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Forced Education Fails
Friday, 3 October 2003, 4:05 pm | Libertarianz Party
"Education is a decision for parents to make, not the state," declares Libertarianz Deputy Leader Stephen Berry in response to Nick Smith's hyperbolic assertion that a woman who refuses to send her children to school is "guilty of child ... More >>
Fat Foolishness
Thursday, 2 October 2003, 3:06 pm | Libertarianz Party
Libertarianz Deputy Leader Stephen Berry today said "Fat discrimination is a right, and Political Science student Stacey Crutch should give up trying to force people into thinking the way she wants them to." More >>
Curriculum = Mind Control
Wednesday, 1 October 2003, 4:07 pm | Libertarianz Party
"Calls from the Maxim Institute for a curriculum re-write show that Maxim are more interested in pushing their religious ideology than they are in promoting a decent education system," Peter Osborne, the Libertarianz Spokesman to Deregulate ... More >>
The Sex Industry Thought It Was Free...
Tuesday, 30 September 2003, 2:20 pm | Libertarianz Party
"The reform of prostitution laws appears virtually pointless if one looks at the draft bylaw governing the industry in Auckland, as proposed by Auckland City Council," Libertarianz Deputy Leader Stephen Berry said today. "The conditions ... More >>
Ongoing In-Your-Face Daylight Robbery
Monday, 29 September 2003, 9:03 am | Libertarianz Party
Ever wondered about the future of work? Labour's Employment Minister Steve Maharey has - and Libertarianz Health Deregulation spokesman Richard Goode has watched his deliberations with some contempt. "Last week," notes Goode, "Maharey ... More >>
National Demands Injustice For Drug Suppliers
Friday, 26 September 2003, 4:06 pm | Libertarianz Party
"National's Police spokesman, Tony Ryall, is calling for an end to one of the fundamental cornerstones of our justice system," notes a disgusted Libertarianz spokesman Stephen Berry, "simply as another weapon in the failed and corrupt ... More >>
Government's Immigration Policy Works
Friday, 26 September 2003, 11:38 am | Libertarianz Party
Citing figures provided by the NZ Association for Migration and Investment that show a net immigration drop to 2,460 over August, down from a monthly average of 3,000, Libertarianz spokesman Stephen Berry says, "The populist immigration tightening ... More >>
Libertarianz Take On The GE Mob
Tuesday, 16 September 2003, 5:45 pm | Libertarianz Party
Opposing the Luddite mob outside Parliament - a mob who were bewailing the long-overdue lifting of the GE Moratorium - was a group of freedom fighters including Libertarianz spokesman Stephen Berry. "We came here today," said Berry, "to demonstrate ... More >>
Taxing Taxis Taxes Drivers
Tuesday, 16 September 2003, 12:09 am | Libertarianz Party
State heavies from the Inland Revenue Department have begun ploughing into the taxi industry in an effort to clamp down on what they claim as 'GST non-compliance.' Libertarianz Finance Spokesman Stephen Berry expressed his horror at the IRD initiative saying, ... More >>
McDonald Did Not Get Justice
Thursday, 11 September 2003, 1:52 pm | Libertarianz Party
Libertarianz spokesman, Stephen Berry, today found himself agreeing with United Future's Marc Alexander who has disapproved of the sentence handed out to former newsreader Darren McDonald, saying, "There is absolutely no doubt that Darren McDonald ... More >>
It's Illiteracy, But Not As Everyone Knows It
Thursday, 11 September 2003, 1:51 pm | Libertarianz Party
Libertarianz spokesman, Stephen Berry, has condemned the report of Associate Maori Affairs Minister, Tariana Turia, on Maori Illiteracy, 'Te Kawai Ora: 'Reading the word, reading the world, being the world'. "It is a subjective fairyland,"says ... More >>
Large Print Giveth - Democracy Taketh Away?
Friday, 1 August 2003, 3:38 pm | Libertarianz Party
"By announcing their intention to force a referendum on the reform of prostitution law, United Future MPs Baldock and Copeland show they have not yet given up on holding the self-ownership of prostitutes to ransom," says Libertarianz spokesman Stephen ... More >>
Strong support for Death With Dignity Bill
Wednesday, 30 July 2003, 2:46 pm | Libertarianz Party
"As everyone owns their own life, voluntary euthanasia must be everybody's fundamental right," said Libertarianz spokesman on Personal Sovereignty Scott Wilson today. He declared his party's 'strong support' for NZ First MP Peter Brown's Death with ... More >>
Is Theft OK If The Majority Agrees?
Wednesday, 30 July 2003, 2:04 pm | Libertarianz Party
Libertarianz spokesman Stephen Berry today rebutted comments by Richard Prebble regarding rates rises by local councils. "Richard Prebble says that ACT will 'look at the feasibility of a private member's bill to amend the Local Government Act whereby ... More >>
You Have The Right To Shoplift
Wednesday, 30 July 2003, 2:03 pm | Libertarianz Party
Libertarianz spokesman Stephen Berry was left spitting tacks today, after witnessing a shoplifter exercising her 'rights' at the store he works in. "This women was clearly a professional criminal," said Berry, "who knows exactly how to ... More >>
He's Spending our Money Like it's his Own
Friday, 25 July 2003, 2:48 pm | Libertarianz Party
Libertarianz spokesman Stephen Berry today codemned the parade down Queen Street being led by Mayor John Banks. "It is bad enough being forced to hand over our money to Government bullies, but seeing that money wasted in such a manner is rubbing ... More >>
Political Parties Chasing the Gang Vote
Thursday, 24 July 2003, 1:34 pm | Libertarianz Party
"History teaches us that wherever there is a great demand for a product and whenever government makes it illegal, then inevitably a black market will appear to supply the demand," says Libertarianz Deregulation of Health spokesman Dr. ... More >>
Vultures In For The Kill This Sunday
Thursday, 17 July 2003, 4:35 pm | Libertarianz Party
"We really do have a long way to go to understand the true meaning of freedom in New Zealand," Libertarianz Deputy Leader Peter Osborne said today, referring to a land access dispute in South Wairarapa currently in the headlines. More >>
To Observe & Defect
Friday, 11 July 2003, 11:55 am | Libertarianz Party
"It's now confirmed: we have a police force more dedicated to doing us over than to protecting us from criminals," says Libertarianz Law & Order Spokesman Robert Palmer, following news that police were too busy 'breathalysing and revenue ... More >>
Little Excellence for the Beaten Generation
Wednesday, 9 July 2003, 10:32 am | Libertarianz Party
"Steve Maharey wants us to believe he is part of a government that is 'now placing a greater focus on teaching excellence.' Fine words, especially from one who has led a 'blameless life' of mediocrity for his entire time on earth," responded ... More >>
