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Nanny's Cannabis Spat
Thursday, 19 August 1999, 1:02 pm | Libertarianz Party
"It's quite obvious from the recent spat over cannabis law reform that none of the other parties 'gets it'" says Libertarianz justice spokesman Bernard Darnton. "The real issue is this," he says. "Who owns your body?" More >>
Brain Drain Bribery
Wednesday, 18 August 1999, 12:12 am | Libertarianz Party
"The 'Five Steps' package trumpeted today by the government is another case of politicians trying to bribe us with our own money," says Libertarianz Spokesman Peter Cresswell. "Expect to see Ministers posing for photos with scientists ... More >>
Big Brother Bleeds Kiwi Babies!!
Tuesday, 17 August 1999, 8:37 pm | Libertarianz Party
"Revelations last week that the government stores blood samples from all New Zealanders born in the last thirty years should concern everyone in this country," says Libertarianz justice spokesman Bernard Darnton. More >>
Plunket Sups With The Devil
Tuesday, 17 August 1999, 12:45 pm | Libertarianz Party
Libertarianz Deputy Leader Richard McGrath is neither impressed nor surprised by Jenny Shipley's decision to subsidise Plunketline from the public trough. More >>
APEC - Costly Conference Closes City
Sunday, 15 August 1999, 1:24 pm | Libertarianz Party
Libertarianz transport deregulation spokesman Michael Murphy today slammed the Prime Minister's proposed closure of Auckland's southern motorway for APEC as "unbelievably arrogant and stupid. This woman appears to confuse Auckland's motorway for the main ... More >>
Telecom Has Property Rights Too!
Thursday, 12 August 1999, 11:16 am | Libertarianz Party
"The destruction of private property rights in New Zealand continues with frightening speed under this National Socialist government," claimed Libertarianz Finance Spokesman Julian Darby today. More >>
No Welfare Payments To Rock Stars - Libertarianz
Wednesday, 11 August 1999, 12:50 am | Libertarianz Party
Libertarianz Deputy Leader Richard McGrath today attacked government plans to underwrite a musical concert in Gisborne. More >>
Butterfly 'Risk' is Pseudo-Science
Tuesday, 10 August 1999, 9:33 am | Libertarianz Party
"Once again we find Jeanette Fitzsimons quoting hysterical pseudo-science to push for restrictions on businesses and their scientific research," says the Libertarianz Spokesman for Environment Deregulation today. More >>
Irradiation Banning Shows Ignorance
Monday, 9 August 1999, 9:04 am | Libertarianz Party
"Green politicians exhibit their ignorance by campaigning to ban irradiated food," says Peter Cresswell, Libertarianz spokesman on deregulation of the environment. More >>
Delamere Sucks Up To Tyrants
Sunday, 8 August 1999, 12:02 am | Libertarianz Party
Libertarianz Deputy Leader Richard McGrath says his stomach churned as he read the speech given by John Delamare in China last night. "I am disgusted to find a representative of our semi-free country offering moral support to the bloodthirsty ... More >>
Reject The Reptiles, Says Libertarianz Deputy
Friday, 6 August 1999, 8:20 am | Libertarianz Party
Confidence in democratic government has crashed, according to ongoing research by the New Zealand Study of Values. "The electorate is beginning to awaken," said Libertarianz Deputy Leader Dr Richard McGrath yesterday." They are beginning ... More >>
Liquor Law Reform 'About Time'
Thursday, 29 July 1999, 2:45 pm | Libertarianz Party
"About time!" enthused Bernard Darnton, Libertarianz law and order spokesman at the welcome news of liquor law reform. "The ban on Sunday sales was a hang-over from the Dark Ages of religious rule. Our liquor laws are now a step closer to the ... More >>
Bossy PM Lectures Parents
Thursday, 29 July 1999, 9:30 am | Libertarianz Party
Libertarianz Deputy Leader Dr Richard McGrath today rejected Prime Minister Shipley's advice to parents of Pacific Island children. "All she could offer them was some rehashed Marxist rubbish," said Dr McGrath. "She implied that people ... More >>
Time To Bite The Bullet On State Housing
Wednesday, 28 July 1999, 9:10 am | Libertarianz Party
"Massey University's study of 44 ill-served Housing NZ tenants demonstrates again that the state has no business in housing," says Libertarianz Housing Deregulation Spokesman Keith Patterson. The study highlights shows widespread dissatisfaction ... More >>
Dithering English Denounced
Friday, 23 July 1999, 10:46 am | Libertarianz Party
Treasurer Bill English claims that this government has demonstrated economic leadership on tax issues, producer board reform and ACC reform. " Unbelievable garbage" responds Libertarianz Finance Deregulation Spokesman Julian Darby today. More >>
Health Bureaucrats Sulk Over New Initiative
Wednesday, 21 July 1999, 10:02 am | Libertarianz Party
Libertarianz deputy leader Richard McGrath today applauded the move by National Women's Hospital to offer luxury maternity care as an option for its post-natal patients. "We thoroughly endorse this attempt to provide a superior service for women, ... More >>
WINZ - Libertarianz Calls For Real Accountability
Tuesday, 20 July 1999, 6:25 pm | Libertarianz Party
The latest WINZ extravagances have prompted calls for 'accountability', and claims that 'beneficiaries are being betrayed.' "Let me make it quite clear," says Sally O'Brien, Libertarianz Welfare Deregulation spokesman, "it is taxpayers' ... More >>
Wgtn Group Praised for Depoliticising Environment
Tuesday, 20 July 1999, 1:16 pm | Libertarianz Party
The purchase of a tract of Brooklyn native forest by Wellington conservation groups was praised by Libertarianz Environment Deregulation Spokesman Peter Cresswell as a great example of how to "depoliticise the environment". More >>
Prebble's Values Betray Taxpayers, and Principles
Sunday, 18 July 1999, 1:05 pm | Libertarianz Party
Richard Prebble signals his party's poll-driven desperation by telling Act's Regional Conference: "Young women on the DPB should receive a range of state funded support." Libertarianz Welfare Deregulation Spokesman Sally O'Brien challenges Prebble to support ... More >>
Human Rights Act Enshrines Wrong Rights
Sunday, 18 July 1999, 12:23 am | Libertarianz Party
"If a principled government was to amend the Human Rights Act, "says Libertarianz Spokesman Cass Hewitt-Reid, "they should begin by renaming it the Human Wrongs Act, and end by gutting it!" This parliament instead merely tries to avoid the ... More >>
