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![Simon Wilson: Act, Paul Henry, Shane Jones and the March for Nature](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=784)
Simon Wilson: Act, Paul Henry, Shane Jones and the March for Nature
OPINION: Good governance requires more than preaching to the choir.
![Opinion: What threatens Act’s goal of 15 per cent in the next election?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=784)
Opinion: What threatens Act’s goal of 15 per cent in the next election?
Act's polling suggests it could drastically improve its 2023 party vote.
![Watch: Act sets 15 per cent target for 2026 election at annual rally, Seymour fronts media](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=784)
Watch: Act sets 15 per cent target for 2026 election at annual rally, Seymour fronts media
The sold-out rally was attended by more than 500 people, with Paul Henry as guest speaker.
![Claire Trevett: Te Pāti Māori allegations go to the heart of public trust](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=784)
Claire Trevett: Te Pāti Māori allegations go to the heart of public trust
OPINION: So far, there's a lot of fog and not much light around the claims.
![Debate intensifies over Māori rights and Treaty Principles Bill amid call for a separate Parliament](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=784)
Debate intensifies over Māori rights and Treaty Principles Bill amid call for a separate Parliament
There has been outrage over the Treaty Principles Bill and cuts to services for Māori.
![Letters: Another family caught up in ridiculous red tape](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=784)
Letters: Another family caught up in ridiculous red tape
OPINION: Immigration NZ delivers 'a brilliant gem of bureaucratic lunacy'.
![Barry Soper: The way this Govt has governed is not right enough for Seymour](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=784)
Barry Soper: The way this Govt has governed is not right enough for Seymour
OPINION: Act reckons Nicola Willis could have gone further on the Budget.
![Acting PM David Seymour on The Country](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=784)
Acting PM David Seymour on The Country
David Seymour, Jane Smith, Anna Palairet, Peter Nation, Phil Ropiha.
!['Let down': Budget funds charter schools at cost of much needed teacher aides, unions say](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=784)
'Let down': Budget funds charter schools at cost of much needed teacher aides, unions say
Schools run on smell of oily rag, while $150m given to 'ineffective' charter scheme: union
![Te Pāti Māori protests: Party leaders steadfast in encouraging people out, PM Luxon says it is illegal](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=784)
Te Pāti Māori protests: Party leaders steadfast in encouraging people out, PM Luxon says it is illegal
Strike action is planned across the country tomorrow with major disruption to traffic.
![Pharmac minister David Seymour met new Act MP’s former drug company employer](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=784)
Pharmac minister David Seymour met new Act MP’s former drug company employer
Todd Stephenson has links with two of the three companies Seymour met.
![‘A thorn in National’s side’: Which coalition partner is giving Luxon a headache six months in?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=784)
‘A thorn in National’s side’: Which coalition partner is giving Luxon a headache six months in?
Today marks six months since National, Act and NZ First were sworn into power
![David Seymour on Te Tiriti: We want a society that’s modern, multi ethnic that values our humanity](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=784)
David Seymour on Te Tiriti: We want a society that’s modern, multi ethnic that values our humanity
David Seymour on Te Tiriti: We want a society that’s modern, multi ethnic that values our humanity ahead of our differences
![John Tamihere: The big winners of next week's Budget are not Māori](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=784)
John Tamihere: The big winners of next week's Budget are not Māori
OPINION: There's not much for Māori to celebrate in Budget 2024.
![Whānau of 12-year-old girl fighting for her life asks Government to intervene](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=784)
Whānau of 12-year-old girl fighting for her life asks Government to intervene
The whānau of a 12-year-old girl with osteosarcoma, ask Associate Health Minister David Seymour to step in and allow her to receive an experimental drug. Video / Te Ao
![Audrey Young: Inside David Seymour's inner circle; the surprise MPs who inspired him](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=784)
Audrey Young: Inside David Seymour's inner circle; the surprise MPs who inspired him
The Act leader received memorable advice after watching a Mexican drug movie.
![Oranga Tamariki: Bill repealing section of act passes first reading in Parliament](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=784)
Oranga Tamariki: Bill repealing section of act passes first reading in Parliament
The pledge to repeal the section was part of Act’s coalition agreement with National.
![Pseudoephedrine cold and flu medicines back on shelves](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=784)
Pseudoephedrine cold and flu medicines back on shelves
Associate Minister David Seymour said there would be safeguards in place.
![David Seymour, unions clash over charter school scheme](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=784)
David Seymour, unions clash over charter school scheme
David Seymour says PPTA meetings on charter schools are pushing 'misinformation'.
![Charter Schools could increase govt costs - report](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=784)
Charter Schools could increase govt costs - report
Charter school students were likely to be funded at a higher per-student rate.
![Govt gets advice on billion-dollar merger and potential sale of state assets](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=784)
Govt gets advice on billion-dollar merger and potential sale of state assets
Previous Governments have failed in attempts at an asset mega-merger.