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ACT To Host Foreshore & Seabed Public Meetings
Tuesday, 1 February 2011, 11:18 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Deputy Leader John Boscawen will this month host a series of public meetings in the Auckland area to outline the history of the foreshore and seabed debate, and to discuss the implications – and impending consequences – of the Government's ... More >>
Capping Taxi Numbers A Flawed Approach
Monday, 31 January 2011, 5:18 pm | ACT New Zealand
Capping the number of taxis in the Wellington region is a ridiculous idea – one that will result in higher prices, longer waiting times and which will prove disastrous for consumers, ACT MPs Sir Roger Douglas and Hilary Calvert said today. More >>
ACT Urges Bolder Approach For State Assets
Wednesday, 26 January 2011, 4:47 pm | ACT New Zealand
Prime Minister John Key’s announcement on State asset sales – while a step in the right direction – does not go far enough, both in terms of the number of assets up for sale and the extent to which each asset could be sold, ACT New Zealand Finance ... More >>
No Imagination from Phil Goff
Wednesday, 26 January 2011, 9:41 am | ACT New Zealand
Labour Leader Phil Goff's State of the Nation speech lacks imagination and fails to confront New Zealand's key issue of rising Government spending, ACT New Zealand Finance Spokesman Sir Roger Douglas said today. More >>
Three Strikes Delivers On ACT Promise To Keep People Safe
Thursday, 20 January 2011, 5:28 pm | ACT New Zealand
News that there are now 132 violent and sexual offenders who have been convicted of a 'Strike' offence and given their first 'Strike' warning comes as no surprise and simply serves to highlight that the 'Three Strikes' policy is working exactly ... More >>
Industry Displays Commonsense On Youth Rates
Sunday, 9 January 2011, 5:35 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Finance Spokesman Sir Roger Douglas today welcomed the retail and hospitality associations' support for the reintroduction of youth rates to address the growing rates of youth unemployment. More >>
ACT Calls On National To Withdraw Foreshore Bill
Wednesday, 22 December 2010, 10:20 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Maori Affairs Spokesman Hilary Calvert today called on National to withdraw the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Bill following Maori Party Co-Leader Tariana Turia's admission yesterday that her Party will not be satisfied if the proposed ... More >>
ACT Leader Welcomes Moves To Introduce Competition To ACC
Tuesday, 21 December 2010, 12:27 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Rodney Hide today welcomed the release of the Stocktake Report and Financial Condition Report on ACC and the agreement in principle by the Government to provide employers with competition and choice in purchasing workplace insurance. More >>
Update on the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Bill
Friday, 17 December 2010, 8:09 pm | ACT New Zealand
An update on the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Bill ACT launches new website – www.act.org.nz/foreshore-seabed For those of you who made a submission, who told your local MP what you thought, who explained to friends and family why this Bill ... More >>
ACT Calls On Dunne To Oppose Foreshore Bill
Friday, 17 December 2010, 2:31 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Maori Affairs Spokesman Hilary Calvert today reiterated her call for United Future Leader Hon Peter Dunne to heed public sentiment and withdraw his support for the Government’s Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Bill. More >>
Order to get hundreds of old regulations off the books
Friday, 17 December 2010, 2:06 pm | ACT New Zealand
Minister for Regulatory Reform Rodney Hide today announced the Regulatory Reform (Revocations) Order 2010 which will clean up red tape and get outdated regulations off the books. “Through regulation, government has the power to affect the lives ... More >>
Regulatory Reform Bill Set To Slash Red Tape
Friday, 17 December 2010, 10:23 am | ACT New Zealand
Minister for Regulatory Reform Rodney Hide introduced into the House a Bill designed to slash red tape and make life easier for businesses. The Regulatory Reform Bill proposes amendments to 13 Acts, removing duplication, getting rid of unnecessary ... More >>
ACT to Launch Foreshore & Seabed Billboard
Thursday, 16 December 2010, 3:07 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Deputy Leader John Boscawen will tomorrow unveil the first of two billboards that ACT will erect urging New Zealanders to draw a line in the sand against the Government’s Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Bill. More >>
Hide Invites Goff To Discuss Foreshore Solution
Tuesday, 14 December 2010, 5:07 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Rodney Hide today invited Labour Leader Phil Goff to meet with him to discuss a bi-partisan approach to recognising Maori customary rights in the foreshore and seabed. More >>
ACT Urges Harawira To Support Calvert Bill
Monday, 13 December 2010, 1:19 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Maori Affairs Spokesman Hilary Calvert today urged Maori Party MP Hone Harawira to support her Foreshore and Seabed (Repeal and Establishment of Free Public Access) Amendment Bill in order to force the withdrawal of National’s Marine ... More >>
National Must Do Its Duty On Foreshore Issue
Friday, 10 December 2010, 3:43 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Maori Affairs Spokesman Hilary Calvert today urged National Party members of the Maori Affairs Select Committee to insist that the Government heed the public and withdraw the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Bill. More >>
ACT Welcomes Labour Into The Foreshore Fold
Thursday, 9 December 2010, 1:36 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Deputy Leader John Boscawen was today pleased to see that the Labour Party has gotten on board and will join ACT in opposing the Government’s proposed Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Bill. More >>
ACT Welcomes Labour Into The Foreshore Fold
Thursday, 9 December 2010, 12:45 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Deputy Leader John Boscawen was today pleased to see that the Labour Party has gotten on board and will join ACT in opposing the Government’s proposed Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Bill. More >>
NZ Super Policy Needs Total Rethink
Thursday, 9 December 2010, 9:26 am | ACT New Zealand
The Retirement Commission’s recommendations for New Zealand retirement income policy – which included raising the retirement age to 67 by 2033 – merely tinker around the edges and will not solve the problem of our ‘pay-as-you-go’ system, ACT Finance ... More >>
Harawira Correct: Foreshore Bill Is An Insult
Tuesday, 7 December 2010, 11:02 am | ACT New Zealand
Although we may have different viewpoints on the ideal outcome of the foreshore and seabed debate, Maori Party MP Hone Harawira was absolutely correct when he described the Government's proposed Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Bill as an 'insult' ... More >>
