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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 >>
A Week Of Real Change
Tuesday, 10 December 2024, 9:30 pm | ACT New Zealand
We're removing barriers set from Wellington so peaceful people can make a difference in their own lives and in the lives of those they care about. This is the real change that ACT's voters have made possible, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
ACT MP Embarrassed At Tauranga City Council
Tuesday, 10 December 2024, 9:28 pm | ACT New Zealand
Tauranga-based ACT MP Cameron Luxton is disappointed with his local council’s decision to appoint unelected iwi representatives to Council committees with full voting rights and ratepayer-funded salaries. “Unelected representation is oxymoronic," ... More >>
New Poll: Kiwis Favour Referendum To Resolve Treaty Principles
Tuesday, 10 December 2024, 11:57 am | ACT New Zealand
The Curia poll, commissioned by Hobson's Pledge, asks who should decide the principles of the Treaty. Of the four options presented, New Zealanders most favoured a referendum, followed by Parliament, then the Waitangi Tribunal, with the judiciary ranked last. More >>
AT Challenged To Increase Use Of Fines For Fare-Dodgers
Sunday, 8 December 2024, 8:08 am | ACT New Zealand
"I have requested from AT any guidelines that determine when Transport Officers issue fines and warnings, and asked whether they plan to review these guidelines," says Dr Parmjeet Parmar. More >>
Tauranga Councillors Must Reject Undemocratic Iwi Representatives
Friday, 6 December 2024, 1:16 pm | ACT New Zealand
Unelected representation is a contradiction in terms. These appointees will be making decisions that impose costs on ratepayers, and dictate how we can and cannot use our own property. But they will not be accountable to the people, says ACT Local ... More >>
ACT Welcomes Marsden Fund Refocus On Science, Further Changes Needed
Wednesday, 4 December 2024, 1:35 pm | ACT New Zealand
“In recent years, the Marsden Fund's terms of reference have seen funding prioritised for spirituality, activism and identity politics over high-quality public good research that benefits all New Zealanders,” says ACT Science, Innovation, and Technology ... More >>
Finally, Accountability For Dopey Transport Decisions In Auckland
Tuesday, 3 December 2024, 4:41 pm | ACT New Zealand
"Today's announcement marks a significant step towards giving Aucklanders back the control over their transport systems that they so rightfully deserve," says ACT Transport spokesperson Cameron Luxton. More >>
