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NZ Must Invest In Defence Or Risk Isolation With Trump 2.0
Wednesday, 15 January 2025, 8:33 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT has consistently argued that New Zealand's defence posture is overdue for a serious upgrade. We can no longer rely solely on goodwill and historic alliances, and it is time to strengthen our own defence capabilities. More >>
ACT Helps Kiwis Make Voices Heard For Equal Rights
Wednesday, 8 January 2025, 1:15 pm | ACT New Zealand
New Zealanders have finally been given a voice in an important conversation that they have been locked out of for too long. Alongside those who submitted through ACT’s tool, thousands more made submissions directly through Parliament’s website, ... More >>
Farmers Don’t Get A Holiday, But They Deserve A Red Tape Break
Tuesday, 7 January 2025, 8:55 am | ACT New Zealand
While many Kiwis enjoy some time off work this summer, cows still need to be milked and crops still need to be watered. Farmers are sacrificing trips away from home to keep New Zealanders—and the world—fed. More >>
Too Many Kiwis Denied The Chance To Gather With Loved Ones At The End Of Life
Sunday, 5 January 2025, 1:43 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT MP Todd Stephenson is the sponsor of the End of Life Choice (Extended Eligibility) Amendment Bill, which would eliminate the need for a terminally ill individual seeking assisted dying services to prove they have only six months left to live, while maintaining ... More >>
Legislation Needed To Give Hunters A Say On Conservation
Friday, 3 January 2025, 8:15 am | ACT New Zealand
"Every weekend this summer season, thousands of us are out in the bush, and many will contribute to conservation work that would otherwise cost the Department of Conservation and taxpayers billions,” says Mr Luxton. More >>
Westies’ Summer Festivities Curtailed By Alcohol Monopolies
Monday, 30 December 2024, 12:29 pm | ACT New Zealand
“My bill wouldn’t eliminate the Licensing Trusts, but it would end monopoly powers and allow local entrepreneurs to sell alcohol under the same regulatory framework as the rest of the country." More >>
Liquor Stores Serving Us This Summer Deserve Thanks, And A Stronger Voice
Friday, 27 December 2024, 8:06 am | ACT New Zealand
“While many of us enjoy some long-awaited time off work this summer, our holiday activities have been made easier by those who sacrifice sunny days to serve us at shops, service stations, and restaurants." More >>
ACT Responds To GDP Data
Thursday, 19 December 2024, 1:06 pm | ACT New Zealand
To rise out of these economic doldrums we need to unleash the ambition and creativity of New Zealanders so families can generate for wealth for themselves and their loved ones, ACT Leader David Seymour says. More >>
Will Party Leaders Let MPs Think For Themselves On Easter Trading?
Wednesday, 18 December 2024, 8:08 am | ACT New Zealand
Modernising Easter Trading has support from Kiwis across the political spectrum, and the bill ensures that businesses can serve customers over Easter while extending existing protections for workers who choose not to work. More >>
NZ A Step Closer To Being A Superpower In Agricultural Genetics
Tuesday, 17 December 2024, 8:42 pm | ACT New Zealand
New Zealand should be a superpower in agricultural and horticultural genetics. But current restrictions have led to absurd outcomes, says ACT’s Science, Innovation and Technology spokesperson Dr Parmjeet Parmar. More >>
ACT Welcomes Bill To Restore Flexibility To Local Housing Development
Tuesday, 17 December 2024, 7:57 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Progress on this legislation means local communities, who deserve a say in their planning laws, can breathe easy. Elected councils up and down the country have opposed MDRS, and now we’re making it entirely their choice,” says ACT Leader and MP ... More >>
Years Of Easy Choices Laid Bare By The Books
Tuesday, 17 December 2024, 1:29 pm | ACT New Zealand
"Successive Governments threw money at every problem, taking easy choices instead of making tough decisions. ACT has been ringing the alarm bells about wasteful spending for years. Now the results are clear, it's time for real discipline to clean up the ... More >>
Another Smart Fix To The AEWV Migration Programme
Tuesday, 17 December 2024, 12:03 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Immigration spokesperson Dr Parmjeet Parmar is welcoming changes to the Accredited Employer Work Visa, including the delivery of ACT’s coalition commitment to remove the median wage threshold. “The requirement that an AEWV job pay at least the median ... More >>
ACT Welcomes Moves To Make Councils Respect Ratepayers
Monday, 16 December 2024, 4:56 pm | ACT New Zealand
“ACT has long campaigned on getting local councils back to basics, with a value-for-money focus. The Government’s moves today are an important step in this direction,” says ACT Local Government spokesperson Cameron Luxton. More >>
Poll: Kiwis Back Principles In Treaty Principles Bill
Sunday, 15 December 2024, 1:46 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Curia poll shares the wording of ACT’s proposed Treaty principles, and asks if respondents support each principle being legislated. All three principles have more support than opposition. More >>
We Hate To Say We Told You So
Saturday, 14 December 2024, 8:23 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT has long warned against the perils of government picking winners and losers in the market, and in 2018 we warned NZGIF was just a different shade of corporate welfare. More >>
ACT Celebrates New Tools To Prevent Benefit Exploitation
Thursday, 12 December 2024, 8:38 pm | ACT New Zealand
"This is real change that will make it far harder to exploit the benefit system," says ACT Social Development and Employment spokesperson Dr Parmjeet Parmar. More >>
Residential Tenancies Act Changes Will Increase Access To Housing
Thursday, 12 December 2024, 5:42 pm | ACT New Zealand
“ACT’s longstanding position has been that Labour’s restrictive tenancy rules hurt both tenant and landlord. They made it harder to get rid of problem tenants, which put landlords off taking a chance on people in need of a home. Everyone lost." More >>
A Week Of Real Change
Thursday, 12 December 2024, 11:34 am | ACT New Zealand
The Haps ACT is rising in the polls, thanks to Free Press readers and their friends and allies. More Charter Schools were announced last week to engage children who aren’t reaching their full potential in existing schools. They included: a successful ... More >>
Ferries Decision A Win For Taxpayers
Wednesday, 11 December 2024, 1:21 pm | ACT New Zealand
Indicative costings for the two new ferries and landside development are approximately half the at least $3 billion cost of iReX, of which the Crown was asked to fund approximately $2.2 billion. More >>
