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More Parties Follow ACT's Lead To Oppose ETS
Wednesday, 18 June 2008, 12:35 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Rodney Hide today welcomed news that both the Maori Party and United Future will oppose the Labour Government's proposed Emissions Trading Bill, and called on the Greens and New Zealand First to do the same. More >>
Butt Out, Helen
Tuesday, 17 June 2008, 12:07 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader and National Security Spokesman Heather Roy today instructed Prime Minister Helen Clark to butt out of law-abiding New Zealanders' lives and do something constructive for a change. More >>
ETS Should Be Dumped - Not Recycled
Monday, 16 June 2008, 2:10 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Rodney Hide today labelled the Emissions Trading Scheme tabled in Parliament a costly mistake that will costs jobs and undermine New Zealand's standard of living. More >>
Heather Roy's Diary - 13 June 2008
Friday, 13 June 2008, 1:45 pm | ACT New Zealand
Un-common Sense & Cellphones; The Shooting Of Navtej Singh; Lest We Forget - the Formation of the Modern-Day Police Force More >>
Roy: Making New Zealand Safe For Our Children
Wednesday, 11 June 2008, 9:57 am | ACT New Zealand
New Zealand needs a real vision and goals - and neither Labour nor National seem to have either. But until those setting the political agenda know where we're heading - as in, what sort of a country we want to leave for our children and grandchildren ... More >>
Rodney Hide Speech: Roger Is Back
Sunday, 8 June 2008, 3:24 pm | ACT New Zealand
Speech to Sir Roger Douglas Electorate Announcement; Blackbridge Road, Karaka, Auckland; Sunday, June 8 2008 More >>
ACT Welcomes National's flip-flop
Friday, 6 June 2008, 4:34 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Rodney Hide welcomes the National Party's change of heart on the Government's Criminal Procedures Bill. More >>
DHB Financial Crisis Impacting On Wellingtonians
Friday, 6 June 2008, 1:16 pm | ACT New Zealand
The deepening financial crisis at Capital & Coast District Health Board is impacting severely on the provision of health services for Wellington patients, ACT New Zealand Health Spokesman and Wellington-based MP Heather Roy said today. More >>
Roy: Speech to the National Press Club
Friday, 6 June 2008, 11:51 am | ACT New Zealand
Speech to the National Press Club; Bellamy's, Parliament, Wellington; Thursday, June 5 2008 More >>
Heather Roy's Dairy: Daniel In The Lion's Den
Friday, 6 June 2008, 10:54 am | ACT New Zealand
On Thursday, I spoke to the NZEI – the Early Childhood and Primary Teachers' Union – about ACT's Education policy and went through, what can only be described as, one of those 'Daniel in the Lion's Den' experiences. More >>
Nats Should Back Victims - Not Lawyers
Thursday, 5 June 2008, 11:24 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Rodney Hide today called on the National Party to drop its opposition to the Government's Criminal Procedure Bill and back victims, not lawyers. More >>
Douglas: Raising The Kiwi Standard Of Living
Thursday, 5 June 2008, 10:07 am | ACT New Zealand
When I was at university 50 years ago, New Zealand was ranked as having the world’s third highest standard of living – today we are ranked 30th, with Greece having recently slipped past us. More >>
Record Inflation, Paltry Growth, Surplus Spent
Thursday, 5 June 2008, 10:05 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Rodney Hide today said that the inflation forecast of 4.7 percent completed Finance Minister Dr Michael Cullen's economy failure trifecta - record inflation, paltry growth and high government spending. More >>
Heather Roy's Diary - Apology To Viet Nam Veterans
Friday, 30 May 2008, 9:59 am | ACT New Zealand
Forty-three years ago this week, then Prime Minister Keith Holyoake announced that New Zealand would contribute to the defence of South Viet Nam by sending troops and, on Wednesday - to a full public gallery of veterans in Parliament - the Crown offered ... More >>
Overdue Recognition For Kiwi Viet Nam Veterans
Wednesday, 28 May 2008, 3:38 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Party Response to Prime Minister's Statement (Crown Apology) To New Zealand Viet Nam Veterans; Parliament; Wednesday, May 28 2008 More >>
Blind Ideology Costs Taxpayers Nearly Another $1Bn
Wednesday, 28 May 2008, 9:49 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Rodney Hide today accused Finance Minister Dr Michael Cullen of allowing his blind commitment to State ownership to cost Kiwi taxpayers the thick end of another billion dollars. More >>
Hide: ACT's 20-Point Plan To Beat Australia
Monday, 26 May 2008, 6:11 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT's 20-Point Plan To Beat Australia Rodney Hide MP Sunday, May 25 2008 More >>
South Island Launch Of ACT's 20-Point Plan
Friday, 23 May 2008, 4:09 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Rodney Hide will host a special brunch to mark the South Island launch of ACT New Zealand's 20-Point Pledge Card - a definitive plan to turn the New Zealand economy around and beat Australia. More >>
Heather Roy's Diary: Cullen's Last Stand?
Friday, 23 May 2008, 2:48 pm | ACT New Zealand
Finance Minister Dr Michael Cullen gave his ninth Budget yesterday, following a long period of speculation about the size of the tax cuts he would deliver. This budget was widely billed as Dr Cullen's last, with an increasing feeling that there will ... More >>
Cullen's Budget Too Little Too Late
Thursday, 22 May 2008, 4:32 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Rodney Hide today said that Finance Minister Dr Michael Cullen's tax cuts were baby steps in the right direction - but are too little too late. "They do not compensate for the high taxes Labour has imposed, or the high interest rates it has ... More >>
