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As goes the South Island, so goes New Zealand
Wednesday, 1 September 2021, 2:52 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The South Island has been completely let down by slow contact tracing efforts, leaving it locked down for far longer than it needed to be,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
The questions the Government can’t and won’t answer
Tuesday, 31 August 2021, 4:30 pm | ACT New Zealand
“It’s no wonder the Government didn’t want to bring back Question Time, today showed they either can’t or won’t answer most of the questions put to them,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The true nature of the Government’s response ... More >>
Hipkins told Pfizer to slow down delivery
Monday, 30 August 2021, 5:16 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Newstalk ZB has this evening revealed the reason we’re short of vaccine is because COVID Response Minister Chris Hipkins told Pfizer to slow down delivery,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “In late May Hipkins said New Zealand was due to ... More >>
Vaccine numbers don't add up
Monday, 30 August 2021, 4:59 pm | ACT New Zealand
"Jacinda Ardern’s extraordinary claim that there are 840,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine in the country are impossible to reconcile with all other public claims," says ACT Leader David Seymour. "On August 22nd, Chris Hipkins said ‘Another ... More >>
Transparency needed on vaccine supply and inter-household transmission
Monday, 30 August 2021, 11:25 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Government needs to up its transparency on two crucial numbers in its COVID response, vaccine supply and how much transmission is between households,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Prime Minister has dodged obvious questions about ... More >>
No Bluetooth Tracing: Delta Preparation Goes From Bad To Worse
Sunday, 29 August 2021, 4:25 pm | ACT New Zealand
“ Reports from Newsroom that not a single contact has been traced with Bluetooth tracing is damning of a Government that’s been having the world’s longest nap between lockdowns," says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Government’s NZ ... More >>
Time To Be Transparent And Call In Vaccine Favours
Sunday, 29 August 2021, 1:04 pm | ACT New Zealand
“At current rates the Government is on track to run out of Pfizer doses on September 2nd. It needs to either source more doses, or slow down on the ‘incredible news’ of 90,000 vaccines per day,” says ACT Leader David Seymour “Ninety thousand doses ... More >>
Fishing Rules Now Fairer For All- Next Stop, Butchers
Sunday, 29 August 2021, 12:58 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Campaigning by ACT has led to a change in the fishing and whitebaiting rules, making them fairer for all,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Due to ACT advocating for fairness, the rules have now been changed. Had ACT not raised the issue, fishing ... More >>
Democracy Wins
Saturday, 28 August 2021, 1:24 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The ACT Party has today welcomed the Parliamentary Business Committee decision that a socially distanced Parliament will go ahead next week,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Any ACT MPs who attend next week will already be in Wellington, ... More >>
ACT Releases Three Waters Policy
Saturday, 28 August 2021, 1:19 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The ACT Party has today released our Three Waters Policy as we respond to the Government’s proposal to move control of water assets away from local communities and into centralised bodies,” says ACT’s Local Government spokesperson Simon ... More >>
Public failed by slow testing and tracing
Friday, 27 August 2021, 3:38 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The continuation of a nationwide Level 4 lockdown shows the current technology can’t trace an outbreak unless the entire country is locked down,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Jacinda Ardern knew all along that the virus takes 8-10 days to ... More >>
Winter Gazing changes a win for farmers
Friday, 27 August 2021, 1:35 pm | ACT New Zealand
“ACT’s relentless campaigning for changes to the Winter Grazing Regulations has today paid off,” says ACT’s Primary Production and Ruawai dairy farmer Mark Cameron. “ ACT has been campaigning for changes for about a year, today the Government ... More >>
Small businesses need certainty
Friday, 27 August 2021, 9:47 am | ACT New Zealand
“The pressure and uncertainly placed on small businesses this lockdown has been enormous and the Government needs to do more to offer certainty,” says ACT’s Small Business spokesperson Chris Baillie. “Restaurant and cafe owners will be ... More >>
Answers needed on vaccine supply
Thursday, 26 August 2021, 2:28 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The ACT Party has today welcomed news that the Government is now wastewater testing in 95 locations, up from 26 at the start of the outbreak. More >>
Police not a priority for vaccines
Thursday, 26 August 2021, 10:48 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Police Minister has today confirmed that Police are not a priority to be vaccinated for COVID-19,” says ACT’s Justice spokesperson Nicole McKee. “When Poto Williams was asked specifically whether she had lobbied Cabinet to prioritise ... More >>
Education and Workforce Committee a farce
Thursday, 26 August 2021, 9:49 am | ACT New Zealand
“Today’s Education and Workforce Committee was a perfect example of why we need the Epidemic Response Committee back,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Opposition MPs were repeatedly shut down by Labour Party Chair Marja Lubeck, while Workplace ... More >>
Saline cover-up a scandal
Wednesday, 25 August 2021, 3:12 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Director General of Health’s admission that the Ministry has known that five people may not have been fully vaccinated for weeks is completely unacceptable and leaves questions about whether this was a botched coverup,” says ACT Leader ... More >>
What would have been ‘incredible news’, Chris
Wednesday, 25 August 2021, 2:22 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Eighty thousand vaccination doses in one day is good news. What would have been incredible news is if this rate was achieved, say, 100 days ago. That would have got the target 8 million doses done, and New Zealand might be in a very different ... More >>
Some simple steps to be more transparent
Wednesday, 25 August 2021, 9:47 am | ACT New Zealand
“ACT is today calling on the Government and Ministry of Health to take some simple steps to be more transparent,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Introducing ACT TV
Tuesday, 24 August 2021, 8:32 pm | ACT New Zealand
The ACT Party has tonight launched its new programme ‘ACT TV’ a limited series hosted by ACT Leader David Seymour. “With Parliament not sitting this week, ACT has found a unique way to connect with Kiwis,” says Mr Seymour. “The half hour ... More >>
