• 14 June, 2022

    PM must stop making trans-Tasman travel harder than it needs to be

    “For some reason the Prime Minister is trying to talk down expectations of substantive movement on quarantine free trans-Tasman travel at Cabinet today, when she’s got every reason to be talking it up,” says ACT Leader David Seymour....

  • 14 June, 2022

    We need a clear path out of this

    “The wheels are falling off the Government’s response to COVID-19, it needs to show it is prepared to do more than just extend lockdowns,” says ACT Leader David Seymour....

  • 14 June, 2022

    Give us the green light

    “The Government should just show us the green light and let us get on with our lives,” ACT’s Leader David Seymour says....

  • 14 June, 2022

    A million Kiwis abandoned by Jacinda Ardern

    “The Government’s announcement today hasn’t even considered the international border, simply saying “soon we will be on a pathway to reopening the border,” says ACT Leader David Seymour....

  • 14 June, 2022

    Reserve Bank in Lala Land

    “Inflation is twice the maximum level set down by the Reserve Bank’s remit, and it is now saying that’s ok because inflation will return to 2 per cent ‘over coming years’”, says ACT Leader David Seymour....

  • 14 June, 2022

    There is no greatness in our lateness

    “When I asked less than a month ago whether New Zealand would be in the second 50 countries to begin vaccinating its citizens against Covid-19 or the third, I was half joking, not really thinking 100 countries could start before...

  • 14 June, 2022

    Matariki a $450 million burden on businesses

    “The Labour Government’s disdain for business will again be on show today as the Matariki public holiday due to become law,” says ACT’s Small Business spokesperson Chris Baillie....

  • 14 June, 2022

    Education and Workforce Committee a farce

    “Today’s Education and Workforce Committee was a perfect example of why we need the Epidemic Response Committee back,” says ACT Leader David Seymour....

  • 14 June, 2022

    With tourists arriving, are we still serious about seven day iso?

    “Opening the border to tourists should make the Government revisit its seven day isolation rules, because nobody seriously believes a tourist will follow them,” says ACT Leader David Seymour....

  • 14 June, 2022

    Government needs to walk and chew gum

    “The Prime Minister today told parliament that she didn’t know when Janssen vaccines would be on shore in New Zealand because Medsafe has only just approved the vaccine," says ACT Leader David Seymour....

  • 14 June, 2022

    Kiwis continue to fly the coop

    “Labour’s lock em down, lock em out, borrow, print and spend approach to COVID-19 has contributed to the lowest net migration level since the tail-end of the GFC,” says ACT Leader David Seymour....

  • 14 June, 2022

    PHARMAC funding review needed

    “The ACT Party today welcomes a $191 million boost to funding for PHARMAC - now we need a proper funding review,” says ACT Deputy Leader and Health spokesperson Brooke van Velden....