• 14 June, 2022

    Major events fund falls short

    “Economic Development Minister Stuart Nash was poorly advised when he restricted the Government’s Major Events Fund to events with over 5000 attendees. He could support far more events for the same money,” says ACT Leader David Seymour....

  • 14 June, 2022

    Police Minister must grant short term license extensions

    “The Police Minister should use powers available to her under the Arms Act to protect many of the 10,000 firearms users caught up in a relicensing backlog from falling foul of the law,” says ACT Firearms Reform spokesperson Nicole McKee....

  • 14 June, 2022

    The questions the Government can’t and won’t answer

    “It’s no wonder the Government didn’t want to bring back Question Time, today showed they either can’t or won’t answer most of the questions put to them,” says ACT Leader David Seymour....

  • 14 June, 2022

    Is light rail the answer to Auckland’s transport crisis?

    “Despite an announcement about plans for Auckland light rail being imminent, the fact of the matter is Aucklanders would still prefer better road connections in the city over a promise of light rail,” says ACT Transport spokesperson Simon Court....

  • 14 June, 2022

    Yes Chris Hipkins, let’s dump unworkable isolation rules

    “The Government’s pondering that it might change unworkable isolation rules is very welcome but very late,” says ACT leader David Seymour....

  • 14 June, 2022

    Demand side tinkering will be just that – supply the key

    “A new housing report from the New Zealand initiative confirms again what ACT has been saying for a long time – housing supply needs to be focused on from all angles,” says ACT Deputy Leader Brooke van Velden...

  • 14 June, 2022

    Director General say what?

    “Director General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield gave a simply astonishing explanation this afternoon of why community contact tracing performance might be so far below the at least 80 percent of contacts within four days of exposure to a source...

  • 14 June, 2022

    Police endangering Kiwis with slow firearms licencing

    “The delays in processing firearms licences have become so bad that the safety of New Zealanders is now being put at risk,” says ACT’s Firearms Law Reform spokesperson Nicole McKee...

  • 14 June, 2022

    Cycle bridge not worth the tar it'll be sealed with

    “The Benefit Cost Ratio of Auckland’s cycle bridge is the equivalent of putting your money on the Share Market knowing you were going to lose 60c for every dollar invested,” says ACT Leader David Seymour....

  • 14 June, 2022

    Farmers need a better environmental law making standards

    “A new Bill from the ACT Party drawn today will ensure the baton of environmental regulations is given to regional councils and taken out of the hands of Wellington bureaucrats,” says ACT’s Rural Affairs spokesperson Mark Cameron....

  • 14 June, 2022

    Government blind to costs they’re trying to inflict on farmers

    “The Government has no idea what financial impacts farmers will weather from entering the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), or any of the He Waka Eke Noa proposals,” says ACT’s Primary Industries spokesperson Mark Cameron....

  • 14 June, 2022

    Maōri Party owes Tauranga an apology

    “The Māori Party has been caught in a lie, trying to bad-mouth Tauranga by spreading misinformation and they owe our city an apology,” says ACT’s Tauranga candidate Cameron Luxton....