Podcasts by Politics in Full Sentences: ACT New Zealand

ACT’s Economic Plan for Recovery from 2020-06-15T10:15:41

This week on Politics in Full Sentences Max Whitehead is joined by ACT Leader David Seymour and ACT Deputy Leader Beth Houlbrooke. Does the Government have a plan beyond borrowing to spend and h...

Increasing Fuel Tax in Time of Crisis from 2020-06-08T22:42:07

This week on Politics in Full Sentences ACT Leader David Seymour is joined by former ACT President Ruwan Premathilaka and Ken Shirley, former Road Transport Forum CEO, Labour Cabinet Minister, a...

ACT’s Candidates for 2020 from 2020-05-25T08:41:24

Max Whitehead joins ACT Leader David Seymour and Deputy Leader Beth Houlbrooke following yesterday’s announcement of 49 talented candi...

Unpacking the Budget from 2020-05-18T21:50:06

This week on Politics in Full Sentences Max Whitehead is joined by ACT Leader David Seymour and Deputy Leader Beth Houlbrooke to unpack the Government’s Budget. Labour knows how to throw your ta...

Gun Buyback: A Disaster From Start to Finish from 2020-05-11T09:23:57

This week on Politics in Full Sentences, Max Whitehead is joined by ACT Leader David Seymour and Council of Licenced Firearm Owners spokesperson Nicole McKee to discuss the failed "buyback" sche...

COVID: A Road to Recovery from 2020-05-04T08:50:58

Max Whitehead is joined by ACT Leader David Seymour and Deputy Leader Beth Houlbrooke to discuss the right economic policies for a rapid recovery. What's the Government been doing and are they a...

COVID-19: SMEs and level 3 from 2020-04-20T11:19:11

Tonight, on Politics in Full Sentences Max Whitehead discusses the lockdown's impact on SMEs with ACT Leader David Seymour and Deputy Leader Beth Houlbrooke. SMEs are unable to operate, but rent...

COVID-19: What’s the way forward to Reopening the Economy? from 2020-04-06T20:59

The economic pain is starting to become real to more and more people. The most important question is how and when we reopen the Economy. Tonight we talk about what a Government should do for a h...

COVID-19: Your Questions to the Government from 2020-03-30T20:27:14

On this week’s episode of Politics in Full Sentences we discuss how you can help us keep democracy strong while Parliament is shut. What is the Epidemic Response Committee, how will ACT offer co...

COVID-19 Discussion: Your questions answered from 2020-03-23T22:27:01

On this week's episode of Politics in Full Sentences Max Whitehead joins David Seymour and Beth Houlbrooke from self-isolation to take your questions and provide answers on the COVID-19 situatio...

Abortion Law Reform: The Law, The Right to Choose, Safe Areas, and Freedom of Speech from 2020-03-16T07:45:57

In this episode of Politics in Full Sentences Max Whitehead speaks to ACT Leader David Seymour and ACT Deputy Leader Beth Houlbrooke about Abortion Law Reform. A new abortion law could pass as s...

Runaway Rents: Is the answer regulation or reform? from 2020-03-09T22:05:01

In this episode of Politics in Full Sentences Max Whitehead speaks to New Zealand Property Investors' Federation Executive Officer Andrew King and Young Act Policy Advisor Jackson Graham. Univer...

Property Rights and the Year Ahead from 2020-03-02T08:38:28

In this episode of Politics in Full Sentences, Max Whitehead speaks to ACT Leader David Seymour about the importance of property rights. How are property rights being eroded by the Labour-led Go...

State of the Nation 2020 - David Seymour, ACT Leader from 2020-02-14T06:34:33

Introduction

Thank you Beth and thank you to our wonderful ACT Party volunteers and President. Did you know our online donations averaged a thousand dollars per day for th...

Year in Review: ACT's Achievements in 2109 from 2019-12-19T12:11:18

In this episode of Politics in Full Sentences, we look back at ACT’s achievements in 2019, including the passage of the End of Life Choice Bill, being the only party to hold Labour to account on...

Labour’s election year bribes, the worsening economic outlook, and are New Zealanders overtaxed? from 2019-12-12T11:38:09

In this episode of Politics in Full Sentences, Max Whitehead speaks to ACT’s Deputy Leader Beth Houlbrooke about Labour’s election year bribes, the worsening economic outlook, and asks if New Ze...

Young ACT President on connecting with younger voters and free speech on campus from 2019-12-06T06:39:49

We speak with new Young ACT President Felix Poole and ACT Leader David Seymour on how ACT is connecting with younger voters and whether free speech on campus is under threat.

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Rural Sector under attack from 2019-11-28T21:22:11

This week on Politics in Full Sentences, we speak to former ACT MP and President of Federated Farmers Owen Jennings and ACT’s Deputy Leader Beth Houlbrooke. Why does the current Government not u...

NZ First scandal, changes to rental law, and the continued failure of the gun'buy-back’. from 2019-11-21T06:42:16

This week on Politics in Full Sentences, we talk to ACT Leader David Seymour and Deputy Beth Houlbrooke. What does the NZ First scandal mean for its political future? Will changes to rental laws...

End of Life Choice Bill from 2019-11-14T06:41:28

David Seymour talks to Max Whitehead about the End of Life Choice Bill after this week passing its final reading. What does the Bill actually do, and where to from here?

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An open letter to Jacinda Ardern from small business owners. from 2019-11-07T19:37:30

This week, Max Whitehead speaks to ACT Deputy Leader Beth Houlbrooke and the author of a wonderful open letter to Jacinda Ardern on behalf of small business owners, insolvency lawyer Brent Norli...

Damien Grant on welfare, the National-Labour political duopoly, and the worst policies of the Labour Government. from 2019-10-31T06:40:27

This week, Max Whitehead interviews Beth Houlbrooke and Damien Grant. We discuss National’s welfare manifesto which adopts a couple of ACT ideas, but is mostly Labour-lite. The National-Labour p...

What’s eating business confidence? from 2019-10-24T06:42:45

Why is business confidence down and what effect is it having on the economy? What does a coherent, business-friendly political agenda look like? We talk with former EMA boss Kim Campbell and Dep...

What on Earth Happened in the Local Body Elections? from 2019-10-17T06:37:32

Tonight on Politics in Full Sentences, Act Leader David Seymour is joined by Stephen Berry to discuss what on earth happened in the local body elections.

Stephen Berry ran a very popular g...

Do identity politics threaten to silence feminism? from 2019-10-10T06:36:15

Tonight on Politics in Full Sentences ACT Leader David Seymour is joined by Speak Up For Women spokesperson Ani O’Brien. 

Massey University is standing up to backlash in the name of f...

Are Universities Finally Standing Up for Free Speech? from 2019-10-03T07:00:13

Tonight on Politics in Full Sentences, ACT Leader David Seymour is joined by Employment Law Expert Mac Whitehead. 

Massey University is allowing controversial feminists to speak on ca...

Is banning flavoured vape nuts? from 2019-10-02T21:48

In this episode, Jonathan, co-founder of VAPO and Alt NZ (with Ben Pryor), is joined by Act Party Deputy Leader Beth Houlbrooke and Employment Law Expert Max Whitehead. They talk about how the G...

Western values and institutions are being undermined: what effect is this having on the mental wellbeing of individuals? from 2019-09-19T07:59

Ruwan, David and Stephen Rainbow discuss the undermining of Western values and institutions, and what effect this is having on the mental wellbeing of individuals. Why and from whom are Western ...

Free Speech Coalition vs. Auckland Council from 2019-09-12T07:55:08

In this episode of Politics in Full Sentences, Max Whitehead talks to Dr David Cumin about the Free Speech Coalition’s legal action against Auckland Council after its decision to deny a venue to...

KiwiBuild and'no jab, no pay' from 2019-09-05T09:10:27

Ruwan and Beth discuss KiwiBuild and 'no jab, no pay'. What went wrong with Labour’s flagship housing programme and can it be saved without reforming our planning rules? What is ACT’s plan to im...

Entrepreneur Kenyon Clarke talks Business, Housing, and End of Life Choice from 2019-08-29T08:15:27

This week in Politics in Full Sentences, businessman, entrepreneur and humanitarian Kenyon Clarke talks about business, housing, and succeeding against tough odds. He recovered from the Great Fi...

Fonterra’s dismal performance and better public policy from 2019-08-22T02:47

David, Ruwan and former Finance Minister Ruth Richardson discuss Fonterra’s recent performance and what should come next for the dairy giant. Also, Ruth gives her view on how the current Governm...

Jacinda Ardern lectures other countries, Labour goes soft on criminals, ACT launches Firearm policy from 2019-08-15T06:05

In this episode of Politics in Full Sentences, David, Brooke and Ruwan discuss why Jacinda Ardern is overseas lecturing other countries when our economy is in trouble. Also, why did Andrew Littl...

The Reserve Bank’s interest rate cut. from 2019-08-07T05:57

Ruwan and David are joined by former Reserve Bank Governor and ACT Leader Dr Don Brash to discuss yesterday’s decision by the Reserve Bank to cut interest rates. What does this mean for borrower...

The future of educational freedom in New Zealand. from 2019-08-01T07:49

This week, Ruwan, Beth and Villa Education Trust’s Alwyn Poole discuss Partnership Schools. Will the model reemerge under a future government now that National has pledged its support for the AC...

Jacinda Ardern's"Wellbeing"philosophy and the Resource Management Act. from 2019-07-25T06:47

This week, Ruwan and David sit down with Chris Simpson from the Waikato Chamber of Commerce. Why does good government matter? Jacinda Ardern was in Australia last week and tried to answer that q...

The Government’s gun ‘buyback’ and ACT’s alternative. from 2019-07-18T08:58

ACT Leader David Seymour and Kiwi Gun Blog’s Mike Loder discuss the Government’s gun ‘buyback’. Has it been a failure, how many guns will go underground, and will this make us less safe? Our gue...

Free speech, a new car tax, and the gun buyback from 2019-07-11T07:58

Brooke van Velden reports back from a recent debate on criminalizing free speech in New Zealand. The Government targets cheap, reliable cars with a new tax. What happened to Labour’s promise of ...

The plastic bag ban and taxpayer handouts for Amazon from 2019-07-04T13:00

This week, Ruwan, David and Beth discuss the Government’s ban on plastic bags. What will the unintended consequences be? What is ACT’s alternative? And Amazon, run by the richest man in the worl...

End of Life Choice, Israel Folau, free speech and the gun buyback from 2019-06-27T11:00

This week, we discuss the Israel Folau saga. Is his right to free speech being denied or is this the marketplace of ideas at work? Also, the Government’s gun buyback scheme is going from bad to ...

ACTion and ReACTion to the big relaunch from 2019-06-20T05:59

This week we take a break from our usual schedule to introduce ACT’s newly elected President Tim Jago and sum up the party’s relaunch. We’re talking about a flat tax of 17.5 per cent, the free s...

NZ Budget 2019 and Improving Education from 2019-06-15T07:00

The inaugural episode of the ACT Party’s weekly podcast for those who love free markets and free minds. Each episode covers off the week in politics and one big idea for a better tomorrow. This...