Does the Government have a plan beyond borrowing to spend and hoping for a vaccine? What’s their plan to use technology to reopen the border? New Zealanders need certainty. What’s ACT’s economic plan?

Just as New Zealanders are getting moving again, the Government’s going ahead with increasing taxes on road users. Is it appropriate in a time of crisis, and how much will it hit hard-working Kiwis getting back to business?

ACT’s standing 49 talented candidates in electorates from Northland to Southland campaigning for the Party Vote this election. Who are they, what are their values, and when do they start campaigning?

Labour knows how to throw your tax money around and its track record shows it’ll fail to deliver on its promise to rebuild the economy. What’s in the Government’s Budget for the year and what’s ACT’s alternative solution?

The gun "buyback" is a failure. The Auditor-General's investigation found multiple deficiencies and now COLFO are seeking damages from the Government. Given this, how useful will the gun register be?

New Zealand needs the right economic policies for a rapid recovery. What's the Government been doing and are they about to make a big mistake?

SMEs are unable to operate, but rents and creditors still need to be paid. Is the Government failing to understand the urgency of the situation?

The pain is setting in, what intelligent things should the Government of New Zealand be doing to get us out of this?

Parliament is shut but democracy should never be suspended. What is the Epidemic Response Committee, how will ACT offer constructive criticism, and how can you be involved?

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 situation and the government's response.

This week we discuss the Abortion Legislation Bill currently being debated in Parliament. How's it different to the current law, why is it important the law's changed, and what happened to 'safe areas'?

This week we discuss rising rents. Is the solution more regulation or reform? We hear from a student and property investor.

This week we discuss the erosion of property rights in New Zealand and what’s in store for ACT in 2020. 

ACT Leader David Seymour's State of the Nation Address shared on Thursday, 6 February, 2020. Topics discussed include - Erosion of Rights and Freedoms, Sleaze in Wellington, Spin Over Substance, Confronting our Long Term Challenges, ACT Solving Real Problems

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 free speech, rushed firearms law and the flawed Zero Carbon Bill, and helping to defeat Labour’s capital gains tax and radical education proposals. Free Speech ACT New Zealand Politics in Full Sentences - Podcasts NZ School of Practical Politics

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 Zealanders are overtaxed. 

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.

This week on Politics in Full Sentences, we speak to former ACT MP Owen Jennings about the Government’s attacks on the rural sector, the Zero Carbon Act, and we ask whether the National Party is missing in action.

This week on Politics in Full Sentences, we look at the NZ First scandal, ask whether changes to rental laws will do anything to help fix the housing crisis, and check in on the continued failure of the gun ‘buy-back.

David Seymour talks to Max Whitehead about the End of Life Choice Bill after this week passing its final reading.

This week, we speak to the author of a wonderful open letter to Jacinda Ardern on behalf of small business owners, insolvency lawyer Brent Norling.

This week, Max Whitehead interviews Beth Houlbrooke and Damien Grant. What of National’s welfare manifesto, how do we break the National-Labour political duopoly, and what have been the worst policies in the two years of the Labour Government?

Why is business confidence down, what effect is it having on the economy, and what should government do? We talk with former EMA boss Kim Campbell and Deputy Leader Beth Houlbrooke. Plus, what’s ACT’s vision for the economy?

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 guide to the Auckland local body elections this year and will give us his analysis of last weekend's results.