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ACT MP’s End Of Life Choice Bill Strengthened And Reintroduced
Monday, 25 August 2025, 7:05 am | ACT New Zealand
The Bill maintains all other eligibility criteria and safeguards, and adds a limited waiver of final consent for patients who lose capacity after scheduling their assisted death, says ACT MP Todd Stephenson. More >>
Drag Race For Gang Vote Lets Down Māori Voters
Friday, 22 August 2025, 3:06 pm | ACT New Zealand
Voters deserve better than a race to see who can be cuddlier to gang members. Māori are more likely than any other group to be victims of crime – 34 per cent of victims are Māori according to the 2024 Crime and Victims Survey, says ACT Leader David ... More >>
Banking Inquiry: ACT Welcomes Calls To Boost Banking Competition, Support Rural Borrowers
Friday, 22 August 2025, 11:57 am | ACT New Zealand
“ACT strongly agrees with the report’s recommendations on capital requirements,” says ACT Finance spokesperson Todd Stephenson. “The Reserve Bank’s capital rules are among the strictest in the world. More >>
ACT Announces Alice Hurdle As ACT Local Candidate For Pōneke/Wellington General
Thursday, 21 August 2025, 11:59 am | ACT New Zealand
Alice Hurdle, a mother of two, says the capital is dangerously unprepared for a major disaster – and ratepayers are being fleeced while the Council spends on “vanity projects” instead of core services. More >>
Green Manifesto For Children Ranks Real Safety Below Cultural Safety
Wednesday, 20 August 2025, 4:19 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Green Party’s new manifesto for children is revealing. In their list of seven duties of care, they relegate child protection to fifth. More >>
Keep The Savings Coming To Keep The Interest Rates Tumbling
Wednesday, 20 August 2025, 2:12 pm | ACT New Zealand
"Households coming off mortgages in the sevens or eights are now renewing in the fours. That’s real relief, driven by real discipline. More >>
Reward Excellent Teachers, Not Strikers
Wednesday, 20 August 2025, 6:55 am | ACT New Zealand
New Zealand’s children deserve an education system that encourages excellence, and that starts with rewarding the great teachers who shape our future. More >>
ACT Welcomes Game-changing Building Consent Reforms
Monday, 18 August 2025, 4:34 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT also welcomes moves to allow mergers of Building Consent Authorities. More >>
Council Must Back Down On Cape Palliser Road Closure Plan
Monday, 18 August 2025, 3:14 pm | ACT New Zealand
Submissions on the proposal close tomorrow, and ACT Local Government spokesperson Cameron Luxton is urging everyone who values public access to speak up before it’s too late. More >>
ACT Speeds Up Consents To Keep The Lights On And Costs Down
Thursday, 14 August 2025, 4:13 pm | ACT New Zealand
When the wind doesn’t blow and the sun doesn’t shine, New Zealanders still expect to heat their homes, run factories, and keep the lights on. ACT is making sure they can. More >>
Lockdown Overlords Missing In Action From The Podium Of Truth
Wednesday, 13 August 2025, 2:55 pm | ACT New Zealand
The then-Government used emergency powers more dramatically than any other in our country’s peacetime history, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Watercare Indulges In DEI Discrimination While Infrastructure Cracks At The Seams
Sunday, 10 August 2025, 1:22 pm | ACT New Zealand
Companies bidding for contracts to deliver Watercare are being asked to disclose whether they are Māori-owned (or Pasifika- or woman-owned). More >>
Boaties Soon Off The Hook: ACT Ends Unfair Petrol Tax
Saturday, 9 August 2025, 12:10 pm | ACT New Zealand
The shift to RUCs won’t happen overnight – it’s part of a broader transition and will involve public consultation – but the Government’s direction is clear, and ACT will make sure this promise is kept. More >>
Hipkins Needs Ideas That Don’t Make Kiwis Poorer
Friday, 8 August 2025, 7:25 am | ACT New Zealand
Labour ignored clear advice not to ‘stimulate’ the post-COVID economy with reckless spending. Grant Robertson did it anyway, ramping up the spending machine, flooding the economy with cheap money that pushed up debt, then inflation, then interest rates, ... More >>
ACT Welcomes Te Pāti Māori Support For Bill To Stop Deepfake Harm
Thursday, 7 August 2025, 12:04 pm | ACT New Zealand
“It’s not often you see ACT and Te Pāti Māori agree, but Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke has worked constructively with me on this issue and clearly cares strongly about it,” said McClure. More >>
MNZM And NZ Innovator Of The Year Dr John Hyndman Stands For ACT Local
Tuesday, 5 August 2025, 11:25 am | ACT New Zealand
John brings decades of medical and governance experience to the table. He served for many years at Wairau Hospital and was instrumental in establishing the Churchill private hospital and Hospice Marlborough. More >>
Former MP Toni Severin Standing For ECan To Scrap Iwi Appointees, Keep Rates Low, And Back Farmers
Tuesday, 5 August 2025, 9:40 am | ACT New Zealand
Toni will join three other ACT Local candidates standing in the greater Canterbury region: Chris Till for Selwyn District Council, Tom Spooner for Hurunui District Council, and Nathan Atkins for Waimakariri District Council. More >>
NCEA Overhaul, About Time!
Monday, 4 August 2025, 9:59 am | ACT New Zealand
NCEA was driven by an ideology that competition and excellence are bad, and every student should create their own academic adventure, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
ACT Launches Largest Local Government Campaign In New Zealand
Saturday, 2 August 2025, 1:00 pm | ACT New Zealand
“These are New Zealanders who’ve had enough of being ignored by their councils,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “They’re stepping up to deliver real change and lower rates. More >>
Eliminating DEI Appointments A Step Closer
Thursday, 31 July 2025, 5:13 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Bill reflects commitments made in ACT’s coalition agreement. Diversity mandates were implemented by the Labour-NZ First-Green Government. More >>
