACT caucus to oppose the remaining stages (2nd and 3rd readings) of the National Animal Identification and Tracing (NAIT) Bill. More >>
Brash Goes In to Bat for Auckland Restauranteurs
Tuesday, 6 September 2011, 12:52 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Party Leader Don Brash says local council officials in Auckland should embrace the World Cup spirit and show some Kiwi camaraderie by easing up on restrictive bylaws and giving restaurant owners not based in ‘Party Central’ a fair crack. Dr Brash ... More >>
Brash Goes In to Bat for Auckland Restauranteurs
Tuesday, 6 September 2011, 10:25 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Party Leader Don Brash says local council officials in Auckland should embrace the World Cup spirit and show some Kiwi camaraderie by easing up on restrictive bylaws and giving restaurant owners not based in 'Party Central' a fair crack. More >>
This Land is Your Land
Saturday, 3 September 2011, 4:02 pm | ACT New Zealand
I’ve returned to political life out of a deep concern for the future of our country. I’m concerned that the country I leave to my children is not only far from what it could be, but faces serious threats to its continued existence. More >>
Brash To Lift Lid On Housing Affordability Crisis
Friday, 2 September 2011, 5:30 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Party Auckland Regional Conference, 1.45pm Saturday 3 September, Squid Row, 224 Symonds Street, Auckland In a major campaign speech to the ACT Auckland Regional Conference, Party Leader Don Brash will expose the alarming reality that home ownership ... More >>
Brash To Lift Lid On Housing Affordability Crisis
Friday, 2 September 2011, 4:44 pm | ACT New Zealand
In a major campaign speech to the ACT Auckland Regional Conference, Party Leader Don Brash will expose the alarming reality that home ownership has now become a pipe dream for many New Zealanders. The 'quarter-acre paradise' that used to describe ... More >>
ACT Candidate Undaunted By 17% Challenge
Friday, 2 September 2011, 2:32 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Party Hunua candidate Ian Cummings has said he was very honoured to be selected in the top 20 on an extremely strong ACT list, and that even though the Party would need 17 percent of the vote to get him into Parliament – he’s setting his sights ... More >>
ACT Solutions Needed Urgently—Brash
Friday, 2 September 2011, 2:31 pm | ACT New Zealand
A new report showing just over half of the 200,000 New Zealand children living below the poverty line are Maori and Pacific Islanders is a further vindication of ACT policies and pointer to how urgently they are needed, says ACT New Zealand leader ... More >>
Labour Created Record Youth Unemployment
Thursday, 1 September 2011, 3:10 pm | ACT New Zealand
Labour’s policy to spend $251 million subsidising young people into work is an expensive band-aid on the problem of youth unemployment that Labour created by abolishing the youth minimum wage, said ACT New Zealand Leader Dr Don Brash. “Labour is absolutely ... More >>
ACT Welcomes Sir Jerry Mateparae as Governor-General
Wednesday, 31 August 2011, 1:22 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Leader Dr Don Brash today welcomed Lt General Sir Jerry Mateparae as New Zealand’s new Governor-General. “Sir Jerry Mateparae is an exceptionally well-regarded New Zealander with decades of public service. He will make an outstanding ... More >>
ACT Releases Its Party List for 2011 General Election
Sunday, 28 August 2011, 4:58 pm | ACT New Zealand
Announcing the Party’s list for the 2011 general election today, ACT Party President Chris Simmons said the board was extremely pleased with the strong line-up of high quality candidates. More >>
ACT List Confirms ACT as Pro-Farming Party
Sunday, 28 August 2011, 4:54 pm | ACT New Zealand
Former Federated Farmers President Don Nicolson’s high ranking on the ACT Party list announced today makes ACT the true farmers' party, says ACT New Zealand leader Dr Don Brash. More >>
Brash: Saving New Zealand
Thursday, 25 August 2011, 4:07 pm | ACT New Zealand
I’m here today to present you with a very simple proposition, and that is that to build a more prosperous future for you and your children requires less government, not more. More >>
Brash to Announce Core Economic Policies
Wednesday, 24 August 2011, 4:46 pm | ACT New Zealand
In the third in a series of six major policy speeches, ACT Party Leader Don Brash will tomorrow announce the cornerstone economic policies the party plans to campaign on and fight hard for in the next government. More >>
Teacher Unions Making It Up As They Go - Brash
Tuesday, 23 August 2011, 11:50 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Don Brash today accused both the Post-Primary Teachers' Association and the New Zealand Education Institute of fabricating the truth about ACT's education policy in order to protect their special interests. More >>
Woodhouse On Jobs: 5/10. Must Try Harder
Monday, 22 August 2011, 5:47 pm | ACT New Zealand
Dunedin based ACT MP Hilary Calvert today gave Michael Woodhouse 5/10 for his comments in today's Otago Daily Times on job creation, saying he and the National Party still rely too heavily on government schemes to try to create jobs. More >>
National Fiddles While Education Burns—Brash
Monday, 22 August 2011, 2:42 pm | ACT New Zealand
Education Minister Anne Tolley's speech to the annual conference of the country's largest teacher union, the NZEI, provided graphic vindication of the education policy I announced at the same time, says ACT New Zealand leader Dr Don Brash. More >>
Speech: - Brash: Education
Sunday, 21 August 2011, 3:52 pm | ACT New Zealand
An address to the ACT Wellington Regional Conference 2011 by Don Brash Leader of ACT New Zealand More >>
New Zealand Mourns Soldier's Death
Saturday, 20 August 2011, 10:33 am | ACT New Zealand
The reported death of a New Zealand SAS soldier in Afghanistan is a tragic turn of events for all Kiwis, says ACT New Zealand Leader Dr Don Brash. More >>
