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Local Barber And Law Student, Phill Houlihan, Selected As ACT Local Candidate For Porirua City Council Election
Wednesday, 25 June 2025, 10:38 am | ACT New Zealand
Phill has lived in Porirua for the past 15 years and proudly credits the city and its people for shaping who he is today. A graduate of Tawa College, he has worked as a barber and hairdresser, trained in business and photography, and is now completing ... More >>
ACT Welcomes Draft Plan To End Infrastructure Whiplash
Wednesday, 25 June 2025, 10:31 am | ACT New Zealand
New Zealand ranks in the top 10% of OECD nations for infrastructure spending but the bottom 10% for outcomes. The infrastructure industry has been denied the certainty needed to bring in the investment, equipment, and talent they need to get the big ... More >>
Local Addictions Clinician, Damon Fox, Selected As ACT Local Candidate For New Plymouth District Council Election
Wednesday, 25 June 2025, 8:40 am | ACT New Zealand
Raised in Taranaki by a solo mother on a benefit, Damon understands firsthand the challenges many families face. Through hard work and determination, he overcame those early struggles and now works as an addictions practitioner, helping others turn ... More >>
Wellington City Council Taking The P*ss With Rate Hike, Toilet Blowout
Tuesday, 24 June 2025, 4:11 pm | ACT New Zealand
Today, Wellingtonians opened the paper to discover their Council has spent $2.3 million on a glorified toilet block that doubles as a rainbow light show. At the same time, they learned their rates will be hiked by 12.4%, says ACT Local Government spokesperson ... More >>
Retired Pharmacist And Business Owner, David Ross, Selected As ACT Local Candidate For Motueka Ward
Tuesday, 24 June 2025, 12:28 pm | ACT New Zealand
After more than four decades in healthcare, business, and rural advocacy, Mahana local Dave Ross has put his name forward to represent the Motueka community on the Tasman District Council. More >>
ACT Welcomes Record Funding Boost For GPs
Tuesday, 24 June 2025, 12:02 pm | ACT New Zealand
“We don’t want Kiwis being turned away because their local GP isn’t taking patients,” says Seymour. More >>
Business Owner Nathan Atkins To Stand With ACT Local In Kaiapoi-Woodend Ward
Tuesday, 24 June 2025, 9:53 am | ACT New Zealand
With a background in competitive sport, a degree in exercise science, and over a decade managing fitness businesses across Asia, Nathan brings a strong track record of leadership, discipline, and working with people from all walks of life. More >>
Local Transport Specialist, James Ebbett, Selected As ACT Local Candidate For Central Hawke’s Bay Election
Monday, 23 June 2025, 6:09 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT’s common sense campaign comes to Central Hawke's Bay as James Ebbett is confirmed to stand in the Aramoana-Ruahine election. More >>
Dunedin City Council's Attempt To Solve Israel-Palestine Is Pathetic
Thursday, 19 June 2025, 1:44 pm | ACT New Zealand
"Foreign affairs is the domain of central government, not the town hall. Every moment they spend grandstanding over foreign issues pushes back the council agenda and distracts from core responsibilities." More >>
Biggest Threat To Financial Recovery Is Mad Opposition Parties
Thursday, 19 June 2025, 11:38 am | ACT New Zealand
Hard working people have knuckled down through a very challenging period and today’s figure summarises that. The biggest threat to a recovery is now the destabilising threats of a mad opposition, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
International Speaker Announced For ACT's 2025 Rally In Auckland
Wednesday, 18 June 2025, 1:04 pm | ACT New Zealand
Dr Lindsay is the author of the bestseller Cynical Theories and one of the world’s leading lights in the fight against identity politics, conformity and oppression. His message about reclaiming liberalism in an age of extremes could not be more timely, ... More >>
Move To Bolster Health Services With Private Care Welcomed, Could Go Further
Tuesday, 17 June 2025, 1:30 pm | ACT New Zealand
"ACT can see a future where the Government is primarily a purchaser, not a provider, of health services. Private operators have stronger incentives both to provide quality care and to keep costs down. If they don't deliver, they risk losing their contract." More >>
ACT Councillors Will Oppose Local Government Climate Activism
Friday, 13 June 2025, 3:03 pm | ACT New Zealand
In Parliament, ACT is addressing local climate activism with Mark Cameron’s member’s bill to stop councils from considering emissions in their land use plans. More >>
ACT Launches Petition To Dump Te Mana o te Wai
Thursday, 12 June 2025, 2:52 pm | ACT New Zealand
Instead of clear metrics like nitrate levels or sedimentation rates, councils are being asked to assess spiritual values that cannot be measured or contested, says ACT Agriculture spokesperson Mark Cameron. More >>
Speech: Hon Andrew Hoggard To Federated Farmers At Fieldays
Wednesday, 11 June 2025, 11:56 am | ACT New Zealand
We want to see a thriving primary sector that’s not weighed down by complexity, but supported to innovate, grow, and lead, says ACT MP Hon Andrew Hoggard. More >>
Climate Activists Dressed As Lawyers Would Sacrifice Farmers To The Climate Gods
Wednesday, 11 June 2025, 11:14 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT is committed to climate policies that are practical, not performative. We will back Kiwi innovation, not regulation for its own sake. We’ll support farmers, not sue them. We know that when farmers do well, all New Zealanders are better off. More >>
ACT Responds To Legislation To Restrict Farm-To-Forest Conversions
Wednesday, 11 June 2025, 10:50 am | ACT New Zealand
The Government is moving to address legitimate concerns in rural communities. Forestry is swallowing up productive farmland because the current system is rigged against those who feed the world. More >>
ACT MP Welcomes Changes To Anti-Stalking Bill, Calls For Urgent Action On Newer Forms Of Abuse
Tuesday, 10 June 2025, 4:57 pm | ACT New Zealand
Patterns of abusive behaviour deserve to be recognised by the law, and these changes will help victims seek justice, ACT MP Laura McClure. More >>
New Parent Visa Delivers On ACT Commitment
Sunday, 8 June 2025, 7:32 pm | ACT New Zealand
Ultimately, this visa makes New Zealand a more attractive destination for the talent we need to drive economic growth. A skilled workforce means more productivity, stronger communities, and more prosperity for all New Zealanders. More >>
Time’s Up For Anti-Farmer Activism – ACT Welcomes Fish & Game Reforms
Thursday, 5 June 2025, 10:02 am | ACT New Zealand
Fish & Game was never meant to be a political battering ram for anti-farming ideology. It exists to serve licence holders – and many of those are farmers. ACT is proud to back these changes and proud to stand with rural New Zealand. More >>
