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Barbara Edmonds’ Déjà Vu Economics Will Deliver Rent Hikes And A Debt Crisis
Tuesday, 3 March 2026, 9:53 am | ACT New Zealand
Edmonds is also teasing the return of the Reserve Bank’s dual mandate, or in other words, taking the Bank’s eye off the inflation ball. More >>
ACT Welcomes Hope Of Freedom For Iranians
Monday, 2 March 2026, 1:23 pm | ACT New Zealand
The Iranian people should be allowed to determine their own future. More >>
New Zealand Is Drifting Into The Second Tier And Pretending Otherwise Won’t Save Us
Saturday, 28 February 2026, 2:19 pm | ACT New Zealand
New Zealand cannot borrow, spend, and regulate its way back into prosperity, says ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
ACT Welcomes Release Of Government Cybersecurity Strategy
Friday, 27 February 2026, 1:49 pm | ACT New Zealand
The new strategy sets out how Government agencies will work together to lift cybersecurity standards, improve coordination with the private sector, strengthen protections for critical infrastructure, and respond more effectively when attacks occur. More >>
More Than $35,000 Raised For Ukraine At ACT Ukraine Fundraising Dinner
Thursday, 26 February 2026, 2:17 pm | ACT New Zealand
The funds will go directly to trusted organisations and individuals working on the ground, including Owen Pomana and Humanity Ukraine, Tenby Powell and Kiwi K.A.R.E, and the Ukrainian Association of New Zealand. More >>
Air New Zealand – Get Woke, Go Broke
Thursday, 26 February 2026, 10:30 am | ACT New Zealand
Organisations and countries suffer when they focus on the wrong things. ACT has led the charge for the public service to stop focusing on equity at the expense of outcomes. Air NZ appears to be suffering from the same affliction. More >>
12.8 Billion Reasons Hipkins Is Not A Serious Person
Tuesday, 24 February 2026, 5:06 pm | ACT New Zealand
If Hipkins doesn’t trust Treasury – the department governments of all stripes have relied on for costings for decades – who will he get to cook up an alternative figure?: ACT Leader David Seymour. More >>
Chris Hipkins’ “Affordability” Speech: Anaesthetic, Not Answers
Monday, 23 February 2026, 6:18 pm | ACT New Zealand
With cost pressures affecting every firm, farm, and family in this country, we can’t afford platitudes and half-truths, ACT Leader David Seymour says. More >>
Move-On Powers Will Restore Standards And Safety To Town Centres
Sunday, 22 February 2026, 3:37 pm | ACT New Zealand
Move-on powers are about restoring basic standards of decency in shared public spaces. They give police a practical tool to intervene early. More >>
Speech to the International Symposium on Safeguarding Democracy and Freedom, and Countering Foreign Interference
Saturday, 21 February 2026, 5:16 pm | ACT New Zealand
Let’s commit to a freer, more resilient future together. More >>
ACT Forces Halt To Army’s Cultural Competency Push
Friday, 20 February 2026, 1:13 pm | ACT New Zealand
“That pause is welcome, but it should become permanent," says ACT Public Service spokesperson Todd Stephenson. More >>
Sam Neill Can’t Put Aesthetics Ahead Of Livelihoods
Friday, 20 February 2026, 12:26 pm | ACT New Zealand
ACT will always back productive enterprise that meets the rules over the aesthetic objections of woke, leftist film stars. More >>
First Steps To Untangling Government Underway
Thursday, 19 February 2026, 5:05 pm | ACT New Zealand
Today’s merger is a good start. ACT will make sure it doesn’t end there, ACT Leader David Seymour says. More >>
David Seymour Calls For Council Transparency Over Plan Change 120 Update
Thursday, 19 February 2026, 12:34 pm | ACT New Zealand
The previous plan pursued an arbitrary number rather than coordination, creating the worst of all worlds, says ACT Leader and Epsom MP David Seymour. More >>
State Of The Nation 2026 | Telling It Like It Is
Sunday, 15 February 2026, 2:27 pm | ACT New Zealand
Our first mission is to keep Labour, the Greens, and Te Pati Māori out of power. More >>
Is The Taxpayer-Funded Swarbrick Documentary Stuck In Development Hell?
Tuesday, 10 February 2026, 12:32 pm | ACT New Zealand
NZ On Air’s $200,000 funding for Being Chlöe was announced in late 2021, with the expectation the film would be released after the 2023 election, says Mr Stephenson. More >>
Labour’s Gas Ban Ends With LNG Ships
Monday, 9 February 2026, 7:26 pm | ACT New Zealand
High electricity prices are hurting households and pushing mills and factories to the brink. LNG as a backup will help stop extreme price spikes, and protect good jobs. More >>
Nursing Code Risks Policing Nurses’ Opinions, Not Protecting Patients
Monday, 9 February 2026, 1:50 pm | ACT New Zealand
Codes of conduct must be clear, objective, and tightly connected to patient safety. This draft misses that mark. More >>
Speech: David Seymour At Waitangi Pōwhiri
Thursday, 5 February 2026, 2:20 pm | ACT New Zealand
The truth is our Government has just got on with fixing what matters for all Kiwis, and that is good for Māori, too. Let me count just a few ways we’re changing policy to make life better. More >>
Seymour On Employment Data: Recovery In Sight If We Stay The Course
Wednesday, 4 February 2026, 1:47 pm | ACT New Zealand
Looking back through the rearview window at the months of October to December, we’ve seen unemployment tick up by a fraction. It’s a reminder that times have been tough. More >>
