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Act candidate quits over speech 'stunt'
An ACT party candidate and board member has reportedly resigned over his leader's speech on race, which he says was a 'stunt' for the polls.
An ACT party candidate and board member has reportedly resigned over his leader's speech on race, which he says was a 'stunt' for the polls.
Act leader Jamie Whyte's been caught short once again - this time clueless about Whanau Ora.
Conservative Party hopeful Christine Rankin is tossing her name into the Epsom hat and positioning herself as the candidate with clean hands.
Jamie Whyte's college specialties included the nature of truth and belief, but his speech to the Waikato Conference stretched one and beggared the other, writes Paul Little.
When Dame Susan Devoy was appointed Race Relations Commissioner last year, the intelligentsia sniffed at the choice of a squash champion.
Toby Manhire took Jamie Whyte to a local pub quiz for our candid series on party leaders
In those terms, it is hard to know what to make of Whyte's self-made maelstrom around race and privilege in New Zealand law.
Act's leader says Race Relations Commissioner Dame Susan Devoy should quit over her criticism of his racial equality comments.
Act Leader Jamie Whyte called for a taskforce to root out and repeal laws giving special treatment to Maori as race once again loomed as an election issue today.
What goes through the minds of educational professionals when they see the lengths that property owners will go to remain in a prestigious school zone?
One thing Whyte seems to ignore, despite his huge intelligence, is that some ideas which sound perfectly rational on paper bear no resemblance to human existence as we know it.
A DVD of The Wolf of Wall Street will be introduced to court as evidence in a private prosecution against Prime Minister John Key and a senior police officer.
Act's education policy of allowing schools to opt into a charter school format has prompted an education union to urge National to steer clear of any coalition partnership deals.
Act wants to give all state schools the option of becoming charter schools, Act leader Jamie Whyte said today.
National's little Act Party poodle seems to be running scared of the attention-seeking yapping of wannabe Conservative Party lapdog Colin Craig, writes Brian Rudman.
The IPCA is evaluating complaints about the police decision not to pursue electoral fraud charges against Act MP John Banks and may launch a formal investigation.
All weekend, Act supporters and friends of the Act Epsom MP were saying John Banks would "do the right thing", writes Audrey Young.
John Banks has confirmed he will resign from Parliament from this Friday.
Act Party leader Jamie Whyte has told disgraced MP John Banks to consider resigning before he is sentenced in August.
For a man who has always craved respectability, having his political career end with the words "guilty as charged" must be particularly galling for John Banks, writes Kerre McIvor.
Act party leader Jamie Whyte has told disgraced Act MP John Banks to consider resigning before he is sentenced in August.
Act campaign manager says quitting before verdict could damage party brand.
John Banks made every effort to keep "politically sensitive" donations to his mayoralty bid secret, the Crown says, but Banks' lawyer argues he had nothing to gain from that.
A National MP says he was concerned by an "aggressive" Kim Dotcom at a function, threatening to bring down Act Party MP John Banks and the National Government.
TV3 news is no longer allowed to show footage from John Banks' trial for airing a clip that appeared to show him eating something he picked out of his ear.
John Banks says he has no memory of SkyCity's boss handing him a cheque for his failed Auckland mayoral campaign and denies telling Kim Dotcom to keep his donation secret.