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What was Rodney Hide's ACT?
ACT New Zealand, usually known as ACT, is a right-wing, classical-liberal political party in New Zealand.
What did Rodney Hide do with the ACT?
Hide had close involvement as the organisation's first chairman and president.

Question: Did he partake in any change or reform?
Self-contained rewrite: Did Rodney Hide partake in any change or reform?