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Climate strikes and teacher-only days are no excuses for missing school, Seymour says.
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Seymour slams climate strike protest, urges schools to throw book at truant pupils
"If they want to make real change in the world, they need to turn up to school."
Audrey Young: Labour's howls of protest have a whiff of hypocrisy
OPINION: If only the Opposition had practised what they preached when they were in charge.
Seymour says parents could face prosecution for kids' truancy
The Associate Education Minister announces a new scheme to tackle a 'truancy crisis'.
Editorial: Slow Govt decision-making on ferries starts to make iRex look good
OPINION: Even with an eye-watering budget blowout, at least there was a plan.
David Seymour’s charter school bill passes third reading; Labour calls it ‘a sad day’
First charter schools are expected to open early next year.
Act concerned by university's travel funding guidelines
AUT's policy gives academics who identify as Māori and Pasifika preference.
Editorial: Coalition must be applauded for rapid response to emergency housing
OPINION: The Government has done a remarkable job in eight months.
Heather du Plessis-Allan: WFH habits hitting Wellington's economy hard
OPINION: Mondays and Fridays are for WFH - working from home.
'Petrified they'll succeed': Seymour blasts teacher unions worried about charter schools
The first charter schools are set to open in 2025 with the application process now open.
Audrey Young: Te Pāti Māori MP scores spectacular own-goal over 'lies' slur
OPINION: Tākuta Ferris proved his point with his own blatant porky.
New poll results show closer fight between Hipkins, Luxon
It follows a poor public poll for the Labour leader.
David Seymour releases targets charter schools must hit to avoid repercussions
Schools face losing contracts if they fail to reach minimum standards.
Audrey Young: The tsunami of policies aimed at Māori
OPINION: Māori claim to have been 'thrown under the bus' by the Government. Here's how.
Editorial: Basing healthcare on need is right, but equity also needs urgent attention
OPINION: Inequities for Māori and Pasifika will not go away.
Charter schools: Seymour says Act is at heart of helping Māori language flourish
David Seymour says Act's education schools are helping Māori flourish.
Firearms minister won’t rule out trying to bring back banned guns
A law change will give the minister power to say what guns should be prohibited.
Claire Trevett: David Seymour's annoying habit of hogging headlines
OPINION: The Treaty Principles Bill is going nowhere - so why is Seymour digging in?
Peters pulls Ngata into Treaty debate from the grave
Sir Apirana Ngata's family discussed how to respond to him being used in debate.
‘Need rather than race’: Govt formally makes expectations clear to public services
A coalition agreement says that “need” should be prioritised over "race".
Letters: Teaching resilience – students need learning that suits them
OPINION: 'The learner is the prime focus, not the institution’s convenience.'
Matthew Hooton: Act achieves total victory on Treaty bill
OPINION: David Seymour has out-negotiated Christopher Luxon at every turn.
Audrey Young: David Seymour's Treaty bill is already a disaster
OPINION: No, we don't yet have a draft. But we have at least one unworkable principle.
Estimate suggests $4m cost to progress Treaty Principles Bill
ACT Party leader David Seymour is dismissing the analysis, calling it fabricated.
Act MP's emotional speech
Mark Cameron has spoken in Parliament about the death of his son. Video / Parliament TV
Watch: Act MP's emotional speech to Parliament - 'I buried my boy and he is gone'
The MP described himself as 'a shadow of the man that boy would have become'.
Treaty Principles Bill: The three principles of the bill agreed on by Cabinet
The bill being spearheaded by David Seymour is currently being drafted.
Coalition Government's 'anti-Māori agenda' slammed
Indigenous leaders around the world call for the Treaty to be respected.
Letters: Seymour sowing discord and wasting money with Treaty bill
OPINION: 'The aim of the legislation appears to be to raise the public profile of Act.'
Claire Trevett: Trade-offs obvious as Seymour and Luxon wrestle over Treaty Principles Bill timing
OPINION: Neither PM nor Seymour got it all their own way on the timing of Treaty bill.
David Seymour gives indication of Treaty Principles Bill timeline, says Select Committee will be for six months
A draft version of the bill is expected in November.
David Seymour talks timelines of the Treaty Principles Bill
Act leader David Seymour is asked about timelines on the Treaty Principles Bill. Video / Mark Mitchell
Treaty Principles Bill ‘damaging’ Government-Māori relationship, says Labour MP Cushla Tangaere-Manuel
'At an iwi and hapū level, it’s devastating.'
Luxon responds after 400 church leaders' open letter against Treaty Principles Bill
The Waitangi Tribunal has criticised the Act bill as unfair.