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Hapless Hipkins Tell Kiwis Life Is Better Across The Ditch
Wednesday, 17 May 2023, 3:49 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Hapless Chris Hipkins is spending taxpayer money to advertise to New Zealanders living in Australia that life is better there now they can get citizenship – rather than trying to persuade them to come home”, says ACT Leader David Seymour. “What ... More >>
Russia Overtakes New Zealand In Reading
Wednesday, 17 May 2023, 11:26 am | ACT New Zealand
“The latest Progress in International Literacy Study (PIRLS) report should be a wake up call for New Zealand. It is time to end our country’s decline, and there is no place better to start than in teaching kids to read,” says ACT Education ... More >>
FPOs Another Firearms Failure From Labour
Wednesday, 17 May 2023, 11:22 am | ACT New Zealand
“Firearms Prohibition Orders were one of the few laws Labour has enacted that is meant to reduce crime, but it hasn’t made New Zealand any safer because they don’t bother using it,” says ACT’s Justice spokesperson Nicole McKee. “Newstalk ... More >>
Labour/National Offer Different Shades Of Beige On Spending
Wednesday, 17 May 2023, 11:16 am | ACT New Zealand
“Labour and National are offering different shades of beige when it comes to government spending with only ACT promising real change”, says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Labour’s budget will spend more money than any government in the history of New Zealand, but ... More >>
Nash Incompetent, Hipkins Just Wrong
Tuesday, 16 May 2023, 5:51 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Stuart Nash was the only Labour Minister listening to the people of Hawke’s Bay about crime. But sadly he was hapless and incapable of convincing Chris Hipkins who repeatedly denied there was a problem,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “As ... More >>
David Seymour Speech - The Simple Truth
Monday, 15 May 2023, 4:35 pm | ACT New Zealand
A Fresh, Fearless Approach, or Carry On Regardless? Our country will face a real choice in five months’ time. And the choice isn’t Red Chris or Blue Chris. As many now see, that isn’t much of a choice at all. The choice New Zealanders face ... More >>
A Time For Truth Offers Real Change
Monday, 15 May 2023, 4:34 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Our country will face a real choice in five months’ time, between parties offering more of the same and one promising real change. ACT’s Alternative Budget – A Time for Truth – faces the facts and offers a real alternative,” says ACT Leader ... More >>
Drip-feeding Announcements Doesn't Provide Certainty
Sunday, 14 May 2023, 3:23 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Three months after Cyclone Gabrielle, the Government has finally announced a partial recovery package, timed to coincide with the Budget rather than the needs of people on the ground”, says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Frustrated locals have ... More >>
Schools Standing Up Against Ministry Curriculum
Friday, 12 May 2023, 11:11 am | ACT New Zealand
“ACT supports St Cuthbert’s for swimming against the tide and saying that the Government’s curriculum isn’t good enough for students. If it’s not good enough for St Cuthbert’s it isn’t good enough for other schools either,” says ACT’s ... More >>
ACT Will Repeal $208m Firearms Register
Friday, 12 May 2023, 11:10 am | ACT New Zealand
“The full registration of firearms will be a wasteful and dangerous exercise and ACT will repeal it”, says ACT’s Firearms spokesperson Nicole McKee. “Yesterday, Police confirmed that a firearms register would be in place from 24 June. This is ... More >>
Investing In General Practices That Kiwis Can Access
Friday, 12 May 2023, 11:06 am | ACT New Zealand
“New Zealand’s health system has been on a steady decline from first world status. ACT says it’s time to turn it around, starting by providing more funding for General Practices (GPs) through our upcoming alternative budget - A Time For Truth ,” says ... More >>
Stats Minister Doesn’t Know If Warriors Bribe Is Even Working
Thursday, 11 May 2023, 4:01 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Government’s bribe of free Warriors tickets is costing taxpayers $150,000 but the Minister doesn’t know how many people have filled out their census as a result,” says ACT’s Statistics spokesperson Damien Smith. “When questioned ... More >>
Want To Pay More Tax? Here’s IRD’s Bank Account Number
Thursday, 11 May 2023, 11:05 am | ACT New Zealand
“If a group of wealthy New Zealanders wants to pay more tax, ACT will share the IRD’s bank account number with them, so there’s no need for them to force their values on other New Zealanders”, says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The most tiresome ... More >>
Embarrassing: Labour Saves Less Than 1%
Thursday, 11 May 2023, 11:02 am | ACT New Zealand
“Why the Finance Minister decided to put out a press release with the embarrassing admission that he’s managed to save less than 1 per cent of the Government’s entire budget escapes us, but it shows why New Zealand needs real change”, says ... More >>
Minister Doesn’t Know His Own Party's Prison Policy
Wednesday, 10 May 2023, 3:29 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Attorney-General David Parker is unaware that his own party has a goal to reduce the prison population by 30 per cent,” says ACT’s Justice spokesperson Nicole McKee. “Asked today whether that policy was consistent with the Justice Minister’s ... More >>
Investing In Safer Communities
Tuesday, 9 May 2023, 7:25 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Labour’s goal of reducing the prison population by 30 per cent has meant New Zealand is no longer the safe place it once was. ACT’s Real Change Budget will invest in the safety of our communities by ensuring there’s enough capacity for ... More >>
RNZ Should Release Full Kiri Allan Transcript
Tuesday, 9 May 2023, 7:22 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Releasing snippets and hiding other parts of the transcript only makes the Kiri Allan speech to RNZ more suspicious. RNZ should clear up any lingering doubts and release the whole transcript, like they did to the PM’s office,” says ACT Leader ... More >>
PM Out To Lunch On State Of Lawlessness
Tuesday, 9 May 2023, 1:05 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has only been out of the country a few days but he seems to have completely forgotten about the state of crime in New Zealand,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Speaking to Newstalk ZB this morning, Hipkins was ... More >>
Andrew Hoggard To Stand For ACT
Tuesday, 9 May 2023, 12:36 pm | ACT New Zealand
Former Federated Farmers President and Manawatu farmer Andrew Hoggard will stand as a candidate for ACT at the 2023 General Election. “ACT is thrilled to have Andrew standing for us at the election”, says ACT Leader David Seymour. “I expect ACT’s ... More >>
Labour In Chaos, Unable To Focus
Tuesday, 9 May 2023, 10:56 am | ACT New Zealand
“Meka Whaitiri’s revelation this morning that she doesn’t trust the Prime Minister shows a divided Government unable to focus on the issues facing New Zealand,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “After Stuart Nash’s repeated infractions and ... More >>
