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Sludgegate: "Anonymous" P.I. Report on Chisholm
Thursday, 7 December 2000, 8:36 pm | Libertarianz Party
Earlier this year Adrian Chisholm had to sleep on Christine Fletcher's Mayoral couch to retrieve a Private Investigator's report on him that council had commissioned. More >>
'The Community' vs Adrian Chisholm
Thursday, 7 December 2000, 9:40 am | Libertarianz Party
Council's legal team made their opening submissions in defence of their actions in the Sludgegate saga, and in particular the decision to build an enormous sludge dump on Adrian Chisholm's boundary. They told the court that "we stand by the ... More >>
Sludgegate: Sludge Dump Needs a "Quick Legal"
Tuesday, 5 December 2000, 5:35 pm | Libertarianz Party
The Sludgegate trial today considered the propriety of planners, who routinely work both sides of every council street. Barry Kaye worked for the council as a consultant planner processing Adrian Chisholm's resort application - he knew the project in ... More >>
Sludgegate Update: Websites in the Dock
Monday, 4 December 2000, 6:00 pm | Libertarianz Party
Websites were in the dock today, with a demand from Auckland City Council barrister David Heaney that "something be done" about websites that are causing him problems. He produced documents that he had downloaded from three websites, claiming ... More >>
Nanny's compulsory sex education destroys
Monday, 4 December 2000, 9:00 am | Libertarianz Party
Libertarianz Spokesman for deregulation of education, Warrick Brown, is stunned by this latest attack on parental responsibility and freedom. "Trevor Mallard has no business introducing compulsory sex education for New Zealand's primary and secondary ... More >>
Motueka & Golden Bay Doctors Reap The Whirlwind
Monday, 4 December 2000, 8:49 am | Libertarianz Party
Libertarianz health deregulation spokesman Richard McGrath today urged two groups of South Island doctors to abandon further negotiations with Nelson Marlborough Health, privatise the Golden Bay Community Hospital and start charging patients a realistic ... More >>
Sludgegate News Flash: Stolen Document Revealed
Friday, 1 December 2000, 5:58 pm | Libertarianz Party
An important trial document has just been made available to this reporter, in which council Utilities Manager Mike McQuillan makes it clear he wanted "to dump sludge - even only one truck load on [the] Golf Course." More >>
"Emergency! Emergency!"
Thursday, 30 November 2000, 4:55 pm | Libertarianz Party
Were Auckland City Council acting under emergency powers in the summer of 97/98, or were they building the sludge dump on Chisholm's boundary under false pretences? That was a question considered in the Sludgegate trial today. More >>
Maori '2000' - Private 2001?
Thursday, 30 November 2000, 10:49 am | Libertarianz Party
"What's up with the 2000 school certificate mathematics examination?" wonders Libertarianz spokesman for the deregulation of education, Warrick Brown. "It is appalling," he says, "that yet another generation of New Zealanders ... More >>
Sludgegate: "Neighbours from Hell!"
Wednesday, 29 November 2000, 10:07 pm | Libertarianz Party
Witnesses in the Sludgegate trial today described Auckland City Council as 'out of control' on Waiheke, and likened them to the TV programme 'Neighbours From Hell.' More >>
Sludgegate Update: "What's it all about?"
Tuesday, 28 November 2000, 5:25 pm | Libertarianz Party
Today, under cross examination the crux of the allegations in this case were laid bare: That council officers - who openly held their own anti-development views - had crossed the line and abused their powers in interfering with Adrian Chisholm's ... More >>
Sludgegate Update: A Trickle, but Not a Flood
Monday, 27 November 2000, 5:29 pm | Libertarianz Party
Adrian Chisholm continued with his struggle to give evidence this afternoon, offering details of this morning's allegations against the council over frequent objections from opposing counsel. Cross examination of Adrian Chisholm was imminent, and the ... More >>
Sludgegate Day 5 - "Some Truth Begins to Out"
Monday, 27 November 2000, 1:48 pm | Libertarianz Party
Day Five of the Sludgegate trial continued as it did last week with constant objections from Council's legal team to matters raised in evidence. In order to advance the trial, Justice Chambers suggested that Adrian Chisholm's barrister Chris La Hatte ... More >>
End Pharmac's Mission Of Destruction
Monday, 27 November 2000, 10:06 am | Libertarianz Party
Libertarianz deputy leader Richard McGrath called for the dissolution of Pharmac, describing its medical director as a statist lackey whose actions border on criminal nuisance. "Peter Moodie should lift his head out of the trough, skulk back to ... More >>
Property Rights Buried By A Sea Of Sludge
Friday, 24 November 2000, 9:30 am | Libertarianz Party
In this country you can wake up one morning to read in your daily paper that a 7,500 square meter raw sewage dump is to be built against your boundary fence that afternoon. Such was the story Adrian Chisholm told on Day Four of his Sludgegate trial against ... More >>
Sludgegate Day 3: “All I Want Is The Truth!”
Thursday, 23 November 2000, 10:14 am | Libertarianz Party
In 1970, John Lennon venomously sang: “All I Want is The Truth!” In court today Adrian Chisholm echoed those very words, to which Auckland City Councillor’s barrister replied: “There’s more truth than you know!” More >>
Sludgegate: Cameras, Causes, And Whistle Blowers
Wednesday, 22 November 2000, 9:46 am | Libertarianz Party
The Sludgegate trial - which yesterday saw the Court room changed because it was standing room only for Chisholm's supporters - saw approval today for admission of TV cameras to the trial; Adrian Chisholm's Barrister Chris LaHatte outlining the ... More >>
Chisholm, 1066, And All That Sludge!
Monday, 20 November 2000, 10:52 am | Libertarianz Party
After 1066 days of Sludgegate, Adrian Chisholm will tomorrow get his day in court – although not at 10 o’clock as previously announced! More >>
Freer Trade - Higher Wages!
Friday, 17 November 2000, 11:22 am | Libertarianz Party
“The Labour/Alliance government announced yesterday that import tariffs will be removed for countries representing only 0.0005 percent of NZ’s imports, and they now expect applause for supporting free trade. Such applause would be premature,” says Libertarianz ... More >>
IRD Battle Shows Still Too Soon To Celebrate
Thursday, 16 November 2000, 4:51 pm | Libertarianz Party
“Courageous battlers Jan amd Murray Willis deserve congratulations from every New Zealander for their victory over the IRD bullies,” says Libertarianz Leader Peter Cresswell. “Their fourteen year fight to get justice is something no-one should have ... More >>
