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Tag: ACT Party

New Zealand Election 2023 post-mortem collage photo stock photo ballot box and The Beehive with NZ flag and Tino Rangatiratanga flag in the foreground.
New Zealand 
October 19, 2023October 28, 2023

Election 2023: A referendum on co-governance and law and order

Posted By: Louie Encabo 1061 Views 2023 New Zealand election, ACT Party, chris hipkins, featured, new zealand labour party, winston peters

In the aftermath of an election, political analysts and commentators release a port-mortem to dissect the ramifications of the vote and attempt to explain

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David Seymour Jacinda Ardern John Key banner photo collage
New Zealand 
September 30, 2023

Why the liberal ACT party won’t work with New Zealand First

Posted By: Eric Lomas 948 Views ACT Party, David Lange, david seymour, featured, John Key, new zealand first, Roger Douglas, rogernomics, winston peters

If we were to take anything out of TV3’s “Power Brokers Debate”, it was that ACT leader David Seymour and New Zealand First leader

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ACT Party Easter trading laws new zealand
New Zealand 
May 29, 2022

In defense of Easter trading laws

Posted By: Eric Lomas 1005 Views ACT Party, Chris Baillie, Easter trading laws, workers rights

Much like social services and good wages, our public holidays have also been a target for the political right. Last month, the National and

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Brooke van Velden ACT Party Austerity
New Zealand 
September 5, 2020September 5, 2020

New Zealand: ACT wants to impose the harshest austerity measures we’ve seen since Rogernomics

Posted By: Louie Encabo 1358 Views ACT Party, austerity measures, brooke van velden, david seymour, featured

After the Green Party scared rational voters many weeks ago with their bizarre pronouncement that: “Tax is love”, their fringe counterpart on the opposite

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ACT Party David Seymour Kenneth Wang
New Zealand 
June 16, 2019June 16, 2019

A party soul-searching: Understanding the ACT Party’s identity crisis

Posted By: Louie Encabo 1252 Views ACT Party, david seymour, don brash, featured, freedom of speech, jamie whyte, kenneth wang, rodney hide

This weekend the ACT Party underwent a rebranding: a rehashing of its image, its messaging, and its brand of politics undoubtedly in preparation for

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New Zealand 
March 11, 2019March 11, 2019

Richard Prebble’s gaffe shows ACT’s true attitude on education

Posted By: Louie Encabo 1297 Views ACT Party, david seymour, education in new zealand, featured, richard prebble, tomorrows schools

Education has become one of the loudest battlegrounds between the incumbent Coalition Government and the parties in Opposition, particularly as the former want to

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New Zealand 
December 16, 2017

A Heartless Cost-Cutting Measure

Posted By: Louie Encabo 1154 Views ACT Party, david seymour, End of Life Choice Bill, euthanasia, featured, Louie Encabo

They say the true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable people. This quote by Mahatama Gandhi

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