ACT Party ACT’s Local Government spokesperson Simon Court. “The review from Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta completely misses the mark of what is important to ratepayers,” says ACT’s Local Government spokesperson Simon Court. “Our communities want their councils to get back to the basics. Water, rubbish, housing and
A review of local government is timely and necessary but it must not become the latest plank in the Labour Government’s centralisation agenda, National’s Local Government spokesperson Christopher Luxon says. “National supports the Future of Local Government review announced today. “The framework of considering what local government does,
News the Government will move to a risk-based approach for overseas arrivals is welcome but well overdue, National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “Back in January National proposed precisely this approach and since then we’ve been calling for a traffic light system for MIQ arrivals, where arrivals
Free Speech Coalition The Free Speech Coalition says that concrete examples of speech the Government intends to criminalize with its hate speech legislation is central to robust debate on the proposals. Spokesperson for the Coalition, Dr David Cumin says, “The Prime Minister has described the type of speech the government
New figures show the multi-million dollars being netted by top-earning emergency motels with the Government expecting this to continue for at least the next few years, National’s Housing spokesperson Nicola Willis says. “Emergency Housing should be about getting people back on their feet and into stable housing as soon
Proposed changes to the Education and Training Act 2020 are part of an ongoing attack on school choice by Labour, National’s Education spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. “Labour is hell-bent on a one-size-fits-all approach to our education system.” The Government is proposing to deprioritise children and siblings of former students
The Finance Minister needs to give New Zealanders peace of mind that the new powers he’s proposing to give himself over bank lending won’t over-reach into retail banking, National’s Finance spokesperson Andrew Bayly says. “The Finance Minister needs to reveal the full details of what he’s
ACT Party ACT Leader David Seymour “The Government’s deposit insurance scheme is the kind of moral hazard madness that led to the GFC,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “This is the socialisation of banking. “The Minister of Finance is saying 93 percent of bank customers don’t care about
The Committee on the Present Danger: China, (CPDC) Women’s Rights Without Frontiers (WRWF) WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Committee on the Present Danger: China, (CPDC) and Women’s Rights Without Frontiers (WRWF) released last week an open letter urging the United States Olympics Committee to move the 2022 Winter Olympics
ACT Party ACT Leader David Seymour “Jacinda Ardern’s paternalism and colonialism of the Cook Islands has gone too far as she’s stopped it from unilaterally being able to open its border,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “There is no threat to New Zealand, there is no entry point
ACT Party ACT Health spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “The creation of a Maori Health Authority with a veto over national health plans shows Jacinda Ardern’s Government is much more radical than Helen Clark’s was,” says ACT Health spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “The Government’s health review Cabinet paper
Hobson’s Pledge Trust Don Brash Another layer of separatist health delivery offers no rational prescription for Maori sickness and disability, Hobson’s Pledge spokesman Don Brash said yesterday. Today, Health Minister Andrew Little and Maori Health Associate Minister Peeni Henare announced a revamp that replaces 20 district health boards
ACT Party ACT’s Foreign Affairs spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “Praise for New Zealand’s Foreign Minister from a communist dictatorship is deeply concerning and shows the Government should be more focussed on building stronger ties with our traditional allies,” says ACT’s Foreign Affairs spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “New
ACT Party ACT’s Health spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “Today’s health review announcement from the Government has failed to address the real issues facing New Zealanders,” says ACT’s Health spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “Amalgamating the DHBs into one organisation is a positive step forward, but all the Government
ACT Party ACT Health spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “Pharmaceutical funding was totally absent from today’s health review, and that’s about where it is in this Government’s priorities,” according to ACT Health spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “The Government will, of course, point to the Pharmac review announced earlier
Green Party Green Party spokesperson for Social Development & Employment Ricardo Menéndez March. Research released today reinforces the need for significant changes to our social safety net, the Green Party says. “Everyone deserves to live with dignity, but our current social safety net doesn’t do enough for our most
