Press Releases

“ACT is calling on Labour and National to amend the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Bill so it creates a better health system for all New Zealanders,” says ACT’s Health spokesperson Brooke van Velden....

“The ACT Party wants to make sure the wellbeing of the child is the paramount consideration of Oranga Tamariki and is suggesting changes to the law,” says ACT MP Karen Chhour....

“The Government’s infrastructure announcement this morning is a temporary fix that doesn’t address the enduring problem that is preventing houses from being built,” says ACT’s Housing spokesperson Brooke van Velden....

“This Government’s practice of blather and flannel when asked specific questions about its performance is running its usual evasive course in respect of how many new houses it will build this year,” says ACT Housing spokesperson Brooke van Velden....

“The Labour Government’s so-called ‘Fair Pay Agreements’ will be the most radical change to employment laws this country has seen in decades and will cause huge division,” says ACT Leader David Seymour....

“The Government needs to release full details of the contacts made with the family of cases L, M, N and O at the centre of the South Auckland cluster,” says ACT Leader David Seymour....

“The Skegg reports tells us the Government should reopen the border in stages, proportional to risk, using better technology, but we can’t yet due to low vaccination rates, and variants might undermine the vaccine. All of this was in ACT’s...

“Compensation for prisoners at Waikeria Prison following a riot is an insult to hardworking Kiwis who pay their taxes,” says ACT Leader David Seymour....

“Labour’s plan for compulsory unionism is anti-democratic and anti-freedom and it must be scrapped,” says ACT Leader David Seymour.

“45 new cases 43 days into a lockdown shows that the Government’s eradication strategy isn’t working, it has lost control. On May 5 2020, 43 days into the first lockdown, zero cases were recorded”, says ACT Leader David Seymour....

“The Government’s anti-science approach to Covid-19 testing means we’re unprepared for Omicron”, says ACT Leader David Seymour.

“ACT is tonight congratulating Immigration Minister Kris Faafoi for giving up on his so-called Immigration reset – but we need to be sure he’s not culling a years-long queue to simply create another one,” says ACT’s Immigration spokesperson Dr James...