David Seymour

With less than a month to go until New Zealand goes to the polls, the selection of party candidates and the quality of background checks is once again in the spotlight. It comes after a number of… Audio

The ACT Party's glitzy campaign launch was overshadowed by a moustachioed protestor who snuck into the event - incognito - at the weekend.

More than 500 people gathered in Auckland's Civic Theatre… Audio

The leaders of ACT, the Greens, Labour, and National face Midday Report’s Charlotte Cook, who grills them over policies, technique in the kitchen, and how they got into politics. Video

If he's finance minister David Seymour's pledging to work "tightly" with the "nats" to deliver on tax policy. But the ACT leader concedes his party will probably have to scale back its tax relief… Video, Audio

The ACT party wants to increase the prison population back to the 10,000 inmate record from 2017 as part of its law and order package. The policy includes a billion dollars to increase capacity by 500… Audio

The ACT Party has announced it will prioritise productivity over everything else, if elected.

ACT leader David Seymour has unveiled a policy that would set a target for New Zealand to be one of the… Audio

The election looms over Parliament’s debating chamber and as it nears the behaviour of MPs is amplified, especially in Question Time. We have a week of photos from above and from down amongst it.

Well what a week its been in parliament, arguments, accusations, an MP stripped of his portfolios after threatening behaviour and outside of parliament candidates standing down over social media… Audio

ACT endures scrutiny, Shane Jones impersonates Julie Andrews and we recall 1999, while Lacklustre Luxon and Ho Hum Hipkins fail to inspire. Video, Audio

Students will soon be learning how to manage money as part of their school's compulsory curriculum.

Labour wants young people to learn about budgeting, debt and how their KiwiSaver works during… Audio

The Government unveiled a $20 billion transport budget yesterday investing in cycleways, public transport and much needed pothole maintenance. But it all comes at a cost. The government proposes… Audio

In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Mark Leishman about the Greens' entire manifesto crowded out by coverage of a single law and order tweak from Act . Also a Mediawatch… Audio

ACTs abrupt turn on the youth justice age has been described as cynical, a backward step and exploiting fear. The party wants 17 year old offenders put back into the adult court system, reversing a… Video, Audio

The ACT Party has this month latched on to a Question Time tactic of using consecutive supplementary questions on a repetitive theme as a pile-on against the government. Audio

As the election nears, Question Time transforms into a forum for party political messaging. It’s not the ideal format for messaging and it doesn’t always go well.  Audio