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Act calls for end to race based laws

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.

John Roughan: Principles lost in a grammar zone

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?

Dita De Boni: Tin Man needs to find a heart

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.

Act releases party list

PM prosecution: Wolf DVD evidence

A DVD of <i>The Wolf of Wall Street</i> will be introduced to court as evidence in a private prosecution against Prime Minister John Key and a senior police officer.

'No one is queuing up for more'

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 offers schools charter option

Act wants to give all state schools the option of becoming charter schools, Act leader Jamie Whyte said today.

Brian Rudman: Wealthy buffoons hold our democracy hostage

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.

John Banks: A case to answer?

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.

John Banks should keep seat: Prebble

Act campaign manager says quitting before verdict could damage party brand.

Banks kept 'sensitive' donations secret

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.

Character witnesses praise John Banks

Banks trial: Dotcom 'quite aggressive'

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 banned from showing trial scenes

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.

'No memory' of cheque

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.

Banks trial: Mona Dotcom backs her ex

Mona Dotcom walked into court flanked by a bodyguard, but she was left to fend for herself inside as she was accused of saying what her estranged husband told her too.

Sparks fly as Dotcom takes stand

Kim Dotcom told the High Court at Auckland yesterday he is not making up stories about donations to John Banks' failed 2010 Auckland mayoralty bid.

Dotcom: 'He's a liar if he says that'

Accusations of dishonesty have flown back and forth at John Banks' trial for filing a false electoral return, as Kim Dotcom denied he made up stories about the MP.