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Manawatū-based ACT MP Andrew Hoggard is welcoming the Ministry for Education’s move to review school bus policy changes, after he wrote to the Minister advocating for rural families affected.

A report commissioned by the New Zealand Property Investors Federation and prepared by Infometrics shows residential property investors contributed $24.8 billion to New Zealand’s GDP and supported 126,000 full-time equivalent jobs in the year to March 2024.

ACT List MP based in Mount Maunganui Cameron Luxton is welcoming the Government’s decision to establish a formal inquiry into the fatal landslides at Mount Maunganui Beachside Holiday Park.

ACT Health spokesperson Todd Stephenson is welcoming the Government’s decision to return key health decisions to regional and local leaders, ending Labour’s failed experiment with a highly centralised health bureaucracy.

ACT MP Dr Parmjeet Parmar says new alcohol law reforms introduced by the Government show what can happen when practical ideas are put forward and followed through.

ACT has lodged a differing view on the Racing Industry (Closure of Greyhound Racing Industry) Amendment Bill, urging real compensation for a sector that has had its property rights brushed aside.