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Three Years For New Te Urewera Huts
Thursday, 27 October 2022, 3:00 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Conservation Minister Poto Williams signed off the Tūhoe Te Uru Taumatua plan to remove 44 DOC huts from Te Urewera knowing it would be years before they were replaced,” says ACT’s Conservation spokesperson Nicole McKee. “The public sentiment ... More >>
Nurses Strike Another Symptom Of Health System Decline
Thursday, 27 October 2022, 11:27 am | ACT New Zealand
“The Government’s failure to consider nurses outside District Health Boards and Te Whatu Ora is piling more pressure onto our straining health system as primary health care and Plunket nurses strike,” says ACT Deputy Leader and Health spokesperson ... More >>
First World Status Slips As Health System Fails
Wednesday, 26 October 2022, 3:37 pm | ACT New Zealand
“There is a serious question of whether New Zealand is still a first world country as increasingly tragic scenes play out in hospitals,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “New Zealand’s healthcare system is training less, paying less and harder to ... More >>
Inflation Up, Business Confidence Down
Wednesday, 26 October 2022, 1:53 pm | ACT New Zealand
“With Fair Pay Agreements being voted through today and inflation through the roof, it’s no wonder Business Confidence is down again,” says ACT Leader and Finance spokesperson David Seymour. “The ANZ Business Confidence Survey out today ... More >>
Cost Of Living Nothing Compared To Tax Increase
Wednesday, 26 October 2022, 12:15 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The 7.7 per cent annual increase in household cost of living is nothing compared to the 10.7 per cent annual increase in tax revenue Grant Robertson has given himself,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Stats NZ’s household living-costs price index ... More >>
FPA Contracts Will Be Gone Before The Ink Dries
Wednesday, 26 October 2022, 11:46 am | ACT New Zealand
“ACT has a simple message for unions salivating over Fair Pay Agreements: Don’t bother. Fair Pay Agreements will be gone before the ink dries,” says ACT’s Small Business spokesperson Chris Baillie. “The next Government that ACT is a part will ... More >>
Co-government In Water Entities Needs To Go
Tuesday, 25 October 2022, 7:01 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Minister for Local Government Nanaia Mahuta is unable to justify why it is necessary for mana whenua to get more of a say than other parts of the community when it comes to the four new water entities,” says ACT’s Local Government spokesperson ... More >>
Damien Smith Hosts Parliamentary Movember Breakfast
Tuesday, 25 October 2022, 3:15 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT MP Damien Smith is hosting a breakfast to launch the New Zealand Movember 2023 campaign in Parliament’s Grand Hall. “It’s my pleasure to host the Movember team, they are synonymous with men’s health and do an incredible job raising awareness ... More >>
ACT In Tune With Kiwis On Farming Tax
Tuesday, 25 October 2022, 9:34 am | ACT New Zealand
“A Federated Farmers poll released today shows what ACT already knew, New Zealanders back our farmers and reject Labour’s farming tax,” says ACT’s Primary Industries spokesperson Mark Cameron. “The poll conducted by Curia shows that an overwhelming ... More >>
Action Needed On Firearms Licensing Delays
Monday, 24 October 2022, 5:30 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Government said over a month ago there will be changes to the Arms Act by the end of the year, the Police Minister needs to explain what is going on or whether it will be just another broken promise from Labour,” says ACT’s Firearms Law ... More >>
Seymour Calls On Laura Fergusson Trust To Buy Back The Land
Monday, 24 October 2022, 5:22 pm | ACT New Zealand
Epsom MP David Seymour is calling on the Laura Fergusson Trust to do the right thing and buy back the land and facilities it sold last year. “The Laura Fergusson Trust has been a safe haven for young people with physical and neurological impairments ... More >>
When Is The Pursuit Policy Changing?
Sunday, 23 October 2022, 3:27 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Police Minister Chris Hipkins needs to start backing the Police to do their job,” says ACT’s Police spokesperson Chris Baillie. “Under questioning from ACT this week, Hipkins said in Parliament “the Commissioner of Police and I have had conversations ... More >>
We Need Real Change In Education, Not NCEA Tinkering
Saturday, 22 October 2022, 2:05 pm | ACT New Zealand
“When even the PPTA disagrees with Labour’s changes to NCEA, you know it can’t be a good idea,” says ACT’s Education spokespersons and former high school teacher Chris Baillie. “The Government is out of touch with schools. Teachers are under ... More >>
Hipkins Must Act On Ankle Bracelets
Saturday, 22 October 2022, 2:04 pm | ACT New Zealand
“With reports that most ram raids are being carried out by the same group of around 80 youth offenders, ankle bracelets are the clearly the best solution,” says ACT’s Police spokesperson and former Youth Aid Police Officer Chris Baillie. “Nobody ... More >>
ACT’s Alternative Budget Vs Trussonomics
Friday, 21 October 2022, 2:02 pm | ACT New Zealand
“It’s important that any lessons taken from Liz Truss’s downfall are based on actual data. The risk is New Zealand takes the wrong lesson from lazy analysis, particularly those on the political left who bleat on like the sheep in Animal Farm, ... More >>
ACT Welcomes Auckland Mayor’s Support For GST Sharing Bill
Friday, 21 October 2022, 12:59 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT Deputy Leader and Housing spokesperson Brooke van Velden has welcomed Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown’s support of her Member’s Bill due to be read in Parliament before the end of the year. “ACT Leader David Seymour met with Mr Brown this morning ... More >>
Govt Considers ACT's Ankle Bracelet Policy, Reconsiders Pursuits
Thursday, 20 October 2022, 3:09 pm | ACT New Zealand
Under questioning from the ACT Party in Parliament, the Government has revealed there has been on average one ram raid a day since May 2022, and that a change in pursuit policy is coming as a result and that it's considering our policy of ankle ... More >>
Labour Refuses To Give Workers Choice Over FPAs
Thursday, 20 October 2022, 1:47 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Labour has continued to push through “fair pay” agreements (FPAs) that amount to compulsory unionism while refusing amendments that would allow workers to choose,” says ACT’s Small Business spokesperson Chris Baillie. “This is cynical policy ... More >>
Equivalent Of Christchurch Population On A Benefit
Thursday, 20 October 2022, 1:16 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Labour’s policies designed to entrench people on welfare have well and truly bedded in,” says ACT’s Social Development spokesperson Karen Chhour. “Today’s quarterly benefit numbers show that despite unemployment at 3.3 per cent, the number ... More >>
Hardship Payments Up 18 Per Cent
Thursday, 20 October 2022, 1:08 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Labour’s cost of living crisis is hitting our most vulnerable New Zealanders with the amount paid out for hardship up 18 per cent over the past year,” says ACT’s Social Development spokesperson Karen Chhour. “Kiwi families are doing ... More >>
