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Govt Spreading Three Waters Misinformation
Friday, 18 November 2022, 3:05 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Labour lost the argument on Three Waters, so they resorted to spreading misinformation about rates increases in a cynical attempt to garner some support,” says ACT’s Local Government spokesperson Simon Court. “Both Local Government Minister Nanaia ... More >>
Govt Planning Another Kainga Ora Healthy Home Extension
Thursday, 17 November 2022, 3:00 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Labour has all but confirmed that it will give Kainga Ora another extension for implementing Healthy Homes Standards. It’s one rule for landlords, another rule for Labour,” says ACT Deputy Leader and Housing spokesperson Brooke van Velden. ... More >>
Hamilton West Shouldn’t Need A By-election For Infrastructure Funding
Thursday, 17 November 2022, 1:04 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Labour just gave Hamilton $150 million three weeks before a by-election, but there’s a much better and less political way to do this” says ACT’s Hamilton West candidate Dr James McDowall. “It shouldn’t take a by-election to ensure ... More >>
LGWM Absolutely Positively Inefficient
Thursday, 17 November 2022, 11:41 am | ACT New Zealand
“Lets Get Wellington Moving’s (LGWM) name doesn’t match its objectives, which place more than twice the importance on getting people out of cars than providing more efficient transport for Wellingtonians,” says ACT’s Transport spokesperson ... More >>
Simple, Pragmatic Solution To Agricultural Emissions
Thursday, 17 November 2022, 11:32 am | ACT New Zealand
“As the waka at the heart of Labour’s agricultural emissions proposal loses all of its passengers, ACT has a common sense solution that can actually work for everyone,” says ACT’s Primary Industries spokesperson Mark Cameron. “Labour ... More >>
ACT Welcome National’s Support For Ankle Bracelets Policy
Thursday, 17 November 2022, 11:31 am | ACT New Zealand
“The ACT Party is today welcoming the National Party showing support for our policy of ankle bracelets for youth offenders,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “ACT first announced this policy in August. National has gone back and forth on whether ... More >>
ACT Says Clean Car Discount Should Go
Wednesday, 16 November 2022, 1:20 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Clean Car Discount needs to go and ACT will keep campaigning to get rid of it,” says ACT’s Transport and Climate Change spokesperson Simon Court. “National Party Leader Christopher Luxon confirmed to AM Show this morning that National no ... More >>
Leaked Ministerial Briefing Shows Green List Emergency
Wednesday, 16 November 2022, 9:14 am | ACT New Zealand
“A Ministerial Briefing leaked to the ACT Party shows Health Minister Andrew Little is fully aware of the shortages across the health sector and yet he continues to do nothing,” says ACT Deputy Leader and Health spokesperson Brooke van Velden. ... More >>
Families Expect Inflation Pain To Continue
Tuesday, 15 November 2022, 3:36 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The latest Household Expectations Survey from the Reserve Bank shows Kiwis expect inflation to bite even harder over the next year,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Households on average expect 1-year ahead CPI inflation to be 7.5%. This is even ... More >>
Minister Won’t Say How Many Retail Businesses Helped
Tuesday, 15 November 2022, 3:31 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Police Minister Chris Hipkins refuses to say how many of the 27,759 retail businesses in New Zealand have had a completed installation of protective equipment through the Retail Crime Prevention Programme, it’s seems likely the answer is not a single ... More >>
RMA Retread Doesn’t Fix A Thing
Tuesday, 15 November 2022, 1:20 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Labour’s Natural and Built Environments (NBE) Act and Spatial Planning Act are a retread of the Resource Management Act. They even dusted off the same guy who did the RMA to design them,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Like Labour’s ... More >>
Migration Figures Mean More ‘Help Wanted’ Signs
Tuesday, 15 November 2022, 12:20 pm | ACT New Zealand
“It is no wonder there are help wanted signs from Cape Reinga to Bluff as Stats NZ’s latest migration figures show that New Zealand is bleeding people,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Provisional figures for September show 8,400 more people ... More >>
Ellerslie Robbery Shows Cost Of Hipkins’ Bumbling
Tuesday, 15 November 2022, 7:12 am | ACT New Zealand
“The long-standing saga of Government bumbling became all too real today when Ellerslie Jewellers was robbed by a smash and grab using hammers and machetes. Ellerslie Jewellers started asking Police Minister Hipkins for support in August but were told ... More >>
Good Teachers Deserve A Better Deal
Monday, 14 November 2022, 10:32 am | ACT New Zealand
“If New Zealand’s hardest working teachers don’t receive a pay rise they’re going to stop turning up to school like the kids, the Government should adopt ACT’s Teaching Excellence Reward Fund,” says ACT’s Education spokesperson Chris Baillie. ... More >>
Rally To Save Laura Fergusson Trust Site
Sunday, 13 November 2022, 1:33 pm | ACT New Zealand
Epsom MP David Seymour and the ACT Party have today supported a rally to buy back the Laura Fergusson Epsom site. “The Laura Fergusson Trust has been a safe haven for young people with physical and neurological impairments to receive treatment ... More >>
Kainga Ora Blows Out On Staffing Costs
Saturday, 12 November 2022, 1:27 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Kainga Ora might be failing to fix the housing crisis but they are still spending up a frenzy in the process, with a 78 per cent increase in managerial salaries in just two years,” says ACT’s Housing spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “Written ... More >>
Mahuta Carries On With ‘My Way Or The Highway’ 3W Reforms
Friday, 11 November 2022, 4:13 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Labour is continuing to bulldoze through its wildly unpopular Three Waters policy, despite New Zealanders overwhelmingly rejecting it,” says ACT’s Local Government spokesperson Simon Court. “Select Committee today reported back, and Nanaia Mahuta ... More >>
Government Should Get Out Of The Housing Market
Friday, 11 November 2022, 2:01 pm | ACT New Zealand
“If Kāinga Ora can’t operate in the housing market without being bailed out by taxpayers, it shouldn’t be there competing against private developers,” says ACT’s Deputy Leader and Housing spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “Finance Minister ... More >>
No Labour, Food Prices Aren’t The War’s Fault
Friday, 11 November 2022, 11:07 am | ACT New Zealand
“The price of food continues to rise and as much as they try to blame overseas factors, Labour needs to accept it has cooked up this problem all by itself,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “For the year ended October 2022 Stats NZ reports a 10.1 ... More >>
No Answer For Health Worker Shortages
Thursday, 10 November 2022, 2:55 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The critical health worker shortage New Zealand faces has little chance of being fixed anytime soon if Health Minister Andrew Little’s performance in Parliament today is any indication,” says ACT’s Deputy Leader and Health spokesperson Brooke ... More >>
