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MP Drafts Bill To End Race-based University Policies
Saturday, 29 March 2025, 2:19 pm | ACT New Zealand
“I have drafted a bill that would effectively apply the need-not-race directive to the university sectors. ACT will continue to advocate for fair access to opportunities at university and I hope the Minister will consider my proposal," says ACT Tertiary ... More >>
ACT Welcomes Moves To Take Ideology Out Of Healthcare, Recognises Overseas Qualifications
Friday, 28 March 2025, 10:28 am | ACT New Zealand
The Health Minister today announced the Government is considering the establishment of an Occupations Tribunal which would consider appeals about decisions relating to overseas qualifications. More >>
Teaching Council Shouldn't Be Policing Political Speech
Thursday, 27 March 2025, 11:24 am | ACT New Zealand
According to the Free Speech Union, a complaint has been made about a teacher who made a comment about the Treaty Principles Bill on Facebook. The complaint alleges that the teacher has breached the Teaching Council’s Code of Conduct. More >>
Cuddles For Crims Out, Rights For Victims In
Wednesday, 26 March 2025, 1:33 pm | ACT New Zealand
Protecting the safety and property of New Zealanders is the government’s first and most important job. That’s why ACT is restoring balance to a system that has become too focused on criminals instead of victims. More >>
Tauranga City Council Spends $180,000 On A Film That No-one's Watched
Wednesday, 26 March 2025, 12:25 pm | ACT New Zealand
"The documentary comes soon after the Council’s $75,000 tourism app flop, and the installation of a $300,000 sculpture in Red Square." More >>
Tamatha Paul Needs To Talk To Normal People
Wednesday, 26 March 2025, 11:58 am | ACT New Zealand
“Tamatha Paul has spent so much time hanging out with radical left-wing student groups that she’s got law and order completely backwards. It’s criminals who are the problem, not the Police who catch them." More >>
This Might Be The Most Important Thing The Government Does
Monday, 24 March 2025, 4:49 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Ditching the RMA and passing new laws centred on property rights might be the most important thing the Government does." More >>
KO Needs More Powers To Evict Unruly Tenants
Sunday, 23 March 2025, 2:38 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT policy would ensure the requirement for KO to prove anti-social behaviour can include testimony from other residents in the neighbourhood. Both parties would have access to a private hearing by the Tenancy Tribunal to give testimony. More >>
ACT Welcomes Investigation Of Banking Cabal
Friday, 21 March 2025, 3:33 pm | ACT New Zealand
The banking alliance is a woke cabal. It co-ordinates banks into aligning lending practices with net-zero emissions goals, and this affects local lending practices, especially in the rural sector. More >>
Efforts Pay Off With Economic Growth
Thursday, 20 March 2025, 12:05 pm | ACT New Zealand
Firms, farms, and families have made tough sacrifices in a cost-of-living crisis, but now they're starting to see the fruits of their efforts. Inflation is under control, interest rates are getting lower. More >>
Is Police Abolition Official Green Party Policy?
Wednesday, 19 March 2025, 3:48 pm | ACT New Zealand
At best, Tamatha Paul has deluded herself. At worst, she is using her platform to actively misinform her followers and make them more likely to support radically pro-crime policies like police abolition, ACT Justice spokesperson Todd Stephenson said. More >>
Newmarket And Parnell Safety Bolstered With Proceeds Of Crime
Wednesday, 19 March 2025, 9:31 am | ACT New Zealand
Hon Nicole McKee and Hon Simeon Brown have announced that $1.3 million from the Proceeds of Crime Fund will advance anti-crime measures across central Auckland, including lighting, CCTV, and increased security patrols. More >>
ACT Looks To Stand Candidates In Local Council Elections
Tuesday, 18 March 2025, 3:46 pm | ACT New Zealand
Today ACT Leader David Seymour announced the Party is seeking expressions of interest from New Zealanders to stand for their local council under the ACT banner. More >>
ACT In The Engine Room Behind New Infrastructure Projects
Friday, 14 March 2025, 1:19 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The private sector brings innovation, expertise and capital – both domestic and international – that drives faster delivery of better infrastructure that stands the test of time." More >>
International Students Forced To Pay Up To $5,730 For Compulsory Treaty Course
Thursday, 13 March 2025, 3:46 pm | ACT New Zealand
Auckland University should be focused on academic excellence, not ideological box-ticking. It’s time to let students decide what’s best for their education, ACT’s Tertiary Education spokesperson Dr Parmjeet Parmar said. More >>
Banking Inquiry Exposes $600 Million Rural Lending Squeeze
Wednesday, 12 March 2025, 2:10 pm | ACT New Zealand
“BNZ’s CEO understated the cost of these rules by a factor of nine due to a calculation error. He told the Select Committee the cost was around $200 million, but the real figure is closer to $1.8 billion – with $600 million of that burden falling on ... More >>
Councils Need To Follow Govt’s Lead On Procurement
Wednesday, 12 March 2025, 11:55 am | ACT New Zealand
“It’s absurd that councils are forcing traffic management operators and pipeline technicians to explain their commitment to Te Tiriti, or their approach to climate change, or their recycling practices." More >>
Chris Hipkins’s Deck Chair Speech
Friday, 7 March 2025, 1:16 pm | ACT New Zealand
“A new ‘economic team’ of Labour MPs, a new ‘jobs and incomes’ portfolio for Ginny Anderson, talking to ‘experts’ and ‘unions’ – none of this is real change. More >>
‘Need Not Race’ Approach To Bowel Cancer Screening Will Save Lives
Thursday, 6 March 2025, 9:26 am | ACT New Zealand
“It was true that a higher proportion of bowel cancers occur in Māori and Pacific peoples at a younger age, but that is because the overall demographics of those groups are younger. It has always been age that determines bowel cancer risk, not race,” ... More >>
Patient Wellbeing Threatened By Treaty Ideology
Wednesday, 5 March 2025, 12:37 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT is optimistic that in Simeon Brown, we have a Minister with the guts to get the Treaty ideology and wokeism out of the health system and restore focus to the needs of the patient. More >>
