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Result No Surprise
Saturday, 22 August 2009, 1:05 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand MP John Boscawen was tonight pleased – but unsurprised – that 87.6 percent the 1,622,150 Kiwis who participated in the Anti-Smacking Referendum citizens voted ‘NO’. More >>
Inquiry Step In Right Direction
Thursday, 20 August 2009, 5:23 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Finance Company Spokesman John Boscawen today welcomed the Commerce Select Committee’s decision to conduct an inquiry into the failing finance company sector that has ruined so many Kiwis’ lives. "Since February I have been calling ... More >>
VSM Bill Will Set Students Free
Thursday, 20 August 2009, 2:49 pm | ACT New Zealand
The drawing of my Education (Freedom of Association) Members Bill is the first step in liberating students from the flawed and out-dated law that forces them to join their local student association and steals their right to make their own decisions, ... More >>
Three Strikes Would Have Saved Him
Wednesday, 19 August 2009, 4:49 pm | ACT New Zealand
The number of killers that ACT's 'Three Strikes' law would have prevented from killing has now risen to 80 following Guy Nicholas Wilson's conviction for the 2006 murder of Noi Kai Chong Boon, ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman David Garrett said today. ... More >>
IT Crucial To The Future Of Education
Sunday, 16 August 2009, 2:27 pm | ACT New Zealand
Technology advances continue to gather momentum everywhere at a remarkable pace. I suspect we have become so used to this state of affairs that we take the importance of technological progress for granted and are now somewhat immune to the way it has ... More >>
Vote No For Conscience Sake
Tuesday, 11 August 2009, 2:51 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand MP John Boscawen today urged Yes Vote Campaign's Deborah Morris-Travers to vote 'No' in the anti-smacking referendum given her public admission today that she doesn't want to see ordinary parents 'prosecuted for inconsequential physical ... More >>
Supporting Special Needs Students Into The Future
Sunday, 9 August 2009, 1:47 pm | ACT New Zealand
Hon Heather Roy, Associate Minister Of Education Friday, August 7 2009 Hon Heather Roy launch of the new Transition Service for Secondary Aged Students in Christchurch; Ministry of Education, Riccarton, Christchurch; Friday, August 7 2009. More >>
Heather Roy's Diary
Saturday, 8 August 2009, 1:49 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT achieved a major milestone in our work to further school choice this week when, in my capacity as Associate Minister of Education, I announced a new scholarship initiative to enable 250 students from low socio-economic backgrounds to attend an ... More >>
MTransparency, Accountability And emocracy
Monday, 3 August 2009, 3:54 pm | ACT New Zealand
Transparency, accountability and democracy are the watchwords of the week with the three big items in the media in the past few days revolving around these areas. The first relates to Social Development Minister Paula Bennett's decision to narrow the ... More >>
Heather Roy's Diary
Sunday, 2 August 2009, 1:16 pm | ACT New Zealand
Transparency, accountability and democracy are the watchwords of the week with the three big items in the media in the past few days revolving around these areas. More >>
English - Govt Spending Not Value For Money
Friday, 31 July 2009, 9:00 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Associate Finance Spokesman John Boscawen today called on Finance Minister Bill English to immediately cut Government spending, in the wake of his astounding admission that New Zealand households are not getting a good deal for ... More >>
Exercise Your Democratic Right
Thursday, 30 July 2009, 5:33 pm | ACT New Zealand
Good parents are being criminalised and children are still being killed as a result of horrendous physical abuse – it is time for this miscarriage of justice to end, ACT New Zealand MP John Boscawen said today. "My Crimes (Reasonable Parental Control ... More >>
Have Your Say In Anti-Smacking Referendum
Thursday, 30 July 2009, 3:52 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader and Anti-Smacking Spokesman Hon Heather Roy today urged New Zealanders to exercise their right to democracy and take part in the Anti-Smacking Referendum - voting papers for which will begin arriving in letterboxes tomorrow. More >>
Go If You Have To, Mr Key
Tuesday, 28 July 2009, 1:36 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Welfare Spokesman Sir Roger Douglas today accused Prime Minister John Key of emotionally blackmailing his colleagues to ignore much-needed superannuation reform by threatening to resign should any changes be made to superannuation eligibility. More >>
Lower Productivity Will Increase Poverty
Monday, 27 July 2009, 3:45 pm | ACT New Zealand
Calls by Maori leadership expecting to eliminate poverty by increasing handouts are short-sighted and will create the opposite results to what they are actually seeking, ACT New Zealand Maori Issues Spokesman Peter Tashkoff said today. More >>
Public Support Adds Pressure For 'Three Strikes'
Sunday, 26 July 2009, 1:57 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Law & Order Spokesman David Garrett today released new information showing that an overwhelming 75 percent of New Zealanders support ACT's 'Three Strikes' policy and 73 percent of New Zealanders advocate National adopting it as official ... More >>
Media Storm In A Credit Teacup
Friday, 24 July 2009, 5:00 pm | ACT New Zealand
A simple product launch this week quickly turned into something of a media storm as news agencies reported a 'revolutionary new' credit rating system. In reality the product is a numerical scoring of the company's credit data, which can be purchased ... More >>
My Door’s Always Open, Mr Key
Friday, 24 July 2009, 11:02 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Welfare Spokesman Sir Roger Douglas today called for a genuine rethink of how we deliver welfare services in New Zealand in light of startling figures showing that - since the introduction of Working for Families in 2004 - the ratio of workers ... More >>
ANZ’s Reputation At Stake
Thursday, 23 July 2009, 5:27 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Finance Company Spokesman John Boscawen today urged ANZ to give investors more time to lodge complaints around ANZ/ING's Diversified Yield Fund and Regular Income Fund following Banking Ombudsman Liz Brown’s appearance before the Commerce ... More >>
Police Need To Front Up To Gun Owners
Wednesday, 22 July 2009, 3:10 pm | ACT New Zealand
Recent moves by police to reclassify thumb - holes on rifle stocks as 'free - standing pistol grips' will have expensive and far - reaching consequences for gun owners, ACT New Zealand Law & Order Spokesman David Garrett said today. "By introducing a ... More >>
