David Seymour ACT Leader The current gang member-driven outbreak of COVID-19 is the logical conclusion of the Government’s tending and nurturing approach. Tending and nurturing is the translation of Operation Tauwhiro that was supposed to take on the gangs. I asked the Prime Minister in Parliament about this back
David Seymour ACT Leader If we’re allowed to have picnics in parks with food bought from the supermarket duopolies, then we should also allow restaurants to have alfresco dining. Jacinda Ardern and her Government’s great plan for Auckland was to stay locked down but with picnics. Before lockdown
David Seymour ACT Leader Speech from David Seymour to Central City Business Association, Christchurch, 5 pm Tuesday October 5th. The Great Tack Kia ora tatou, We have reached a turning point in our COVID response. Our earliest ancestors were navigators. Through extraordinary feats, they found these Islands in the Pacific
David Seymour ACT Leader The Prime Minister needed to do three things yesterday, admit her strategy wasn’t working, propose a new one, and put the details on it, we’re giving her a zero out of three. The illusion has now been shattered, it was never about science and
David Seymour ACT Leader ACT has been saying for weeks that the Government has given up on elimination, this morning on the AM Show Jacinda Ardern finally admitted that is the case. The Prime Minister admitted the Government’s latest plan has only just gone before Cabinet. We wonder if
David Seymour ACT Leader The real story behind Air New Zealand waiting four months to make vaccination mandatory is that the Government’s ICT is not ready. As Greg Foran told Q+A “In terms of customers, we’re got some operational things still to work through, you know, staying
David Seymour ACT Leader The Government has lost control of COVID-19 and is in dangerous denial. The Prime Minister stands at the podium looking shellshocked as the Government’s response crashes down around her, complaining that New Zealand’s vaccine roll out is too slow. You have to hand it
David Seymour ACT Leader The Prime Minister’s strategy of eradicating COVID-19 and hiding behind the oceans is finished. She needs to stop fudging and confront reality on behalf of New Zealand. Every day of delusion increases the chance of COVID deaths. We need to prepare for the invasion and
David Seymour ACT Leader Forty five 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. The Government’s strategy has been to eradicate COVID-19
David Seymour ACT Leader The Government’s rushed Commercial Property Laws will erode New Zealand’s reputation as a safe place to invest. We have a Government of clueless children. They haven’t a clue what impact their jerky policies have. Like their oil and gas ban, they are telling
David Seymour ACT Leader It’s time to start planning for life beyond lockdowns. We can’t keep living with the uncertainty that we could be locked down again at any moment. It’s time to look to the future with a renewed sense of confidence. Delta has changed the
David Seymour ACT Leader The Government can’t answer the simple question, when will it deem the vaccination roll out to be complete, after Chris Hipkins appeared in front of the Health Select Committee this morning. The Government says it is relying on advice from Prof. Sir David Skegg. That
David Seymour ACT Leader Captain Planet James Shaw is taking 14 officials to Glasgow with him, the first XV of climate change. Despite COVID-19 being out of control in Glasgow, Shaw has decided to dive in boots and all. This is not the first time the squad has gone on
David Seymour ACT Leader Everything Jacinda Ardern based yesterday’s decision on was true two weeks ago, the only thing that’s changed is politics. Two weeks ago, there were about 20 cases each day, most new cases were within households, but a few new cases popped up to keep
David Seymour ACT Leader If the Government moves Auckland to Level 3 today then it needs to be clear with New Zealanders that it has given up on the elimination strategy. During the first lockdown, the Government kept New Zealanders in Level 4 based on the four-day average of 10
David Seymour ACT Leader More than 22,000 New Zealanders in the MIQ waiting room within hours of it opening have shown why locking down and locking out is unsustainable. The demand for MIQ is now clear for the first time. Twenty-two thousand is 110 times more than daily capacity
