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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 >>
ETS The Wrong Approach
Tuesday, 21 July 2009, 2:09 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Finance Spokesman Sir Roger Douglas today urged the Government and the Emissions Trading Scheme Select Committee to carefully scrutinise the report released last week by the Centre of Independent Studies. "The report states, quite ... More >>
Heather Roy: Seeking The Best For Our Children
Sunday, 19 July 2009, 1:20 pm | ACT New Zealand
The current economic climate has had a significant effect on our decision-making. Things that we, as a country and as individuals, had previously been able to afford are now thought about much more carefully before the cheque is written. More >>
Heather Roy's Diary: One Small Step For Man...
Friday, 17 July 2009, 2:00 pm | ACT New Zealand
This Saturday television viewers will be treated to a re-run of what is, in my opinion, one of the best adventure movies ever - Tom Hanks' 'Apollo 13', which is being screened to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the launch of Apollo 11 on July 16 1969. More >>
ING's 'Good Offer' Claim Completely Laughable
Tuesday, 14 July 2009, 4:45 pm | ACT New Zealand
Ninety-five percent of the investors who had funds frozen with ING may have accepted the company's offer yesterday, but that doesn't mean that they are all happy about it - it just means they were backed into a corner and felt they had no other option, ... More >>
ACT Welcomes Labour Support on ING/ANZ
Tuesday, 14 July 2009, 9:21 am | ACT New Zealand
It is heartening to see that Commerce Select Committee Chair Lianne Dalziel has joined me in my campaign to ensure that New Zealanders who have lost money through the ING/ANZ Diversified Yield or Regular Income Funds are able to recover their losses should ... More >>
The World Is Watching
Friday, 10 July 2009, 4:45 pm | ACT New Zealand
Hon Heather Roy, ACT Deputy Leader Friday, July 10 2009 People who have moved house since the 2008 election have until the end of today to update their electoral details if they wish to vote in the upcoming referendum on the controversial Anti-Smacking ... More >>
Defence Review 09 Momentum Starting To Build
Tuesday, 7 July 2009, 11:48 am | ACT New Zealand
Just over a week after its launch, the public consultation phase of Defence Review 2009 has been received well and has already drawn a positive response, Associate Minister of Defence Heather Roy said today. More >>
Proposed Foreshore Legislation Repeal Overdue
Monday, 6 July 2009, 9:52 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Maori Issues Spokesman Peter Tashkoff today congratulated the Maori Party for seeing through the review of the Foreshore & Seabed Act (FSA) and prompting the proposal for its repeal. More >>
Heather Roy's Diary: Friends And Allies
Friday, 3 July 2009, 5:06 pm | ACT New Zealand
As a Minister my days consist of appointments following briefings, following meetings and more. The engagements I've had this week include attending a special reception to celebrate the United States' 233rd anniversary of independence, and tomorrow night ... More >>
Calls For Voluntary Student Association Membership
Monday, 29 June 2009, 4:09 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader Heather Roy today reiterated her call for student association membership to be made voluntary, following an article in the 'Press' newspaper that a woman has been jailed for 22 months after defrauding the Christchurch ... More >>
Heather Roy's Diary
Sunday, 28 June 2009, 4:16 pm | ACT New Zealand
This week the issue of Country of Origin Labelling (CoOL) appeared in the media again with articles in both the 'Sunday Star-Times' and the 'Herald On Sunday' newspapers, as well as press releases from a number of different interest groups. More >>
Anti-smacking law insult to Tino-Rangatiratanga
Friday, 26 June 2009, 11:51 am | ACT New Zealand
Anti-smacking legislation is not simply useless, but is in fact making the problem worse. What’s more it is an insult to Tino-Rangatiratanga of whanau, ACT New Zealand Maori Issues Spokesperson Peter Tashkoff said today. More >>
