ACT
Introduce 'three strikes' sentencing, strengthened
Cut government spending by NZ$2.7b a year
Treaty Principles Bill — define Treaty principles in law
Remove race-based policies from public services
ACT Health — choice, competition and shorter wait lists
ACT Education — school choice, partnership schools and curriculum reform
ACT Infrastructure — fast-track consenting and RMA reform
ACT Hunting & Firearms — restore firearms freedoms and support recreational hunting
ACT Rural Policy — water rights, farming deregulation and rural communities
Three-strikes sentencing for repeat burglary
Close the Pharmac funding gap by lifting medicines spending
A $2 billion national cancer centre
Quotes where ACT politicians rubbish, ridicule or dismiss opponents.
→ Mark Patterson (NZ First)
“Sometimes it's better to watch what people do instead of what they say”
ACT MP Parmjeet Parmar criticised NZ First minister Mark Patterson for a taxpayer-funded trip to India to promote New Zealand wool exports while his party opposes the New Zealand-India Free Trade Agreement. NZ First responded that it opposes only "bad" FTAs not in NZ's interests, noted ACT had voted for the deal despite clauses it usually opposes, and turned Parmar's own line back on her.
→ Labour Party (Labour)
“Every policy is a feel-good headline about something being 'free', with no idea how they'll pay for it. The word for that kind of politics is cynical. Three years in power at any cost and Labour costs a lot.”
Seymour delivered his ACT party conference speech attacking Labour ahead of the 2026 election campaign, framing Labour's policy platform as fiscally reckless and politically cynical.
→ Green Party (Greens)
“They've given up saving pūkeko, so they can save Palestinians instead. When they're not leading antisemitic chants, they're flying business class.”
Seymour attacked the Green Party at his ACT conference speech, ridiculing them for abandoning environmental causes in favour of foreign policy activism while accusing them of hypocrisy.
→ Te Pāti Māori (Te Pāti Māori)
“Three years, six MPs and the best they could do for Māori is a haka on TikTok.”
Seymour dismissed Te Pāti Māori's parliamentary record at his ACT conference speech, contrasting their haka protest (over the Treaty Principles Bill) with substantive legislative achievement.
→ Previous Labour and National governments (Clark, Key, Ardern) (Labour)
“Over the last quarter of a century, the Clark, Key, and Ardern governments have all eroded the simple idea that you are the person that makes the difference in your own life.”
Seymour's State of the Nation speech in Auckland condemned three decades of governance as 'lost decades' that created dependency on Wellington rather than individual responsibility.
Quotes from other parties targeting ACT.
→ David Seymour / ACT Party (ACT)
“Whenever the ACT Party wants to do something, they're quite happy to simply abandon a good regulatory process and ram things through parliament under urgency. That is the absolute hypocrisy of the ACT Party — David Seymour is a total and utter hypocrite.”
Hipkins attacked ACT leader Seymour on the same day ACT announced new lawmaking standards while the coalition rushed pay equity legislation through under urgency without regulatory impact analysis.