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Act Party Leader, MP for Epsom Rodney Hide is New Zealands leading proponent of accountability and transparency in government. He is also Parliaments most highly qualified environmentalist. He entered Parliament in 1996 as an ACT list MP and became the Leader of ACT in 2004. In 2005 he won the Electorate Seat of Epsom.
HAMILTON — Local Government Minister Rodney Hide has put Hamilton City Council on notice.
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CANTERBURY — Minister of Local Government Rodney Hide today announced that Cabinet had agreed to an Order in Council which allows Canterbury based councils to defer their long-term planning and accountability responsibilities.
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Minister of Local Government Rodney Hide today announced the Government has advanced a further $500,000 of the Crown’s $5 million contribution towards establishing the Local Government Funding Agency (LGFA).
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Minister of Local Government Rodney Hide today welcomed the introduction of the Local Electoral Amendment Bill to Parliament, prior to its dissolution on 20 October 2011.
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Minister of Local Government Rodney Hide today met with Mayor Mr Neil Tiller, Chief Executive Jack McKerchar and a representative of Local Government New Zealand following a number of requests from groups and individuals for government intervention in the Kaipara District Council.
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Minister of Local Government Rodney Hide today announced the first stage of a review of the Local Authorities (Members’ Interests) Act 1968, the legislation which governs how conflict of interest rules are managed for members of local councils.
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Minister of Local Government Rodney Hide today announced the addition of the Perro de Presa Canario (commonly referred to as Presa Canario) breed of dog to the list of dogs banned from importation into New Zealand.
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Associate Minister of Education Hon Rodney Hide today congratulated Autism New Zealand on being allocated a $764,500 grant from Pub Charity.
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Minister of Local Government Rodney Hide today announced the appointment of Anne Carter as a new member of the Local Government Commission.
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Minister of Local Government Rodney Hide today announced the appointment of Basil Morrison to the position of Chair of the Local Government Commission.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Minister of Local Government Rodney Hide today welcomed Auckland Council’s announcement that rates across the region will rise by only 3.7 per cent - down from a projected average increase of 9.3 per cent under the old eight council structure.
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Associate Minister of Education Rodney Hide today announced the allocation of $22.8 million in funding under the ‘Success For All – Every School, Every Child’ initiative to upgrade existing special schools and satellite units, and create new satellites around the country.
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I am immensely proud of the ACT Party.
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A Bill setting up a new local government funding agency is expected to be introduced to Parliament shortly, according to Finance Minister Bill English and Local Government Minister Rodney Hide.
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AUCKLAND — Minister of Local Government and Chair of the Cabinet Committee for Implementation of Auckland Governance Reforms Rodney Hide today released papers setting out the Government’s aspirations for Auckland, in support of the Auckland Council’s public consultation phase for the development of its first spatial plan.
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ACT Leader Rodney Hide will join ACT Mana candidate Colin du Plessis on the campaign trail to meet and greet the people of Mana at the Porirua Railway Station from 7:30am.
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AUCKLAND — The Auckland Council’s first Auckland spatial plan will help to ensure that New Zealand has a city which can provide a key link to the global economy, Local Government Minister Rodney Hide and Environment Minister Nick Smith said today.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Cornwall Park School, Greenlane Road West, Greenlane, Auckland; Wednesday 20 October 2010 It’s great to be here today and thank you for your warm welcome.
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Associate Minister of Education Rodney Hide today launched ‘Success for All – Every School, Every Child’, the Government’s response to the Special Education Review.
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WELLINGTON CITY — Minister of Local Government Hon Rodney Hide today congratulated incoming Mayor of Wellington Celia Wade-Brown, and wished her well for her first term as the civic leader of New Zealand's vibrant capital city.
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Minister for Regulatory Reform and Minister of Local Government Hon Rodney Hide will tomorrow travel to Australia to meet with Australia's leading experts in the fields of productivity, regulation and local government.
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AUCKLAND — Minister of Local Government Hon Rodney Hide today announced his intention to clarify the application of the Auckland Regional Council Trades Waste Bylaw to ensure certainty for those in the Auckland wastewater industry before the integration of Auckland's wastewater services into a single system on November 1 2010.
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AUCKLAND — Aucklanders should be very pleased at the announcement that, from 1 July 2012, the annual salary bill of the new Auckland Council will fall to $513 million - saving ratepayers a total of $91 million per annum, Minister of Local Government Hon Rodney Hide said today.
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ACT Leader Rodney Hide today accepted the resignation of David Garrett MP from the ACT Party.
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ACT Leader Rodney Hide today acknowledged that ACT MP David Garrett made a terrible mistake 26 years ago, and recognised the significant hurt that his actions have caused.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Many thanks.
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AUCKLAND CITY — The list of directors and chairs for the Auckland Council’s new council controlled organisations was agreed to by Cabinet last week, Minister for Local Government Rodney Hide said.
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ACT Leader Rodney Hide today mourns the death of Sir Ron Trotter, one of New Zealand pre-eminent business figures.
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