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Schoolkids Being Taught About “White Privilege”
Sunday, 16 May 2021, 1:02 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Government needs to explain why a new education programme is teaching primary school children about ‘white privilege’”, says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The promise of our country is to value each person as we find them and value their human ... More >>
Kids Discouraged From Eating Their Own Lunches
Saturday, 15 May 2021, 6:33 am | ACT New Zealand
“ Advice from the Ministry of Education shows that kids who bring their own lunches from home are being discouraged from eating them,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “After it was revealed this week that thousands of lunches are going to waste, ... More >>
Charging Electric Cars With Diesel
Friday, 14 May 2021, 6:04 pm | ACT New Zealand
One thing this week that told us more about New Zealand than anything else was the Department of Conservation charging an electric vehicle on Stewart Island with a diesel generator. How did we get here? It’s just one example of how a tiny but ... More >>
Scrap The Road Tax On Marine Fuel
Friday, 14 May 2021, 2:40 pm | ACT New Zealand
“ACT has today launched a petition to scrap road taxes on marine fuel,” says ACT’s Transport spokesperson Simon Court. “Kiwi boaties are currently paying 83 cents per litre in taxes, most of that revenue goes into the National Land Transport ... More >>
Freedom Of Expression On Campus Must Be Protected
Friday, 14 May 2021, 11:25 am | ACT New Zealand
“ A Bill introduced to the UK Parliament this week shares the same goal as my Member’s Bill and should be debated here in New Zealand,” says ACT MP Dr James McDowall. “ Free speech on campus is critical. Fostering the ability of students ... More >>
Community To Rally To Save Laura Fergusson Trust
Friday, 14 May 2021, 10:48 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader and Epsom MP David Seymour will this weekend hold a rally to save the Laura Fergusson Trust. “The Laura Fergusson Trust has been saviour for young disabled people for five decades. It has been somewhere for young people with physical and ... More >>
Indefinite Level 2.5? Where’s The Plan?
Friday, 14 May 2021, 8:26 am | ACT New Zealand
“Fourteen months since the first COVID restrictions, New Zealanders deserve certainty about the Government’s response, not random remarks suggesting the country might indefinitely live at an undefined Level 2.5. The Director General must reveal the ... More >>
Māori And Pacific Children Failed By Government
Thursday, 13 May 2021, 12:15 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Minister for Child Poverty Reduction is letting Māori and Pacific children down according to new school attendance rates,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “A report released today by the Government ‘Child Poverty Related Indicators’ ... More >>
Free Lunch Farce
Wednesday, 12 May 2021, 11:52 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Government needs to start looking at evidence and data before it rushes out policy which is nothing more than a marketing campaign,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “ The Waikato Times has revealed that up to 1500 lunches from Labour’s ... More >>
David Seymour - ACT's Budget For Middle New Zealand
Wednesday, 12 May 2021, 11:35 am | ACT New Zealand
Business. I just wanted to get in early. Grant Robertson almost completely forgot to mention business in both his pre-Budget speeches. I didn’t want to risk the same mistake. Welcome thank you to Price Waterhouse Cooper and the Wellington Chamber ... More >>
COVID-19 Response Deserves Proper Scrutiny
Wednesday, 12 May 2021, 10:10 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Health Select Committee’s refusal to have regular constructive debates about our response to COVID-19 is an indictment of this Government,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Government should be doing everything it can to foster open ... More >>
ACT’s Budget For The Battlers
Wednesday, 12 May 2021, 6:22 am | ACT New Zealand
“The ACT Party has today released our alternative budget, a budget for middle New Zealand, the Kiwis who work hard but are being squeezed from every direction,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Rents are increasing rapidly following decades ... More >>
What Happened To Governing For All New Zealanders?
Tuesday, 11 May 2021, 3:10 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Jacinda Ardern’s reasoning for forcing undemocratic union contracts on people who don’t want any part of them just doesn’t add up,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Government originally said only one or two industries would be affected ... More >>
PM Must Drop Covert Plan To Redefine Treaty
Tuesday, 11 May 2021, 2:41 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Jacinda Ardern needs to drop her Government’s covert plan to redefine the Treaty and have an honest conversation with New Zealanders,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “This Government has unleashed an avalanche of race-based policies and giving Māori ... More >>
Mahuta Vs Robertson, Choose Your Fighter
Tuesday, 11 May 2021, 11:06 am | ACT New Zealand
“Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta and Finance Minister Grant Robertson seem to be on completely different pages when it comes to the remit of Five Eyes,” says ACT’s Foreign Affairs spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “Nanaia Mahuta has explicitly said ... More >>
Government Adopts ACT Member’s Bill
Tuesday, 11 May 2021, 9:28 am | ACT New Zealand
“ACT welcomes news this morning from the Government that it’s finally targeting the gangs and dangerous criminals, rather than law-abiding firearms users,” says ACT’s Justice Spokesperson Nicole McKee. “Gang membership has increased by 2264 ... More >>
Hardworking Tax Payers Need A Break
Tuesday, 11 May 2021, 6:26 am | ACT New Zealand
“Hardworking taxpayers have spent the first four months and 10 days of 2021 working to hand over every cent they’ve earned to Grant Robertson,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Today is ‘Tax Freedom Day’ according to accounting firm Baker Tilly ... More >>
Government Playing Catch Up On MIQ
Monday, 10 May 2021, 2:13 pm | ACT New Zealand
“This Government is like a kid who shows up after the race is run but still wants a medal for participating,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “While we welcome today’s announcement that five hundred MIQ rooms will be available to workers, ... More >>
ACT Will Fight Compulsory Unionism
Sunday, 9 May 2021, 3:30 pm | ACT New Zealand
“ACT has today launched our “ Reject Compulsory Unionism ” petition, which fights back against Labour’s reckless industrial relations law changes,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The so-called “Fair Pay Agreements” are nothing ... More >>
DOC Co-governance An Inland Foreshore And Seabed
Sunday, 9 May 2021, 3:23 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Government has some serious explaining to do about a co-governance proposal for the DOC Estate,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “DOC has set up a group called the ‘Options Development Group,’ claiming the group is desigend to better recognise ... More >>
