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“Chris Hipkins' extraordinary admission that he’d never pay his own capital gains tax on his bach because he’d never sell it beggars belief, this bloke is coming apart,” says ACT Leader David Seymour.

High profile broadcaster Paul Henry will stand as an ACT Party list candidate at this year’s general election.

ACT Conservation spokesperson and keen hunter Cameron Luxton has welcomed today's designation of Fiordland's wapiti as New Zealand's first Herd of Special Interest.

“Being tough on crime is not the opposite of being smart on crime. It is smart to give communities tools to stand up for themselves, to stop repeat offenders creating more victims, and to target behaviour that can escalate into more serious offending,” says ACT Leader David Seymour.

“Today’s OCR increase to 2.50 percent is a reminder that Government spending competes with household budgets. The war on inflation is never won, and the price of affordable mortgages is eternal vigilance on Government spending,” says ACT Leader David Seymour.

ACT will take a Three Strikes for Burglary policy to the 2026 election, requiring a minimum three-year prison sentence with no parole for anyone convicted of burglary three times.