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12.8 Billion Reasons Hipkins Is Not A Serious Person
Tuesday, 24 February 2026, 5:06 pm | ACT New Zealand
If Hipkins doesn’t trust Treasury – the department governments of all stripes have relied on for costings for decades – who will he get to cook up an alternative figure?: ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Chris Hipkins’ “Affordability” Speech: Anaesthetic, Not Answers
Monday, 23 February 2026, 6:18 pm | ACT New Zealand
With cost pressures affecting every firm, farm, and family in this country, we can’t afford platitudes and half-truths, ACT Leader David Seymour says. More >>
Move-On Powers Will Restore Standards And Safety To Town Centres
Sunday, 22 February 2026, 3:37 pm | ACT New Zealand
Move-on powers are about restoring basic standards of decency in shared public spaces. They give police a practical tool to intervene early. More >>
Speech to the International Symposium on Safeguarding Democracy and Freedom, and Countering Foreign Interference
Saturday, 21 February 2026, 5:16 pm | ACT New Zealand
Let’s commit to a freer, more resilient future together. More >>
ACT Forces Halt To Army’s Cultural Competency Push
Friday, 20 February 2026, 1:13 pm | ACT New Zealand
“That pause is welcome, but it should become permanent," says ACT Public Service spokesperson Todd Stephenson. More >>
Sam Neill Can’t Put Aesthetics Ahead Of Livelihoods
Friday, 20 February 2026, 12:26 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT will always back productive enterprise that meets the rules over the aesthetic objections of woke, leftist film stars. More >>
First Steps To Untangling Government Underway
Thursday, 19 February 2026, 5:05 pm | ACT New Zealand
Today’s merger is a good start. ACT will make sure it doesn’t end there, ACT Leader David Seymour says. More >>
David Seymour Calls For Council Transparency Over Plan Change 120 Update
Thursday, 19 February 2026, 12:34 pm | ACT New Zealand
The previous plan pursued an arbitrary number rather than coordination, creating the worst of all worlds, says ACT Leader and Epsom MP David Seymour. More >>
State Of The Nation 2026 | Telling It Like It Is
Sunday, 15 February 2026, 2:27 pm | ACT New Zealand
Our first mission is to keep Labour, the Greens, and Te Pati Māori out of power. More >>
Is The Taxpayer-Funded Swarbrick Documentary Stuck In Development Hell?
Tuesday, 10 February 2026, 12:32 pm | ACT New Zealand
NZ On Air’s $200,000 funding for Being Chlöe was announced in late 2021, with the expectation the film would be released after the 2023 election, says Mr Stephenson. More >>
Labour’s Gas Ban Ends With LNG Ships
Monday, 9 February 2026, 7:26 pm | ACT New Zealand
High electricity prices are hurting households and pushing mills and factories to the brink. LNG as a backup will help stop extreme price spikes, and protect good jobs. More >>
Nursing Code Risks Policing Nurses’ Opinions, Not Protecting Patients
Monday, 9 February 2026, 1:50 pm | ACT New Zealand
Codes of conduct must be clear, objective, and tightly connected to patient safety. This draft misses that mark. More >>
Speech: David Seymour At Waitangi Pōwhiri
Thursday, 5 February 2026, 2:20 pm | ACT New Zealand
The truth is our Government has just got on with fixing what matters for all Kiwis, and that is good for Māori, too. Let me count just a few ways we’re changing policy to make life better. More >>
Seymour On Employment Data: Recovery In Sight If We Stay The Course
Wednesday, 4 February 2026, 1:47 pm | ACT New Zealand
Looking back through the rearview window at the months of October to December, we’ve seen unemployment tick up by a fraction. It’s a reminder that times have been tough. More >>
Live: How Bad Laws Get Made
Tuesday, 3 February 2026, 10:39 am | ACT New Zealand
The Modern Slavery Bill does not actually outlaw slavery. Slavery, people trafficking, sexual exploitation, blackmail, it’s all illegal in New Zealand. More >>
ACT Warns Inflation Threat Remains Ahead Of Election Lolly Scramble
Friday, 23 January 2026, 12:46 pm | ACT New Zealand
"In New Zealand, we've made decent progress considering inflation peaked above 7.1% following COVID spending blowouts. But we need to go further”, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
November 7 Is Time To Choose, ACT Is Rip-Roaring-Ready To Go
Wednesday, 21 January 2026, 12:59 pm | ACT New Zealand
Kiwis are people who came to these islands for a better tomorrow. We are adventurous, pioneering people by nature, or we wouldn’t be out here. Bureaucracy, red tape, and identity politics are kryptonite to our ambitions. More >>
Netflix Tax: Kiwis Shouldn't Have To Pay More For Labour's Favourite Shows
Thursday, 15 January 2026, 12:49 pm | ACT New Zealand
Streaming giants aren’t charities. If the Government slaps a levy on Netflix, Disney+ or Amazon Prime, those companies will pass the cost straight on to Kiwi subscribers, says Mr Todd Stephenson. More >>
ACT Welcomes Landmark India-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement
Monday, 22 December 2025, 7:04 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT has long advocated for breaking down barriers to our international trade and this agreement further solidifies how free trade is a driver of prosperity for New Zealand, says ACT Trade spokesperson Dr Parmjeet Parmar. More >>
ACT Responds To GDP Figures
Thursday, 18 December 2025, 11:08 am | ACT New Zealand
With a growing, sustainable economy and disciplined government spending, we can climb our way out of debt and move toward a country where Kiwis can keep more of their own money, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
