Press Releases

Rush to 2050 Emissions Target Foolhardy

Monday, March 14, 2011

ACT Deputy Leader and Climate Change Spokesman John Boscawen today demanded to know how Climate Change Minister Dr Nick Smith could propose to reduce New Zealand greenhouse gas emissions to 50 percent below 1990 levels by 2050 when he does not even know what effect this target will have on jobs and GDP.
 
“ACT lodged written …

ACT Calls For Full Story On Foreshore Tests

Sunday, February 20, 2011

ACT Deputy Leader John Boscawen today supported some of the concerns of National Party supporter Jim Matson – printed in today’s ‘Sunday Star-Times’ – and called on Prime Minister John Key and his Government to tell the full story on the tests that are included in the proposed Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Bill.
 
“In …

Foreshore Bill Fails Prime Minister’s Criteria

Thursday, February 10, 2011

ACT Deputy Leader John Boscawen today called on Prime Minister John Key to stand by his promise in March 2010, that if there was not widespread support for the proposed Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Bill, the law that currently governs the foreshore and seabed would remain in place.
 
“During Question Time in Parliament today, …

ACT To Host Foreshore & Seabed Public Meetings

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

ACT Deputy Leader John Boscawen will this month host a series of public meetings in the Auckland area to outline the history of the foreshore and seabed debate, and to discuss the implications – and impending consequences – of the Government’s proposed Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Bill.
 
“The Maori Affairs Select Committee’s hearings on …

ACT Welcomes Labour Into The Foreshore Fold

Thursday, December 9, 2010

ACT Deputy Leader John Boscawen was today pleased to see that the Labour Party has gotten on board and will join ACT in opposing the Government’s proposed Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Bill.
 
“Yesterday I advised the National Party members of the Maori Affairs Select Committee that they continue to push this Bill at their …

Harawira Correct: Foreshore Bill Is An Insult

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Although we may have different viewpoints on the ideal outcome of the foreshore and seabed debate, Maori Party MP Hone Harawira was absolutely correct when he described the Government’s proposed Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Bill as an ‘insult’ to Maori, ACT Deputy Leader John Boscawen said today.
 
“Mr Harawira’s comment before the Maori Affairs …

Cancun To Show The Foolishness Of The ETS

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

The Climate Change Conference in Cancun might be nothing more than a meaningless and actionless talkfest, but it does have one saving grace – it should show the National Government how foolhardy it would be to continue forging ahead with its Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), ACT Deputy Leader and Climate Change Spokesman John Boscawen said …

ACT Urges Maori Party To Oppose Foreshore Bill

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

ACT Deputy Leader John Boscawen today urged the Maori Party to pull all support from the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Bill after both Te Atiawa and Ngati Tama made public submissions condemning the Bill and added to the mounting evidence that Maori do not support it.
 
“I predict that the Maori Affairs Select Committee …

ACT Welcomes News on ETS – But More Is Needed

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

ACT Deputy Leader and Climate Change Spokesman John Boscawen today welcomed news that Climate Change Minister Dr Nick Smith is seriously considering delaying the inclusion of agriculture in the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), and called on him to now revisit the provisions relating to forestry.
“Dr Smith’s indication that the inclusion of agriculture may be further …

National Doesn’t Care About Mana

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

ACT Deputy Leader and Climate Change Spokesman John Boscawen and ACT Mana candidate Colin
du Plessis today questioned how the National Party could claim to care about the people of Mana when it is going to force them to pay tens of millions of dollars through the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS).
“When asked in Parliament today about …