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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 >>
Patronising PM Gives Potty Privileges
Monday, 29 November 2021, 4:18 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Jacinda Ardern’s comment that allowing people to use the toilet at a friend's house is a “luxury” sums up all that is wrong with her COVID response,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Just this morning the ACT Party said the Government ... More >>
New National Leader Should Reject RMA Bill
Monday, 29 November 2021, 2:43 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The new National Party Leader, whoever that may be, should take the opportunity to undo its deal with the red devil on housing, or at least try to improve it,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “ACT rejected the deal National and Labour struck ... More >>
When Will Hairdresser Trials, And The Traffic Light System, Be Legal?
Monday, 29 November 2021, 1:01 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Throughout the COVID-19 response the Government has taken a leaf from Steven Joyce’s book, with most of its policies being ‘pretty legal,’ now the hairdresser trial is illegal, and the traffic light system still has no legal basis,” says ... More >>
James Shaw Spends More Time In Isolation Than Glasgow – For Nothing
Monday, 29 November 2021, 12:32 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Climate Change Minister has spent more time in isolation than he spent in Glasgow announcing things that will make no real change to New Zealand's pre-existing policies,” says ACT’s Climate Change spokesperson Simon Court. “Shaw left New ... More >>
Is The Vaccine Programme Ready For Variants?
Monday, 29 November 2021, 11:13 am | ACT New Zealand
“New Zealand ran one of the latest COVID vaccine programs on earth. Jacinda tried to say it was good because we had a different strategy. As New Zealand re-joins the world, the vaccine strategy needs to be ready for variants,” says ACT Leader David ... More >>
Clarity Needed On Traffic Light Levels
Monday, 29 November 2021, 10:09 am | ACT New Zealand
“Jacinda Ardern needs to give New Zealanders good reasons why each area will move to Red, Orange and Green today – she’s already failed with Auckland,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The traffic light system criteria says, “At Red, action ... More >>
Robertson Misses Point On Cost Of COVID
Sunday, 28 November 2021, 6:05 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Grant Robertson should be able to connect the Government’s floundering COVID response with money printing and rising costs of life and housing, but can’t or won’t,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “New Zealand had the second largest ... More >>
Calm And Clarity Needed For Omicron
Saturday, 27 November 2021, 2:03 pm | ACT New Zealand
“New Zealanders need calm and clarity from Government as the WHO identifies a new variant of concern in South Africa,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “New Zealand is finally, finally, on a path to getting our way of life back. Vaccination ... More >>
Mahuta Should Apologise For Inappropriate Three Waters Ad
Friday, 26 November 2021, 1:29 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The ACT Party has today commended the Public Service Commission for intervening over the inappropriate Three Waters advertisement ,” says ACT’s Local Government spokesperson Simon Court. “The ad campaign was an entirely inappropriate use of ... More >>
