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ACT Party

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Right-libertarian / classical-liberal party.

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last 26 weeks

29 Apr 2026 → 25 Oct 2026

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Topic	This source	Peer median	Ratio	Items
Government Size Reduction	0.78%	0.00%	unique	9
Taxpayer Burden On Debt Interest	0.52%	0.00%	unique	6

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\\ \\ **Press Release**\\ \\ **How ACT will unlock the digital economy**\\ \\ ****Nicole McKee****\\ \\ 24 Oct 2026\\ \\ ACT Deputy Leader Nicole McKee announced further commitments to ACT’s digital economy policy at a Wellington event hosted by Bitcoin event organisers, Bitkiwi. \\ \\ **Read More**

Australia's Project Acacia · Cryptocurrency Income Taxation · Digital Currency · Digital Economy Strategy · Fintech Partnerships · Fragmented Accountability · Tokenised Assets Regulation exposing systemic inefficiencies in cross-agency coordination

25 Oct
\\ \\ **Press Release**\\ \\ **Voters must be in charge, not the bureaucratic priesthood**\\ \\ ****David Seymour****\\ \\ 25 Oct 2026\\ \\ “Reports in today’s Sunday Star-Times about the ‘bureaucratic priesthood’ of the public service provides another insight into why it's essential the next Government takes the power back from the bureaucrats and returns it to the people who elect the Government,” says ACT Leader David Seymour.\\ \\ **Read More**

Bureaucratic Elitism · Chief Executive Selection · Government Size Reduction · Inter-Ministerial Accountability · Public Policy Neutrality · Public Service Restructuring · Race-Based Hiring Practices strengthened through direct responsibility and performance links

25 Oct
\\ \\ **Press Release**\\ \\ **ACT will give students a stake in their financial education**\\ \\ ****David Seymour****\\ \\ 24 Oct 2026\\ \\ “ACT will give every Year 11 student $500 to invest in a Sharesies-style account,” says ACT Leader David Seymour, launching a financial literacy policy previously teased in April. The policy will be included in the Party's election manifesto, to be released on Monday.\\ \\ **Read More**

Child Account Treatment · Financial Literacy In Education · Investor Education · Kiwisaver Tax Removal · Student Financial Ownership · Y11 Financial Literacy · Young Investor Initiative pro-wealth-building policy for long-term security

24 Oct
\\ \\ **Press Release**\\ \\ **Factcheck - Cynical Chris gets charter school costs wrong**\\ \\ ****David Seymour****\\ \\ 22 Oct 2026\\ \\ “As if to demonstrate that he is firmly in the pocket of left-wing teachers’ unions rather than on the side of students, Chris Hipkins has been caught repeating their false claims about charter school funding,” says ACT Leader David Seymour.\\ \\ **Read More**

Charter School Accountability · Charter School Enrolment Numbers · Charter School Funding · Education Minister Accountability · Leaders Debate Reaction To Charter Schools · Public Funding Transparency · Student Choice In Teaching families opting for alternatives due to system shortcomings

23 Oct
\\ \\ **Press Release**\\ \\ **Labour caught out courting gang votes**\\ \\ ****Nicole McKee****\\ \\ 22 Oct 2026\\ \\ “You can't pick your whānau, but you can pick where you campaign. Chris Hipkins has been caught out lecturing other parties about their judgement while his candidates campaign with gang members,” says ACT Deputy Leader Nicole McKee.\\ \\ **Read More**

Donation Origins From Gang Members · Gang Campaigning In Labour · Gang-Run Programmes Funding Shift · Political Distancing From Pro-Gang Narratives · Role Model Expectations In Politics · Three Strikes Law Proposal attempting to avoid association with gang-aligned ideologies

23 Oct
\\ \\ **Speech**\\ \\ **The Future of Health**\\ \\ ****David Seymour****\\ \\ 23 Oct 2026\\ \\ Every person in this room knows New Zealand's health system is under pressure. GPs have waiting lists longer than a hospital corridor and the corridor is where some of the treatment is needing to occur in hospitals.\\ \\ **Read More**

Gp Appointment Waits · Health Sector Red Tape · Health Workforce Productivity · Pharmac Funding Increase · Primary Care Workforce Distribution · Private Sector Delivery Of Elective Services · Racist Health System Removal economic growth essential for health sustainability

23 Oct
\\ \\ **Press Release**\\ \\ **ACT campaigning to transform 10,000 lives**\\ \\ ****David Seymour****\\ \\ 22 Oct 2026\\ \\ "ACT is campaigning to transform 10,000 lives for the better, by opening up education for those who’ve found the school door shut. Charter schools show children that education can be different, and we are campaigning to open up the possibility charter schools deliver for more children,” says ACT Leader David Seymour.\\ \\ **Read More**

Charter School Abolition · Charter School Accountability · Charter School Diversity In Curriculum · Charter School Expansion · Education System Transparency · Parental Choice In Education · Performance In Mathematics accountable, fiscally responsible

22 Oct
\\ \\ **Press Release**\\ \\ **No jobs in the smoko room**\\ \\ ****David Seymour****\\ \\ 22 Oct 2026\\ \\ “Chris Hipkins says the boardroom isn't his target audience and he's more interested in the mood of the smoko room. Someone should tell him the two are connected,” says ACT Leader David Seymour.\\ \\ **Read More**

Business Investment Perspective · Economic Growth Through Work · Labour-Corporate Business Relationship · Post-Election Economic Impact · Small Business Red Tape Reduction · Smoko Room Economic Confidence · Waste Minimisation Funding Cuts Labour frames employers and employees as opposing forces

22 Oct
\\ \\ **Press Release**\\ \\ **ACT will drive down costs for farmers**\\ \\ ****Andrew Hoggard****\\ \\ 22 Oct 2026\\ \\ “ACT will drive down the costs of farming by cutting red tape, preventing new taxes and bringing discipline to government spending,” says ACT Agriculture spokesperson Andrew Hoggard.\\ \\ **Read More**

Farming Red Tape Reduction · No Agricultural Emissions Tax · Property Development Without Consent · Public Land Compensation Principles · Recreational Farm Activities Regulation · Scientific Basis For Water Flow · Wilding Pines Funding practical, streamlined governance

22 Oct
\\ \\ **Press Release**\\ \\ **Record retail theft charges show why security guards need real powers**\\ \\ ****David Seymour****\\ \\ 21 Oct 2026\\ \\ “New figures showing more than 21,000 retail theft charges in the year to June shows why we need ACT's policy to give licensed security guards more power to protect businesses from crime,” says ACT Leader David Seymour.\\ \\ **Read More**

18 Retail Theft Charges · Employee Safety Concerns · Licenced Security Training · Security Officer Powers · Security Powers Expansion · Three Strikes For Burglary · Tough On Crime Policy practical, targeted authority to respond to threats

21 Oct
\\ \\ **Press Release**\\ \\ **Kiwis overseas - your vote starts here**\\ \\ ****David Seymour****\\ \\ 21 Oct 2026\\ \\ “Overseas voting opens today, and if you are a New Zealand citizen who has been home in the last three years, you can vote in this year's election. I am asking for your Party Vote for ACT,” says ACT Leader David Seymour.\\ \\ **Read More**

Act's Mission To Unlock Potential · Cancer Research Centre · International Voting Access Points · Kiwisaver Tax Removal · Protection Of Overseas Assets · Public Service Red Tape Reduction · Wage Growth For Kiwis Overseas national revival through responsible leadership

21 Oct
\\ \\ **Press Release**\\ \\ **Seymour offers to sub for cynical Chris Hipkins Health debate**\\ \\ ****David Seymour****\\ \\ 20 Oct 2026\\ \\ “Chris Hipkins’ offer to debate Chris Luxon on health shows he has a lot more self-confidence than ministerial competence. I’ll take him up on the offer,” says ACT leader David Seymour.\\ \\ **Read More**

Community Pharmacy Decline · Covid Vaccination Rates · Debate Credibility · Health System Mismanagement · Healthcare Policy Race-Obsession · Medicines Funding Gap · Primary Care Underfunding character critique through political challenge

20 Oct
\\ \\ **Press Release**\\ \\ **ACT will put trades on an equal footing with university**\\ \\ ****Paul Henry****\\ \\ 20 Oct 2026\\ \\ “Stop railroading children into thinking that university is the only path to success,” says ACT List Candidate Paul Henry.\\ \\ **Read More**

Course Credit Recognition · Industry Awards For Senior Students · Industry Skills Boards Research · Industry-Led School Subjects · Student Legacy Funding · University-First Education Mindset · Vocational Education Equity aligned with workforce needs

20 Oct
\\ \\ **Press Release**\\ \\ **The Mongrel Mob have no mana**\\ \\ ****Nicole McKee****\\ \\ 19 Oct 2026\\ \\ “Te Pāti Māori MP Oriini Kaipara has spoken about restoring mana to Mongrel Mob members. I want to know what Te Pāti Māori is proposing for the Māori victims of crime,” says ACT Deputy Leader Nicole McKee.\\ \\ **Read More**

Crime Victim Survey Data · Gang-Driven Meth Epidemic · Labour Criticism Of Te Pati Māori · Maori Victimhood · Restoration Of Mana To Victims Of Gang Violence · State Response To Ethnic Violence · Three Strikes Law Proposal government must take gangs seriously to protect communities

19 Oct
\\ \\ **Press Release**\\ \\ **ACT will invest $400 million to get Kiwis more GP appointments**\\ \\ ****James Christmas****\\ \\ 18 Oct 2026\\ \\ “ACT will invest an additional $400 million in general practice over four years to keep doctors in New Zealand, attract more from overseas, and deliver more GP appointments,” says ACT Candidate for Tāmaki James Christmas.\\ \\ **Read More**

General Practice Funding · Increase Gp Patient Hours · Labour Capital Gains Tax Gp Visit Subsidy · Oncology Workforce Retention · Overseas Medical Recruitment · Overseas-Trained Doctor Pathway · Retain Gpus In New Zealand direct investment in access and availability

18 Oct
\\ \\ **Press Release**\\ \\ **Harsher penalties for trashing communities**\\ \\ ****Andrew Hoggard****\\ \\ 16 Oct 2026\\ \\ “ACT will increase penalties for illegal rubbish dumping, and punish anyone using the land as their personal tip," says ACT Rural Communities spokesperson Andrew Hoggard. \\ \\ **Read More**

Community Pride · Deterrent Sentencing Message · Environmental Contamination · Food Waste Collection Compliance · Illegal Dumping · Ratepayer Equity In Waste Services · Tiered Waste Penalties punitive measures to discourage illegal behaviour

16 Oct
\\ \\ **Press Release**\\ \\ **ACT welcomes National backing ACT’s plan to cut farm red tape**\\ \\ ****Andrew Hoggard****\\ \\ 16 Oct 2026\\ \\ “ACT welcomes National backing our policy to set national standards for core farming activities and cut red tape for Kiwi farmers,” says ACT’s Agriculture spokesperson Andrew Hoggard.\\ \\ **Read More**

Agricultural Policy · Farming Red Tape Reduction · Farming Yield Standards · Freshwater Ecology · Primary Sector Investment · Rural Education Access · Te Mana O Te Wai Replacement replacing spiritual with scientific freshwater limits

16 Oct
\\ \\ **Press Release**\\ \\ **ACT welcomes medicines funding consensus**\\ \\ ****Todd Stephenson****\\ \\ 14 Oct 2026\\ \\ “ACT welcomes Christopher Luxon and Chris Hipkins agreeing to work together on long-term medicines funding. Any plan should include a path to close the medicines gap with Australia, as proposed by ACT,” says ACT’s Health spokesperson Todd Stephenson.\\ \\ **Read More**

Cancer Hospital Proposal · Cancer Mortality Disparities · Cross-Party Consensus On Health Policy · Medicines Funding Gap · Modern Medicine Availability · Starship For Cancer Campuses pragmatic cooperation and stability

15 Oct
\\ \\ **Press Release**\\ \\ **Hipkins leaves the school gate open to votes at 16**\\ \\ ****Paul Henry****\\ \\ 14 Oct 2026\\ \\ “If Chris Hipkins can’t even say no to votes for schoolkids, what hope has he got of saying no to his coalition partners?” asks ACT candidate Paul Henry, responding to the Labour Leader saying he is open to lowering the voting age to 16.\\ \\ **Read More**

Labour Party Vulnerability · National Government Fiscal Responsibility · Non-Taxpaying Voters · Separation Of School And Electoral Rolls · Student Disillusionment With Policy Changes · Voting Age Reduction a sign of political weakness and lack of discipline

15 Oct
\\ \\ **Press Release**\\ \\ **Greens campaigning for bureaucracy, rather than all of us**\\ \\ ****David Seymour****\\ \\ 15 Oct 2026\\ \\ “The Greens have just promised to cancel $2.4 billion in public service savings that could otherwise fund better healthcare, education, infrastructure, police and defence,” says ACT Leader David Seymour.\\ \\ **Read More**

Act's Fiscal Plan To Restore Spending To 2017 Levels · Government Taxpayer Value · Ministerial Efficiency · Pharmacist Treatment Expansion And Kiwi Saver Tax Relief · Public Spending Growth Despite Cuts · Reversal Of Public Sector Cuts · Systemic Political Inefficiency concern that over-regulation and expansion harm national productivity

15 Oct