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Mata Reports | ACT: The Foreign Influences That Have Shaped David Seymour's Political Agenda, and What It Means for Aotearoa
Mata explores the forces shaping David Seymour’s ideologies, through the eyes of a former party insider. Video
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Attendance administrator on govt boost to tackle truancy
The government's announced 140 million dollars to help boost school attendance as it battles to reach its target of 80 percent of students at school for 90 percent of the term by 2030. As part of that… Audio
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Peters hits back at free speech argument as heckler's employer investigates
The rail minister says he's 'never heard such filthy language out in the public like that - foul, filthy language' . Audio
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Protest over free bowel screening eligibility
Dozens at Parliament are calling for a lowering of the age of eligibility for free bowel screening tests to 45.
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Parliament faces a debate primed for filibuster in Budget week
All 123 MPs will be allowed to have their say on the potential punishment of Te Pāti Māori MPs for last year's Treaty Principles haka.
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Opposition wants school lunches probe to consider cost burden
Labour has requested an inquiry by the Auditor General into the school lunch programme to go even further.
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Cabinet signs off on introducing Regulatory Standards Bill
The Bill would introduce law-making principles that legislation would need to be measured against.
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Budget 2025: Everything announced so far
Struggling to keep up with all the "pre-Budget" news? We've got you covered.
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'It's fascism': Lady Tureiti Moxon blasts Regulatory Standards Bill
Audio 17 May 2025Late on Friday the Waitangi Tribunal released its interim report into the proposed Regulatory Standards Bill. Audio
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Waitangi Tribunal recommends 'immediate halt' of Regulatory Standards Bill
It comes from the Tribunal's interim report into the bill, which follows a one-day urgent hearing early this week.
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Te Pāti Māori lawyer slams punishment as 'absolute disgrace'
Judith Collins says the unprecedented suspension of three MPs was not taken lightly, but the party's lawyer says it's simply not appropriate. Audio
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Brooke van Velden drops C-word in Parliament
Act leader David Seymour says he is proud of his deputy: 'She's a star'.
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The confusing blitz of the pay equity bill
The government's shock and awe approach to changing the legislation has fanned the flames of anger.
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Standards bill a stealthier version of Treaty bill, say claimants
An urgent hearing into Act's Regulatory Standards Bill say it will diminish the Crown's obligations to the Treaty of Waitangi.
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Principal to use truancy funding to feed, clothe children
Hamilton school has been running their own attendance service for five years. Audio
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Brooke van Velden drops C-word in Parliament
Act leader David Seymour says he is proud of his deputy: 'She's a star'.
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Businesses shouldn't serve children in uniforms - Seymour
Businesses have a moral obligation and should do their bit and not serve school kids in school uniforms during school hours. The minister in charge of getting absent kids back to class made the… Audio
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Govt increases funding to tackle serious truancy
In a pre-Budget announcement, associate education minister David Seymour said he wants to overhaul and improve the attendance services charged with getting chronically absent kids back to class. He… Audio
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Coalition deride Green budget as 'Marxist' and 'left-wing Trumpism'
Coalition leaders have blasted the Greens' proposal for wealth taxes, free GP visits and childcare, calling it "clown show economics".
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Retail NZ on 140 million govt package to improve attendance
The Minister in charge of attendance, David Seymour in an announcement said business should not serve children in school uniforms in school hours if they're doing their bit to curb truancy. On… Audio
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18,000 register for Tribunal claim against controversial bill
Toitū Te Tiriti, the group behind last year's Hīkoi, is leading the claim over the Regulatory Standards Bill.
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$140m announced for new school truancy service
David Seymour says the attendance service will address chronic absence.
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Waitangi Tribunal already doing what it's intended to do - Treaty law experts
A government review announced last week the Tribunal will be refocused back to its 'original intent', but Treaty law experts say it's already doing that.
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Social media restrictions will need to be policed by government - expert
The government should not rely on social media platforms to restrict use for under-16s on their systems, an information systems expert says. Audio
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ACT leader on proposed social media ban for under 16s
David Seymour says the Prime Minister is being overly optimistic in stating the ACT party had shifted its position on a social media ban for under 16-year-olds. But he told our political reporter… Audio
