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Seymour Welcomes Lower Budget Allowance

Wednesday, 13 May 2026, 3:07 pm | ACT New Zealand

Spending less new money means less debt. It means Kiwis will keep more of what they earn, so life is more affordable, says Mr Seymour. More >>

Seymour Welcomes Sharesies’ Youth Investment Policy

Wednesday, 13 May 2026, 12:21 pm | ACT New Zealand

“Sharesies’ new KiwiSaver kids contribution is a generous initiative that will help more young New Zealanders get started on the path to saving, investing, and ownership,” says Mr Seymour. More >>

Red Tape Is Killing Grocery Competition

Tuesday, 12 May 2026, 11:47 am | ACT New Zealand

Medical Officers of Health have a statutory job to do under the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act, but demanding a $5 million structural change at the eleventh hour is a sign of a broken system. More >>

Activist Climate Lawsuits Shown The Door

Tuesday, 12 May 2026, 9:52 am | ACT New Zealand

New Zealanders elect governments to make climate policy through Parliament, not judges in courtrooms responding to activist campaigns. More >>

Greens' Finger-Pointing Ignores Real Solutions For Energy

Monday, 11 May 2026, 5:03 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT’s approach is simple: Make it easier to build the infrastructure New Zealand needs, says ACT Energy spokesperson Simon Court. More >>

Rents Falling As Government Ditches Anti-Landlord Ideology Thanks To ACT

Thursday, 7 May 2026, 12:15 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT consistently warned that you cannot improve outcomes by attacking one side of a transaction. More >>

ACT Claims Victory For Free Speech As Government Finally Scraps BSA

Wednesday, 6 May 2026, 12:14 pm | ACT New Zealand

"This is exactly what ACT brings to Government: identifying rules that no longer make sense, calling them out, and shutting them down when they threaten New Zealanders' freedoms." More >>

Citizenship Test: An ACT Idea A Decade In The Making

Wednesday, 6 May 2026, 10:34 am | ACT New Zealand

“On Sunday, alongside other immigration policies, I said that new citizens should understand and affirm the values that make this country worth joining," says Mr Seymour. More >>

Speech To NZ Initiative Health Forum: ACT's Pharmacy As Primary Care Plan - David Seymour, ACT Leader

Tuesday, 5 May 2026, 12:59 pm | ACT New Zealand

"Our healthcare problem is really an access problem. The solution is to better utilise the skills we have, getting the right patient in front of the right professional at the right time." More >>

Let The Kid On The Bus: ACT Commitment For Rural Families

Tuesday, 5 May 2026, 11:07 am | ACT New Zealand

ACT would introduce an ‘Open Seat Rule’ so any child living along an existing school bus route can use it, if there’s space available, regardless of which school they attend. More >>

Twenty Thousand Overstayers: Labour And The Greens Won’t Admit It’s A Problem

Monday, 4 May 2026, 3:30 pm | ACT New Zealand

Responding to Ricardo Menendez-March, Seymour says: “The Greens have breathlessly claimed ACT wants to bring ICE to New Zealand. This says more about their obsession with American politics than it says about ACT’s immigration policy.” More >>

Making Immigration Work For New Zealand

Sunday, 3 May 2026, 6:15 am | ACT New Zealand

ACT’s policy restores the basic bargain that New Zealand was built on. People are welcome here if they contribute, respect our democratic values, and help build the country, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>

$16m Bridge That Doesn’t Exist When $2.75m Would Do

Thursday, 30 April 2026, 12:34 pm | ACT New Zealand

Communities should be shown the real options, including lower-cost solutions, and the trade-offs involved. Projects should be staged, fixing the immediate problem first, says ACT Infrastructure spokesperson Simon Court. More >>

ACT Welcomes More Time For Fishers To Have Their Say

Thursday, 30 April 2026, 11:11 am | ACT New Zealand

Submissions have now been extended to 6 May after I wrote to the Primary Production Committee asking for more time, says ACT Environment spokesperson Cameron Luxton. More >>

Ngāi Tahu Stance Exposes What’s Really Going On At Santana

Wednesday, 29 April 2026, 2:49 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT is replacing the RMA to narrow the scope of effects and raise the bar for who gets a say, so the system facilitates development while focusing on managing genuine effects on people truly affected. More >>

Labour Doubles Down, Puts Ideology Ahead Of Student Outcomes

Tuesday, 28 April 2026, 11:55 am | ACT New Zealand

School boards are made up of parents and community members who step up to support their local schools. We shouldn’t demand them to interpret unclear and contested Treaty principles. More >>

ACT Celebrates Signing Of NZ-India Free Trade Agreement

Tuesday, 28 April 2026, 7:24 am | ACT New Zealand

The agreement reduces tariffs on the majority of goods traded between the two nations. New Zealand exporters will gain improved access to India’s growing market for products such as apples, kiwifruit, dairy, meat, wool and wood products. More >>

No Curfew, No Cut-Off: Christchurch Venues Freed For Packed Weekend

Friday, 24 April 2026, 12:53 pm | ACT New Zealand

“As crowds pour into Christchurch for a huge weekend of events centred around the new stadium, Cantabrians can enjoy a full night out tonight without outdated trading restrictions cutting things short,” says Christchurch-based ACT MP Laura ... More >>

ACT Will Back Volunteers Who Restore War Graves

Friday, 24 April 2026, 10:26 am | ACT New Zealand

“Every ANZAC Day, politicians take the chance to speak at dawn services. But we should ask ourselves: are we honouring those who served with more than just words?” says ACT Veterans spokesperson Mark Cameron. More >>

David Seymour's Speech To ANZ Christchurch - Young Investors

Thursday, 23 April 2026, 5:59 pm | ACT New Zealand

New Zealand’s long term prosperity is going to remain under threat until we make staying here the obvious choice for every generation, not something young people have to weigh up against better wages and opportunity overseas. More >>

 

 
 
 
 
 

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