Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour is inviting Kiwis to “a discussion” about the issues facing New Zealanders at an RSVP event in Karaka on Wednesday night.
The ACT leader is holding a town hall meeting at the Karaka Pavillion from 7pm and says he wants to hear the “unfiltered truth” about how the Government is tracking and what it should tackle next.
“ACT MPs work every day to reduce wasteful spending, restore equal rights regardless of race, make healthcare more efficient, and deliver tougher consequences for crime,” he says.
“That’s why ACT has always done face-to-face politics.
“It’s your chance to hear, straight from the source, how ACT is representing you in Government. More importantly, I want to hear directly from you: how we’re tracking, and what we should tackle next.
“For too long, successive Governments have told us you can get rich by voting, but the Government can’t make you rich, it can only create the conditions for success,” Seymour told the Franklin Times on Tuesday.
He says he supports the “significant” changes being made to the Resource Managment Act “which means we can build, factories, supermarkets and houses without mass delays and hidden costs.”
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It comes as Seymour said in a press release on Tuesday that his Party is calling for New Zealand to pull out of the “broken” Paris climate accord unless major changes are made to allow lower emissions targets.
“Paris needs to change, or New Zealand needs to leave,” he says.
“I have been consistent on climate all my career. A small trading nation can’t ignore climate policy, but overdoing it will backfire. Sending New Zealand farming and industry overseas where they emit even more hurts the climate and our way of life.
“Paris doesn’t work for this country, and more and more people are feeling it. Working people and rural people at the frontline of the economy see it first. The urban middle class is feeling it, though, even if they don’t see it yet.
“The same high power prices that are shutting down sawmills are hurting household budgets every winter month. The same people who could be working here are working in Australia where they’re not afraid to generate the electricity they need,” Seymour says.
The ACT leader says he tries to do “one meeting a week” to connect with local communities.
The public meeting will be held at 10 Hinau Road, Karaka at 7pm.
