Press Releases

Progress on this legislation means local communities, who deserve a say in their planning laws, can breathe easy. Elected councils up and down the country have opposed MDRS, and now we’re making it entirely their choice

We won’t sugarcoat it, the Government books are grim. The real accounts were worse under Labour than were published at the time. Only now are we seeing the full picture with revised figures.

The requirement that an AEWV job pay at least the median wage was poorly thought-out. It forced employers to ramp up wages offered to migrants who would have happily taken a job at a lower wage

ACT has long campaigned on getting local councils back to basics, with a value-for-money focus. The Government’s moves today are an important step in this direction

When Kiwis hear what the Treaty Principles Bill does, instead of what the media or Te Pāti Māori says it does, they support it

The resignation of the Chair of NZ Green Investment Finance puts a bitter cherry on top of a six-year corporate welfare debacle

This is real change that will make it far harder to exploit the benefit system, Benefit sanctions are a crucial tool to deal with those who take taxpayer money while refusing to take basic steps to support themselves.

Today’s changes are great news for renters and landlords, ACT’s longstanding position has been that Labour’s restrictive tenancy rules hurt both tenant and landlord.

Taxpayers are the winner from today’s Cook Strait ferry announcement. The Government has delivered a solution at a fraction of the cost of Labour’s plan and is opening the door to private investment in the process

Together, these reforms will mean New Zealanders are freer and prosperous. We're removing barriers set from Wellington so peaceful people can make a difference in their own lives and in the lives of those they care about.

Unelected representation is oxymoronic, these appointees will develop plans and award contracts that ratepayers will pay for.

Of the four options presented, New Zealanders most favoured a referendum, followed by Parliament, then the Waitangi Tribunal, with the judiciary ranked last.