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Sunday, 13 July 2025

David Seymour: Speech to ACT Rally 2025

Nothing would send a clearer signal that New Zealand is serious than a bespoke legislative welcome mat than giving permission for, say, Walmart to set up a whole chain in one go.

Thank you Cam, for that kind introduction.

Thank you James for visiting and sharing your thinking. Western democracies have lost their mojo, and your book explains why.

Most of us want to see universities as sources of enlightened thinking, but too often they leave us disappointed. They seem to resent the society that funds them, and their ideas corrode instead of enlighten its values.

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