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Private Tertiary Education - Celebrating Success
Wednesday, 9 September 2009, 3:04 pm | ACT New Zealand
Hon Heather Roy address to the New Zealand Association of Private Education Providers (NZAPEP) 2009 Annual Conference; Waipuna Conference Centre, Mt Wellington, Auckland; Wednesday, September 9 2009. More >>
Heather Roy's Diary: Special Guest Edition
Saturday, 5 September 2009, 12:22 pm | ACT New Zealand
I've been visiting our troops in the Solomon Islands this week so the diary has been provided by a guest 'ghost' writer. More >>
Boscawen Challenges Local MPs To Front
Friday, 4 September 2009, 3:47 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand MP John Boscawen today challenged Labour leader Phil Goff to attend a public meeting this Monday, in his Mt Roskill electorate, in order to defend his decision not to support a law change, despite the overwhelming smacking referendum ... More >>
Allegations Merely A Publicity Stunt
Friday, 4 September 2009, 2:29 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand MP David Garrett was today not surprised that the alleged breach of privilege complaints laid by Labour's Clayton Cosgrove and Carmel Sepuloni, were not upheld by the Speaker. "Neither complaint was serious and rather seemed to be ... More >>
Boscawen's Bill Offers Solution For All
Wednesday, 26 August 2009, 4:30 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand MP John Boscawen was today delighted that his Crimes (Reasonable Parental Control and Correction) Amendment Private Member's Bill had been drawn from the Ballot and said that – in the wake of the Anti-Smacking Referendum result – ... More >>
Time to get positive about Maori representation
Wednesday, 26 August 2009, 12:41 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Government's re-affirmation that there will be no reserved Maori seats on the Auckland Supercity Council means it is now time for Maori to seek positive measures for representation in Auckland and for the exercise of Kaitiakitanga (guardianship) ... More >>
Time To Listen To The People
Sunday, 23 August 2009, 12:42 pm | ACT New Zealand
Last night an overwhelming majority - over 1.4million of the 1.6 million who voted in the Anti-Smacking Referendum - sent a strong message to Government. Most parents made it crystal clear that light smacking for the purpose of correction should not ... More >>
Time For The Politicians To Listen
Saturday, 22 August 2009, 1:47 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader Heather Roy today welcomed news that 87.6 percent of the 1,622,150 New Zealanders who voted in the Anti-Smacking Referendum have exercised their right to democracy and voted ‘NO’. More >>
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 >>
