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New Curriculum Takes Politics Out Of History
Tuesday, 28 October 2025, 4:57 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The new curriculum restores balance, and celebrates the positives in our history while inviting critical thinking. It teaches that we’re all descended from people who crossed oceans to build a better life together at the bottom of the world." More >>
Double Taxation, Double Cynicism
Tuesday, 28 October 2025, 9:13 am | ACT New Zealand
Labour’s capital gains tax is doubly cynical. It’s cynical once because it’s an exercise in political signaling rather than policy. It’s cynical twice because the signal it sends is that taxing someone else will solve your problems. More >>
Parliament Will Vote On ACT MP's Bill To Ban Deepfake Abuse
Thursday, 23 October 2025, 12:50 pm | ACT New Zealand
Parliament now has the opportunity to empower victims of deepfake abuse with a clear pathway toward the removal of the images and the prosecution of their abusers, ACT MP Laura McClure said. More >>
Hipkins Is Button-Mashing With Taxpayer Money
Wednesday, 22 October 2025, 2:22 pm | ACT New Zealand
“ACT opposed Labour’s videogame subsidy when it was introduced in 2023. Their policy to expand the subsidy is more corporate welfare, just like their 'Future Fund' gimmick. It's a handout for fashionable firms, paid for by the businesses & taxpayers" More >>
Another Massive Win On Climate Related Disclosures
Wednesday, 22 October 2025, 10:52 am | ACT New Zealand
Today’s announcement will save time and money for many businesses. That's good news for customers too. New Zealand doesn’t need another spreadsheet, we need capital flowing to the best ideas, not the best climate disclosures. More >>
Solar Zero 2.0
Monday, 20 October 2025, 3:07 pm | ACT New Zealand
After the disasters of The Green Investment Fund – that lost money hand-over-fist on investments like Solar Zero – and the fiasco of Kiwibuild, Labour’s so-called ‘Future Fund’ is decidedly Back to the Future. More >>
ACT Proposes Balanced Fix To Surcharge Ban To Protect Consumer Choice And Business Fairness
Friday, 17 October 2025, 12:27 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Removing all flexibility would mean higher prices for everyone, less payment innovation, and even tighter margins for small retailers. Regulation should promote choice and transparency – not crush them.” More >>
Victory For Student Choice: Treaty Course No Longer Mandatory
Wednesday, 15 October 2025, 7:15 pm | ACT New Zealand
The next step is to address the costs imposed on the 8,000 students who have been forced to take the course this year, says ACT’s Tertiary Education spokesperson Dr Parmjeet Parmar. More >>
BSA Overreach Must Be Shut Down Before It Starts
Wednesday, 15 October 2025, 7:11 pm | ACT New Zealand
In the age of the internet, people can choose what media they tune in to, or tune out from. The Platform isn't invading anyone’s living room without their consent, ACT MP Todd Stephenson says. More >>
Extended Timeline Allows For Level-Headed Debate On Online Harm, Not A Knee-jerk Response
Wednesday, 15 October 2025, 5:28 pm | ACT New Zealand
The extended timeframe reflects just how complex this challenge is. It supports level-headed policy-making rather than knee-jerk attempts to ban technologies that policymakers may not fully understand. More >>
Auckland Uni Must Make The Right Call For Students Today
Wednesday, 15 October 2025, 10:54 am | ACT New Zealand
Students should never be compelled to take a course that pushes an ideological view of the Treaty or tikanga in fields where these topics are contested. Universities should be places of inquiry, not indoctrination. More >>
Breaking Up The Pharmacy Cartel Will Bring Lower Costs And Better Access To Medicines
Tuesday, 14 October 2025, 11:48 am | ACT New Zealand
Under current law, all pharmacies must be majority-owned and ‘effectively controlled’ by pharmacists. More >>
ACT Welcomes New Methane Targets – We Were Right Then, And We’re Right Now
Sunday, 12 October 2025, 1:09 pm | ACT New Zealand
Seymour says ACT MP and dairy farmer Andrew Hoggard deserves enormous credit. More >>
Owning The Right Stuff
Friday, 10 October 2025, 10:58 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT will keep making the case for freeing up capital locked in assets the Crown doesn’t need to own – and investing it in the things Kiwis actually use. More >>
Nestlé’s Withdrawal From Climate Alliance Shows House Of Cards Is Collapsing
Thursday, 9 October 2025, 2:18 pm | ACT New Zealand
“This withdrawal follows the recent implosion of the Net Zero Banking Alliance, as the global tide turns on unaffordable international agreements." More >>
Nearly A Billion Dollars Saved
Thursday, 9 October 2025, 11:42 am | ACT New Zealand
When the previous Government spent recklessly, letting out another contract to solve every real or imagined problem, we all paid for their excess. Government waste drove inflation, interest rates, and recession. More >>
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 >>
