Hide says no to referendum
Rodney Hide says Aucklanders shouldn’t have a vote on whether or not they want his supercity. He uses one of the weaker arguments the […]
Rodney Hide
When is the required referendum?
I agree with the title of the Herald’s editoral today: “Let citizens have say on Super City“. Unfortunately, the editoral itself is wishy-washy. […]
The sensible bits
Brian Rudman has a piece in the NZ Herald looking at the good side of the Auckland reorganisation. The potential for pooling resources. […]
The fightback begins
This morning I picked up the local newspaper out of the mailbox – Harbour News. On the front page was this extraordinary editorial […]
Creating venal politics
It appears that John Key and Rodney Hide are participating in an old political action in Auckland – the gerrymander. From a general […]
Ominous Trickles before the Flood
The attack on democratic local government is taking shape in the public domain. 1. Hide was not made the Minister of Local Govt […]
Blindly cutting away
One of the most cavalier and foolish actions of the National led government during its first 100 day blitz of legislation (in itself […]
Clean water worth paying for
Rodney Hide, who thinks nothing of spending billions on tax cuts for the well-off, is baulking at spending “some tens of millions” to improve […]
S92A: Opportunists jumping on bandwagons
It is always interesting watching people and organizations jumping on bandwagons of popular movements. In the case of the section 92A of the […]
ACT’s dodgy backroom deals?
This is interesting. From the Greens’ Metiria Turei: Last night on TVNZ7’s political show Backbenches, Rodney Hide commented that ACT had supported the […]
The praiseworthy and the pitiful
The praiseworthy and the pitiful is our weekly post on the little things that caught our eye but didn’t lead to a full […]
Oh dear
Rodney Hide on National and ACT’s select committee into the ETS: “I am especially pleased to see that the issue of the scientific […]
Nowhere to Hide
“Far too much irksome regulation is putting unnecessary burdens on households and businesses,” says Rodney Hide. Problem is, for all his rhetoric, Rodney […]
ACT snaps up Hollow Men star
The Sunday Star Times reported yesterday that ACT had “snapped up” former Brash advisor Peter Keenan, one of the lead stars of Nicky […]
Attention turns to local government
Seems the commentators are definately picking local government as one of the issues to watch in terms of how the new Nationaladministration handles […]
In the driver’s seat
Local Govt minister wants to privatise water
As you’ll have read, John Key has made ACT leader Rodney Hide his Minister of Local Government. So, what’s ACT’s local government policy? […]
ACT’s fifth Candidate?
The word around the traps is that ACT will be announcing the name of its mystery 5th list candidate at its Law and […]
Hide on Nats’ woes
“the best solution is to say in private what you say in public” * Simple, really.
ACT: tax cuts for the rich, please
Rodney Hide is calling for the Budget’s tax cuts to take the form of raising the thresholds to account for inflation since 1999, […]
Interview the leaders VI: United Future
Thanks to ACT leader Rodney Hide for participating in our ‘Interview the leaders’ series this morning. Our next leader is the Maori Party’s […]
Rodney Hide answers your questions
We’re very pleased to have ACT leader Rodney Hide respond to your questions as part of our Interview the Leaders series. Question to all leaders: Of […]