ACT Rejects Turia’s ‘Race Card’ Claims
Posted by mheine in Press Releases on September 2nd, 2010
ACT New Zealand Maori Affairs Spokesman David Garrett today rejected Maori Party Co-leader Tariana Turia’s claims that ACT is ‘playing the race card’ ‘to ‘create division and win votes’ by drawing attention to the folly of National’s plans for the Foreshore and Seabed. “As Mrs Turia well knows, ACT opposed Labour’s Foreshore and Seabed Act, [...]
Greens Sticking It To Farmers
Posted by mheine in Press Releases on July 29th, 2010
It appears that farmers have become the ‘whipping boy’ of New Zealand politics – first they are forced to bear the increased costs of the Government’s ETS, and now the Green Party wants them to have to beg for permission to farm their own land, ACT New Zealand Agriculture Spokesman David Garrett said today. “Rather [...]
PM Refuses To Rule Out Beach Access Charges
Posted by mheine in Press Releases on July 27th, 2010
Prime Minister John Key’s refusal today to rule out the possibility of iwi charging for access to the beach puts the traditional kiwi summer at risk of becoming a thing of the past, ACT New Zealand Foreshore & Seabed Spokesman David Garrett said today. “The Attorney-General estimated that 10 percent of New Zealand’s coastline could [...]
UNDRIP Will Affect NZ Law
Posted by mheine in Press Releases on July 22nd, 2010
Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee’s refusal today to rule out the possibility that iwi could claim compensation for petroleum resources, shows that the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) is having an effect on New Zealand law, ACT New Zealand Energy & Resources Spokesman David Garrett said today. “The National [...]
Statistics Show Three Strikes Is Needed
Posted by mheine in Press Releases on June 28th, 2010
Ministry of Justice statistics revealing that four violent crimes have been committed every day since the Three Strikes law has passed highlights just how important it was for the Government to introduce the Three Strikes legislation which specifically targets violent crime, ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman David Garrett said today. “The fact is these serious [...]
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