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Discipline Delivers: Further Fiscal Restraint Will Keep The Relief Rolling
Wednesday, 8 October 2025, 2:28 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Reserve Bank data show mortgage rates have been dropping under this Government. That means households refixing on lower rates, keeping more of their own money to spend on what matters to them." More >>
ACT Welcomes Unblocking Of Building Product Pipeline
Tuesday, 7 October 2025, 11:23 am | ACT New Zealand
“This is the result of an ACT idea that became law – a practical reform that cuts red tape and helps builders, tradies, and homeowners,” says ACT Building and Construction spokesperson Cameron Luxton, who is also a Licensed Building Practitioner. More >>
Climate Finance Cartel Collapses: Farmers And Miners Can Celebrate
Tuesday, 7 October 2025, 11:10 am | ACT New Zealand
Farmers shouldn't be debanked for putting food on the table. Miners shouldn't be debanked for providing the materials that fuel a productive economy, says ACT Rural Communities spokesman Mark Cameron. More >>
Get Teenagers To Work? Stop Paying Them To Stay Home
Sunday, 5 October 2025, 4:12 pm | ACT New Zealand
This change is an important step in restoring personal responsibility to the welfare system. ACT will keep pushing for a system that rewards effort, not excuses. More >>
Lives To Be Saved With ‘Need Not Race’ Approach To Bowel Cancer Screening
Saturday, 4 October 2025, 1:17 pm | ACT New Zealand
The reason more Māori and Pacific people are diagnosed younger is because those populations are younger on average – not because bowel cancer biology is different by race, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
ACT Forces Electoral Commission To Remove Link To Pro-Māori Wards Messaging
Friday, 3 October 2025, 4:51 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Electoral Commission has finally done the right thing by removing the link on it’s official website to one run by lobby group LGNZ that promotes pro-Māori wards messages, says Mr Luxton. More >>
ACT Welcomes Government Guidance To Rein In Vexatious Councils
Wednesday, 1 October 2025, 2:31 pm | ACT New Zealand
Across the country, regional councils are making life impossible for farmers. Getting or renewing a consent has become a bureaucratic nightmare, ACT Leader David Seymour said. More >>
ACT Backs Energy Package For Affordable Power
Wednesday, 1 October 2025, 10:57 am | ACT New Zealand
These changes are intended to provide confidence to market, rather than upend it like some have called for. Energy abundance means lower power bills, reliable electricity, thriving industries, and warm homes for all Kiwis. More >>
ACT Urges Auckland Uni To Provide Relief For Wasted Money On Compulsory Treaty Course
Wednesday, 1 October 2025, 9:30 am | ACT New Zealand
Over 8,000 students have been compelled to take the course this year, paying up to $5,730 each. For many, that money bought them no value, and they deserve redress. More >>
ACT Urges Auckland Uni To Provide Relief For Wasted Money On Compulsory Treaty Course
Wednesday, 1 October 2025, 9:29 am | ACT New Zealand
Over 8,000 students have been compelled to take the course this year, paying up to $5,730 each. For many, that money bought them no value, and they deserve redress. More >>
Red Tape Shakeout Proves ACT Right
Monday, 29 September 2025, 5:43 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Government’s overhaul of the Earthquake-prone Buildings legislation vindicates ACT, and its principled approach to legislation. The Party opposed the law from the day it was first mooted in 2016. More >>
Earthquake Regulations: ACT Vindicated After Nine Years And Many Billions Wasted
Monday, 29 September 2025, 2:47 pm | ACT New Zealand
“ACT was right then, and we’re right now," says Mr Seymour. “I voted 1 against 120 to oppose this law. More >>
ECan Nitrate Emergency Vote Shows Why Unelected Iwi Seats Must Go
Thursday, 18 September 2025, 11:40 am | ACT New Zealand
Parliament can only repeal this co-governance setup if the Council asks it to. Last year, the two other South Canterbury candidates voted against doing so, backing the continuation of division under the status quo. More >>
Residents Win Real Consultation On Auckland Housing Plan
Tuesday, 16 September 2025, 8:07 pm | ACT New Zealand
“There’s still a long road ahead, so Brooke van Velden and I will be encouraging residents in our electorates to make submissions highlighting issues in the plan for their neighbourhoods,” says Epsom MP David Seymour. More >>
Decision Time For Compulsory UoA Paper: ACT Says Students Deserve Choice
Tuesday, 16 September 2025, 7:46 am | ACT New Zealand
Students want, and deserve, choice. If the University wants to attract bright young people from across New Zealand and around the world, it should respect their time and money, and put their interests ahead of Treaty ideology. More >>
ACT Local Releases 2025 Local Government Manifesto
Sunday, 14 September 2025, 1:09 pm | ACT New Zealand
The manifesto lays out ACT Local’s commitment to cut waste, deliver the basics well, end the war on cars, scrap race-based policies, and restore accountability and transparency in local government. More >>
ACT Local Candidate's Hoardings Shot At
Friday, 12 September 2025, 1:23 pm | ACT New Zealand
“This isn’t just about a few damaged signs,” says Yovich. “We live in a democracy, and in a democracy we settle our differences with debate and a vote. There is no justification for bringing guns to politics.” More >>
ACT Local Releases Policy To Uphold Freedom Of Speech
Friday, 12 September 2025, 10:43 am | ACT New Zealand
“ACT Local councillors will take practical steps to uphold ratepayers’ right to free speech – the foundation of a free society,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
ACT: Time To End Voting Rights For Unelected Council Appointees
Thursday, 11 September 2025, 11:52 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT is campaigning to stop unelected appointees from holding voting rights on local council committees. ACT Local – the Party’s local government ticket – released its Democracy policy in Wellington today, which includes a commitment to oppose voting ... More >>
Promise Delivered: Local Voters Get A Say On Māori Wards From Today
Tuesday, 9 September 2025, 12:35 pm | ACT New Zealand
“In the 42 local territories that introduced Māori wards under Labour’s settings, voters opening their ballot paper will see an option to vote for or against keeping those wards. That choice represents the delivery of an ACT coalition commitment." More >>
