A mature, thoughtful conversation about Te Tiriti o Waitangi would be timely, but the Act party should not lead it. At the last election, it was the only party to propose a referendum on this subject, and 91.6 percent of the electorate did not support them. It had no democratic mandate to enact its ideas Read more
ACT leader David Seymour and Te Pāti Māori’s Rawiri Waititi have clashed in a tense debate about co-governance during what was supposed to be an interview about Labour’s policy dump. It comes after Prime Minister Chris Hipkins on Wednesday put several unpopular policies on the burn pile including the RNZ-TVNZ merger, hate speech reforms and Read more
More palliative care investment is needed in New Zealand, says Royal College of GPs medical director Dr Bryan Betty. He’s concerned about ACT Party leader David Seymour’s desire to widen the End of Life Choice Act criteria. Seymour argues the change is necessary, as many who want assisted suicide are “missing out”. Seymour says this Read more
Looser criteria in the euthanasia law are needed, says ACT Party leader David Seymour. A year after coming into force, the End of Life Choice Act is working well and opponents of the law change had “melted away,” Seymour says. “The figures overwhelmingly show a law that is working. People can and do get through Read more
Act leader David Seymour wants the Human Rights Commission abolished because of its “left-wing manifesto.” “The Commission is a hard-left organisation masquerading as a government department,” he says. The Human Rights Commission today is calling for the new government to honour human rights. To this end, it has laid out 39 issues it wants politicians Read more