David Seymour ACT Party Hone Harawira does not speak for New Zealanders and has no right to stop our freedom of movement. New Zealanders rejected Harawira when he tried to get back into Parliament. He has no mandate, he doesn’t speak for New Zealanders, he doesn’t even speak
David Seymour ACT Leader Throughout the COVID-19 response the Government has taken a leaf from Steven Joyce’s book, with most of its policies being ‘pretty legal,’ now the hairdresser trial is illegal, and the traffic light system still has no legal basis. There is no legal basis for the
David Seymour ACT Leader Grant Robertson should be able to connect the Government’s floundering COVID response with money printing and rising costs of life and housing, but can’t or won’t. New Zealand had the second largest fiscal policy response in the OECD, before Delta hit. The Government
David Seymour ACT Leader A crime wave across Auckland is taking place as violent criminals feel empowered by the knowledge Police are busy at the border. Last night in Mount Eden a dairy that was raided recently was targeted again, along with the liquor store next door. One Police officer
David Seymour ACT Leader The Government yesterday made it illegal for businesses to display signs saying all staff are fully vaccinated – a result of its rushed COVID laws. This was clearly a mistake by the Government given ACT has obtained draft signage from the Ministry of Health prepared for businesses
David Seymour ACT Leader Labour needs to stop milking gratitude for giving citizens any freedom at all and start explaining why restrictions are justified. It has the relationship between citizens and government back to front, and it’s covering the fact the Government’s systems aren’t ready. When the
David Seymour ACT Leader While people ask whether the Government will ‘let’ Auckland go to Alert Level 3 Step 3, a better approach is to cast off the Stockholm Syndrome and ask why hairdressers and hospitality should stay shut. The restrictions are not there to help social cohesion. People follow
David Seymour ACT Leader The Government’s announcement on boosters showed how all announcements should be done. Cabinet made the decision; the Prime Minister immediately shared the information with the public. People now know what the Government will do, and when. We now know that if you had your vaccine
David Seymour ACT Leader Today’s a great opportunity for Jacinda Ardern to show some leadership, by giving clear commitments on borders, boosters, and Freedom Day. The Prime Minister should set out what will happen and when, then state clearly if there are any scenarios that could get in the
David Seymour ACT Leader As the reality of teachers and nurses walking away from their jobs sets in today, ACT is again calling for the mandate to allow regular testing as an alternative to vaccination. ACT is pro-vaccination; we are frustrated by those who are refusing the vaccine. But the
David Seymour ACT Leader With the onset of widespread vaccine mandates about to create chaos in multiple sectors, it’s time for the Government to apply the approach of the Danish Government, Air New Zealand, and its own requirement for teachers to all mandates. That is, the mandate should allow
David Seymour ACT Leader The Prime Minister has lost control of the COVID response and can’t make up her mind what the strategy is. First, we needed to reach 90 per cent vaccination, then there would be a decision on November 29th and now she’s thinking we might
David Seymour ACT Leader ACT is calling on the Prime Minister to visit those worst affected by the Auckland lockdown and not just carry out a stage-managed visit when she finally goes to Auckland today. If Jacinda really wants to understand Aucklanders’ situation, her visit needs to be real. She
David Seymour ACT Leader ACT’s Freedom Day has effectively been adopted by the Government – if only they’d offered certainty earlier. Jacinda Ardern should now go further and take the whole country to Level Orange of the COVID-19 Protection Framework. This decision should have been made weeks ago. Nothing
David Seymour ACT Leader Jacinda Ardern hasn’t made a decision on whether Aucklanders will need a time slot to leave to city because she’s lost control of the Robertson/Hipkins spat. On Newshub Nation this morning she refused to rule out time slots for Aucklanders to leave the
David Seymour ACT Leader The Ministry of Health has done the right thing by not handing over the private health information of individuals based on race. The effect of a High Court judgement last week that Whanau Ora Commissioning Agency should have access to Maori data to try to lift
