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ACT Urges A Response To Tikanga Māori In Legal Education

Wednesday, 16 October 2024, 9:17 pm | ACT New Zealand

Attempts to make tikanga courses compulsory for all law students, along with a wider push to infuse every part of our legal system with tikanga, enables judicial activism. It is not the role of the judiciary to make law. That is the role of Parliament. More >>

Public Health Service’s Food Truck Tantrum Is Ridiculous

Wednesday, 16 October 2024, 8:23 pm | ACT New Zealand

Southland-based MP and ACT Health spokesperson Todd Stephenson responds to health concerns raised by the National Public Health Service on Invercargill's food trucks. More >>

Inflation Milestone Marks The Beginning Of Real Hope

Wednesday, 16 October 2024, 10:55 am | ACT New Zealand

“Annual inflation at last year’s election was 5.6% – and now it’s cut in half, and then some. More >>

Film Commission Puts Itself On A Platter For Spending Cuts

Tuesday, 15 October 2024, 2:50 pm | ACT New Zealand

The new Government had repeatedly emphasised the need for spending restraint, but the Film Commission – hardly a core government agency – doubled down on discretionary spending. More >>

A Year Later, Kiwis Already See ACT's Real Change

Monday, 14 October 2024, 2:41 pm | ACT New Zealand

The breadth and intensity of our action in Government speaks for itself. Even our critics complain at how we're punching above our weight for a small team. We call it value for your vote. More >>

Wellington City Council Must Dig Deep To Cut The Waste

Saturday, 12 October 2024, 1:59 pm | ACT New Zealand

No council should own an airport, but equally, no council should be spending as recklessly as Wellington is. More >>

Another Poll Finds Treaty Principles Bill Support 2:1, Even As Opposition Parties Rally Against

Thursday, 10 October 2024, 5:21 pm | ACT New Zealand

The Curia poll, published by pollster David Farrar this morning, shows 46% in support of the Bill’s proposed principles as agreed by Cabinet, versus just 25% opposed and 29% unsure. More >>

Departure From Reality: ACT Slams Backdown On Wellington Airport Share Sale

Thursday, 10 October 2024, 4:36 pm | ACT New Zealand

“Today’s decision is a complete departure from reality. Wellington’s infrastructure is failing, rates are through the roof, and the Council’s debt ceiling is about to burst, yet the council is stuck playing sharemarket games,” says Mr Stephenson. More >>

University Rankings: Treaty Obsession Risks International Irrelevance

Thursday, 10 October 2024, 3:36 pm | ACT New Zealand

ACT is deeply concerned that a growing obsession with the Treaty of Waitangi and local indigenous knowledge will only see universities become more inward-looking, less internationally-relevant, and less attractive to international students. More >>

Orr’s Multi-Billion Dollar Mea Culpa

Wednesday, 9 October 2024, 2:19 pm | ACT New Zealand

Today’s cut bookends a series of excesses. The too-easy money of COVID times spiked house prices and inflation. Then, interest rates shot up, house prices crashed back down. Today, Kiwis are finally getting off a three-year fiscal and monetary rollercoaster, ... More >>

Capital Gains Tax... Again

Tuesday, 8 October 2024, 10:23 am | ACT New Zealand

The Haps Devastation in Dunedin and the loss of HMNZS Manawanui are hurting New Zealanders in different ways. They also underline what Free Press argued last week, that the Government needs to think hard about its capital assets. It holds over half ... More >>

ACT Marks A Year Since Attack On Israel

Monday, 7 October 2024, 3:00 pm | ACT New Zealand

New Zealand must stand with Israel, demand the release of the hostages, and condemn those who use their people as human shields for their medieval behaviours and beliefs. More >>

ACT's Warning On Fair Digital News Bargaining Comes To Bear

Friday, 4 October 2024, 2:26 pm | ACT New Zealand

If Google make good on their threat, New Zealand audiences and media companies will be worse off. Smaller media outlets in particular would suffer as they would be denied the opportunity to connect with new audiences via search results. More >>

The Mystery Of Capital

Thursday, 3 October 2024, 10:56 am | ACT New Zealand

Next year government debt is forecast to hit $178 billion, and it will pay over $8 billion in interest. Ratings agencies can raise a government’s interest rates at the stroke of a pen if they downgrade its credit rating, and some have been murmuring ... More >>