Press Releases

“Today marks six months since Ministers in the 53rd Parliament were sworn in and they have very little to show it,” says ACT Leader David Seymour....

“Figures uncovered by ACT show disorder is increasing in our prisons and action is urgently needed,” says ACT’s Justice Spokesperson Nicole McKee....

Mr Speaker,

“The Government’s paternalistic approach towards Māori through procurement is a step too far and needs explaining,” says ACT Leader David Seymour....

“The Government has let the public service get completely out of control before attempting to rein it in,” says ACT Leader David Seymour....

“Stuart Nash owes New Zealanders an explanation about why he said he wasn’t working on a bed tax when he has been,” says ACT Leader David Seymour....

The ACT Party is proud to have prompted a debate in Parliament about the human rights abuses against the Uyghur people in China,” says ACT’s Deputy Leader and Foreign Affairs spokesperson Brooke van Velden....

“The Prime Minister is patronising New Zealanders when she says the He Puapua report shouldn't have been released in case taxpayers didn't understand it,” says ACT Leader David Seymour....

Armed with only Parliament’s Standing Orders, Brooke van Velden has succeeded where nuclear powers have failed. She’s made Labour take a clear position on China. Either they will support her motion condemning genocide in Xinjian, or prevent it being debated,...

“It turns out the Government has been announcing policies for four years and had nobody to implement them,” says ACT Leader David Seymour....

“The Prime Minister’s paternalism of the Cook Islands has caused economic and emotional harm to our Pacific neighbours that will take years to fix,” says ACT Leader David Seymour....

“Depriving children of cancer drugs shows exactly why we need a funding review into PHARMAC,” says ACT’s Health spokesperson Brooke van Velden....