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Tag: david seymour

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 1001 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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One law for all
New Zealand 
March 14, 2023March 16, 2023

Will Election 2023 turn into a referendum on co-governance?

Posted By: Eric Lomas 632 Views 2023 New Zealand election, chris hipkins, christopher luxon, Co-governance, david seymour, featured, Maori, maori party, separatism, winston peters

Very few political polls command the same fanfare and intrigue as 1News’ Kantar Public Poll, the only exception being the Newshub-Reid Research Poll. Thus,

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Christopher Luxon Winston Peters and Jacinda Ardern photo collage
New Zealand 
January 17, 2023February 3, 2023

A lot can still happen before the election

Posted By: Eric Lomas 700 Views 2023 New Zealand election, christopher luxon, david seymour, featured, jacinda ardern, new zealand labour party, winston peters

With Parliament in holiday, MPs around the country would have welcomed the new year at the beach, at a barbie with friends and loved

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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 1383 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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Winston Peters Jacinda Ardern Judith Collins
New Zealand 
August 28, 2020August 30, 2020

New Zealand: How should we manage our borders and quarantine facilities?

Posted By: Louie Encabo 1026 Views covid-19 pandemic, david seymour, featured, jacinda ardern, Judith Collins, managed isolation facilities, winston peters

With the re-emergence of COVID-19 in New Zealand, the issue of border security and managed isolation facilities has become a hot political topic. After

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New Zealand 
August 16, 2020August 16, 2020

New Zealand: Should the election be pushed back to a later date?

Posted By: Louie Encabo 941 Views 2020 new zealand elections, david seymour, featured, jacinda ardern, Judith Collins, new zealand labour party, new zealand national party, winston peters

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will announce on Monday, 17th August the fate of this year’s general elections. Originally set for the 19th of September,

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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 1278 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 1321 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 1169 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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