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Tauranga's Lacklustre By-Election Turnout Makes Case For Ditching Māori Wards
Thursday, 1 May 2025, 7:05 am | ACT New Zealand
"In Tauranga's Māori ward by-election this week, less than 12% of eligible voters turned out. It means we have a new councillor elected with just 464 first-preference votes”, Tauranga-based ACT MP Cameron Luxton says. More >>
One Year From Extinction Day: Minister Urged To Act
Wednesday, 30 April 2025, 3:27 pm | ACT New Zealand
With the Incorporated Societies Act 2022 set to require all existing societies to re-register under a new regime by April next year, ACT MP Laura McClure is raising the alarm again that it will impose unsustainable costs on many grassroots small ... More >>
Financial Education Will Help Disadvantaged Kids Succeed
Wednesday, 30 April 2025, 10:42 am | ACT New Zealand
These curriculum changes are part of a broader shift to refocus education on real-world skills instead of ideology. More >>
Mark Cameron Drafts Bill To Stop Banking Wokery And Protect Rural Borrowers
Tuesday, 29 April 2025, 6:58 am | ACT New Zealand
“Rural and regional New Zealanders are being hammered by banking wokery that judges businesses on political fashion rather than commercial sense,” says ACT Rural Communities spokesperson Mark Cameron. More >>
Waitākere Ranges Co-Governance: Better Councillors Needed To Protect Democracy
Monday, 28 April 2025, 12:42 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The ranges are governed under the Waitākere Ranges Heritage Area Act. That is a local act, which means any change to the legislation, such as a prohibition on co-governance arrangements, has to come from the elected council." More >>
ACT MP Welcomes Move To Cut Construction Red Tape
Monday, 28 April 2025, 12:39 pm | ACT New Zealand
“ACT has long argued we need to provide alternatives to costly council processes for building. Our coalition agreement commits to ‘explore allowing home builders to opt out of needing a building consent provided they have long-term insurance for ... More >>
Statement From ACT MP Dr Parmjeet Parmar On Terrorist Attack In Kashmir
Thursday, 24 April 2025, 7:38 am | ACT New Zealand
“Every human being has inherent dignity and deserves to live in peace. Disputes must be resolved through dialogue and diplomacy – not through cowardly acts of brutality.” ACT MP Dr Parmjeet Parmar said. More >>
Kiwis Caught Flat-Footed By Easter Booze Rules Challenged To Speak Up
Friday, 18 April 2025, 7:15 am | ACT New Zealand
If you’re sick of being denied choice on Easter, I’d strongly urge you to make an online submission in support of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Sales on Anzac Day Morning, Good Friday, Easter Sunday, and Christmas Day) Amendment Bill says ACT ... More >>
David Seymour: Speech To Business Canterbury
Wednesday, 16 April 2025, 1:32 pm | ACT New Zealand
Business is not exploitative, sinister, or deceptive. It’s actually very simple. Four types of people achieve together what they couldn’t do alone. More >>
Leaner Reserve Bank Should Restore Inflation-Fighting Focus
Wednesday, 16 April 2025, 12:30 pm | ACT New Zealand
Under Labour, the Reserve Bank used its resources to weigh into climate change and Treaty issues. Labour also distracted the bank further from its inflation-fighting mission by giving it a new employment target. More >>
Hipkins Needs To Listen To Women
Tuesday, 15 April 2025, 2:46 pm | ACT New Zealand
Chris Hipkins should listen to the women who’ve felt confused and alienated by a health system that refers to them as ‘people with a cervix’ or ‘individuals capable of childbearing. More >>
Union’s Free Speech Stance Exposes Dictatorial Impulse
Tuesday, 15 April 2025, 10:07 am | ACT New Zealand
“Universities have historically, and rightly, offered space for contrasting ideas to be tested in debate. In fact, the whole project of academic inquiry and enlightenment hinges on the premise that any idea can be aired and challenged”, says ACT Tertiary ... More >>
Green MP Must Explain Fundraising For Extremist Group
Monday, 14 April 2025, 2:25 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The question that needs to be answered is what ought to happen to murders, rapists and terrorists if prisons and the police force no longer exist?" More >>
ACT Welcomes Wider Recognition Of New Zealand’s Veterans
Friday, 11 April 2025, 11:13 am | ACT New Zealand
“This is a long overdue gesture of respect for those brave men and women who stepped up for our country," ACT Veterans spokesperson Mark Cameron said. More >>
Only ACT Has Courage To Defend Equal Rights
Thursday, 10 April 2025, 5:17 pm | ACT New Zealand
Parliament had an opportunity to push back against the courts and the bureaucracy, and define what the Treaty means itself, but New Zealanders have been let down by their political leaders. More >>
ACT MP Welcomes Step Towards Greater Freedom Over Easter
Thursday, 10 April 2025, 11:58 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT MP Cameron Luxton said this change is one part of a similar bill I spent months campaigning and lobbying for. I’m pleased to see a second attempt at this change has given the idea new life. More >>
Game-changing Employment Bill To Tackle PGs Passes First Reading
Wednesday, 9 April 2025, 4:50 pm | ACT New Zealand
The bill would allow employers to open protected negotiations for the termination of an employment contract, avoiding costly unfair dismissal or personal grievance claims. More >>
Government Restraint Offers Hope To Firms, Farms, And Families
Wednesday, 9 April 2025, 2:19 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Households deserve credit for improving economic conditions. They reined in their budgets during a cost-of-living crisis." More >>
Waking Up From A Greenwashed Corporate Welfare Nightmare
Tuesday, 8 April 2025, 4:35 pm | ACT New Zealand
"NZGIF has poured nearly $400 million down the drain with next to nothing to show for it. It's the kind of greenwashed corporate welfare ACT has railed against for years," says ACT Finance spokesperson Todd Stephenson. More >>
Public Sector Should Embrace 90-Day Trials
Tuesday, 8 April 2025, 2:44 pm | ACT New Zealand
The public sector’s primary responsibility is to the general taxpayer, not its own employees. If it becomes clear in the first few weeks of employment that a new worker can’t deliver for taxpayers, that worker should be let go – so long as ... More >>
