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ACT Pays Tribute To Queen Elizabeth II
Friday, 9 September 2022, 6:14 am | ACT New Zealand
“On behalf of the ACT Party, I would like to express my sincere condolences to the Royal Family for the loss of a true leader and matriarch,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will be remembered for her lifelong ... More >>
Rape Case Highlights Need For Ankle Bracelet Review
Thursday, 8 September 2022, 10:43 am | ACT New Zealand
“ACT has today renewed our calls for a review of who is eligible for ankle bracelets after an 18-year-old received nine months home detention for the rapes of four teenagers,” says ACT Justice spokesperson Nicole McKee. “As part of our Real Change: Law and ... More >>
Prime Minister Must Explain And Apologise To Northlanders
Wednesday, 7 September 2022, 11:14 am | ACT New Zealand
“The buck stops at the top, and the Prime Minister must explain why her Ministers didn’t fess up about the Government stuff up that put Northland into an eleven-day, $30 million lockdown,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Prime Minister ... More >>
Prime Minister Can’t Have It Both Ways On Misinformation
Wednesday, 7 September 2022, 10:23 am | ACT New Zealand
“Jacinda Ardern’s government has shed the ‘kindness’ image and has again shown it is willing to spread misinformation and throw women under the bus to cover its tracks,” says ACT’s Deputy Leader Brooke van Velden. “Once again Labour ... More >>
Questions That Need To Be Answered By Rotorua Inquiry
Tuesday, 6 September 2022, 7:00 pm | ACT New Zealand
“There are several questions that need to be answered through an inquiry into the ill-fated Rotorua housing experiment,” says ACT’s Deputy Leader and Housing spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “Residents of Rotorua are fed up with being guinea ... More >>
No Support For Police In Today’s Announcement
Tuesday, 6 September 2022, 10:38 am | ACT New Zealand
“If the Government wanted to do something in today’s youth crime announcement, it could have backed the police. Instead, it has backed everything but Police, who are working double time to clear the backlog of youth offending after COVID took ... More >>
No Consequences In Labour’s Youth Plan - ACT Would Use Ankle Bracelets
Tuesday, 6 September 2022, 10:07 am | ACT New Zealand
“Labour’s plan to “drive down youth crime” will fail because it doesn’t introduce a single consequence for youth offenders. ACT would introduce ankle bracelets for serious youth offenders,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The government’s ... More >>
Show Us The Bill, Prime Minister
Monday, 5 September 2022, 3:58 pm | ACT New Zealand
“After months of build-up, promising to crack down on gangs, the Government has made an announcement without providing a bill. It’s a perfect example of Labour putting spin before substance, announcing announcements, and being MIA on the details,” ... More >>
Labour U-turns Four Months After Voting Down ACT Gang Bill
Monday, 5 September 2022, 11:39 am | ACT New Zealand
“Labour has finally accepted the logic ACT has been promoting for years, if you want to tackle the gangs you need to hit them where they hurt – their wallets,” says ACT’s Justice spokesperson Nicole McKee. “Labour is finally expected to ... More >>
ACT To Fix Housing Mess In Next Government
Monday, 5 September 2022, 10:27 am | ACT New Zealand
"The next Government will have to fix the housing mess that ACT predicted, and has solutions to,” says ACT Deputy Leader and Housing spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “The Herald is this morning reporting a fight is brewing between Auckland ... More >>
Collecting Tariffs Costing New Zealand
Sunday, 4 September 2022, 1:04 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Collecting tariffs is costing Kiwis around $2.5 million a year, we should just embrace free trade and reap the benefits,” says ACT Deputy Leader and Trade spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “Written Parliamentary Questions (WPQs) released to ACT show ... More >>
Move On From Vaccination Travel Requirements
Saturday, 3 September 2022, 5:53 pm | ACT New Zealand
“ACT is calling on the Government to drop travel vaccination requirements that are hampering our tourism sector,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The rest of the world is moving on and dropping these rules, once again New Zealand is lagging ... More >>
Time To Dump Covid Requirements
Friday, 2 September 2022, 11:25 am | ACT New Zealand
“Jacinda Ardern’s comments to media today that she might once again chop and change the traffic light settings are completely illogical, it’s time she gave up her vice like grip on our lives and dropped the Covid rules,” says ACT Leader ... More >>
Minister Doesn’t Understand Scale Of The Problem
Thursday, 1 September 2022, 4:02 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Environment Minister David Parker can’t comprehend how big a problem he is creating by not extending the deadline for freshwater farm plans, if he doesn’t issue an extension there’s a risk many farmers will be unable to get crops in the ... More >>
Zero KiwiBuild Houses Delivered In July
Thursday, 1 September 2022, 2:50 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Housing Minister Megan Woods should consider asking NZTA for its giant $10,000 Zero signs after KiwiBuild failed to deliver a single home for a second month this year,” says ACT Deputy Leader and Housing spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “As ... More >>
Australia Shows Us How To Move On From Covid
Wednesday, 31 August 2022, 7:30 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The Aussies have shown New Zealand what needs to be done to move on from Covid,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Australia has just dropped its mandatory isolation period from seven to five days and ended its mask mandate. “Now Jacinda Ardern ... More >>
Labour Making Policy Based On Assumptions Not Evidence
Wednesday, 31 August 2022, 4:26 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Jacinda Ardern and her Government need to apply the enlightened approach of Education’s Equity Index to other areas such as health, where crude racial targeting is the norm,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Recently the Ministry of Education formulated an ... More >>
New Report Highlights Policy Failures Of Co-Government Agenda
Tuesday, 30 August 2022, 3:33 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Dr Bryce Wilkinson’s damning report into the Government’s misguided approach to our health system is evidence of why we need to move on from Labour’s co-Government agenda,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The report says that failings within ... More >>
Govt Needs To Show Us The Numbers On Youth Crime
Tuesday, 30 August 2022, 12:07 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The number of youths in Corrections’ management is plummeting while ram raids rise, the Government needs to be up front with Kiwis about the full scope of the youth crime crisis enveloping New Zealand,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Written ... More >>
COLP: Govt Should Accept All Auditor-General’s Findings
Monday, 29 August 2022, 4:47 pm | ACT New Zealand
“Revenue Minister David Parker should publicly commit to accepting all of the Auditor-General’s findings in relation to the Government’s shambolic cost of living payment,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “In particular, Inland Revenue ... More >>
