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Chris Leitch

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Chris Leitch was a campaigner for monetary reform since 1972. He was a former elected member of the Auckland Regional Services Trust and the first ever Alliance Party candidate, standing in the Tamaki by-election in 1992. He was the Social Credit Party's Whangarei candidate and leader. He passed away in January 2023 after a long battle with cancer.

Huiarua & Matanui farms sale border on treason

The government’s failure to stop the sale of Huiarua and Matanui stations on New Zealand’s East Coast to foreign buyers borders on treason. More than...

OCR hike will add millions to bank profits

Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr should start focusing on the needs of New Zealanders instead of how he can deliver more profits into the...

Labour’s BSHIT Budget

Bank shareholders, speculators, investors, and ticket clippers will be partying for days over the enormous profits they’ll be expecting following Labour’s budget reveal this...

Fire Rescue mandates should be scrapped

Fire service commanders should immediately scrap the mandates for fire service personnel, before more are sent off the job. Keeping those mandates in place poses...

OCR hike will add to inflation and hurt less well off

The orthodox attempt by the Reserve Bank to control inflation by lifting the Official Cash Rate by 50 basis points will hurt beneficiaries, superannuitants,...

Call for compensation for mandate harm

Social Credit is calling on the government to pay full compensation for lost income to all those whose employment was terminated as a result...

Fuel Tax cuts way too tentative

The reduction in fuel taxes announced by the government this week are welcome but are an incredibly tentative step given the enormous increase in...

Ukraine conflict tests fuel supply security

The Russia - Ukraine conflict brings into stark focus the need for New Zealand to have a working oil refinery that could, if the...

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