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Of cause it supports common features of DotNetNuke module such as localization, portable interface, search, Syndication etc. en-NZ Copyright 2007 by NZ Democrats for Social Credit web.admin@democrats.org.nz Just a day after DSC Health Spokesman David Tranter called for an enquiry into public health system administration including health ministers’ failure to respond to concerns conveyed to them, Tony Ryall has stated “there would not be an inquiry at ministerial level” into the appalling mistreatment of disabled clients at Parklands, a former home for the intellectually disabled in South Auckland. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/740/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Mon, 13 May 2013 01:48:52 GMT With over two decades of active involvement in New Zealand public health system issues behind him, the DSC’s Health Spokesman David Tranter is calling for a genuinely independent enquiry into the effects of successive governments replacing medical professional control of hospitals with the ever-increasing dominance of corporate managers, many of whom have no relevant experience or understanding of the ethical basis upon which medical professionals have always worked. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/739/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Fri, 10 May 2013 01:26:34 GMT “Prime Minister John Key’s gloating over the failure of the ‘Stop Asset Sales’ petition to reach the required numbers, is a sickening example of the arrogance of yet another Prime Minister believing his own spin” Democrats for Social Credit Leader Stephnie de Ruyter said today. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/738/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Wed, 08 May 2013 05:01:09 GMT Democrats for Social Credit Leader Stephnie de Ruyter today challenged Finance Minister Bill English to explain why the money printing that takes place every day by the privately owned commercial banks is ok, but money printing by the publicly owned Reserve Bank is not. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/727/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Thu, 11 Apr 2013 21:11:43 GMT “Banks holding security over Mainzeal assets should take a haircut and allow subcontractors of the failed company to be paid out in full” said Democrats for Social Credit Leader Stephnie de Ruyter. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/725/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Sun, 07 Apr 2013 22:36:19 GMT “Government statements dismissing the asset sales referendum petition are arrogant and unacceptable” DSC leader Stephnie de Ruyter told an Invercargill meeting today. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/722/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Wed, 13 Mar 2013 03:45:55 GMT “New Zealand is one of 20 countries involved in negotiations for a new International Services Agreement” says John Ring, Foreign Affairs spokesperson for Democrats for Social Credit, “and this agreement should be opposed for a number of reasons." http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/718/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Sun, 10 Mar 2013 20:01:37 GMT While the Democrats for Social Credit Party applauds NZ First’s Barbara Stewart for her recent call for more government action on obesity and its associated Type 2 diabetes, the lack of political initiative over this issue necessitates more public involvement to force government into taking decisive measures, according to Democrats for Social Credit health spokesman David Tranter. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/713/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Tue, 12 Feb 2013 18:15:06 GMT “The provision of another $1million for further Grey Hospital talk-fests offers a fascinating insight into the bizarre nature of current priorities in health spending” said DSC Health Spokesman, David Tranter. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/704/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Tue, 08 Jan 2013 23:06:26 GMT "New Zealanders should make their New Year’s resolution this year to move all their bank accounts over to Kiwibank, or one of the other wholly owned New Zealand banks" said Democrats for Social Credit Leader Stephnie de Ruyter. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/700/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Wed, 26 Dec 2012 20:29:45 GMT “The poor understanding of economics by the majority of NZ’s top business CEOs is dismaying” said DSC leader, Stephnie de Ruyter. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/699/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Fri, 21 Dec 2012 01:35:20 GMT "If you asked for a cup of coffee and were given something that was 17% coffee and 83% bleach, you wouldn't be very happy," says John Ring, Foreign Affairs Spokesperson for New Zealand Democrats for Social Credit. "If the proposed Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement is adopted, that's how people will feel." http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/692/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Sun, 02 Dec 2012 05:01:53 GMT "The latest Local Government Amendment Act is another step toward a command economy" says Democrats for Social Credit spokesman, Heather Marion Smith."The extra powers vested in central government bureaucracy will only alienate New Zealand's already overburdened ratepayers further" she adds. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/691/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Thu, 29 Nov 2012 22:07:34 GMT The continuing threat to the huge savings in medicine costs achieved by Pharmac continues to make a mockery of the TPPA noose which the government appears determined to put Kiwis’ heads into, according to DSC Health spokesman David Tranter. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/689/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Tue, 27 Nov 2012 23:55:16 GMT “As the similarities with social credit are realised, the Greens proposal, erroneously labelled Quantitative Easing (QE), has given rise to many snide comments, poor jokes, and a couple of sneering articles” commented Stephnie de Ruyter, DSC leader. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/661/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Wed, 10 Oct 2012 04:38:24 GMT DSC leader Stephnie de Ruyter today congratulated Greens co-leader Dr Russell Norman for finally embracing aspects of social credit monetary reform. “It’s great that the Greens have woken up at last” Ms de Ruyter said. “Their advocacy of DSC policy to solve problems such as the high value of the New Zealand dollar and the funding of the Christchurch rebuild is a welcome ‘about face’.” http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/652/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Mon, 08 Oct 2012 05:17:48 GMT Responses to OIA questions put to Tony Ryall by DSC Health Spokesman David Tranter demonstrate that this government is unable to justify their DHB loans policy which would, typically, impose total interest payments of $20 million on a $50 million loan if it is repaid over the maximum allowable period of ten years. Given the parlous state of many DHBs’ finances the only logical explanation for this policy is that government actually wish to push struggling DHBs into even worse financial situations than now exist. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/648/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Mon, 01 Oct 2012 22:13:43 GMT Democrats for Social Credit Leader Stephnie De Ruyter today congratulated Winston Peters on his private member’s bill ballot success, but she says the bill, which seeks to expand the powers of the Reserve Bank, is merely scratching the surface. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/636/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Fri, 17 Aug 2012 21:45:13 GMT “Serious patient safety concerns being raised with Tony Ryall have resulted in the Minister issuing a denial that he is in any way responsible for such matters” said Democrats for Social Credit health spokesman David Tranter. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/628/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Tue, 10 Jul 2012 23:16:58 GMT "The publicity given Peter Neilson, CEO of the Financial Services Commission, is undeserved," claims the Democrats for Social Credit’s Advocate for Seniors, Heather Marion Smith. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/620/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Thu, 21 Jun 2012 01:42:22 GMT “The long-standing humbug and hypocrisy surrounding the public health system’s complaints system under the former Health and Disability Commissioner Ron Paterson is again highlighted by his just-published book, 'The Good Doctor' ” said the Democrats for Social Credit health spokesman David Tranter. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/618/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Thu, 14 Jun 2012 01:15:39 GMT West Coast DHB spokesman Wayne Turp’s dismissal of Dr Ruth Spearing’s condemnation of the proposed public-private partnership (PPP) funding for re-building Buller Hospital typifies the arrogant “we-know-everything” approach of the corporate regime which has taken a stranglehold on the public health system in the past two decades, according to DSC health spokesman David Tranter. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/616/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Mon, 21 May 2012 04:53:56 GMT Figures just obtained by the Democrats for Social Credit indicate that despite claims that savings would be made by sharing management with the Canterbury DHB, West Coast bureaucratic positions are still increasing under the new regime. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/610/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Sun, 06 May 2012 04:48:24 GMT "Various leaked texts of drafts for the Transpacific Partnership Agreement use such terms as 'openness' and 'transparency' to describe the way they want countries to formulate laws and regulations, but the agreement itself is being negotiated in ways that violate those principles," said John Ring, Foreign Affairs Spokesman for Democrats for Social Credit. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/608/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Thu, 03 May 2012 22:51:47 GMT The Clerk of the House has approved the wording for the petition to get a citizens initiated referendum on asset sales. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/607/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Fri, 27 Apr 2012 03:12:42 GMT The government’s proposed changes for funding of glucose meters and strips for diabetes care is ill-advised and not in the best interests of patients, according to Democrats for Social Credit (DSC) health spokesman, David Tranter. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/600/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Fri, 23 Mar 2012 07:56:41 GMT “Official Information Act enquiries by the Democrats for Social Credit (DSC) reveal the weird and wonderful government processes under which DHBs are forced to pay huge interest on loans for capital works” according to DSC health spokesman David Tranter. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/596/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Sat, 17 Mar 2012 21:37:04 GMT Bernard Hickey’s heretical call for the Reserve Bank to ‘print money’ (NZ Herald, Feb 26) doesn’t go far enough. Yes, the Reserve Bank should create credit (the vast majority of our money supply is electronic) to fill the gap between incomes and prices, and to build and repair vital infrastructure – not just in a crisis, but as a sovereign duty, permanently. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/593/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Mon, 27 Feb 2012 22:14:52 GMT Information obtained by Democrats for Social Credit health spokesman David Tranter from health minister Tony Ryall under the OIA indicates that while government stated before last year’s election that $38million is “available” for re-building Grey Hospital the money is in fact not yet available despite long-standing claims that the hospital represents a grave risk to life should there be a major earthquake before it is re-built. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/584/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Sun, 29 Jan 2012 04:45:52 GMT The saying that people get the governments they deserve seems unduly harsh yet, viewing the New Zealand election results and the staggeringly low voter turnout, perhaps there is some truth to the saying, according to Democrats for Social Credit Health Spokesman David Tranter. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/579/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Tue, 29 Nov 2011 03:20:20 GMT Any intelligent overview of the current election campaign shows the deceitful way in which the parties currently in parliament concentrate on trivialities while evading meaningful discussion of the huge issues confronting New Zealand society, according to Democrats for Social Credit health spokesman David Tranter. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/578/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Sun, 20 Nov 2011 21:57:46 GMT Following Phil Goff’s release of Labour’s Finance Manifesto today, David Cunliffe has said in a New Zealand Labour Party press release: “Labour is backing the drive for more high value exports with monetary reform ...” http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/576/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Fri, 18 Nov 2011 06:51:56 GMT Labour health spokesman Grant Robertson’s statement that he would not “pre-judge” whether their proposed “independent” inquiry into fluoridation may lead to mandatory fluoridation is distinctly undermined by his own declared personal support for fluoridation, according to Democrats for Social Credit Health spokesman David Tranter. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/572/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Sat, 12 Nov 2011 04:50:49 GMT The Democrats for Social Credit leadership today released the Party’s plan to establish a ‘new economics’ framework for New Zealand. Leader Stephnie de Ruyter and Deputy Leader John Pemberton said the DSC Plan for Financial Reform offers a workable alternative to the present system. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/573/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Fri, 11 Nov 2011 06:38:54 GMT With the election imminent the Democrats for Social Credit are calling for the contesting parties to state where they stand on the matter of the functioning of District Health Boards, according to DSC health spokesman David Tranter. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/570/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Sun, 06 Nov 2011 19:52:29 GMT "Under the proposals in a recently leaked United States position paper on regulatory coherence for the Transpacific Partnership Agreement the government's ability to create regulations to handle emergencies such as Christchurch's recent Earthquakes could disappear" says John Ring, Democrats for Social Credit’s Foreign Affairs spokesman. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/567/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Sat, 05 Nov 2011 21:55:09 GMT “Although on opposite sides of the House, Labour and National have played team tag when it comes to policy” said Katherine Ransom, DSC Social Issues Spokesman and Tauranga electorate candidate. “While National panders to the prejudices of supporters - who assume that if you’re poor and out of a job you aren’t trying hard enough - Labour is happy to bleat out the ‘unpopular’ stuff. They may look brave now, but they’ll look like lap dogs when the Nats go ahead and pass the policies Labour campaigned on. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/565/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Thu, 03 Nov 2011 06:32:23 GMT “It’s about time the Greens explained why they are playing along with government’s clandestine negotiations aimed at handing control of New Zealand’s coastal areas to Maori corporate interests in return for Maori Party support in Parliament” according to DSC health spokesman David Tranter. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/562/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:43:12 GMT “Is the government in denial, dreaming, or just being economical with the truth?” asked Stephnie de Ruyter, leader of the Democrats for Social Credit Party. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/557/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Wed, 26 Oct 2011 03:27:10 GMT “An international debt crisis, the proposed sell-off of Kiwi assets, cuts to the public service sector, a stagnating economy, and a dithering government: this weekend’s DSC conference in Dunedin has much to discuss” said Stephnie de Ruyter, leader of the Democrats for Social Credit Party. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/555/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Mon, 24 Oct 2011 20:51:07 GMT President David Wilson today released the Democrats for Social Credit’s list of candidates for the 2011 Election. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/554/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Thu, 20 Oct 2011 20:08:55 GMT “Voters are urged to embrace the DSC’s modern social credit programme of new economics to insulate New Zealand from the effects of the unfolding global debt crisis” said Democrats for Social Credit Leader Stephnie de Ruyter. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/558/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Wed, 19 Oct 2011 22:42:59 GMT “In more than a decade since the market reforms of the electricity sector, there has been little evidence of the sort of planning which would deliver price stability and security of supply to consumers. Instead the opposite is demonstrably apparent” said Stephnie de Ruyter, leader of Democrats for Social Credit . http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/561/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Wed, 12 Oct 2011 06:23:37 GMT “The government’s Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) is a convoluted, complicated crock” said Stephnie de Ruyter, Democrats for Social Credit (DSC) Party leader. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/560/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Mon, 10 Oct 2011 06:17:23 GMT Democrats for Social Credit (DSC)has confirmed John Pemberton as its Waikato Electorate candidate for November’s general election. Mr Pemberton is the Deputy Leader of the DSC party and will be contesting his ninth general election. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/548/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:49:29 GMT The Democrats for Social Credit Party’s Vice President, Katherine Ransom, will stand in Tauranga for a third consecutive general election. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/546/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Mon, 03 Oct 2011 01:19:19 GMT Barry Pulford, a grocery nightfiller from Flaxmere, has been announced as the Tukituki electorate candidate for Democrats for Social Credit. He was selected by delegates attending the Democrats for Social Credit (DSC) Eastern Region’s meeting held in Gisborne. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/543/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Thu, 22 Sep 2011 22:28:12 GMT “The Environment Commissioner’s office response to a DSC OIA request for a list of the people she communicated with in preparing her recent 1080 report reveals the extraordinary secrecy which exists not only regarding OIA requests but which also surrounds information under the Environment Act” said DSC Health spokesman David Tranter. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/541/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Mon, 19 Sep 2011 03:01:03 GMT “Warren Voight of Fairfield has been selected to stand for Democrats for Social Credit in the Dunedin South electorate” DSC Leader Stephnie de Ruyter, and Southern Region President Bob Warren, announced today. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/537/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Mon, 12 Sep 2011 02:07:20 GMT “As the general election approaches there are many issues about which candidates should be stating their position. But you can bet your boots very few from the parties presently in Parliament will be saying much beyond what wonderful M.P.s they will make if re-elected” said David Tranter, DSC Health Spokesman. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/535/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Fri, 09 Sep 2011 03:49:46 GMT "The government must keep investment provisions out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement and the Free Trade Agreement with Hong Kong" said John Ring, Democrats for Social Credit spokesperson on Foreign Affairs. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/531/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Thu, 01 Sep 2011 03:14:32 GMT The West Coast DHB's "suggestions" of introducing private surgery at Grey Hospital and, "shifting hospital services into GP practices and the community", as reported recently in the West Coast media is another step in the process of successive governments chipping away at the public health system, according to Democrats for Social Credit health spokesman David Tranter. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/527/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Wed, 24 Aug 2011 03:58:51 GMT The continuing silence of most New Zealand MPs regarding government’s clandestine negotiations about the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement indicates either their ignorance of what is going on or their willing connivance in selling New Zealand down the river, according to Democrats for Social Credit (DSC) health spokesman David Tranter. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/522/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Fri, 29 Jul 2011 03:51:44 GMT “The Labour Party’s desperate capital gains tax plan, so far from being bold, will do nothing for the economy or the country,” says John Pemberton, Deputy Leader of Democrats for Social Credit (DSC). http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/520/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Mon, 18 Jul 2011 21:24:30 GMT Hessel van Wieren, a self-employed building contractor of Cromwell, has been selected as Waitaki electoral candidate for Democrats for Social Credit. He is an experienced campaigner, having contested the seat for the Party in 2008. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/517/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Thu, 14 Jul 2011 04:20:26 GMT “DSC Party Leader Stephnie de Ruyter has been selected by local members to contest the Invercargill seat in the 2011 Election” announced Carl Payne, Democrats for Social Credit (DSC) Invercargill Electorate Chairman. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/518/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Fri, 01 Jul 2011 04:22:53 GMT “There is no plausible reason for the proposed partial privatisation of our publicly-owned strategic energy assets” stated Stephnie de Ruyter, Democrats for Social Credit Party leader. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/507/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Wed, 29 Jun 2011 01:31:33 GMT Democrats for Social Credit Health Spokesman David Tranter is calling on government to inform the public of the threat to Pharmac’s cost-effective drug purchasing system because of U.S. government moves under TPPA (Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement) discussions which have the potential to force the end of the New Zealand system for purchasing low-cost medicines. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/496/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Mon, 20 Jun 2011 02:44:41 GMT "The Transpacific Partnership Agreement should be rejected because it includes proposals for privatising water" said Heather Marion Smith, Local Government Spokesperson for Democrats for Social Credit. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/495/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Fri, 17 Jun 2011 02:41:17 GMT “Wellington City Councillors must defer deliberations on investing in the proposed Local Government Funding Agency” said Democrats for Social Credit’s Local Government Spokesman, Heather Marion Smith. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/493/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Tue, 07 Jun 2011 05:52:14 GMT “Yet another New Zealand Finance Minister, Bill English, has produced a Budget based on the misguided belief that problems can be solved by the same thinking used to create them” said Democrats for Social Credit Deputy Leader John Pemberton. “What is needed is a new form of economy - monetary reform.” http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/488/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Mon, 23 May 2011 08:13:52 GMT The West Coast DHB's answer to an OIA request which shows that since collaboration with Canterbury began West Coast health administrative positions have decreased by a mere 2 again demonstrates that bureaucracy remains entrenched despite the so-called sharing of resources with another DHB, according to Democrats for Social Credit Health spokesman David Tranter. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/481/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Sun, 17 Apr 2011 23:01:45 GMT “The deceitful processes surrounding government's forcing through of the Marine and Coastal Area Bill that panders to the Maori Party in return for their support in order to remain in office again threatens the very concept of democracy in New Zealand” said DSC spokesman, David Tranter. “The foreshore and seabed is the birthright and common heritage of all New Zealanders equally, and as such should be held in Crown ownership in perpetuity.”   http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/478/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Thu, 31 Mar 2011 02:21:27 GMT "The Transpacific nations must avoid the mistakes of Europe" John Ring, New Zealand Democrats for Social Credit spokesperson on Foreign Affairs said today.  "Many European countries are getting into difficulties because they have signed international treaties that limit what economic policies they may follow. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/470/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Sat, 12 Feb 2011 22:24:38 GMT “Prime Minister John Key is overlooking the obvious in his quest for New Zealand’s economic salvation” said Democrats for Social Credit leader, Stephnie de Ruyter. “Our economic woes cannot and will not be satisfactorily addressed while he insists on blindly continuing down the wrong track. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/464/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Wed, 26 Jan 2011 07:54:10 GMT “Funds for the flood protection work on the Water of Leith and Lindsay Creek ought to come to the Otago Regional Council directly from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand” said Democrats for Social Credit leader, Stephnie de Ruyter. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/463/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Wed, 26 Jan 2011 00:23:28 GMT "Democrats for Social Credit urge those negotiating the TPP Agreement between New Zealand, Australia, the USA, Singapore, Chile, Brunei, Vietnam and Malaysia to make the documents available to the general public," says John Ring, Democrats for Social Credit spokesperson on Foreign Affairs.  "In 2006 the World Trade Organisation decided that none of its documents should be confidential, and there is no reason why other trade talks should not follow the same principle." http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/449/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Wed, 01 Dec 2010 21:50:28 GMT “The extent of the earthquake damage to Canterbury’s essential infrastructure demands a creative funding response from the Government” said Stephnie de Ruyter, Leader of the Democrats for Social Credit Party (DSC). http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/434/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:57:35 GMT “There is no reassurance to be had from an International Monetary Fund (IMF) report which stated that New Zealand has the second smallest government debt of the 23 advanced economies it analysed” said Stephnie de Ruyter, DSC Party Leader. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/433/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:18:57 GMT “The messy demise of Alan Hubbard’s finance company has been inevitable because of the way companies such as South Canterbury Finance operate” said Democrats for Social Credit Party Leader Stephnie de Ruyter and Southern Region President Bob Warren in a joint statement issued today. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/426/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:08:22 GMT “There is no logic to the proposal that delivery of neurological services in the South Island should be centralised in Christchurch” said Democrats for Social Credit Party Leader Stephnie de Ruyter. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/427/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:09:54 GMT “The report on social housing compiled by the Housing Shareholders’ Advisory Group identifies many flaws in the current methods of provision but overlooks an obvious solution” said Stephnie de Ruyter, Leader of the Democrats for Social Credit (DSC) Party. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/425/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Thu, 12 Aug 2010 08:06:24 GMT “The government’s Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) is a convoluted, complicated crock” said Stephnie de Ruyter, Invercargill-based Democrats for Social Credit (DSC) Party Leader, addressing a meeting in Christchurch today. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/430/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Tue, 20 Jul 2010 08:20:50 GMT “Proposed amendments to the Local Government Act 2002, now before parliament, pave the way for privatisation of water services” said DSC’s Waikato Regional President, Les Port. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/413/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Mon, 12 Jul 2010 07:31:48 GMT “Today’s announcement that the International Whaling Committee (IWC) meeting in Agadir failed to achieve a diplomatic solution is disappointing, as Foreign Minister Murray McCully states, but surely comes as no surprise” commented Democrats for Social Credit Party Leader Stephnie de Ruyter. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/428/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Thu, 24 Jun 2010 05:22:20 GMT “Unqualified opposition to all commercial whaling in the Southern Ocean Sanctuary is the only position which Foreign Minister Murray McCully, can justifiably adopt when he represents New Zealand at the International Whaling Commission’s meeting next month in Agadir” said Stephnie de Ruyter, Leader of Democrats for Social Credit. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/429/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Fri, 28 May 2010 08:16:25 GMT Amongst all the hype of the 2010 Budget announcement, either for or against, there has been little mention or analysis of the nation’s ever - growing debt burden. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/395/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Sun, 23 May 2010 04:03:54 GMT Hailed by hysterical media as ‘revolutionary’ and ‘stimulating’, the 2010 Budget is hardly more than political sleight - of hand. Only the top income earners are truly better off, while everyone else will see their little bit of tax cut gobbled up by higher GST, higher rents, higher prices and rising interest rates. This Budget will have dire economic consequences. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/396/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Sat, 22 May 2010 04:11:32 GMT “The proposed increase in superannuation will not compensate seniors for the proposed increase in GST,” said Democrats for Social Credit (DSC) leader Stephnie de Ruyter, “and it is deceitful for the Prime Minister to claim otherwise. Seniors will be worse off.” http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/361/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Sun, 28 Feb 2010 03:14:26 GMT “The last thing New Zealand needs is more tinkering with the tax system,” said John Pemberton, Democrats for Social Credit (DSC) Deputy Leader, “although most voters would agree that it is cumbersome, costly, and easy to evade and defraud.” http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/360/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Mon, 22 Feb 2010 03:12:16 GMT Dunedin’s DSC members and supporters turned out in force today for the official opening of the Democrats for Social Credit Regional Office, incorporating the Socred Book Exchange, at 239 Moray Place, Dunedin. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/338/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Tue, 08 Sep 2009 03:10:58 GMT The DSC leadership today released the Party’s 7 point plan designed to establish the framework for a social credit economy in New Zealand. Leader Stephnie de Ruyter and Deputy Leader John Pemberton said the DSC Plan for Financial Reform offers a workable solution to the financial turmoil resulting from the global credit crisis. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/337/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Mon, 07 Sep 2009 04:41:06 GMT DSC delegates elected their leadership team at the Party’s annual conference in Christchurch on Saturday. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/336/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Sat, 05 Sep 2009 19:22:14 GMT The keynote speaker at this weekend’s DSC Conference will present a ground-breaking paper of international significance which shows why both the main economictheories of the twentieth century have failed and what to do about the world financial situation. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/335/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Thu, 03 Sep 2009 05:42:41 GMT Delegates & observers from electorates around the country will gather in Christchurch this weekend for the Democrats for Social Credit  annual conference. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/334/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:39:29 GMT “The review of electricity market performance has delivered a discussion document which recommends a reshuffle of the cards which allow the large players to continue to exercise market power, at the expense of consumers” said Stephnie de Ruyter, Leader of the Democrats for Social Credit. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/332/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:50:37 GMT “A public enquiry into the actions of the banks and the system they operate is an essential prerequisite for a recovery of the financial health of the nation” said DSC Leader Stephnie de Ruyter, addressing a meeting of Party members in Invercargill yesterday. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/311/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:52:05 GMT “The key objectives of a monetary reform prescription are to enable a healthy producing economy that provides us all with sufficient income” said DSC Finance Spokesman John Pemberton. “It is not to provide massive profits for banks or to rob people of their life savings through collapsing Finance Companies and Share Markets. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/302/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Thu, 28 May 2009 21:36:52 GMT “The figures speak for themselves” said John Pemberton, DSC Finance Spokesman. “Debt, more debt and even more debt right through until June 2017. The Budget forecasts: June 2009 $69.16 billion; June 2010 $76.12 billion and for June 2013 $106.62 billion – servicing that debt alone raises government expenditure on debt from $3.4 billion to $5.5 billion– does that look like debt under control?” asked Mr Pemberton. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/301/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Thu, 28 May 2009 10:55:17 GMT “Today’s budget is a soft, limp offering which fails to meet the needs of New Zealand’s ailing economy” commented DSC Leader Stephnie de Ruyter. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/300/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Thu, 28 May 2009 08:40:46 GMT “Public expenditure may be restricted in the future, but it is still to be financed by private debt” observed DSC Local Government Spokesman, Heather Marion Smith of Wanganui, commenting on National’s 2009 budget. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/299/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Thu, 28 May 2009 04:03:04 GMT The Resource Management Amendment Bill will dangerously reduce public participation, says Katherine Ransom, Vice President, Democrats for Social Credit. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/296/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Mon, 18 May 2009 02:38:47 GMT Veteran rural health campaigner and current Democrats for Social Credit health spokesman David Tranter is ending 18 years of involvement in health issues and advocacy with a call for government to return health professionals to their rightful place in the planning of health services. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/277/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:40:18 GMT Democrats for Social Credit Health Spokesman David Tranter   is pointing to the centralisation    of health services   under the corporatisation of management   over the past two decades as warning that there are almost certainly hidden agendas behind recent questions over the future of West Coast secondary services. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/276/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Mon, 09 Feb 2009 03:38:28 GMT West Coast DHB elected board member David Tranter has resigned in protest over what he labels board secrecy and anti-health professional agendas which recently culminated in the loss of three top class, long-serving anaesthetists from Grey Hospital within a very short space of time. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/258/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:54:22 GMT “Reserve Bank grants, interest-free loans and low interest loans should be available to local bodies to fund infrastructure projects” said Democrats for Social Credit Leader Stephnie de Ruyter, responding to information published in the Otago Daily Times about Dunedin City Council borrowing levels. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/247/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Tue, 04 Nov 2008 23:05:07 GMT “Voters are urged to embrace the DSC’s modern social credit programme of new economics to lift New Zealand out of the deepening global recession” said Democrats for Social Credit Leader Stephnie de Ruyter. “ New Zealand can lead the way and set an example for other countries to follow”. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/246/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:55:09 GMT Democrats for Social Credit leader Stephnie de Ruyter has called for a shake-up of the way in which District Health Boards are elected and appointed. “Following new policy passed at the Democrats for Social Credit annual conference, we would replace the present boards of 4 government-appointed members and 7 publicly elected members with 8 elected members, 5 chosen by the public and three by health professionals, with only one government-appointed member” she said. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/244/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Sun, 02 Nov 2008 00:07:24 GMT “Policy u-turns by politicians like Bill English and John Key are almost insignificant besides that of our Reserve Bank” says Heather Marion Smith, Local Government Spokesman for Democrats for Social Credit (DSC). http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/243/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:57:19 GMT Maxim Institute, that high-minded "think tank" that claims to stand for democracy and justice, showed Wednesday night in Tauranga that they are not above using their power to try and manipulate the outcome of the general election, according to DSC candidate Katherine Ransom. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/241/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:52:53 GMT A key health issue being ignored in the general election is the matter of New Zealand losing control over access to alternative medicines, according the Democrats for Social Credit ( DSC ) Leader Stephnie de Ruyter and Health spokesman David Tranter . http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/236/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Sun, 26 Oct 2008 00:37:51 GMT “The Reserve Bank Governor, Dr. Alan Bollard, should not be so predictable” says John Pemberton, Finance spokesman for Democrats for social credit (DSC) . “Every orthodox economist and their unthinking hangers-on, the media, had the one percent OCR drop sussed weeks ago. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/235/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:58:37 GMT “Tauranga City may put itself in an untenable position if it tries to raise capital by selling bonds to the public,” warns Katherine Ransom, candidate for Democrats for Social Credit (DSC). “Individual investors could well feel that they have a right to make demands or block council projects, and what happens if bonds are purchased by a large corporation? I see naming rights looming.” http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/234/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Wed, 22 Oct 2008 22:18:17 GMT Democrats for Social Credit leader Stephnie de Ruyter is calling for a review of the uncoordinated manner in which aged care facilities are being provided in New Zealand . “There is already concern about the problem of rest homes finding and paying for enough qualified staff to cover their existing services, but as rest homes are pressured into taking more long-term hospital care residents when public hospitals withdraw this service, concerns about getting qualified staff - and paying for them - can only get worse” Ms de Ruyter said. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/232/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Sun, 19 Oct 2008 09:22:55 GMT “French President, Nicolas Sarkozy, got it right when he told the EU leaders at their 15 October 2008 Summit meeting ‘We need to found a new capitalism based on values that put finance at the service of companies and citizens and not the reverse’”, says John Pemberton, Finance spokesman for Democrats for social credit ( DSC ) . http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/230/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:31:42 GMT “Labour’s election promise to ‘borrow and spend New Zealand out of a depression’ is worthless if the funds are borrowed from any source other than the Reserve Bank” said Stephnie de Ruyter, Leader of Democrats for Social Credit. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/229/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:25:31 GMT Growth - the only solution offered by the major players in New Zealand politics. The National Party in particular trots out its mantra "We have policies to get growth back into our economy". John Pemberton, Democrats for Social Credit Deputy Leader, outlines the Party’s recommendations for an alternative approach. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/227/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:01:29 GMT “Today’s massive $10,359,200,000.00 student loan scheme debt looms large above Labour’s promise to drip feed the introduction of a universal allowance for students” said Democrats for Social Credit Leader Stephnie de Ruyter. “Even with all the tinkering the government has done to the scheme, the debt is not getting any smaller.” http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/226/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:20:11 GMT The Democrats for Social Credit (DSC)  leadership today released a 7 point plan designed to establish the framework for a social credit economy in New Zealand . Leader Stephnie de Ruyter and Deputy Leader John Pemberton said the DSC Plan for Financial Reform offers a workable solution to the financial turmoil resulting from the global credit crisis. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/224/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:20:17 GMT Democrats for Social Credit (DSC) monetary policy would save DHBs millions of dollars on such projects as replacing or renovating hospitals, according to Party Leader Stephnie de Ruyter. This is just one example of how the New Zealand taxpayer would have huge debt burdens removed by taking loans away from finance arrangements involving usurious interest charges and having the loans issued at low or even zero interest by the New Zealand Reserve Bank, as was done by the first Labour government to get this country out of the Great Depression, she said. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/223/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:22:52 GMT “You’ve got to remember – banks create credit, they lend it to companies and that creates growth.” - John Key, Leader of the National Party, on Television New Zealand Breakfast programme, 9 October 2008 .   “John Key, on national television, has admitted to the people of New Zealand the truth about money which social crediters have known for decades,” says John Pemberton , Finance spokesman for Democrats for social credit ( DSC ) . http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/219/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:39:17 GMT “Tax cuts, both actual and promised together, look pathetic next to the wide - ranging benefits to be had from a decent drop in interest rates,” says Katherine Ransom , Democrats for social credit ( DSC ) Social Issues spokesperson and candidate for Tauranga. “High interest, an evil that was once outlawed, has been a monkey on our backs long enough.” http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/220/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:49:04 GMT “The decision to impose a substantial petrol tax on Auckland motorists to pay for their roading projects is unjustifiable when alternative sources of funding are readily available” said DSC Leader Stephnie de Ruyter. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/210/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:24:21 GMT “Armageddon is upon us – not as we dreamed, where the hero finally rides in, takes over the world and rules for a 1000 years of peace and plenty - but where a few anti heroes (the big banks) ride in and gobble up the smaller fry,” says John Pemberton , Finance spokesman for Democrats for social credit ( DSC ) . http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/204/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:55:41 GMT “Is Dr Cullen going to sit around waiting for New Zealand ’s economy to collapse under the weight of a global financial systems meltdown? Or does he have the foresight to act now to protect and insulate this country against the flow-on effects of international financial turmoil?” asks Stephnie de Ruyter, Leader of Democrats for Social Credit. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/205/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:59:23 GMT The Democrats for Social Credit (DSC) are calling for drastic reductions in the costs of visiting G.P.s and getting prescriptions. Party leader Stephnie de Ruyter states that the reductions in G.P. charges do not go far enough and says that DSC policy for nominal charges ($4 for a G.P. visit and $2 for prescriptions) would remove the cost barrier to visiting G.P.s promptly thereby preventing many health problems from worsening and costing more to be treated at a later stage. It is of further concern that some prescriptions still carry a high cost even when the patient has a community services card so that in some cases a patient will not get their medication even though it has been prescribed, she said. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/201/Default.aspx Martyn Cook Sat, 04 Oct 2008 02:30:05 GMT “The DSC endorses the concerns expressed in an ‘Open Letter’ issued by the New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services (NZCCSS)” said Dawn McIntosh, DSC Women’s Issues Spokesperson. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/200/Default.aspx Martyn Cook Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:40:47 GMT Democrats for Social Credit are calling for a review of the deinstitutionalisation agenda which is causing widespread on-going stress to many patients and families trying to cope with inadequate resourcing of services which were supposed to replace residential mental health care, according to DSC leader Stephnie de Ruyter and Health Spokesman David Tranter.  http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/196/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:09:14 GMT “This election is about debt,” says John Pemberton, Finance Spokesman for Democrat for Social Credit (DSC). “A stampeding bull elephant, the debt - fuelled world economic crisis, is about to stomp on New Zealand .” http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/191/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Sun, 21 Sep 2008 22:12:43 GMT Despite “significant further turbulence in the US and global financial markets”, Reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard says the New Zealand banking system remains sound. “Yeah, right!” says John Pemberton Finance spokesman for Democrats for Social Credit ( DSC ). http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/188/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Sun, 21 Sep 2008 08:11:35 GMT “Voters are urged to embrace the DSC’s modern social credit programme of new economics to insulate New Zealand from the effects of the unfolding global financial crisis” said Democrats for Social Credit Leader Stephnie de Ruyter.   “The DSC has consistently argued for the past 50 years that orthodox economics is no substitute for addressing the cause of the problem” she said. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/185/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Thu, 18 Sep 2008 22:21:38 GMT Candidates had no answers for the Priority One audience at Bay Court this week, which was no surprise to Democrats for social credit (DSC) candidate for Tauranga Katherine Ransom. “They can’t ‘show the money’ because most of it is tied up servicing debt.” http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/181/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Thu, 18 Sep 2008 04:16:09 GMT “The government’s Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) is a convoluted, complicated crock” said Stephnie de Ruyter, DSC Party Leader, addressing a meeting in Christchurch today. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/157/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Tue, 02 Sep 2008 07:49:09 GMT “Government and LTA hand-wringing and gnashing of teeth over paying for new roads and public transport infrastructure is self-indulgent and unnecessary” said DSC Leader Stephnie de Ruyter. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/158/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Mon, 01 Sep 2008 00:34:33 GMT “The National Party Politicians giveth great tax cut promises, knowing that the National Party Pickpockets will taketh away”, says John Pemberton, Democrats for social credit Finance Spokesman. “Maurice Williamson, National’s transport spokesman, gives us the heads up on what is to follow - any money spent on the common good such as major roading projects will be rapidly recovered by way of tolls. Goodbye tax cuts,” Pemberton says. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/129/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:52:20 GMT ‘Democrats for Social Credit’ President Neville Aitchison today released the Party’s list of candidates for the 2008 Election.   “I’m proud to announce the DSC’s list of candidates: our talented line-up features a dynamic combination of youth and experience. It reflects the indicative vote of our members and represents a strong, credible alternative for voters” said Mr Aitchison. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/130/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:56:23 GMT A news release, issued by the Reserve Bank - 21 August 2008 - has Toby Fiennes, the Head of Prudential Supervision, saying ‘Purely as a precautionary measure, the Bank has put in place a facility where it will accept Residential Mortgaged-Backed Securities as collateral for cash, giving institutions an additional funding avenue.’ http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/128/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:53:21 GMT A pro-1080 article written by Bob Brockie in the Dominion Post   (18 August) under the heading, "World of Science", typifies the bizarre methods of those who ridicule well-researched campaigners opposing various politically-driven agendas, according to Democrats for Social Credit health spokesman David Tranter . http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/125/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:26:43 GMT DSC delegates elected their leadership team at the Party’s annual conference in Hamilton on Saturday. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/108/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:44:35 GMT Mr Les Hunter , author of ‘Courage to Change: a case for monetary reform’, will be in Hamilton on Saturday to address the DSC annual conference. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/98/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:28:12 GMT Delegates & observers from electorates around the country will gather in Hamilton this weekend for the Democrats for social credit annual conference. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/99/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Wed, 13 Aug 2008 05:18:54 GMT “National Party’s desire to borrow from conventional sources for infrastructure development, will not only add further burdens to the many taxpayers by way of debt servicing, but will also help feather the nest of the few , his money market mates” said John Pemberton , DSC Finance Spokesman. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/102/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Sun, 03 Aug 2008 09:00:46 GMT “The Reserve Bank Governor, Dr. Allan Bollard, stated in his media release of 30 July 2008 that ‘… we cannot all pass on the higher costs to our customers or employers. If we do try to pass it on, then monetary policy will respond.’ By making this statement Bollard has finally accepted that o rthodox economic polices are based on faulty doctrine,” John Pemberton , Democrats for social credit Finance Spokesman, says. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/103/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Fri, 01 Aug 2008 09:03:04 GMT Brian Gaynor (Herald, Saturday June 28) says ‘None of our political leaders seem to have a big picture vision or any idea how to reverse this long term under performance.’ John Pemberton, Democrats for social credit Finance Spokesman, disagrees. “As important as the big picture is,” he says, “it will never come to much if it is painted on a rotten canvas.” http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/19/Default.aspx Martyn Cook Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:30:41 GMT Dunedin’s DSC members and supporters turned out in force today for the official opening of the Social Credit Information Centre in King Edward Street, Dunedin South. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/20/Default.aspx Martyn Cook Thu, 26 Jun 2008 02:30:53 GMT “The flaws inherent in our out-dated debt-based financial system have been exposed as stagflation impacts on New Zealand’s small, vulnerable economy. The combination of inflation with economic stagnation has already taken its first bite” said DSC Leader, Stephnie de Ruyter, “and looks set to make a meal of us”. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/105/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:06:51 GMT “In the ten years since the market reforms of the electricity sector, there has been little evidence of the sort of planning which would deliver price stability and security of supply to consumers. Instead the opposite is demonstrably apparent” said Stephnie de Ruyter, Leader of Democrats for social credit. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/106/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:08:29 GMT “New Zealanders have every reason to be deeply concerned about the quality of aged care service provision across the country” said Stephnie de Ruyter, DSC Leader. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/107/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:09:55 GMT “ New Zealand ’s student loan scheme debt is rapidly approaching another milestone: the $10 billion mark. New ways of supporting students must be explored as a matter of urgency” said Stephnie de Ruyter, DSC Leader. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/104/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:05:15 GMT “The promise of better funding for aged care through more partnerships with the private sector if National wins the next election fall short of meeting the increasing cost of aged care for our frail, elderly New Zealanders” said Stephnie de Ruyter, Leader of Democrats for social credit. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/166/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Thu, 06 Sep 2007 10:46:47 GMT Pete Hodgson’s announcement today that government has scrapped the South Westland SMA demonstrates their dismal failure to grasp the principles and advantages of providing free health care especially in remote rural regions, according to Democrats for Social Credit health spokesman, David Tranter.   http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/165/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Wed, 05 Sep 2007 10:44:36 GMT The withdrawal of the Auckland & Canterbury DHBs from DHBNZ and the scathing comments by Canterbury chair Syd Bradley (The Press, 2 August) reveals another absurd aspect of corporatised health management in New Zealand, according to Democrats for Social Credit health spokesman David Tranter. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/164/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Mon, 06 Aug 2007 10:41:42 GMT “We’re all to blame for child abuse,” declares Katherine Ransom, Social Issues Spokesperson for Democrats for social credit. “We have allowed real poverty to become entrenched in our land of plenty, while the top 10% of people get richer. Poverty and all that goes with it – overcrowding, poor housing, malnutrition, lack of skills, poor health – are directly related to domestic violence and child abuse.” http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/163/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:39:40 GMT “Bollard tells us ‘The New Zealand economy is running strong,’” says John Pemberton, DSC Finance Spokesman. “We are recording continued big increases in international commodity prices, he tells us. This is very good news for New Zealand, but Bollard still delivers a backhander.” http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/21/Default.aspx Martyn Cook Fri, 27 Jul 2007 02:30:30 GMT “Reports from the Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ) conference that funding issues are driving high percentage rates increases, causing hardship to many ratepayers and stalling necessary infrastructure upgrades, reflect the folly of the present narrow funding mechanisms” noted DSC Leader, Stephnie de Ruyter. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/24/Default.aspx Martyn Cook Tue, 24 Jul 2007 02:37:20 GMT Growing concerns about Kiwisaver make it imperative that government stop giving a one-sided view of the scheme and spell out to the public the pitfalls involved, according to Democrats for Social Credit health spokesman, David Tranter. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/169/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Wed, 18 Jul 2007 10:53:53 GMT “The unpopular Therapeutic Products and Medicines Bill has passed its use-by date and should be binned, not shelved” said DSC Leader, Stephnie de Ruyter, reacting to news that the Bill does not have sufficient support in parliament to be passed into law and is to be put aside. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/168/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Mon, 16 Jul 2007 10:51:41 GMT On the day of the Live Earth concerts, delegates attending the annual DSC conference in Christchurch last weekend voted to support a series of directional “eco-remits”. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/167/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Tue, 10 Jul 2007 10:49:23 GMT “The move by the Southland District Council to hold a non-binding referendum to survey the views of local residents on the fluoridation of their water supplies is a fine example of real democracy in action and must be applauded” said Stephnie de Ruyter, DSC Leader. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/170/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Mon, 02 Jul 2007 10:56:35 GMT Organisers of the Westland campaign against Annette King's agenda to restrict the public's access to alternative medicines are outraged at her latest meddling in people's right to make their own choices regarding their health. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/22/Default.aspx Martyn Cook Sun, 24 Jun 2007 02:32:24 GMT “Michael Cullen’s budget will be known as ‘the eighth blunder of the world’, not because of the contents but because of what is missing. Leaving out the key ingredient, the implementation of a low interest rate policy, is a blunder that will further erode our standing in the world,” says John Pemberton, Finance Spokesman, DSC. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/159/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Fri, 18 May 2007 10:27:55 GMT “Spare a thought for the owners of small businesses. While many business owners may be smiling at the prospect of a reduced tax rate, and grimacing at the prospect of supporting the Kiwisaver scheme, some will be rueing an opportunity lost” said Stephnie de Ruyter, Leader of Democrats for Social Credit. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/160/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Thu, 17 May 2007 10:30:32 GMT Calls for the establishment of a New Zealand regulatory body for the natural health products industry are endorsed by the Democrats for Social Credit. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/162/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Mon, 07 May 2007 10:37:09 GMT “It’s no surprise that hopeful home buyers across New Zealand despair of ever realising their dream of home ownership. Reports that in Auckland 92% of the average take home pay packet is needed to meet mortgage payments must be a daunting prospect for first time buyers” said Stephnie de Ruyter, DSC Leader. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/161/Default.aspx Stephnie de Ruyter Sat, 05 May 2007 10:32:44 GMT Information received from Pete Hodgson under the OIA by Democrats for Social Credit health spokesman and current WCDHB candidate David Tranter shows that of the eleven SMAs (Special Medical Areas) remaining in 1993 only the three West Coast ones have been scrapped. http://www.democrats.org.nz/OurNews/MediaReleases/tabid/111/selectedmoduleid/545/ArticleID/23/Default.aspx Martyn Cook Tue, 10 Apr 2007 02:36:05 GMT