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ACT Welcomes Moves To Make Councils Respect Ratepayers
Monday, 16 December 2024, 4:56 pm | ACT New Zealand
“ACT has long campaigned on getting local councils back to basics, with a value-for-money focus. The Government’s moves today are an important step in this direction,” says ACT Local Government spokesperson Cameron Luxton. More >>
Poll: Kiwis Back Principles In Treaty Principles Bill
Sunday, 15 December 2024, 1:46 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Curia poll shares the wording of ACT’s proposed Treaty principles, and asks if respondents support each principle being legislated. All three principles have more support than opposition. More >>
We Hate To Say We Told You So
Saturday, 14 December 2024, 8:23 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT has long warned against the perils of government picking winners and losers in the market, and in 2018 we warned NZGIF was just a different shade of corporate welfare. More >>
ACT Celebrates New Tools To Prevent Benefit Exploitation
Thursday, 12 December 2024, 8:38 pm | ACT New Zealand
"This is real change that will make it far harder to exploit the benefit system," says ACT Social Development and Employment spokesperson Dr Parmjeet Parmar. More >>
Residential Tenancies Act Changes Will Increase Access To Housing
Thursday, 12 December 2024, 5:42 pm | ACT New Zealand
“ACT’s longstanding position has been that Labour’s restrictive tenancy rules hurt both tenant and landlord. They made it harder to get rid of problem tenants, which put landlords off taking a chance on people in need of a home. Everyone lost." More >>
A Week Of Real Change
Thursday, 12 December 2024, 11:34 am | ACT New Zealand
The Haps ACT is rising in the polls, thanks to Free Press readers and their friends and allies. More Charter Schools were announced last week to engage children who aren’t reaching their full potential in existing schools. They included: a successful ... More >>
Ferries Decision A Win For Taxpayers
Wednesday, 11 December 2024, 1:21 pm | ACT New Zealand
Indicative costings for the two new ferries and landside development are approximately half the at least $3 billion cost of iReX, of which the Crown was asked to fund approximately $2.2 billion. More >>
A Week Of Real Change
Tuesday, 10 December 2024, 9:30 pm | ACT New Zealand
We're removing barriers set from Wellington so peaceful people can make a difference in their own lives and in the lives of those they care about. This is the real change that ACT's voters have made possible, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
ACT MP Embarrassed At Tauranga City Council
Tuesday, 10 December 2024, 9:28 pm | ACT New Zealand
Tauranga-based ACT MP Cameron Luxton is disappointed with his local council’s decision to appoint unelected iwi representatives to Council committees with full voting rights and ratepayer-funded salaries. “Unelected representation is oxymoronic," ... More >>
New Poll: Kiwis Favour Referendum To Resolve Treaty Principles
Tuesday, 10 December 2024, 11:57 am | ACT New Zealand
The Curia poll, commissioned by Hobson's Pledge, asks who should decide the principles of the Treaty. Of the four options presented, New Zealanders most favoured a referendum, followed by Parliament, then the Waitangi Tribunal, with the judiciary ranked last. More >>
AT Challenged To Increase Use Of Fines For Fare-Dodgers
Sunday, 8 December 2024, 8:08 am | ACT New Zealand
"I have requested from AT any guidelines that determine when Transport Officers issue fines and warnings, and asked whether they plan to review these guidelines," says Dr Parmjeet Parmar. More >>
Tauranga Councillors Must Reject Undemocratic Iwi Representatives
Friday, 6 December 2024, 1:16 pm | ACT New Zealand
Unelected representation is a contradiction in terms. These appointees will be making decisions that impose costs on ratepayers, and dictate how we can and cannot use our own property. But they will not be accountable to the people, says ACT Local ... More >>
ACT Welcomes Marsden Fund Refocus On Science, Further Changes Needed
Wednesday, 4 December 2024, 1:35 pm | ACT New Zealand
“In recent years, the Marsden Fund's terms of reference have seen funding prioritised for spirituality, activism and identity politics over high-quality public good research that benefits all New Zealanders,” says ACT Science, Innovation, and Technology ... More >>
Finally, Accountability For Dopey Transport Decisions In Auckland
Tuesday, 3 December 2024, 4:41 pm | ACT New Zealand
"Today's announcement marks a significant step towards giving Aucklanders back the control over their transport systems that they so rightfully deserve," says ACT Transport spokesperson Cameron Luxton. More >>
New Standards For Nurses Put Patients’ Identity Ahead Of Need
Tuesday, 3 December 2024, 2:40 pm | ACT New Zealand
The role of the Nursing Council is to protect the health and safety of the public and ensure nurses are competent and fit to practise. But new standards of competence set to be implemented on 20 January will veer the nursing profession badly off-track,” ... More >>
Same Old Joyless, Divisive, Envy-based Politics From Labour
Sunday, 1 December 2024, 2:54 pm | ACT New Zealand
Labour’s basic message is that ‘your problems are caused by somebody else’s success. And if you vote for us we’ll take their wealth and give it to you to solve those problems, ACT Leader David Seymour says. More >>
Councils Told To Follow Govt’s Lead And Ditch “Progressive” Procurement
Sunday, 1 December 2024, 2:44 pm | ACT New Zealand
Bureaucratic, politically correct procurement rules means reliable contractors are ruled ineligible, or are simply put off by the paperwork. Having an exclusive club of favoured contractors means less competition and worse value for money, says ACT ... More >>
Public Health Service’s Anti-McDonald’s Crusade Shows Why Cost Cutting Is Needed
Wednesday, 27 November 2024, 2:52 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT welcomes reports of impending cost-cutting measures at the Public Health Service. Ideally the Government would go further and strip the Service right back to its core function of responding to infectious diseases, like the current whooping cough outbreak. More >>
Dr Parmjeet Parmar Raises Crime And Fare Dodging Concerns With Auckland Transport
Tuesday, 26 November 2024, 1:17 pm | ACT New Zealand
Data from 2021 showed that only 13 per cent of those caught fare dodging were issued a ticket across all modes of public transport, with estimations of up to two million in fares being dodged in two years. A stronger message needs to be sent that fare ... More >>
A Year Into Government, ACT Celebrates Change In Direction
Monday, 25 November 2024, 5:31 pm | ACT New Zealand
Every day we’re working to empower New Zealanders to peacefully make a difference in their own lives and the lives of those they care about, no matter their background. More >>
