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Auckland Crime Escalates As Police Busy At Border
Friday, 26 November 2021, 10:13 am | ACT New Zealand
“A crime wave across Auckland is taking place as violent criminals feel empowered by the knowledge Police are busy at the border,” says Epsom MP and ACT Leader David Seymour. “Last night in Mount Eden a dairy that was raided recently was targeted ... More >>
Government Adopts ACT Policy – Months Too Late
Thursday, 25 November 2021, 11:20 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Government’s announcement today of making rapid antigen testing more widely available is welcome but has come months too late,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “In March in ACT’s COVID 2.0 policy paper and later in our COVID 3.0 policy paper, ... More >>
Labour’s Rushed Laws Make Fully Vaccinated Signs Illegal
Wednesday, 24 November 2021, 6:42 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Government has today made it illegal for businesses to display signs saying all staff are fully vaccinated - a result of its rushed COVID laws,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “This was clearly a mistake by the Government given ACT has obtained ... More >>
Pulse Oximeters Withheld From COVID Positive Patients
Wednesday, 24 November 2021, 2:48 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Health Minister Andrew Little has today confirmed that almost half of all COVID positive patients isolating at home have not been given pulse oximeters,” says ACT Deputy Leader and Health spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “Until questioned ... More >>
Chicken, Meet Roost This OCR Decision
Wednesday, 24 November 2021, 2:18 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The rise of the OCR today is the chickens coming home to roost after the Government got through COVID with mass money printing that’s had to stop,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. "The Government borrowed $60 billion dollars during COVID, helped ... More >>
Labour, The Grinch Who Stole Christmas For No Reason
Wednesday, 24 November 2021, 1:27 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Labour needs to stop milking gratitude for giving citizens any freedom at all and start explaining why restrictions are justified. It has the relationship between citizens and government back to front, and it’s covering the fact the Government’s ... More >>
Govt Planning More Minimum Wage Increases
Tuesday, 23 November 2021, 4:19 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Government has shown once again how little it understands the pressures business is facing by signalling there will be more increases to the minimum wage,” says ACT’s Small Business spokesperson Chris Baillie. “In answer to questions in Parliament ... More >>
PM Met With Farmers Three Times This Year
Tuesday, 23 November 2021, 3:22 pm | ACT New Zealand
“When Jacinda Ardern told Parliament today that she conducts ‘some of her most regular engagements’ with farming groups, it turns out she means once every three months,” says ACT’s Primary Industries spokesperson Mark Cameron. ACT can confirm ... More >>
Labour The Most Cynical Government In A Generation
Tuesday, 23 November 2021, 12:48 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Labour’s move to suspend democracy and avoid public scrutiny over its vaccine mandate legislation, and to use COVID-19 as a cover to sneak its welfare policy through Parliament, are the actions of the most cynical government in a generation”, says ... More >>
Last-minute Law-making Means Chaos For Businesses
Tuesday, 23 November 2021, 12:43 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Today’s rushed COVID-19 vaccine mandate legislation shows a Government out of touch with business, we can’t support this legislation without major explanation and change,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “There are some parts of this Bill ... More >>
PM Admits Worst Kept Secret -it Was The Vaccine Pass All Along
Monday, 22 November 2021, 4:24 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Prime Minister has admitted New Zealand’s worst kept secret, we’re not waiting for vaccination rates to get up, we’ve been waiting for the Government to get its vaccine passports sorted," says ACT Leader David Seymour. “December ... More >>
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 >>
