ACT Leader Hon John Banks MP

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Hon John Banks is the managing partner at Christopher & Banks Private Equity Limited. He has been in business for 45 years and is a director of a number of New Zealand companies. His business experience spans food, entertainment, health, education, distribution, property, venture capital and funds management.

John served six terms as the MP for Whangarei and was Minister of Police, Local Government, Tourism, Sport and Civil Defence. John is the current ACT candidate for Epsom.
 
In the year 2000 John was awarded the Companion of The Queen’s Service Order for public service and in 2011 was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for service to local government.
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John Banks
17 Feb 2012
11:35am
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ACT Is Here To Stay

John Banks / Speech

2014 starts now. 

I am focused taking a repositioned ACT Party into the next election.

We must sell our values to a greater number of New Zealanders than we did last year.

In Epsom, I will be working every day to give the people of Epsom the representation they deserve.

In Parliament, I will be working every day to deliver quality results from our confidence and supply agreement with the National party.

As the ACT Party Leader, I will be working hard every day to rejuvenate our party. 

John Banks
8 Feb 2012
4:54pm
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Wage Increase Won’t Help Youth Unemployment

John Banks / Press Release / Economy

National’s decision to increase the training and new entrants’ minimum wages at a time when 23 per cent of youth are unemployed is not helpful, ACT Parliamentary Leader John Banks said today.

“Increasing both the training and new entrants wage erodes the incentive for businesses to hire young people, leaving youth out of hope and out of dignity,” Mr Banks said. 

“It’s bad enough that twenty-three per cent of our young people seeking work cannot find it, but worse still is that this figure rises to 34 per cent for young Maori.

John Banks
21 Dec 2011
12:00am
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Address in Reply

John Banks / Speech

This Parliament has got off to a very good start, with two outstanding contributions by Alfred Ngaro and Paul Goldsmith, new backbench members of the National Party caucus.

John Banks
16 Dec 2011
4:57pm
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John Banks Welcomes Productivity Commission’s First Report

John Banks / Press Release

ACT New Zealand MP John Banks today welcomed the first draft report by the New Zealand Productivity Commission which concludes that home ownership is unaffordable for many.

“Home ownership is something my generation, and the generations before me, took for granted. For most young people today, home ownership is now only a dream,” Mr Banks said.

 “ACT is glad to have secured National’s support last term for the establishment of the Productivity Commission, which is tasked with improving productivity and therefore the standard of living for all New Zealanders.

John Banks
5 Dec 2011
4:35pm
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ACT - National Agreement Nets Significant Policy Gains for ACT

John Banks / Press Release

ACT New Zealand Party President Chris Simmons and ACT MP Hon John Banks today announced the details of ACT’s Confidence and Supply Agreement, highlighting a number of very significant policy ‘wins’ for ACT.

Mr Simmons said the new agreement builds on the two parties’ strong, constructive partnership of the past three years and advances ACT’s core economic and social policy goals. 

John Banks
17 Feb 2012
11:35am
comments

ACT Is Here To Stay

John Banks / Speech

2014 starts now. 

I am focused taking a repositioned ACT Party into the next election.

We must sell our values to a greater number of New Zealanders than we did last year.

In Epsom, I will be working every day to give the people of Epsom the representation they deserve.

In Parliament, I will be working every day to deliver quality results from our confidence and supply agreement with the National party.

As the ACT Party Leader, I will be working hard every day to rejuvenate our party. 

John Banks
8 Feb 2012
4:54pm
comments

Wage Increase Won’t Help Youth Unemployment

John Banks / Press Release / Economy

National’s decision to increase the training and new entrants’ minimum wages at a time when 23 per cent of youth are unemployed is not helpful, ACT Parliamentary Leader John Banks said today.

“Increasing both the training and new entrants wage erodes the incentive for businesses to hire young people, leaving youth out of hope and out of dignity,” Mr Banks said. 

“It’s bad enough that twenty-three per cent of our young people seeking work cannot find it, but worse still is that this figure rises to 34 per cent for young Maori.

John Banks
21 Dec 2011
12:00am
comments

Address in Reply

John Banks / Speech

This Parliament has got off to a very good start, with two outstanding contributions by Alfred Ngaro and Paul Goldsmith, new backbench members of the National Party caucus.

John Banks
16 Dec 2011
4:57pm
comments

John Banks Welcomes Productivity Commission’s First Report

John Banks / Press Release

ACT New Zealand MP John Banks today welcomed the first draft report by the New Zealand Productivity Commission which concludes that home ownership is unaffordable for many.

“Home ownership is something my generation, and the generations before me, took for granted. For most young people today, home ownership is now only a dream,” Mr Banks said.

 “ACT is glad to have secured National’s support last term for the establishment of the Productivity Commission, which is tasked with improving productivity and therefore the standard of living for all New Zealanders.

John Banks
5 Dec 2011
4:35pm
comments

ACT - National Agreement Nets Significant Policy Gains for ACT

John Banks / Press Release

ACT New Zealand Party President Chris Simmons and ACT MP Hon John Banks today announced the details of ACT’s Confidence and Supply Agreement, highlighting a number of very significant policy ‘wins’ for ACT.

Mr Simmons said the new agreement builds on the two parties’ strong, constructive partnership of the past three years and advances ACT’s core economic and social policy goals.