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There May Never Be A House Built At Ihumātao
Wednesday, 17 March 2021, 3:36 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Government can’t escape the fact that the agreement it signed on the future of land at Ihumātao only says houses ‘may’ be built there and since the agreement was announced there hasn’t been any commitment that a single house will actually ... More >>
Surprise, Vaccine Rollout Stuck In First Gear
Wednesday, 17 March 2021, 11:35 am | ACT New Zealand
“When vaccines hit our shores earlier than Ministers expected last month and our first vaccinations started a day ahead of Australia, there was much glee among some in the commentariat that New Zealand might catch up with the rest of the world,” ... More >>
Pausing Climate Commission’s Work More Urgent
Wednesday, 17 March 2021, 10:53 am | ACT New Zealand
“One of New Zealand’s most eminent economists has busted open the sketchy basis for many of the Climate Commission’s draft recommendations to the Government, concluding they regularly misrepresented evidence to support their positions,” says ACT Climate ... More >>
ACT Requests Auditor-General Inquiry Into Ihumātao
Tuesday, 16 March 2021, 4:48 pm | ACT New Zealand
“I have today written to the Auditor-General asking him to investigate the circumstances surrounding the agreement reached by the Government on the future of Ihumātao, announced on December 17,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “At issue is the use of $29.9 ... More >>
Govt Tried To Hide Ihumātao Link To Treaty Settlements
Tuesday, 16 March 2021, 2:42 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Jacinda Ardern’s Government has been caught red-handed, saying one thing about potential Treaty of Waitangi implications of spending $30 million of taxpayers’ money to buy its way out of Ihumātao and trying to cover up the truth,” says ACT ... More >>
Lion King Wiggles In While Kiwis Wait
Tuesday, 16 March 2021, 10:42 am | ACT New Zealand
“There is no rhyme nor reason to who gets into the country under the critical worker category and New Zealanders here and overseas have plenty of reasons to be unhappy about it,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “First it was special treatment ... More >>
Ihumātao: Serious Questions After Treasury Opposed Deal
Monday, 15 March 2021, 6:27 pm | ACT New Zealand
“New Zealanders will be demanding answers after learning that the Government’s chief economic adviser opposed its efforts to solve the dispute at Ihumātao”, says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Government purchased the land at Ihumātao ... More >>
Time To Tell Us What Vaccine Will Mean
Monday, 15 March 2021, 3:05 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Prime Minister must come to this afternoon’s post-Cabinet press conference with much more information on the impact of New Zealand’s vaccine rollout than her last two previous efforts,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Last week we ... More >>
Time’s Up For Softly, Softly Approach To Gun Crime
Monday, 15 March 2021, 10:27 am | ACT New Zealand
“A concerted effort involving law changes and far greater resources is needed to turn soaring levels of gun crime around,” says ACT Party Firearms Reform spokesperson Nicole McKee. “Some of the unintended consequences of the Government’s two pieces ... More >>
Coal Imports Up Again, Govt Must Reverse Gas Exploration Ban
Monday, 15 March 2021, 6:45 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Government’s marketing-led environmentalism has been mugged by scientific reality”, says ACT’s Climate Change spokesperson Simon Court. “The result of the ban on exploration for natural gas will be that New Zealanders import more coal. ... More >>
Niue??? Heard Of New South Wales?
Sunday, 14 March 2021, 2:10 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The open border to Niue before Australia shows the Government couldn’t care less about struggling tourist and horticultural industries,” says ACT Leader David Seymour “Last year the Government said it couldn’t open up to the Cooks because ... More >>
Climate Change Commission Process Must Be Paused
Friday, 12 March 2021, 3:30 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The whole Climate Change Commission process of providing long term recommendations to the Government should be halted immediately, until it can get its house in order,” says ACT Climate Change spokesperson Simon Court. “It is simply astonishing that ... More >>
Auckland Will Be Livid At Needless Delay
Friday, 12 March 2021, 10:36 am | ACT New Zealand
“Anger at delaying the announcement on whether Auckland will move into alert level 1 underlines why the Government should adopt ACT’s COVID Response Plan 2.0 ,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “This goes straight to the first of our five principles ... More >>
Stealth Bill Will Crush High Country Farmers
Thursday, 11 March 2021, 4:12 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Government is showing extreme arrogance in its stance toward farmers who are deeply opposed to the Crown Pastoral Land Reform Bill,” says ACT Primary Industries spokesperson Mark Cameron. “Answers to my questions in Parliament today suggest ... More >>
Obstinate Border Stance Truly Bizarre
Thursday, 11 March 2021, 1:35 pm | ACT New Zealand
“What a cockeyed world we live in when the Government is letting in criminals from Australia but not their tourists,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “There are currently New Zealanders sitting overseas waiting months for a place in managed ... More >>
Look Who’s Missing From The Quad Squad
Thursday, 11 March 2021, 11:40 am | ACT New Zealand
“It’s hard to believe New Zealand wouldn’t have been welcome at today’s historic virtual ‘Quad’ talks taking place between the leaders of the United States, Japan, India and Australia , but our absence perhaps says a lot of about ... More >>
No Reason NZ Shouldn’t Be Part Of Business Travel Network
Thursday, 11 March 2021, 11:15 am | ACT New Zealand
“Whether countries have an elimination strategy for COVID-19 or not should have no bearing on whether New Zealand explores establishing a business travel network to re-ignite investment in a post-vaccine world,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. ... More >>
Delay To Wage Hike The Only Option
Thursday, 11 March 2021, 9:40 am | ACT New Zealand
“The case for delaying the April 1 increase to the minimum wage is now so loud and clear surely even this Government can see sense and save even more businesses from going under,” says ACT Small Business and Workplace Relations spokesperson ... More >>
Education Workforce Should Be Prioritised For Vaccination
Wednesday, 10 March 2021, 5:16 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The education workforce has been put in a precarious position under Alert Level 3 conditions, and should be prioritised for vaccination,” according to ACT Education spokesperson Chris Baillie. “Under the original Alert Level 3 conditions, only ... More >>
Firearms Licensing Delays Unacceptable
Wednesday, 10 March 2021, 4:34 pm | ACT New Zealand
“A backlog of 9800 firearms licensing applications and renewals is unacceptable but was foreseeable from a Government that rushed firearms reform legislation against advice from those who knew the firearms sector best,” says ACT Firearms Reform ... More >>
