Arts Culture & Heritage
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Race Relations Commissioner needs to go
“Meng Foon is consistent only in his ability to ignore everything that doesn’t fit his narrow left wing worldview. He’s not upholding human rights for all New Zealanders, just those who fit his personal political views and he needs to go,” says ACT Leader David Seymour.
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HRC spends $1.3 million on ‘give nothing to racism,’ doesn’t give a hoot about actual racism
“The Human Rights Commission’s (HRC) spent $1.3 million on it’s ‘give nothing to racism campaign,’ but won’t even comment on the blatant racism in Tusiata Avia’s poem. It’s double standards shows the HRC is ineffective, unprincipled, and needs to go,” says ACT Leader David Seymour.
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Govt funding hate with show about murdering white people
“The Government should withdraw the $107,280 in taxpayer money given to a racist stage show about murdering James Cook, his descendants and 'white men like [him] with pig hunting knives,' then apologise to the public for giving so much to racism in the first place,” says ACT Leader David Seymour.
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Damien Smith
Damien is originally from Northern Ireland and is an ex-banker, Corporate Structured Finance & Family Office Adviser & Independent Company Director. He has a Master in Business Administration (MBA).
He has worked in Britain, Australia and New Zealand over the past 25 years and been a Director at Macquarie Capital.
He has consulted to Vero/Suncorp, Amalgamated Holdings, Tower Insurance, Allied Security, QUBEdocs and ASX Listed Adherium.
Damien believes in the principles of the ACT party where free markets, government fiscal prudence, freedom of thought, small government serving the people and property rights are at the centre of our democracy and vital to protect.
Damien has a Daughter at King's College, Auckland. They share a love for Arts, Sport & New Zealand.