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10 Vaccine Questions The Government Needs To Answer
Tuesday, 26 January 2021, 1:39 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Prime Minister and her COVID-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins need to do what they’ve advertised following Cabinet this afternoon and make very clear when New Zealand will approve use of vaccines, when they will arrive in the country, and ... More >>
Free Press
Monday, 25 January 2021, 6:00 pm | ACT New Zealand
Selling out ACT’s Waitangi Day State of the Nation Address is set to sell out again. If you’d like to start the political year right over brunch with fellow ACT supporters (Saturday 6 February 10am-12pm, Mt Eden), please buy your tickets ... More >>
ACT Believes Polluters Should Pay
Monday, 25 January 2021, 4:41 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Big companies should no longer be able to get away dumping contaminants into New Zealand’s drains and getting away with it,” ACT Environment and Local Government spokesperson Simon Court says. “It’s really not good enough that a loophole in ... More >>
Why Aren't We On Australia's Vaccine Timeline?
Monday, 25 January 2021, 4:22 pm | ACT New Zealand
“News this morning that Australia’s medical regulator has approved Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine for use in Australia, clearing the way for Australians to be vaccinated from next month, begs the question why New Zealand is on such a different timetable,” ... More >>
Delay On Sharing Locations Reckless
Sunday, 24 January 2021, 4:44 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Government’s delay on revealing the locations the Northland woman who has tested positive for Covid 19 has travelled is reckless and risks making a dangerous situation much worse,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “How can people self-isolate ... More >>
Objective Must Be To Avoid Another Lockdown
Sunday, 24 January 2021, 2:27 pm | ACT New Zealand
“If today’s probable case of Covid-19 in Northland turns out to be community transmission the Government’s overarching objective must be avoiding another lockdown,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The best news would be that this is a false alarm, ... More >>
7AA Of OT Act Should Be Scrapped
Friday, 22 January 2021, 1:14 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Oranga Tamariki (OT) will remain ungovernable and continue to fail children unless it’s allowed to focus on the one thing it was established to do, ensure the wellbeing of children,” says ACT’s Social Development and Children spokesperson Karen Chhour. ... More >>
What’s The Plan For Crims With Guns?
Friday, 22 January 2021, 12:33 pm | ACT New Zealand
“A capped six-month amnesty on now prohibited firearms and parts held by licensed firearms owners won’t work, just as its predecessor failed to make New Zealand any safer,” says ACT Firearms Reform spokesperson Nicole McKee. “Meanwhile, gangs ... More >>
Booking MIQ Shouldn’t Be Like Trying To Get Elton John Tickets
Friday, 22 January 2021, 9:36 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Government must reduce the anxiety being caused to New Zealanders offshore and wanting to return home by expanding its arbitrary three month window for booking managed isolation facilities,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “It’s insane ... More >>
Government Bereft Of Ideas On Housing
Thursday, 21 January 2021, 2:36 pm | ACT New Zealand
“It is shameful that the Government is so bereft of ideas on delivering more housing that it couldn’t answer any questions today beyond a plan to build fewer public houses by 2024 than there are families on the waiting list for public houses today,” ... More >>
ECE Food Rules Should Be Scrapped
Thursday, 21 January 2021, 11:57 am | ACT New Zealand
“Officials responsible for dreaming up superfluous food rules for Early Childhood Centres (ECEs) should be fired and their salaries used to fund education,” says ACT Education spokesperson Chris Baillie. “This is an absurd overreach and the ... More >>
From Year Of Delivery To Year Of Reannouncements
Thursday, 21 January 2021, 10:51 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Prime Minister cannot be telling us the big response of a transformational Labour Government to the shortage of houses being built in New Zealand is which regions will get the new state houses announced in last year’s Budget,” says ACT Housing ... More >>
ACT Welcomes Biden Presidency
Thursday, 21 January 2021, 9:45 am | ACT New Zealand
“The ACT Party congratulates President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on their inauguration today,” says ACT Foreign Affairs spokesperson Brooke van Velden “We hoped for a smooth, peaceful transition of power and we’re relieved ... More >>
Public Deserves Clarity And Consistency On Vaccine Timing
Wednesday, 20 January 2021, 9:13 am | ACT New Zealand
“ACT’s January 6 call for a vaccine timetable review, and January 11 charge that the Government’s response to Covid 19 had become complacent, are being sadly vindicated with each day’s developments,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The ... More >>
Gun Crime Out Of Control – Only ACT Making Sense
Tuesday, 19 January 2021, 2:38 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Another week and New Zealand’s months-long spate of gun crime continues,” says ACT Firearms Reform spokesperson Nicole McKee. “Much of this violent activity is gang-related, using illegal firearms. “The Government simply doesn’t have ... More >>
Government Shamed Into Action
Tuesday, 19 January 2021, 2:33 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Opposition pressure to improve the timeliness of Covid 19 vaccine deliveries is working,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Today’s revelation from Covid 19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins that the Government is desperately trying to get ... More >>
Big Questions About Vaccine Contracts
Monday, 18 January 2021, 1:30 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Government needs to explain whether the New Zealand’s timeline for delivery of Covid 19 vaccines is based on supply constraints or because we’ve signed contracts that give the drug companies discretion to decide which countries need vaccines most,” ... More >>
Shelly Bay Shows The Dangerous Side Of Kindness
Saturday, 16 January 2021, 12:36 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Last year ACT warned that rewarding protestors at Ihumātao with taxpayer money would promote further squatting. We just didn’t think it would happen as quickly as it is in Shelly Bay” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The prosperity of all ... More >>
Will NZ Be In The Second 50 Or The Third?
Friday, 15 January 2021, 2:35 pm | ACT New Zealand
“ News compiled by Bloomberg that there are now 49 countries with Covid-19 vaccination campaigns underway piles more pressure on the Government to tell us when our vaccines will arrive and when jabs can begin,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “I know ... More >>
ACT’s Gang Gun Solution Deserves Govt Support
Friday, 15 January 2021, 11:42 am | ACT New Zealand
“News today that Canterbury Police have been ordered to carry firearms for the second time in a fortnight amid fears of armed gang retaliation is further evidence of why ACT’s approach to tackling gangs and their firearms deserves greater attention,” ... More >>
