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Collins 'Check Up' Call Shows Nats' True Colours

Thursday, 3 March 2005, 11:50 am | Libertarianz Party

"Disturbing" is how Libertarianz Free Speech Spokesman Scott Wilson describes Judith Collin's call for the Department of Internal Affairs to investigate someone who emailed her with a distasteful - but not criminal - opinion regarding her approach to censorship. More >>

Nuke-ban Naivety

Wednesday, 2 March 2005, 3:15 pm | Libertarianz Party

"Naive efforts by the Labour-led government to ban nuclear weapons internationally is a nonsense that does not recognise the need for these weapons in an unstable world" announced Libertarianz Leader and Wellington Central candidate Bernard Darnton. More >>

Libz Outraged at Robson

Tuesday, 1 March 2005, 4:36 pm | Libertarianz Party

"I am appalled that Progressive MP Matt Robson is singing the praises of a regime that flagrantly suppresses any form of dissent, that bans all media other than its own propaganda vehicles, and that imprisons, tortures and executes dissidents. More >>

Libz oppose petrol tax increase

Tuesday, 1 March 2005, 11:44 am | Libertarianz Party

"It is an outrageous additional imposition by the Labour, Green and United Future parties to hike petrol tax by 5.6 cents a litre when Dr Cullen is already confiscating billions of dollars from New Zealand's taxvictims," announced Libertarianz Leader ... More >>

Libz Advice to Finance Minister

Thursday, 24 February 2005, 3:46 pm | Libertarianz Party

Libertarianz leader Bernard Darnton today welcomed Dr Michael Cullen's call for New Zealand to become a nation of shareholders. "Dr Cullen has correctly identified that high levels of home ownership and shareholding are both economically and socially ... More >>

ACT and National join crack-down on freedom

Friday, 18 February 2005, 4:12 pm | Libertarianz Party

"In the rush to increase penalties on child porn, Parliament has voted not only to increase penalties on child porn, but also on a wide variety of other material that has nothing to do with children," declared Libertarianz censorship spokesman Scott ... More >>

Labour culpable as Te Wananga feathers its nest

Friday, 18 February 2005, 3:51 pm | Libertarianz Party

"Te Wananga o Aotearoa increasingly looks like a massive taxpayer funded scam that should stop," announced Libertarianz Leader Bernard Darnton today. More >>

NCEA Arse-Covering - Standard Practice

Friday, 18 February 2005, 2:42 pm | Libertarianz Party

With accusations flying of a cover up by Trevor Mallard and David Benson Pope over the NCEA scholarship debacle, some people just wonder what all the fuss is about. Said Peter Osborne, the Libertarianz Spokesman to Deregulate Education today. "This ... More >>

Kyoto pointless and destructive

Wednesday, 16 February 2005, 3:55 pm | Libertarianz Party

"There is no cause for celebrating the coming into effect of the Kyoto Protocol," announced Libertarianz Leader Bernard Darnton today. "The Protocol is a nonsense, as is the politically-driven science behind it." More >>

No call for IRD and NZ Police to merge

Wednesday, 16 February 2005, 1:37 pm | Libertarianz Party

"The timing of the Police Union Organiser's tired old claim of organised crime gaining foothold in NZ via drugs is transparently political," says Libertarianz spokesman on Law and Order Robert Palmer. "And the IRD hardly need encouraging to be thuggishly ... More >>

Replace rates with user pays

Tuesday, 15 February 2005, 2:13 pm | Libertarianz Party

"Calls from bloated local authorities to find new ways of fleecing the public are outrageous and should be rejected by the government" announced Libertarianz Leader Bernard Darnton today as he expressed his disgust at his latest rates bill. More >>

Tariana Seeks Return to Stone Age

Friday, 11 February 2005, 4:51 pm | Libertarianz Party

"Tariana Turia's claim that allowing terminator gene technology will cause some mystical imbalance is primitive quackery that should be ignored" declared Libertarianz Leader Bernard Darnton today. More >>

People's Republic of Auckland

Friday, 11 February 2005, 4:47 pm | Libertarianz Party

"Auckland ratepayers should be incensed at the socialist city council announcing a 9% increase in rates to pay for their pet projects" declared Libertarianz Deputy and Auckland Central Candidate Stephen Berry today. More >>

3.6% Unemployment - Worth Celebrating?

Friday, 11 February 2005, 4:34 pm | Libertarianz Party

"I would be more excited about the unemployment rate if I thought for a moment it was a true figure," said Libertarianz leader Bernard Darnon this morning. More >>

NZQA Will Get Incompetence Reward - You Watch

Friday, 11 February 2005, 2:55 pm | Libertarianz Party

''What more evidence do people need to realise that education must be independent of the State? The recent failures of the NCEA and scholarship exams are a stark example of the Libertarianz case for separation,'' says Peter Osborne, Libertarianz Spokesman ... More >>

Libz cheers death of Togolese thug

Wednesday, 9 February 2005, 5:08 pm | Libertarianz Party

"Another thug bites the dust" cheered Libertarianz Leader Bernard Darnton today, on the news of the death of Togolese dictator, Gnassingbe Eyadema. More >>

Why Gun Registration Fails

Tuesday, 8 February 2005, 3:09 pm | Libertarianz Party

"With Gary Mauser attending the ANZSOC conference in Wellington this week, politicians, justice officials and police will be able to receive first-hand information as to why gun registration is the ultimate in political folly," claims Peter Linton, Libertarianz ... More >>

Waitangi Offers Chance to Challenge Racism

Friday, 4 February 2005, 3:02 pm | Libertarianz Party

With Waitangi Day fast approaching, Libertarianz Spokesman for Deregulation of Maori Affairs Tim Wikiriwhi suggests it a good time to review the race-based policies and race-based funding still being doled out by this government. More >>

Dump the NCEA? Dump The Whole Stinkin' Ministry

Wednesday, 2 February 2005, 1:31 pm | Libertarianz Party

Peter Osborne, the Libertarianz Spokesman to Deregulate Education today applauded Act MP, Deborah Coddington's call to allow school dumping of the NCEA. More >>

Leave Housing Market Alone

Monday, 10 January 2005, 1:35 pm | Libertarianz Party

Keith Patterson, Libertarianz Housing Deregulation Spokesman, urges Labour not to engage in its housing assistance scheme for first time home buyers. Patterson says, "This trendy, populist new assistance project is not only a moral disgrace, but will ... More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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