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Waka Kotahi’s $614 Million State Highway Budget Blowout
Saturday, 22 July 2023, 7:59 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT’s transport spokesperson Simon Court can reveal that Waka Kotahi has overseen a state highway budget blowout of over $614 million across the last four financial years. “Figures released to ACT showed cost overruns of $614,567,134 in the 2020 ... More >>
ACT Party Statement On Auckland Shooting
Thursday, 20 July 2023, 11:40 am | ACT New Zealand
“I’d like to offer my, and ACT’s, sympathy to the families of this morning’s victims. I hope those injured are stable and recover soon,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The response by Police and Ambulance staff was brave and effective. By ... More >>
Doing The Same Thing Over And Over Won’t Change Minds
Wednesday, 19 July 2023, 1:35 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Albert Einstein once said the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Chris Hipkins should heed this advice, no matter how much he pretends he is tough on crime, no one is buying it,” says ... More >>
Tradeable Vs Non-tradeable Chasm Catches Robertson Out
Wednesday, 19 July 2023, 11:13 am | ACT New Zealand
“After nearly six years as Minister of Finance, Grant Robertson must take responsibility for above target inflation rolling into its 10th quarter at six per cent, twice the maximum allowable rate. He can’t blame COVID, Putin, the last Government, or the ... More >>
Spare 757 Cost Up To $97k Per Hour
Wednesday, 19 July 2023, 10:54 am | ACT New Zealand
“ACT can reveal the true cost to taxpayers so Chris Hipkins could bring a spare plane overseas with him – spoiler alert, it’s a lot more than flying commercial,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “ACT requested the total operating and capital expenditure ... More >>
RMA Retread Doubles Down On Past Failures
Tuesday, 18 July 2023, 6:04 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Instead of replacing the RMA with a property-rights based system that allows Kiwis to develop more and get things done, Labour is trying to pass a replacement that doubles down on the old RMA’s failures, with an extra helping of co-governance,” ... More >>
Getting Tough On Crime 87 Days From An Election Betrays Five Years Of Victims
Tuesday, 18 July 2023, 1:10 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Labour doesn’t deserve to govern. They have let victimisation skyrocket at enormous cost to so many victims, then with an election in 88 days and crime a rising issue in the polls, they pretend to care,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “If ... More >>
Labour Asks Pharmacists To Racially Profile
Tuesday, 18 July 2023, 11:36 am | ACT New Zealand
“Te Whatu Ora has taken its racial separatism a step further and is now asking pharmacists to act as ethnic enforcers, providing extra services to people solely because of ethnicity. Where will this madness end?” Asks ACT’s Health spokesperson ... More >>
It Shouldn’t Take An Election To Care About Victims
Monday, 17 July 2023, 4:29 pm | ACT New Zealand
“After more than five years of cuddling criminals and ignoring victims, Labour’s sudden pre-election change of heart on crime is hardly believable. It’s too late, the horse has bolted, there has to be Real Change this election to put law and order ... More >>
Unreal COVID Isolation Rules Must Go
Monday, 17 July 2023, 4:24 pm | ACT New Zealand
“ACT hears the hotel industry’s call to remove COVID isolation requirements before the FIFA World Cup. If a star player catches COVID six days before a major game, Labour’s ‘abundance of caution’ will be a national embarrassment as the ... More >>
Greens Are Desperate Vandals
Monday, 17 July 2023, 12:56 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Green Party’s Treaty plan is a recipe for endless chaos and division all over New Zealand, just like we saw at Ihumātao,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Greens have called for: ‘the ability for the Waitangi Tribunal to make recommendations ... More >>
ACT Announces List For 2023 General Election
Sunday, 16 July 2023, 5:06 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT has today announced its list for the 2023 General Election. “New Zealanders from all walks of life are demanding real change. Today, ACT has announced a talented and diverse team of Kiwis equipped to deliver it,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. ... More >>
Methane Reduction Technology Bogged Down In Bureaucracy
Saturday, 15 July 2023, 6:16 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Government has been busy threatening farmers with emissions pricing but has failed to make progress on actual technology to lower methane emissions. Bovaer has been languishing on the Environmental Protection Agency’s waiting list for more ... More >>
Gas Reserves Drop To Historic Low
Thursday, 13 July 2023, 1:05 pm | ACT New Zealand
“With New Zealand’s gas reserves dropping below ten years of remaining use for the first time , Labour’s “Nuclear-Free Moment” could be even more reliant on imported gas and coal,” says ACT’s Energy and Climate Change spokesperson ... More >>
No Relief At Supermarket Until Change Of Government
Thursday, 13 July 2023, 12:02 pm | ACT New Zealand
“There is nothing in the recent trend of food prices to suggest Labour is even close to getting prices under control. The only solution is to vote them out and bring in a Government with ACT in it to manage the economy and strip regulations ... More >>
$25 Million Wasted On “free” Lunches Almost Criminal
Thursday, 13 July 2023, 11:26 am | ACT New Zealand
“ A new report shows Chris Hipkins is quite literally the Bread and Butter Prime Minister. The only problem is that $25 million worth of the ‘free’ school lunches he signed off on were fed to pigs in 2021”, says ACT Leader David Seymour. “This ... More >>
Tougher Sentences For Attacks On Vulnerable Workers
Thursday, 13 July 2023, 11:19 am | ACT New Zealand
“Workers on the frontline are facing an increasingly violent New Zealand. It’s time to take an approach that puts victims first, so New Zealand’s shopkeepers, taxi and bus drivers, security guards, small retailers and other frontline workers ... More >>
New Zealand’s Health System Slips From First World Status
Thursday, 13 July 2023, 10:40 am | ACT New Zealand
“Te Whatu Ora’s long-delayed release of performance data has proven once again that increased spending does not mean better services, especially with Labour who has run down the health system to the point of crisis,” says ACT’s Deputy Leader ... More >>
Kiwis Stuck With Most Expensive Mortgages In English-speaking World
Wednesday, 12 July 2023, 2:19 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Today’s pause in interest rates needs to be seen in context: New Zealanders face the most expensive mortgages in the English-speaking world. Compared with Australia (4.1), America (5.25), Britain (5) and Canada (4.75), The Reserve Bank of New Zealand ... More >>
Labour’s Capital Gains Caucus Would Force A CGT In Coalition
Wednesday, 12 July 2023, 12:18 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Under a Labour-Green-Māori Govt, the Greens and Māori Party would team up with Labour’s Capital Gains Caucus to force Hipkins to introduce a Capital Gains Tax. Only ACT is committed to Real Change on tax,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Hipkins ... More >>
