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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 >>
Lack Of Clarity On Vaccine Delivery Astonishing
Wednesday, 13 January 2021, 5:28 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Government’s inability to provide clarity on when the Covid-19 vaccines it has purchased will arrive is alarming and deserves a much better explanation,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Grant Robertson told NewstalkZB today ‘I can ... More >>
Criticism Unfounded – We Must Get Tracing Numbers Up
Wednesday, 13 January 2021, 11:19 am | ACT New Zealand
“Criticism of ACT’s proposal to make scanning into any premises with an official Ministry of Health Covid-19 tracing QR code compulsory for those people who haven’t switched on the official NZ Covid Tracer app’s Bluetooth capability is misplaced,” ... More >>
Hipkins Contradicts Aussie PM – Who’s Right?
Wednesday, 13 January 2021, 8:54 am | ACT New Zealand
“Health Minister Chris Hipkins has this morning defended the Government’s tardy vaccination plans by saying Australia hasn’t received its stocks of vaccine yet, and he believes both countries will receive them sometime in March,” says ACT Leader ... More >>
As Covid Risk Grows, Scanning In Should Be Compulsory
Tuesday, 12 January 2021, 3:24 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Government should make scanning into any premises with an official Ministry of Health Covid-19 tracing QR code compulsory for those people who haven’t switched on the official NZ Covid Tracer app’s Bluetooth capability,” says ACT Leader ... More >>
Government Must Act To Avoid Another Lockdown
Monday, 11 January 2021, 1:36 pm | ACT New Zealand
“There is an unnerving sense of complacency about the Government’s Covid-19 response at the very time a heightened sense of vigilance and adaptability to changing circumstances is required,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “We are now dealing ... More >>
Gangs Training Recruits Faster Than Police
Sunday, 10 January 2021, 6:01 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Police Minister Poto Williams needs to explain why her agency has stopped training new recruits when gang recruitment is skyrocketing,” says ACT’s Firearms Law Reform spokesperson Nicole McKee. “This short-sighted move will mean the gangs ... More >>
Employers Are Not The Enemy
Thursday, 7 January 2021, 12:52 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Labour must stop seeing employers as the enemy and avoid doing further harm to the productive sector,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Government was told its latest minimum wage hike will have a ‘disproportionately large’ negative ... More >>
COVID Variant Requires Vaccine Timetable Review
Tuesday, 5 January 2021, 4:34 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Government must reconsider waiting for Medsafe approval before making COVID vaccines available, in light of the new more contagious COVID strain sweeping the world,” says ACT Leader David Seymour "We've got used to feeling a bit invincible ... More >>
Govt Must Strip Gangs Of Gun Licences
Tuesday, 5 January 2021, 3:49 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Government must take the recent surge in gang violence seriously and should start by stripping gang members of firearms licences,” says ACT’s Firearms Law Reform spokesperson Nicole McKee. “Over the past few years, the number of gang ... More >>
Virulent Strain Calls For ACT’s Risk-based Approach
Monday, 21 December 2020, 11:36 am | ACT New Zealand
“Now more than ever a risk-weighted approach to managing incoming travellers is required to ensure we don’t experience another serious Covid-19 outbreak,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Rapid spread of a new ultra-virulent strain of Covid-19 ... More >>
