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ACT Demands Urgent Debate On COVID Deaths
Tuesday, 7 December 2021, 3:20 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The ACT Party has secured an Urgent Debate in Parliament about the deaths of New Zealanders who were isolating at home with COVID-19,” says ACT Deputy Leader and Health spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “This debate is not about politics – ... More >>
Jacinda Wouldn’t Know Inflation If It Blew Up In Her Face
Tuesday, 7 December 2021, 2:48 pm | ACT New Zealand
“It’s no wonder wages are going backwards under Labour when Jacinda Ardern doesn’t know the rate of inflation and wage growth”, says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Today when I asked the Prime Minister about the cost of living, she tried to tell Parliament ... More >>
Zero Logic To Labour’s COVID-19 Decisions
Tuesday, 7 December 2021, 2:32 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Government is making ad hoc COVID-19 decisions that don’t meet its own criteria. We need clarity, certainty and common sense for New Zealanders to buy into the Traffic Light System”, says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Government’s ... More >>
Electoral Reform Options Don’t Solve A Problem
Monday, 6 December 2021, 5:53 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The proposed reforms from the Ministry of Justice into electoral donations don't solve a public policy problem,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “If people think it’s a problem that people who break the law are being taken to court, then they ... More >>
Jacinda’s Ihumātao Naivete Home To Roost
Saturday, 4 December 2021, 5:33 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The dangerous side of Jacinda’s kindness is on full display as her ham-fisted Ihumātao intervention comes home to roost at Shelly Bay and in Northland,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Jacinda is turning New Zealand into a squattocracy, ... More >>
Police Commissioner Bullied By Iwi
Saturday, 4 December 2021, 5:32 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Police Commissioner Andrew Coster has confirmed that Police have given into demands of iwi rather than upholding the law,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “In an interview with media yesterday, the man in charge of our Police said ‘it’s better ... More >>
Important Questions About Northland Roadblocks
Friday, 3 December 2021, 10:19 am | ACT New Zealand
“Director General of Health Ashley Bloomfield needs to let New Zealanders know if he has appointed Hone Harawira and the Tai Tokerau Border Control as Enforcement Officers under the law,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The announcement of ... More >>
How Freedom Day Was Won
Friday, 3 December 2021, 7:17 am | ACT New Zealand
“ACT’s relentless campaigning for Freedom Day has today seen the city released from its shackles after 107 days in lockdown,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “ACT first called for a December 1st Freedom Day two months ago. It might have come two ... More >>
Labour-National Housing Bill Returned Without Amendment
Thursday, 2 December 2021, 7:05 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Committee charged with examining the Labour-National housing bill has returned it without amendment because it didn’t have time to fix its many flaws,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “As ACT said when the bill was first debated, a six week ... More >>
Iwi-Police Checkpoints The Dangerous Side Of Kindness
Thursday, 2 December 2021, 5:29 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Our weak Prime Minister and Police Commission have been bullied by iwi into surrendering citizen's basic rights,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Jacinda should have made it clear that New Zealanders have a right to move around the country, if there ... More >>
Press Statement
Thursday, 2 December 2021, 5:05 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Kris Faafoi wants to revictimise those who have suffered at the hands of New Zealand’s worst violent and sexual offenders,” says ACT’s Justice spokesperson Nicole McKee. “The Justice Minister wrote to the Select Committee overseeing the ... More >>
Labour, National Vote Against Adding Infrastructure Funding To Housing Bill
Thursday, 2 December 2021, 4:05 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Labour and National have today voted against adding infrastructure funding to their joint housing bill”, says ACT Leader David Seymour. “ACT today asked the Environment Committee to write to the Business Committee requesting that the Resource ... More >>
ACT Calls On PHARMAC Review To Start Over Again
Thursday, 2 December 2021, 4:04 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The interim report released today by the PHARMAC Review Panel shows the review is a whitewash,” says ACT's Deputy Leader and Health Spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “The way PHARMAC has engaged with the review panel is shameful. The Minister of ... More >>
New Zealanders Deserve Better Than KiwiBuild 2.0
Thursday, 2 December 2021, 2:37 pm | ACT New Zealand
“New Zealanders deserve better than Labour and National rushing their half-baked housing deal through Parliament under the cover of COVID-19 right before Christmas”, says ACT Leader David Seymour. “If Labour and National continue to rush the legislation, ... More >>
Climate Levy A Cash Grab Dressed Up As A Green Fig Leaf
Wednesday, 1 December 2021, 1:47 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Auckland Council’s “climate levy” is costly greenwashing when the Council should be focusing on getting homes built and keeping the sewage off the beach,” says ACT’s Climate Change spokesperson Simon Court. “This is just a way for Mayor ... More >>
Ten Things Better Than Vouchers
Wednesday, 1 December 2021, 11:54 am | ACT New Zealand
“It’s great that the Government is issuing vouchers for businesses still alive after the lockdown, but here are the top ten things they could have done, or still do, for business,” according to ACT Leader David Seymour. 1. Order the vaccine ... More >>
Hone Harawira Is Not The Law
Wednesday, 1 December 2021, 10:21 am | ACT New Zealand
“Hone Harawira does not speak for New Zealanders and has no right to stop our freedom of movement,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “New Zealanders rejected Harawira when he tried to get back into Parliament. He has no mandate, he doesn’t ... More >>
Traffic Lights Not Ready For Those Vaccinated Overseas
Wednesday, 1 December 2021, 7:21 am | ACT New Zealand
“As New Zealand moves into the traffic light system this Friday, many fully vaccinated New Zealanders who got their jabs overseas will be left without a pass,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “ACT has been contacted by many people desperate to get a ... More >>
Solomon Islands Tests ‘Pacific Reset’
Wednesday, 1 December 2021, 6:54 am | ACT New Zealand
“The New Zealand Government must immediately respond to the Solomon Island Government’s request for support and send troops,” says ACT Deputy Leader Brooke van Velden. “Peace, stability and security of the Pacific is of utmost importance to New Zealand. ... More >>
End Of Life Choice Foes Unite For Rule Of Law
Tuesday, 30 November 2021, 1:37 pm | ACT New Zealand
The leading figures from opposite ends of the polarising End of Life Choice debate have united to criticise the Government’s failure to issue Public Health Orders underpinning the traffic light system. Grant Illingworth QC appeared in television ... More >>
