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Clean Car Standard Cuts Are Welcome – Now Scrap The Scheme Entirely
Monday, 17 November 2025, 5:07 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Clean Car Standard has never made environmental sense. Taxes on so-called dirty vehicles do not reduce New Zealand’s total emissions. More >>
Greens' Plan To Tear Up Consents Would Wreck NZ’s Reputation
Monday, 17 November 2025, 1:40 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT is reforming overseas investment and resource management to make New Zealand a secure place to invest, build, and employ, says ACT Energy and Resources spokesman Simon Court. More >>
New Bill To Repeal Outdated Broadcasting Standards Authority
Saturday, 15 November 2025, 2:06 pm | ACT New Zealand
McClure’s Broadcasting (Disestablishment of Broadcasting Standards Authority) Amendment Bill would repeal Part 3 of the Broadcasting Act 1989, dissolving the Authority and removing related provisions from other Acts. More >>
ACT Welcomes Restoration Of Education’s Core Purpose
Tuesday, 11 November 2025, 7:53 pm | ACT New Zealand
“We are fixing the Education and Training Act that the Labour–New Zealand First Government introduced in 2020,” says ACT Education spokesperson Laura McClure. More >>
Kiwis Deserve Smarter Health Spending, Not Labour’s Untargeted Freebies
Thursday, 6 November 2025, 6:31 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT in Government is spending smarter, fixing what matters, and ensuring every dollar goes to where it can do the most good, says ACT Health spokesperson Todd Stephenson. More >>
Universities Risk Becoming Internationally Irrelevant With Te Tiriti Focus
Thursday, 6 November 2025, 3:59 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Every university should learn from the debacle at the University of Auckland, where students were forced to take ‘Waipapa Taumata Rau’ papers, and are now denied compensation even as the university realises it stuffed up." More >>
New Zealand Taking Back Control Of Climate Agenda
Thursday, 6 November 2025, 11:10 am | ACT New Zealand
Changes to the way industrial emissions are treated mean that manufacturers of vital materials like cement, steel and aluminium are not put out of business by carbon charges, says ACT Climate spokesman Simon Court. More >>
Speech: Energy Abundance For New Zealand
Wednesday, 5 November 2025, 9:22 am | ACT New Zealand
The ACT Leader concluded: We’ve hit a few bumps in the road, but the track ahead is sound. Let’s cull the hysteria, trust the evidence, and get back to the practical business of powering NewZealand. Fairly, affordably, and for generations to come. More >>
Ending The Education Culture Wars
Tuesday, 4 November 2025, 8:14 am | ACT New Zealand
“This is a major step forward for Education in New Zealand. We are fixing the Education and Training Act that the Labour-New Zealand First Government introduced in 2020,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Shoppers Win As Supermarket Fast-Track Idea Becomes Reality
Monday, 3 November 2025, 7:13 pm | ACT New Zealand
Kiwis want affordable groceries and more choice. The best way to achieve that isn’t with more bureaucracy, it’s by welcoming new entrants, cutting the red tape, and letting competition work, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
New Curriculum Takes Politics Out Of History
Tuesday, 28 October 2025, 4:57 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The new curriculum restores balance, and celebrates the positives in our history while inviting critical thinking. It teaches that we’re all descended from people who crossed oceans to build a better life together at the bottom of the world." More >>
Double Taxation, Double Cynicism
Tuesday, 28 October 2025, 9:13 am | ACT New Zealand
Labour’s capital gains tax is doubly cynical. It’s cynical once because it’s an exercise in political signaling rather than policy. It’s cynical twice because the signal it sends is that taxing someone else will solve your problems. More >>
Parliament Will Vote On ACT MP's Bill To Ban Deepfake Abuse
Thursday, 23 October 2025, 12:50 pm | ACT New Zealand
Parliament now has the opportunity to empower victims of deepfake abuse with a clear pathway toward the removal of the images and the prosecution of their abusers, ACT MP Laura McClure said. More >>
Hipkins Is Button-Mashing With Taxpayer Money
Wednesday, 22 October 2025, 2:22 pm | ACT New Zealand
“ACT opposed Labour’s videogame subsidy when it was introduced in 2023. Their policy to expand the subsidy is more corporate welfare, just like their 'Future Fund' gimmick. It's a handout for fashionable firms, paid for by the businesses & taxpayers" More >>
Another Massive Win On Climate Related Disclosures
Wednesday, 22 October 2025, 10:52 am | ACT New Zealand
Today’s announcement will save time and money for many businesses. That's good news for customers too. New Zealand doesn’t need another spreadsheet, we need capital flowing to the best ideas, not the best climate disclosures. More >>
Solar Zero 2.0
Monday, 20 October 2025, 3:07 pm | ACT New Zealand
After the disasters of The Green Investment Fund – that lost money hand-over-fist on investments like Solar Zero – and the fiasco of Kiwibuild, Labour’s so-called ‘Future Fund’ is decidedly Back to the Future. More >>
ACT Proposes Balanced Fix To Surcharge Ban To Protect Consumer Choice And Business Fairness
Friday, 17 October 2025, 12:27 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Removing all flexibility would mean higher prices for everyone, less payment innovation, and even tighter margins for small retailers. Regulation should promote choice and transparency – not crush them.” More >>
Victory For Student Choice: Treaty Course No Longer Mandatory
Wednesday, 15 October 2025, 7:15 pm | ACT New Zealand
The next step is to address the costs imposed on the 8,000 students who have been forced to take the course this year, says ACT’s Tertiary Education spokesperson Dr Parmjeet Parmar. More >>
BSA Overreach Must Be Shut Down Before It Starts
Wednesday, 15 October 2025, 7:11 pm | ACT New Zealand
In the age of the internet, people can choose what media they tune in to, or tune out from. The Platform isn't invading anyone’s living room without their consent, ACT MP Todd Stephenson says. More >>
Extended Timeline Allows For Level-Headed Debate On Online Harm, Not A Knee-jerk Response
Wednesday, 15 October 2025, 5:28 pm | ACT New Zealand
The extended timeframe reflects just how complex this challenge is. It supports level-headed policy-making rather than knee-jerk attempts to ban technologies that policymakers may not fully understand. More >>
