• 02 September, 2023

    Hipkins gives his exit interview

    “Chris Hipkins’ interview with Newshub Nation this morning should be his exit interview. As the leader of a Party that his been in power for six years he can’t point to improvements Labour has made to Kiwis’ lives and has resorted to a campaign of fear to cling on to power,” says ACT Leader David Seymour.

  • 01 September, 2023

    Labour spreads disinformation on back of March 15. What would Jacinda say?

    “When Chris Hipkins said he was going to ‘fight back’ I thought he would attack me and other politicians, but I never thought he’d make Trumpian attacks on truth, and especially not on the back of March 15,” says ACT Leader David Seymour.

  • 01 September, 2023

    Labour makes co-governance stance clear

    “Willie Jackson used his final speech of the Parliamentary term to declare that ‘Māori do have a separate set of rights.’ What’s at stake this election is clear, and ACT will be equally unequivocal – all New Zealanders should have the same rights,” says ACT Leader David Seymour.

  • 31 August, 2023

    90-day trial periods Member's Bill drawn

    “My Member’s Bill drawn today to reinstate 90-day trials will reduce the risk for employers and allow them to take a chance on hiring someone,” says ACT MP James McDowall.

  • 31 August, 2023

    Time to question university affirmative action schemes

  • 31 August, 2023

    Less waste, more ambition needed on tax

    “New Zealand cannot return to economic health with Labour levels of government waste staying in place. An economic recovery, and eventual economic strength for New Zealand, will require real change,” says ACT Leader David Seymour.

  • 31 August, 2023

    Kelvin Davis says ‘not my problem’

    “Children’s Minister Kelvin Davis has no timeline for when the Oranga Tamariki review into the organisation’s youth justice facilities will be completed, and he can’t even be bothered asking,” says ACT’s Children’s spokesperson Karen Chhour.

  • 30 August, 2023

    ACT sees red with National's tax policy

    “National’s tax policy confirms there won't be any real change without ACT. Their tax cuts promise about half as much as Labour’s Michael Cullen promised 15 years ago, this policy could easily have been announced by Labour,” says ACT Leader David Seymour.

  • 30 August, 2023

    National adopts ACT’s Carbon Tax Refund

    “The next ACT/National Government will implement ACT’s policy of a Carbon Tax Refund for all Kiwis,” says ACT Leader David Seymour.

  • 30 August, 2023

    Landlords and tenants need tax relief now, not in 2026

    “National’s proposal to restore interest deductibility for landlords is welcome, but it can and should be done immediately, not be phased in over three years,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Under ACT’s fully costed Alternative Budget, Labour’s removal of interest deductibility for residential landlords will be reversed will be reversed immediately, taking effect in April 2024. This will ease pressure on rents and simplify the tax code.

  • 30 August, 2023

    Nats tax plan shows why ACT needed for real change

    “National’s tax policy shows beyond doubt why ACT is needed to make a change of government a government of real change,” says ACT Leader David Seymour.

  • 30 August, 2023

    New Zealand public service needs to be colourblind

    “ACT will demand that the public service is colourblind, but highly focused on eliminating inequity. ACT is opposed to racial discrimination because it’s a lazy and divisive way of treating people,” says ACT Leader David Seymour.