Press Releases

“Education Minister Jan Tinetti has been focussed on all the wrong things. While her office was massaging the release of attendance data, she should have been focussed on fixing the truancy crisis so evident in the data,” says ACT’s Education spokesperson Chris Baillie.

“My survey of Epsom Electorate residents post flood shows why the Council should be getting out of the aviation business and back into drainage,” says MP for Epsom David Seymour.

“The Prime Minister needs to answer for his own office’s negligence in the Michael Wood airport shares debacle, his lack of knowledge of Michael Wood’s repeated failures is either another convenient mistake or serious wilful ignorance,” says ACT Leader David Seymour.

“Labour has been surrounded from every angle by a wall of common sense tonight, but they managed to hold off good policy by a three vote majority,” says ACT Deputy Leader and Housing spokesperson Brooke van Velden.

“Michael Wood can’t carry on as a Minister after declining airport authority status to North Shore Aerodrome, despite owning shares in a competing airport,” says ACT Leader David Seymour.

“North Island Retail Crime retail crime figures released by Foodstuffs today show that the Labour government has totally lost control of crime and must go,” said ACT Leader David Seymour.

Wow. Real Change Now was a success beyond all expectations. 670 people packed out Auckland’s Sky City Theatre for a rally heaving with energy. Even the media coverage by TVNZ, Newshub, The Herald, Stuff, Newsroom and RNZ was resoundingly positive. Thank you if you came, and if you missed David Seymour’s widely praised speech it is here.

ACT is welcoming National’s decision to finally oppose He Waka Eke Noa – now it needs to join ACT in pledging to dump the entire Zero Carbon Act, says ACT’s Primary Industries spokesperson Mark Cameron and ACT candidate Andrew Hoggard.

“If the totally politicised and partial chair of the latest electoral review wants to change the system, she should get elected first”, says ACT Leader David Seymour.

Speech: Nicole McKee Real Change Now, SkyCity Theatre, 4 June 2023

Speech: Simon Court Real Change Now, SkyCity Theatre, 4 June 2023

Speech: Parmjeet Parmar Real Change Now, SkyCity Theatre, 4 June 2023