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Sean Fitzpatrick to be Libertarianz Candidate in Ohariu

Friday, 30 September 2011, 4:52 pm | Libertarianz Party

Libertarianz Deputy Leader, Sean Fitzpatrick, has officially announced his candidacy for the Ohariu electorate in this year’s general election. More >>

No Place For Puritanical Drug Laws, Says Libz

Monday, 26 September 2011, 1:43 pm | Libertarianz Party

Libertarianz Party leader and Wairarapa electorate candidate Richard McGrath has backed Don Brash’s calls for marijuana to be decriminalized, saying his party supports full legalization of the cannabis trade. More >>

Libz Endorse Minto's Menu

Wednesday, 21 September 2011, 1:52 pm | Libertarianz Party

Libertarianz Party leader Richard McGrath has come out in support of several policies recently proposed by Mana Party candidate John Minto. “My party backs a number of suggestions made by Mr Minto, because they would increase the economic and social ... More >>

Red Zone Becomes Much Redder

Tuesday, 20 September 2011, 3:02 pm | Libertarianz Party

Libertarianz leader Richard McGrath condemns Phil Goff's ill-thought-out and hastily concocted bribe to sway Christchurch voters to vote for his party in November. In a move that Robert Mugabe would applaud, Labour seems intent on confiscating land ... More >>

You Still Have the Right to Remain Silent

Wednesday, 14 September 2011, 1:26 pm | Libertarianz Party

Libertarianz Party leader Richard McGrath today attacked the National and United Future Parties for their failed attempt to repeal the legal right for people accused of crimes to remain silent. More >>

Goff’s Suicide Note Attacked By Senior Labour MP

Saturday, 30 July 2011, 4:45 pm | Libertarianz Party

Libertarianz leader Richard McGrath today backed crippled Labour MP Trevor Mallard’s recent comments about Phil Goff’s proposed capital gains tax. More >>

Labour Back To Old Tricks

Friday, 15 July 2011, 10:15 am | Libertarianz Party

Libertarianz leader Richard McGrath today accused Labour of "rich prick bashing", and asked why, if a capital gains tax is such a good idea, his party had withheld its enormous benefits from New Zealanders for the nine long years of Helen Clark's ... More >>

The Failed Welfare Experiment

Tuesday, 24 May 2011, 10:45 am | Libertarianz Party

“New Zealand’s most destructive social policy promises more death and depravity to come,” said Peter Osborne, Libertarianz Spokesman for Social Welfare today, in response to released figures on child abuse. More >>

Labour Joins National In Farmer-Bashing

Monday, 23 May 2011, 10:20 am | Libertarianz Party

Libertarianz leader Richard McGrath has called for rural folk should lodge a protest vote with his party this year. He says both National and Labour are only interested in taxing them in order to bribe left-leaning city dwellers. More >>

Broken English Should Go, Say Libz

Friday, 20 May 2011, 2:12 pm | Libertarianz Party

Libertarianz Party leader Richard McGrath today called for John Key to deliver Finance Minister Bill English’s head on a pike, following revelations that government borrowing over a single week approached the billion dollar mark recently. More >>

Libz Leader Enters Wairarapa Race

Tuesday, 17 May 2011, 9:44 am | Libertarianz Party

Masterton doctor and Libertarianz Party leader Richard McGrath has again put his name forward as a candidate for the Wairarapa electorate seat, currently held by National MP John Hayes. More >>

Bring Back Brash, Say Libz

Wednesday, 27 April 2011, 9:20 am | Libertarianz Party

Libertarianz leader Richard McGrath offered his enthusiastic support to Don Brash in his bid to oust Rodney Hide as ACT leader. More >>

Government Vandalises Christchurch Businesses

Monday, 21 March 2011, 10:35 am | Libertarianz Party

Libertarianz Party leader Richard McGrath has called for a moratorium on the further demolition of Christchurch buildings damaged in February’s earthquake until the owners have had the opportunity to search them and retrieve what property they can. More >>

Christchurch Recovery

Tuesday, 1 March 2011, 11:50 am | Libertarianz Party

Now that greater thought is being given to the recovery of Christchurch and the repercussions that this disaster will have on the New Zealand economy. It feels as if the direction we take now will set the tone for generations to come. Rather than proceed with the ... More >>

Where Force-Fed Welfare Exists, Misery Is Ever Near

Tuesday, 22 February 2011, 1:31 pm | Libertarianz Party

“The very existence of the Welfare Working Group confirms the corrupt philosophy of our welfare state,” says Peter Osborne, Libertarianz Spokesman for Social Welfare. More >>

Jedi High Council Statement Challenged

Thursday, 10 February 2011, 11:45 am | Libertarianz Party

Libertarianz leader Richard McGrath suggested a press statement from an entity known as Master Yoda - who claimed to represent the ‘Jedi High Council’ - was a hoax, after receiving a private communication from the Jedi Church. More >>

Min Wage Rise Will Keep Low-Skilled Workers In Their Place

Tuesday, 8 February 2011, 11:40 am | Libertarianz Party

Libertarianz leader Richard McGrath wonders whether the current government takes perverse pleasure in destroying job prospects for the young and low-skilled, or whether John Key and labour Minister Kate Wilkinson are merely "pig-ignorant Tories". "By ... More >>

Libertarianz Request Audience With Jedi Religious Leaders

Monday, 7 February 2011, 3:08 pm | Libertarianz Party

In the wake of what he describes as “the annual farce played out at the Ratana marae, where Labour and National leaders fall over each other to ingratiate themselves and buy votes,” Libertarianz leader Richard McGrath said he would like to prostrate ... More >>

ACT Takes Further Step Toward Oblivion

Monday, 7 February 2011, 10:54 am | Libertarianz Party

Libertarianz leader Richard McGrath said though he is disappointed his party will not be fielding a candidate in the Botany by-election, he is even more disturbed by the ACT Party’s representative. “Lyn Murphy has described herself as ‘centrist’ ... More >>

Is Goff Chasing Tax-Avoiding Labour MPs?

Monday, 31 January 2011, 4:55 pm | Libertarianz Party

Libertarianz leader Richard McGrath challenged Phil Goff to state for the record that none of his MPs attempt to reduce their taxable income, in the wake of Goff’s call for establishment of an Anti-Avoidance Tax Taskforce. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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