Press Releases

"We are now less than one year away from a potential mass extinction event for small incorporated societies across New Zealand," warns ACT MP Laura McClure, who has a bill in Parliament's ballot to address the issue.

ACT’s Education spokesperson Laura McClure has welcomed the Government’s move to embed financial education into the school curriculum for Years 1 to 10, saying it will make a real difference – especially for disadvantaged students.

The real culture war affects all of us, every day. It’s the war between our pioneering spirit and tall poppy syndrome. We, or our ancestors, all made brave voyages to these isolated islands. These were people with real courage who wanted better through their own efforts. Then, somewhere along the way, we ended up with one out of every six working-aged people on welfare. Some days half the children don’t show up to their school. We have one of the largest diasporas of people who left a country.

ACT Rural Communities spokesperson Mark Cameron has drafted a bill to scrap the red tape forcing banks and financial institutions to make climate-related disclosures, by repealing Part 7A of the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013.

ACT Building and Construction spokesperson Cameron Luxton is welcoming the Government’s announcement of a new opt-in scheme allowing trusted builders to sign off their own work and the setting of a mandatory target to slash building inspection wait times.

Auckland Council’s plan to set up a co-governed committee to manage the Waitākere Ranges shows why Kiwis need councillors who believe in democracy, says ACT Leader David Seymour.

ACT MP Dr Parmjeet Parmar has condemned the recent terrorist attack near the town of Pahalgam, Kashmir, expressing deep sorrow and solidarity with the victims and their families.

Kiwis caught flat-footed this weekend by patronising rules around alcohol should make a submission on legislation currently being considered by Parliament’s Justice Committee, says ACT MP Cameron Luxton.

I say it every time but I’ll say it again: we need to celebrate business in this country.

ACT is welcoming the Government’s announcement of a 25 percent reduction in budgeted operational funding for the Reserve Bank, which aligns with the commitment in our coalition agreement to narrow the Reserve Bank’s remit and focus on price stability.

“Sometimes the first job of a politician isn’t to speak, but to listen. Chris Hipkins should listen to the women who’ve felt confused and alienated by a health system that refers to them as ‘people with a cervix’ or ‘individuals capable of childbearing’.

For all his talk, Willie Jackson ran like diarrhoea when challenged to serious debate. Perhaps it’s not his fault, though. Perhaps nobody could give him good arguments. After all, if someone so passionately opposed to the Bill did have a good argument, they’d use it, wouldn’t they?