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Maharey Free With Rhetoric, But Not With ECE
Monday, 25 June 2007, 4:49 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Education Spokesman Heather Roy today congratulated Education Minister Steve Maharey for pulling off, what may be, the biggest scam in New Zealand's history of Early Childhood Education. More >>
Heather Roy's Diary Tackles Foreign Doctors
Friday, 22 June 2007, 11:57 am | ACT New Zealand
There's been a lot said recently about 'foreign doctors', and much of it has been hostile. Foreign-trained doctors have no control over their skin colour or their accent when speaking in a second language. My first criteria when looking for a doctor ... More >>
Keith Locke To Address ACT Conference
Thursday, 21 June 2007, 10:57 am | ACT New Zealand
Green Party MP Keith Locke has confirmed that he will speak at the ACT New Zealand Auckland South Regional Conference this coming weekend. More >>
Time For Education Ministry To Butt Out
Wednesday, 20 June 2007, 2:38 pm | ACT New Zealand
Island Bay parents now faced with the prospect of having to send their children miles away to gain an education - rather than down the road to the nearest school - are the latest victims of Labour's broken election promises, ACT New Zealand Education ... More >>
Parents Unite Against Broken ECE Promise
Tuesday, 19 June 2007, 12:14 am | ACT New Zealand
Education Minister Steve Maharey would do well to return to pre-school himself - perhaps then he might learn that 'free' early childhood education means 'no payment required', ACT New Zealand Education Spokesman Heather Roy said today. More >>
Heather Roy's Diary
Friday, 15 June 2007, 12:31 am | ACT New Zealand
Health Sector Strikes; 20 Hours Free Please More >>
Heather Roy's Diary: Who's To Blame?
Friday, 8 June 2007, 2:52 pm | ACT New Zealand
The news this week has been largely dominated by the case of Folole Maliaga, the Mangere woman who died just hours after her power was cut off by a Mercury Energy contractor. More >>
No Friends At Nuclear-Free Birthday Party
Thursday, 7 June 2007, 4:20 pm | ACT New Zealand
Tomorrow will see people around the country celebrating the 20th anniversary of Labour's New Zealand Nuclear-Free Zone Disarmament and Arms Control Act - a piece of legislation that has long outlived its relevance and that is now having negative repercussions ... More >>
Heather Roy's Diary
Friday, 1 June 2007, 11:22 am | ACT New Zealand
Not A BANG - But A Whimper; Parliamentary Prayer; Lest We Forget More >>
Maharey's Long Road...To The Middle
Tuesday, 29 May 2007, 1:04 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Education Spokesman Heather Roy today demanded that Education Minister Steve Maharey quit encouraging school students to reach the truly dizzying heights of mediocrity. More >>
Heather Roy's Diary - 25 May 2007
Friday, 25 May 2007, 2:12 pm | ACT New Zealand
After months of waiting for the results of a police investigation former Labour MP Taito Phillip Field, who is now an independent MP formally received the news this week that Police are seeking leave from the High Court to proceed with 14 charges ... More >>
Heather Roy's Diary
Friday, 18 May 2007, 4:23 pm | ACT New Zealand
Laws on Gangs; The Budget; Why has Gordon Copeland resigned? ; Lest We Forget This week in history More >>
Rodney Hide: Speech in reply to the Budget 2007
Thursday, 17 May 2007, 4:34 pm | ACT New Zealand
Michael Cullen famously said his polices would be judged on whether they produced four percent real growth. They should be his famous last words. The outlook for the next five years is a paltry 2.3 percent. It's less than two percent for the next ... More >>
Act Want Free Vote on Anti-Smacking Bill
Tuesday, 15 May 2007, 5:16 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Rodney Hide has written to Helen Clark and John Key urging them to allow their MPs a free vote on Sue Bradford's Anti-Smacking Bill. More >>
Show us where the money has gone Dr Cullen
Tuesday, 15 May 2007, 8:57 am | ACT New Zealand
Rodney Hide's Speech to Council of Canterbury Manufacturers' Association, Christchurch, Monday 14 May 2007. More >>
Heather Roy's Diary - Playing Privacy Poker
Friday, 11 May 2007, 2:06 pm | ACT New Zealand
Another 2005 election promise has been on the agenda this week - this time it has been Winston Peters' SuperGold Card for Senior Citizens and Veterans. Parliament has been debating the Social Security (Entitlement Cards) Amendment Bill. This is ... More >>
Democracy denied by Clark and Key
Thursday, 10 May 2007, 8:05 am | ACT New Zealand
In response to questioning by Rodney Hide in Parliament today the Prime Minister said she was not aware of any public polling since the 'anti-smacking' compromise amendment deal was struck with John Key. More >>
Playing Privacy Poker with Other People's Chips
Wednesday, 9 May 2007, 10:13 am | ACT New Zealand
"Winston Peters' Super Gold Cards will be able to be embedded with microchips if the law passes as it is currently written. The potential for sinister misuse of the information is huge and underestimated," said ACT Deputy Leader Heather Roy today. More >>
Heather Roy's Diary - 20 Hours Free - Yeah Right!
Friday, 4 May 2007, 2:07 pm | ACT New Zealand
If something looks and sounds too good to be true it probably is. In the run-up to the 2005 election many promises were made - nothing unusual in that. However many were policies made up on the hoof in what was essentially a bidding war between the ... More >>
ACT still opposes Section 59 Bill
Wednesday, 2 May 2007, 5:26 pm | ACT New Zealand
"ACT continues to oppose the repeal of Section 59 of the Crimes Act - Sue Bradford's "anti smacking" Bill despite the fact that Labour and National consider they have found a compromise," said Mrs Roy. More >>
