ACT Party “A completely inflexible Immigration New Zealand seems hell-bent on disrupting New Zealand’s food supply chain,” says ACT Immigration spokesperson Dr James McDowall and ACT Primary Industries spokesperson Mark Cameron. “The Government should be on a war footing right now, shoring up export income from agriculture, but it
Rather than talking about how to tackle the rise of firearm violence in our communities, the Police should just take the guns off the gangs, National’s Police spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “It’s past time for the Government to implement National’s Firearm Prohibition Orders. This would immediately give
The Government needs to stop condemning tourism businesses to the scrap heap and instead urgently redirect support to the ailing sector, National’s Tourism spokesperson Todd McClay says. “Tourism Minister Stuart Nash’s dismissal of the sector is extremely distressing for the thousands of Kiwis who have poured their life
ACT Party Nicole McKee “How on earth is this Government letting known gang members not only hold firearms licences, but letting the number holding them increase, despite the law they just passed having specific provision to remove them,” asks ACT Firearms Reform spokesperson Nicole McKee. “On 5 January I said
The terms of reference for the inquiry into the riot at Waikeria Prison won’t get to the bottom of why it burned down, National’s Corrections spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “During Select Committee today Corrections confirmed every single one of the rioters was a gang member. “Given this information,
Family First New Zealand familyfirst.org.nz Official advice to the Minister and Associate Minister of Health regarding ‘conversion therapy’ has revealed that a ban is not recommended. Official Information Act requests show that in 2018, Associate Minister of Health and Green MP Julie Anne Genter was advised by the
National Party Chris Bishop With the Pullman Hotel receiving MIQ returnees again, it’s important the Government immediately releases the reports into how COVID-19 was caught by three people in the facility, National’s COVID-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “The Government has indicated it will release the Pullman Hotel
ACT Party “The Prime Minister’s post-Cabinet press conference yesterday was a nauseating stream of self-congratulation when what she should have been doing was apologising,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Make no mistake, our biggest city is in a three-day lockdown because someone who worked in close proximity to the
National Party Simeon Brown This soft-on-crime Government has only filled one-third of additional police positions focused on organised crime despite gang membership increasing at an alarming rate, National’s Police spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “Of the 700 promised positions focused on targeting organised crime, only 239 have been filled. The
ACT Party “The Government needs to front up and reveal why Police have set up a key checkpoint between Auckland and Northland at Brynderwyn, which is in the Kaipara District, outside of Auckland’s level 3 boundary, and why,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Schedules 4 and 5 of the
ACT Party “We must hope that the Government’s testing and tracing can isolate this outbreak before a damaging extended lockdown harms livelihoods,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “ACT’s primary concern is for all those businesses, workers and households who now face the uncertainty of a further lockdown, and
National Party Judith Collins The latest lockdown will be a devastating blow to New Zealanders who have sacrificed so much to keep this country COVID-free, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. “I feel for the people who have already sacrificed their livelihoods, their jobs and their businesses to keep
ACT Party “The Government must ensure that journalists can remain independent of the state despite the $55 million of taxpayer money it’s just given to media companies,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Journalists must be more than free to bite the hand that feeds them – as the Fourth Estate
National Party Paul Goldsmith Labour’s messaging on New Zealand’s curriculum is confused and misses what is important to improve student achievement, National’s Education spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. “On the one hand, Associate Education Minister Jan Tinetti says the re-announced curriculum review will focus on ‘wellbeing, identities, language
ACT Party “For three and a half years the Labour Government has been pushing housing further away from those who most need it, and from today that challenge will be amplified,” says ACT Housing spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “Warnings that increased business risks and costs being piled onto landlords by
National Party Nicola Willis The Government needs to show more urgency and commitment if it ever wants to make meaningful strides towards solving the housing shortage and getting wins for the environment. National’s spokesperson for Housing and RMA reform Nicola Willis says first-home buyers will be disappointed the Government
