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Six Rural Regulations First On The Chopping Block
Wednesday, 4 October 2023, 9:10 am | ACT New Zealand
“New Zealand’s biggest export industry is tied up in endless red tape. If we want New Zealand to have a prosperous future and a productive economy, we need to let farmers get back to what they do best. The primary sector will be one of the ... More >>
Tāmaki Is Ready For A Fresh New Voice
Tuesday, 3 October 2023, 9:06 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Tonight at the Taxpayer’s Union Tāmaki debate I put forward to voters why I should be the next advocate for their community in Parliament,” says ACT Deputy Leader and Tāmaki candidate Brooke van Velden. “After 63 years being represented ... More >>
A Strategy To Ensure Consistent And Fair Access To Medicines
Tuesday, 3 October 2023, 4:04 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT will require the Ministry of Health to publish a Medicines Strategy every two years. This strategy will: Provide analysis of developments in medicines across the world Ensure regular performance reporting and international benchmarking of Pharmac ... More >>
A Strategy To Ensure Consistent And Fair Access To Medicines
Tuesday, 3 October 2023, 2:58 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT will require the Ministry of Health to publish a Medicines Strategy every two years. This strategy will: Provide analysis of developments in medicines across the world Ensure regular performance reporting and international benchmarking of Pharmac ... More >>
Waititi Dangerous And Confused On Democracy
Tuesday, 3 October 2023, 11:39 am | ACT New Zealand
“Rawiri Waititi says that he isn’t a fan of democracy, calling it the tyranny of the majority, but also championing a system where the majority can banish your whole family. It goes to show for all his theatrics, Waititi doesn’t get democracy ... More >>
ACT will bring real change to debates
Monday, 2 October 2023, 7:51 pm | ACT New Zealand
“If Kiwis want to see Chris Hipkins really held to account next week at the Press Leader’s Debate, I’ll take Christopher Luxon’s place and do it,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Who knows, this might be exactly the change voters who were ... More >>
Labour Can’t Be Trusted To Lower Food Prices
Monday, 2 October 2023, 1:01 pm | ACT New Zealand
“After threatening more bureaucracy and regulations for supermarkets over the course of its time in Government, and driving food prices through the rood, Labour now claims it is going to help new entrants into the grocery sector with vague promises ... More >>
The Next Government Will Need A Fiscal Conscience
Monday, 2 October 2023, 10:43 am | ACT New Zealand
“The cost of living is biting hard on New Zealanders up and down the country, thanks to inflation driven by wasteful Government spending. ACT will make sure the next Government pays for any tax cuts with savings on spending so Kiwis can breathe ... More >>
ACT To Streamline AML Compliance As Part Of Small Business Package
Sunday, 1 October 2023, 7:45 pm | ACT New Zealand
Make Anti Money Laundering (AML) compliance user friendly for small business. Introduce a Minister and Ministry of Regulation to police red tape and regulation making from within Government. Immediately abolish Fair Pay Agreements and supporting freedom ... More >>
Why you must vote ACT for real change
Sunday, 1 October 2023, 2:33 pm | ACT New Zealand
Today, ACT Leader David Seymour released a video asking New Zealanders to Party Vote ACT to avoid inaction and instability. You can watch the video by clicking the image below. “ACT is making one final appeal to voters before the polls open tomorrow. ... More >>
Taking The Politics Out Of The Covid-19 Royal Commission
Friday, 29 September 2023, 9:01 pm | ACT New Zealand
“ACT will take the politics out of the Royal Commission into the Government’s Covid-19 response by allowing all New Zealanders to have their say on what should be investigated through a new crowdsourced terms of reference”, says ACT Leader ... More >>
Now ACT Will Definitely Be Needed For Real Change
Friday, 29 September 2023, 2:11 pm | ACT New Zealand
“National’s long-awaited fiscal plan confirms that ACT will be needed to change the Government and the direction of New Zealand. National’s plan alone amounts to kicking out Labour and keeping their direction,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. ... More >>
Taking The Politics Out Of The Covid-19 Royal Commission
Friday, 29 September 2023, 12:24 pm | ACT New Zealand
“ACT will take the politics out of the Royal Commission into the Government’s Covid-19 response by allowing all New Zealanders to have their say on what should be investigated through a new crowdsourced terms of reference”, says ACT Leader ... More >>
Mood Of The Boardroom Shows Mood For Real Change
Friday, 29 September 2023, 9:04 am | ACT New Zealand
“With 78 per cent of those surveyed in the NZ Herald’s Mood of the Boardroom saying the next Government needs to implement major cuts to government spending, it is clearer than ever that ACT and its well thought out plan to cut $25.5 billion ... More >>
Self-proclaimed Māori Leaders Make Political, Ignorant Comments
Friday, 29 September 2023, 8:57 am | ACT New Zealand
“The self-proclaimed Māori leaders who wrote an open letter in the Herald this morning appear to fight racism for purely political reasons”, says ACT Leader David Seymour. “They were silent about Te Pati Māori’s claims that Māori are genetically ... More >>
Charter Schools Were Tino Rangatiratanga In Action, Chris
Thursday, 28 September 2023, 12:19 pm | ACT New Zealand
“In a speech delivered by Chris Hipkins today labelled ‘Progressing Together’, Chris Hipkins outlined the choice this election. There is the status quo, where New Zealand is more divided than ever, or all New Zealanders get an honest, healthy debate ... More >>
ACT Will End Labour’s War On Landlords
Thursday, 28 September 2023, 9:36 am | ACT New Zealand
“Landlords have been scapegoated and blamed by Labour for the housing crisis when the real cause is a lack of housing supply”, says ACT leader David Seymour. “ACT will end Labour’s war on landlords, including by immediately reinstating mortgage ... More >>
New Zealand Needs Hope, Not More Of The Same
Thursday, 28 September 2023, 6:34 am | ACT New Zealand
27 September “Tonight’s edition of Chris vs. Christopher was more entertaining than the last one, but when you scratch beneath the surface the real solutions to the problems New Zealanders are facing weren’t on offer. New Zealand ... More >>
Labour’s Plan To Continue The Decline
Wednesday, 27 September 2023, 10:47 am | ACT New Zealand
“We need more hope rather than more of the same. Labour's fiscal plan won't admit a mistake and carries on with the wasteful spending that has made life so tough for Kiwis. They have confirmed that ACT is the only part with a credible plan to fix ... More >>
Labour’s Lolly Scramble Doesn’t Add Up
Tuesday, 26 September 2023, 12:29 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Chris Hipkins’ $1 billion PHARMAC announcement is nothing but a cynical election season bribe. New Zealanders know the government books are in terrible shape and they want fiscally responsible policies, not promises of big spending and more debt ... More >>
