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Labour costs Hawkes Bay 100 cataract Ops
Wednesday, 8 February 2006, 5:30 pm | ACT New Zealand
Hawkes Bay District Health Board is right to be grumpy about the $300,000 a year holding costs it must pay for the old Napier hospital. The DHB has been keen to sell the building for several years and Health Minister Pete Hodgson must come clean and ... More >>
ACT's The Letter 7 February 2006
Tuesday, 7 February 2006, 2:05 pm | ACT New Zealand
Putting the demonstrators in parliament has given us a quiet Waitangi Day. Labour has had its first cabinet meeting. Political parties have given their "State of the Nation" speeches. Are we headed for a recession? Can this minority government hold ... More >>
Heather Roy's Diary - February 3 2006
Friday, 3 February 2006, 1:59 pm | ACT New Zealand
Following the election in September I have taken on a new area of responsibility which relates directly to the safety and security of kiwis - the portfolio of National Security. More >>
Rodney Hide - Forward Thinking for New Zealand
Thursday, 2 February 2006, 2:43 pm | ACT New Zealand
Epsom people love that their vote caused the election night upset. Their vote mattered. Their vote made a difference. More >>
Roy: Looking Forward for New Zealand Luncheon
Thursday, 2 February 2006, 12:31 am | ACT New Zealand
The consequences of our actions have consequences that go beyond our own lifetime. But the past, the present and the future are of course inextricably linked. More >>
Nominees for ACT New Zealand Board of Trustees 06
Wednesday, 1 February 2006, 3:48 pm | ACT New Zealand
President Garry Mallett John Ormond Vice President Barry Parkin Frank Newman Trevor Loudon Board member Auckland North region More >>
ACT: The Liberal Project
Wednesday, 1 February 2006, 2:16 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT enters the 11th year of its life in remarkably buoyant spirits, despite suffering its worst ever election result last year (1.5%), the biggest fall of any party in the election (109,000 party votes), and the loss of seven of its nine talented members ... More >>
Roy: Speech to the Gisborne Rotary Club
Wednesday, 25 January 2006, 10:17 am | ACT New Zealand
I am delighted to be here this morning and thank you for your invitation to give what is officially my first speech of the year. Any politician worth their salt it seems, launches their political year with a speech at a Rotary Club. More >>
Carbon Tax Belongs in Dustbin Of History
Wednesday, 21 December 2005, 4:15 pm | ACT New Zealand
Today's announcement that the Labour Government will not go ahead with the carbon tax is a victory for all New Zealanders, says ACT leader Rodney Hide. More >>
Doing Better At Doing Business
Tuesday, 20 December 2005, 10:59 am | ACT New Zealand
The World Bank survey ranking New Zealand 1st in the world for doing business will come as a surprise to Kiwi entrepreneurs struggling under high tax and hefty compliance costs, says ACT leader Rodney Hide. More >>
ACT's The Letter – 19 December 2005
Monday, 19 December 2005, 1:28 pm | ACT New Zealand
Liberty is safe as parliament is adjourned for the summer. Peters loses his electoral petition. The Herald poll puts Labour ahead. More >>
Does PM Accept Benson-Pope's Word?
Monday, 12 December 2005, 2:33 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Rodney Hide said today that Prime Minister Helen Clark must state whether she still accepts the word of her Social Development and Employment Minister, David Benson-Pope. More >>
ACT's The Letter - 12 December 2005
Monday, 12 December 2005, 2:14 pm | ACT New Zealand
Parliament's last week for the year. TVNZ's Colmar-Brunton polls that predicted National would win the election continue to place National ahead. The Reserve Bank has raised interest rates again. The Greens accept baubles without office. More >>
Doctor Shortage Not New
Monday, 12 December 2005, 1:12 pm | ACT New Zealand
Results of the College of General Practitioners' workforce survey should not come as a surprise to anyone who has been paying attention to the rising crisis of GP shortages in New Zealand, says ACT Health Spokesman, Heather Roy. More >>
Aucklanders Pay For Greedy Government
Monday, 12 December 2005, 9:53 am | ACT New Zealand
Auckland City Council's proposed rates increases of 55% to 196% over the next ten years are outrageous and will be a huge shock to ratepayers, says the Member of Parliament for Epsom, Rodney Hide. More >>
Now's The Time For Tax Cuts
Friday, 9 December 2005, 2:38 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Rodney Hide says that now is the time for tax cuts, following Treasury's report that Government's operating suplus over the last four months is $3 billion. More >>
TVNZ A Dog's Show If Left To ACT And Nats
Thursday, 8 December 2005, 3:59 pm | ACT New Zealand
New Zealand First is warning of the ulterior motives of ACT and the National Party to sell off TVNZ completely and leave it to the vagaries of market forces. More >>
ACT - The Lucky Party!
Thursday, 8 December 2005, 2:10 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Rodney Hide has declared the ACT party "the lucky party", with the entire caucus having their Members' Bills pulled from the Ballot today. More >>
Bill Removes PHARMAC Exemption From Commerce Act
Thursday, 8 December 2005, 1:03 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Health Spokesman Heather Roy is delighted that her Bill to remove PHARMAC's exemption from Part 2 of the Commerce Act has been drawn from the Ballot today, and will be debated by Parliament. More >>
Merry Christmas, Mr Bollard!
Thursday, 8 December 2005, 10:26 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Rodney Hide today said New Zealand was in the worst of all worlds, following the Reserve Bank's latest increase in the Official Cash Rate. More >>
