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Jacinda Must Explain Why Auckland Still Restricted
Monday, 22 November 2021, 10:37 am | ACT New Zealand
“While people ask whether the Government will ‘let’ Auckland go to Alert Level 3 Step 3, a better approach is to cast off the Stockholm Syndrome and ask why hairdressers and hospitality should stay shut,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The restrictions ... More >>
Speech: Hard Labour -why We Can’t Go Shopping With Jacinda’s Announcements
Monday, 22 November 2021, 6:37 am | ACT New Zealand
David Seymour, 20 November 2021 Speech -public meeting, Addington Race Way Bill English was right when he told Jacinda ‘people can’t go shopping with your values.’ We’ve now had four years of hard labour, induced by a party called Winston First. ... More >>
ACT Asks: What’s Going Up Next Door?
Sunday, 21 November 2021, 3:33 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The ACT Party is today launching a public awareness campaign about the deal Labour and National have done to allow three three-storey homes on every residential section in New Zealand's five largest cities,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “They promise ... More >>
Stop The Games And Move On MIQ
Friday, 19 November 2021, 10:25 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Government needs to stop the briefing games and move on MIQ and Step 3 for Auckland,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “This morning two New Zealand Herald articles separately reported MIQ will be dumped in mid-December, while other journalists ... More >>
Some Facts For Stuart Nash About Rural NZ
Thursday, 18 November 2021, 4:50 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The ACT Party is today providing some facts for Stuart Nash about rural New Zealand following his disgraceful comments in Parliament today,” says ACT’s Primary Industries spokesperson and dairy farmer Mark Cameron. “Nash claimed in Question Time while ... More >>
Labour MP: Groundswell Are Racist Anti-vaxxers
Thursday, 18 November 2021, 3:28 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Stuart Nash revealed Labour’s true colours today – describing members of a rural movement as racist anti-vaxxers – and he should apologise”, says ACT Rural Spokesperson and Ruawai dairy farmer Mark Cameron. “Standing in for Damien ... More >>
Government Can’t Decide What’s In The Public Interest
Thursday, 18 November 2021, 3:01 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Government should issue extensions to landlords unable to meet Healthy Homes Standards as a result of the COVID-19 alert levels,” says ACT Deputy Leader and Housing spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “ACT asked Associate Housing Minister Poto ... More >>
Shelly Bay Occupiers Should Go Home
Thursday, 18 November 2021, 11:58 am | ACT New Zealand
“ACT is calling on the Shelly Bay squatters to pack up their things and go home,” says ACT Deputy Leader and Housing spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “All New Zealanders have the right to protest, but that doesn’t mean you can just occupy land and halt ... More >>
ACT MPs Back Rural New Zealand At Groundswell
Thursday, 18 November 2021, 9:41 am | ACT New Zealand
“All 10 ACT MPs will be out in support of rural New Zealand at Groundswell events around the country this weekend,” says ACT’s Primary Industries spokesperson and Ruawai Dairy Farmer Mark Cameron. “We were hopeful after the last Groundswell ... More >>
Ninety More Violent Offenders On The Street By 2025
Thursday, 18 November 2021, 7:06 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Government wants to put 90 of the worst criminals in New Zealand back on our streets over the next four years without a care for their victims,” says ACT Justice spokesperson Nicole McKee. “ According to the Regulatory Impact Statement ... More >>
Jacinda’s MIQ Argument Makes No Sense
Wednesday, 17 November 2021, 3:52 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Jacinda Ardern has failed to explain in Parliament why we need to continue with MIQ,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “I asked her today whether she agrees with Professors Michael Baker and Nick Wilson that a person from overseas who’s fully ... More >>
Government Doesn’t Have Its Finger On The Pulse
Wednesday, 17 November 2021, 12:43 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Government has no idea whether people with COVID who are isolating at home have been issued pulse oximeters and lives are at stake,” says ACT Deputy Leader and Health spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “ACT has long called for pulse oximeters ... More >>
Nash Has No Idea How Big The Tourism Hit Is
Wednesday, 17 November 2021, 11:35 am | ACT New Zealand
“Tourism Minister Stuart Nash has admitted he has no idea how much revenue has been lost as a result of his Government’s policies” says ACT’s Tourism spokesperson James McDowall. “This morning Nash announced an “Industry Transformation Plan.” ... More >>
When Is The Green Light For The Traffic Light System?
Tuesday, 16 November 2021, 2:56 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Jacinda Ardern has tied herself in knots trying to explain in Parliament when we might move to the traffic light system,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Asked three times, she could not answer the most basic question: At what level of vaccination ... More >>
Good Work On Boosters, Now Tell Us About The Border
Monday, 15 November 2021, 4:41 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Government’s announcement on boosters showed how all announcements should be done. Cabinet made the decision; the Prime Minister immediately shared the information with the public. People now know what the Government will do, and when,” says ACT ... More >>
Leadership Opportunity For Jacinda
Monday, 15 November 2021, 10:47 am | ACT New Zealand
“Today’s a great opportunity for Jacinda Ardern to show some leaderships, by giving clear commitments on borders, boosters, and Freedom Day,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Prime Minister should set out what will happen and when, then ... More >>
Reality Of Mandate Monday Sets In, Testing Alternative Needed
Monday, 15 November 2021, 9:24 am | ACT New Zealand
“As the reality of teachers and nurses walking away from their jobs sets in today, ACT is again calling for the mandate to allow regular testing as an alternative to vaccination,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “ACT is pro-vaccination; we are ... More >>
Mandate Monday Should Have Testing Alternative
Sunday, 14 November 2021, 5:59 pm | ACT New Zealand
“With the onset of widespread vaccine mandates about to create chaos in multiple sectors, it’s time for the Government to apply the approach of the Danish Government, Air New Zealand, and its own requirement for teachers to all mandates. That is, the ... More >>
Labour Let’s Down Kiwis Again On Firearms
Friday, 12 November 2021, 1:49 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Labour’s new firearms unit is a backdown on its promise to establish an independent authority,” says ACT’s Fair Firearms spokesperson Nicole McKee. “After 2019 Labour renamed the unit, did not accept responsibility for its failures and went ... More >>
Make Up Your Mind, Jacinda
Friday, 12 November 2021, 1:18 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Prime Minister has lost control of the COVID response and can’t make up her mind what the strategy is,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “First we needed to reach 90 per cent vaccination, then there would be a decision on November 29th ... More >>
