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Vaccine Certificate A Logistical Nightmare
Tuesday, 5 October 2021, 1:40 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Once again the Ardern Government has reacted to crisis instead of being proactive and getting out in front of it,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “ACT has been campaigning for over a year now for the Government to adapt a tech-enabled, better ... More >>
Govt Drops The Ball On Treatments, Like It Did With Vaccinations
Tuesday, 5 October 2021, 12:53 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Australia has purchased 300,000 courses of an anti-viral medication ahead of approval, school kids in the UK are doing rapid antigen test twice a week and Canada has stockpiled oxygen saturation monitors, all while the New Zealand Government twiddles ... More >>
ACT Has The Four-year Term Solution
Tuesday, 5 October 2021, 11:26 am | ACT New Zealand
“If Justice Minister Kris Faafoi wants a four-year term then he should support my Constitution (Enabling a 4-Year Term) Amendment Bill,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “A four-year term is one of the things being looked at in the electoral ... More >>
Yesterday’s Three Steps Were Not The Three Things We Needed
Tuesday, 5 October 2021, 9:46 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Prime Minister needed to do three things yesterday, admit her strategy wasn’t working, propose a new one, and put the details on it, we’re giving her a zero out of three” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The illusion has now been shattered, ... More >>
Govt Plan Risks Vulnerable Communities
Monday, 4 October 2021, 5:42 pm | ACT New Zealand
The ACT Party says the Government’s road map to nowhere for Auckland risks the welfare of vulnerable communities and children. “If the Green Party wants to help vulnerable communities the first thing it should do is ask what is in their best ... More >>
Confusion Reigns
Monday, 4 October 2021, 4:23 pm | ACT New Zealand
“There’s been no contrition, no certainty and no end game,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “To summarise the Prime Minister’s “road map” Auckland will go to Level 2 gradually at an unspecified timeframe. And there will be picnics. “Jacinda ... More >>
Elimination Is Over, So What’s Next?
Monday, 4 October 2021, 12:34 pm | ACT New Zealand
“ACT has been saying for weeks that the Government has given up on elimination, this morning on the AM Show Jacinda Ardern finally admitted that is the case,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Prime Minister admitted the Government’s ... More >>
Government Has Lost Control And Is In Denial
Sunday, 3 October 2021, 6:09 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Government has lost control of COVID-19 and is in dangerous denial,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Prime Minister stands at the podium looking shellshocked as the Government’s response crashes down around her, complaining that New Zealand’s ... More >>
Air New Zealand Must Wait For Government Vaccination IT
Sunday, 3 October 2021, 6:02 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The real story behind the Air New Zealand waiting four months to make vaccination mandatory is that the Government’s ICT is not ready,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “As Greg Foran told Q+A ‘In terms of customers, we're got some operational things ... More >>
Police Minister Invisible On Gangs
Sunday, 3 October 2021, 5:58 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The current approach to gangs isn’t working and Police Minister Poto Williams needs to take action,” says ACT’s Police spokesperson and former Police officer Chris Baillie. “The headlines this morning are simply unacceptable. Our Sunday ... More >>
Final Vaccination Push Needs Partnership Approach
Sunday, 3 October 2021, 5:57 pm | ACT New Zealand
“With first vaccinations drying up far from reaching any target, the Government should learn from the Partnership School (Charter School) model that reached children disengaged from Government education,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Partnership ... More >>
Other Things The Govt Should Cancel
Sunday, 3 October 2021, 6:52 am | ACT New Zealand
“After the Government proved yesterday it is capable of listening to New Zealanders by scrapping the cycle bridge, ACT has a list of other things Labour should back down on,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Government has too many policies ... More >>
Auckland’s Destiny Is Longer Lockdowns
Saturday, 2 October 2021, 5:46 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Anti-lockdown protests in Auckland are insulting law abiding Aucklanders. We may end up locked down longer because an anti-lockdown protest spreads COVID” says ACT Leader and Epsom MP David Seymour. “Our largest city has been locked down nearly ... More >>
ACT Welcomes Labour Back-pedal
Saturday, 2 October 2021, 2:22 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Labour Government has done the right thing by scrapping the Auckland cycle bridge,” says ACT’s Transport spokesperson Simon Court. “The bridge was always a bad idea, brought about by lobbying from a small but loud minority. “ When ACT ... More >>
Housing Market Hasn’t Seen Nothing Yet
Saturday, 2 October 2021, 7:03 am | ACT New Zealand
“With over 100,000 new residents potentially joining the first home buyer market, expect to see the housing market continue to go crazy,” says ACT Deputy Leader and Housing spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “Thousands of migrants on temporary ... More >>
Police Endangering Kiwis With Slow Firearms Licensing
Friday, 1 October 2021, 7:08 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The delays in processing firearms licences have become so bad that the safety of New Zealanders is now being put at risk,” says ACT’s Firearms Law Reform spokesperson Nicole McKee “ACT has revealed through Parliamentary Written Questions that almost ... More >>
Government Allows Auckland Rule Breaking
Friday, 1 October 2021, 6:36 pm | ACT New Zealand
“A man who was allowed to isolate at home but repeatedly broke the rules has been enabled by the Government to let the entire Auckland community down,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The man, who is understood to have gang connections, was ... More >>
Prime Minister Needs An Honest Conversation On Eradication
Friday, 1 October 2021, 12:21 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Prime Minister’s strategy of eradicating COVID-19 and hiding behind the oceans is finished. She needs to stop fudging and confront reality on behalf of New Zealand, “says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Every day of delusion increases the ... More >>
Where Did This ‘proactive Approach’ Come From, Minister Faafoi
Thursday, 30 September 2021, 2:27 pm | ACT New Zealand
“This Government is happy to rush through bad laws under urgency but when it comes to something as important as split families and livelihoods it moves at snail like pace,” says ACT’s Immigration spokesperson Dr James McDowall. “In Parliament ... More >>
ACT Welcomes Success Of Free Britney Campaign
Thursday, 30 September 2021, 11:49 am | ACT New Zealand
“The ACT Party is rejoicing that Britney Spears is free one more time after exiting the toxic conservatorship with her father,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Britney’s dad thought she was a slave for him, the conservatorship was a circus, but the ACT ... More >>
