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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 >>
Heather Roy's Diary - Boris Yeltsin
Friday, 27 April 2007, 2:51 pm | ACT New Zealand
There is a saying that success has a thousand fathers and failure is an orphan. During my lifetime there have been few successes like the victory of the liberal democracies over Communism. It was a victory with little bloodshed, so it is easy to forget that ... More >>
Heather Roy's Diary: Wrap our kids in Cotton Wool
Friday, 20 April 2007, 12:04 am | ACT New Zealand
Remember the days of your childhood? Getting together with the neighbourhood kids after school, not going home till you were called for dinner, biking with a group of friends. Most children nowadays have significantly less freedom than their parents ... More >>
Heather Roy - No donations please, we're Labour
Friday, 13 April 2007, 2:23 pm | ACT New Zealand
Talk back radio has been running red hot on the subject of state funding for political parties this week. Hosts have asked to see the mandate from the people and lambasted politicians (all lumped in together) for wanting to misuse the public purse - and ... More >>
ACC Ads don't have Kiwis "Covered"
Tuesday, 10 April 2007, 10:21 am | ACT New Zealand
ACC's $5 million "pat on the back" has come back to bite it with a complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority being upheld and ACC required to pull its "Covered" television advertisements in their present form says ACT Deputy Leader Heather Roy. More >>
Heather Roy's Diary
Thursday, 5 April 2007, 5:08 pm | ACT New Zealand
The long awaited report into police conduct was finally released on Tuesday this week. Dame Margaret Bazley, one of the Commissioners who conducted the inquiry, wrote the report which is lengthy with two volumes totaling 468 pages. More >>
Heather Roy's Diary – 30 March 2007
Friday, 30 March 2007, 3:18 pm | ACT New Zealand
In days gone by, armourers who made faulty weapons were tortured and killed by the survivors of the battle in which the weakness was revealed. If the executive of GlaxoSmithKline were aware of this, they clearly felt that they were out of the reach of the Ribena ... More >>
Ribena - When Good Markets Go Rotten
Wednesday, 28 March 2007, 10:07 am | ACT New Zealand
The $227,500 fine handed down to 'Ribena' makers GlaxoSmithKline yesterday should have PHARMAC examining their medicinal offerings, but also shows the success of New Zealand's current advertising rules, says ACT Health Spokesman Heather Roy. More >>
