Press Releases

“The latest Progress in International Literacy Study (PIRLS) report should be a wake up call for New Zealand. It is time to end our country’s decline, and there is no place better to start than in teaching kids to read,” says ACT Education Spokesman and former teacher Chris Baillie.

“Firearms Prohibition Orders were one of the few laws Labour has enacted that is meant to reduce crime, but it hasn’t made New Zealand any safer because they don’t bother using it,” says ACT’s Justice spokesperson Nicole McKee.

“Labour and National are offering different shades of beige when it comes to government spending with only ACT promising real change,” says ACT Leader David Seymour.

“Stuart Nash was the only Labour Minister listening to the people of Hawke’s Bay about crime. But sadly he was hapless and incapable of convincing Chris Hipkins who repeatedly denied there was a problem,” says ACT Leader David Seymour.

“New Zealanders don’t need Treasury bureaucrats to tell them their hard-earned money is being wasted – ACT has already found it”, says ACT Leader David Seymour.

“New Zealanders don’t need Treasury bureaucrats to tell them their hard-earned money is being wasted – ACT has already found it”, says ACT Leader David Seymour.

Our country will face a real choice in five months’ time.   And the choice isn’t Red Chris or Blue Chris.  As many now see, that isn’t much of a choice at all. The choice New Zealanders face is between parties offering more of the same… And one promising a genuine change.

“Our country will face a real choice in five months’ time, between parties offering more of the same and one promising real change. ACT’s Alternative Budget – A Time for Truth – faces the facts and offers a real alternative,” says ACT Leader David Seymour.

“Three months after Cyclone Gabrielle, the Government has finally announced a partial recovery package, timed to coincide with the Budget rather than the needs of people on the ground”, says ACT Leader David Seymour.

“The full registration of firearms will be a wasteful and dangerous exercise and ACT will repeal it”, says ACT’s Firearms spokesperson Nicole McKee.

“ACT supports St Cuthbert’s for swimming against the tide and saying that the Government’s curriculum isn’t good enough for students. If it’s not good enough for St Cuthbert’s it isn’t good enough for other schools either,” says ACT’s Education spokesperson Chris Baillie.

“New Zealand’s health system has been on a steady decline from first world status. ACT says it’s time to turn it around, starting by providing more funding for General Practices (GPs) through our upcoming alternative budget - A Time For Truth,” says ACT’s Deputy Leader and Health spokesperson Brooke van Velden.