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Early Childhood Crisis? Liberate the Profession!
Monday, 22 June 2009, 4:42 pm | Libertarianz Party
"It's easily fixed," says Libertarianz.Early Childhood Education Spokesman Peter Cresswell, referring to the crisis in early childhood education highlighted in The NZ Herald this morning. "To understand the cause of the crisis is to realise how ... More >>
Massive Voter Boycott In Mt Albert
Tuesday, 16 June 2009, 2:50 pm | Libertarianz Party
Libertarianz leader Richard McGrath expressed bitter disappointment today that his party’s candidate, Julian Pistorius, was only able to muster 35 votes in the Mt Albert by-election. “However, an electorate that has returned Labour MPs for the ... More >>
National Won’t Slaughter Mad Cow
Sunday, 31 May 2009, 1:06 pm | Libertarianz Party
Libertarianz leader and Masterton GP Richard McGrath is disappointed, but not surprised, with the National Party’s multi-billion dollar support for command-and-control state-run health care in Thursday’s Budget. More >>
Libertarianz Party Alternative Budget
Thursday, 28 May 2009, 10:42 am | Libertarianz Party
Libertarianz Finance spokesman Nik Haden today released the Libertarianz Party Alternative Budget for 2009. “We are continuing to offer a substantial reduction in the tax burden, offset by a realignment of state priorities towards the proper role of the ... More >>
Transit Exec Admits - Easier to Bulldoze Homes
Thursday, 28 May 2009, 9:40 am | Libertarianz Party
Libertarianz candidate for Mt Albert, Julian Pistorius has discovered the real reason why Mt Albert homes will be demolished for motorway construction. Pistorius asked NZTA executives why they decided against going down Oakley Creek as an alternative ... More >>
Say "No!" to Fiscal Child Abuse
Thursday, 28 May 2009, 9:33 am | Libertarianz Party
With the National/ACT government about to release its first budget, Libertarianz Deputy Finance Spokesman and Auckland economist Julian Darby warned that deficit spending, funded by borrowing, will have implications for the youngest in society. ... More >>
National Revealed: They're Labour in Disguise
Wednesday, 27 May 2009, 3:49 pm | Libertarianz Party
It's official - the barely 7 month old Key government is just Helen Clark's nanny state in a blue dress. Hot on the heels of nine years of banning everything in sight, John Key has decided to pick up where the last pack of know-it-alls left off and ... More >>
SOEs Gouge Kiwis
Tuesday, 26 May 2009, 4:27 pm | Libertarianz Party
Libertarianz leader Richard McGrath today said that privatisation is a better guarantor of competition and lower prices than the SOE model, which has seen three state-owned power companies turning huge profits by apparently overcharging retail customers. ... More >>
Libertarianz: Melissa Lee Almost Right
Friday, 22 May 2009, 9:29 am | Libertarianz Party
"Melissa Lee is right about criminals coming from South of Auckland," says Libertarianz candidate, Julian Pistorius. More >>
ACT MP Turns on Supporters
Tuesday, 19 May 2009, 11:26 am | Libertarianz Party
David Garrett, already famous for spurning individual rights, now alienates gun-owners who frequently support ACT, says Peter Linton, Libertarianz Firearms Spokesman. Garrett claims that “it was a mistake to abandon registering weapons." More >>
Libz Announce Candidate For Mt Albert
Wednesday, 13 May 2009, 12:29 pm | Libertarianz Party
Libertarianz spokesman Julian Pistorius has been nominated by his party as their candidate in the Mt Albert by-election More >>
200 Jobs - Is That It?
Wednesday, 13 May 2009, 9:22 am | Libertarianz Party
“It is encouraging indeed that the Ministry of Social Development is planning to shed 200 jobs but in reality this is just tokenism. The whole ministry must be closed down and compulsory welfarism discarded completely as it only serves to promote poverty ... More >>
Libertarianz Laments Another Drug War Casualty
Friday, 8 May 2009, 9:49 am | Libertarianz Party
"The death of police officer Senior Constable Len Snee, who paid the ultimate price yesterday while fighting the government's War on Drugs™, is a tragedy," said Libertarianz Drugs Spokesman, Luke Howison. "No doubt the gunman responsible ... More >>
Gang Patch Ban Misses The Point
Thursday, 7 May 2009, 2:45 pm | Libertarianz Party
The Libertarianz Party opposes the ban on gang patches in Wanganui, saying there would be no need for the ban if New Zealand had a decent Bill of Rights that was properly enforced, if there was appropriate sentencing for violent crime, if victimless ... More >>
Libertarianz: Free Dakta Green!
Monday, 4 May 2009, 2:06 pm | Libertarianz Party
Cannabis law reform campaigner and Cannabus driver Dakta Green has been arrested and charged twice for minor cannabis offending and breaking bail conditions. More >>
He Won, You Lost, Eat That!
Friday, 1 May 2009, 9:18 am | Libertarianz Party
Libertarianz leader Richard McGrath welcomed yesterday’s departure of Michael Cullen from Parliament, but said his legacy will haunt generations of New Zealanders who will have to foot the bill for Labour’s massive spend-up over the last nine years. More >>
Libertarianz Slams Broadband Proposal
Thursday, 30 April 2009, 9:40 am | Libertarianz Party
Responding to the Government’s Broadband Investment Initiative Draft proposal, Libertarianz Telecommunications spokesman Luke Howison condemned the basis on which the government is approaching its investment decisions. “The Minister has said ... More >>
Nine Day Fortnight Is Economic Lunacy
Friday, 24 April 2009, 11:27 am | Libertarianz Party
Echoing comments made by Austrian economists such as George Reisman and Peter Schiff, Libertarianz leader Richard McGrath said attempts by governments to intervene during a time of market correction will prove counter-productive and costly in the long ... More >>
Lack Of Integrity Becoming Tiresome
Friday, 24 April 2009, 11:26 am | Libertarianz Party
Libertarianz leader Richard McGrath said today he is getting dizzy trying to keep up with all the policy U-turns by New Zealand’s mainstream political parties. Firstly, Phil Goff trying to have it both ways with the anti-smacking law – which his government ... More >>
Nine Day Fortnight Is Economic Lunacy
Friday, 24 April 2009, 10:47 am | Libertarianz Party
Echoing comments made by Austrian economists such as George Reisman and Peter Schiff, Libertarianz leader Richard McGrath said attempts by governments to intervene during a time of market correction will prove counter-productive and costly in the long ... More >>
