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Promise Kept: Independent Oversight Of Oranga Tamariki Welcomed
Thursday, 22 August 2024, 1:09 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Social Development spokesperson Dr Parmjeet Parmar is welcoming the Government’s announcement of strengthened oversight of the Oranga Tamariki system – a commitment secured in ACT’s coalition agreement. More >>
Long-Time ACT Idea Becomes Policy Today
Thursday, 22 August 2024, 10:56 am | ACT New Zealand
“For several elections ACT has said central government and local government must partner to make sure important infrastructure gets built, today that idea has become policy,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Licenced Firearm Owner (And NZDF Vet) Told To Get A Police Check From The Taliban
Thursday, 22 August 2024, 7:12 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT has been shown an email chain between the Firearms Safety Authority and an Officer of the New Zealand Army applying for a renewal of his firearms licence. More >>
Day Of Dire Energy News Heralds A Crisis
Tuesday, 20 August 2024, 7:07 pm | ACT New Zealand
The news paints a picture of a poorer, colder, and darker future for New Zealand unless we take urgent steps to restore confidence for energy companies to explore and invest in new supply More >>
Statement On Treaty Principles Bill
Friday, 16 August 2024, 12:48 pm | ACT New Zealand
New Zealand can have a bright future, but it requires casting off the divisive notion that the Treaty is a partnership between two classes of New Zealanders each with different rights. More >>
Company Directors Finally Get Privacy And Safety Win
Thursday, 15 August 2024, 4:18 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT MP Laura Trask is welcoming the announcement that company directors will have the option to remove their home address from the Companies Register. More >>
RSE Changes Good For Growers, Could Go Further
Thursday, 15 August 2024, 6:17 am | ACT New Zealand
The RSE scheme is different to other kinds of migration because it is strictly temporary, and businesses apply for workers based on how many they actually need. We shouldn’t kneecap them with an arbitrary limit. More >>
New Zealand Turns The Corner On Three Year Old Cost Of Living Crisis
Wednesday, 14 August 2024, 2:24 pm | ACT New Zealand
Finally, New Zealand has turned the corner on the three year old cost-of-living crisis. With the new Government spending carefully, like business and households have had to, pressure has come off inflation and interest rates. More >>
Finally, Rural Kiwis’ Banking Concerns Will Be Heard
Wednesday, 14 August 2024, 2:00 pm | ACT New Zealand
Mr Cameron chairs the Primary Production committee which guided the formulation of the rural banking segment of the inquiry’s terms of reference, announced today. More >>
Hipkins Must Respond To Holdom
Tuesday, 13 August 2024, 3:18 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Energy and Resources spokesman Simon Court is welcoming the mayor of New Plymouth’s support for cross-party action to deliver confidence to the natural gas sector and avoid an energy crisis. More >>
Labour/Greens Promoting Misery Industrial Complex
Tuesday, 13 August 2024, 12:19 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Greens should borrow the values of working New Zealanders, rather than stealing their money”, says ACT Leader David Seymour, responding to the overreaction to the Government’s proposed welfare reforms. More >>
Liberalised GE Laws Set To Bring NZ Into The 21st Century
Tuesday, 13 August 2024, 9:28 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT is celebrating the liberalisation of genetic engineering laws, a commitment secured in the Party’s coalition agreement and formally announced today. More >>
Electronic Money Management Welcome, Could Go Further
Monday, 12 August 2024, 4:19 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT campaigned on electronic money management to discourage long-term benefit dependency and to ensure benefits get to the children of welfare recipients. Today’s announcement delivers on an ACT coalition commitment, and we hope it will eventually be expanded. More >>
New Bill To Put Hunters At The Centre Of Conservation
Monday, 12 August 2024, 8:03 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Conservation spokesperson Cameron Luxton has introduced a member’s bill to the ballot that would give hunters a seat at the table with the Conservation Authority. More >>
Labour Needs To Get Real, Charters Are Here To Stay
Sunday, 11 August 2024, 2:12 pm | ACT New Zealand
There is nothing Labour can do to shut down the simple idea that children need more options to engage them in learning. That idea is more powerful and more enduring than any political party. More >>
Media Misinformation On S7AA A Disservice
Saturday, 10 August 2024, 2:53 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Journalists have a responsibility to accurately report the facts, not a version of the world they would prefer existed.” More >>
Farmers Under Real Pressure On NPS-FM
Thursday, 8 August 2024, 3:21 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Farmers are under real pressure from Labour’s National Policy Statement on Freshwater Management 2020 and ACT continues to argue for its full repeal”, says Ruawai dairy farmer and ACT’s Primary Industries spokesperson Mark Cameron. More >>
Police Graduates Deserve Religious Choice In Oaths
Thursday, 8 August 2024, 9:52 am | ACT New Zealand
ACT Ethnic Communities spokesperson Dr Parmjeet Parmar is proposing to give graduates of the Royal New Zealand Police College greater choice in religious texts when taking their oaths. More >>
Kaipara’s Māori Ward Vote A Milestone For Local Democracy
Wednesday, 7 August 2024, 2:54 pm | ACT New Zealand
We’re all neighbours in Kaipara, and our challenges of rates and infrastructure are not race-based. We ought to have faith in common humanity and our ability to solve problems together. More >>
ACT Calls On Parties To Condemn Attack On Councillor
Wednesday, 7 August 2024, 10:51 am | ACT New Zealand
“The attack on New Plymouth councillor Murray Chong is totally unacceptable and it has to be condemned by all political parties today”, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
