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ACT says every person should have the same rights regardless of their background or ancestry. They want government to be smaller so ministers can be held responsible for what they do. They say they will write equal rights into law, protect free speech for people in regulated professions, wind up the Waitangi Tribunal, block unelected representatives from getting votes, and make sure the public service is based on merit, not race or group identity.
“Your rights should not depend on your ancestry, your politics, or which group a public body puts you in.”
“ACT stands for one person, one vote and one law for all.”
“We will enshrine equal rights in the Constitution Act, protect lawful speech from professional regulators, put funding for human rights into resolving real cases, and make central government small enough for ministers to be held accountable.”
Summarised neutrally from ACT’s own official policy (as at 2026-10-13) and checked by an editor. Nothing is paraphrased without the source linked. Read the original ↗ Politika is non-partisan. Compare all parties on Democracy & Government →
ACT would merge New Zealand’s 43 government departments into 19 and its 78 ministerial portfolios into 18, so that each department answers to a single minister. Ministers would appoint their own chief executives on fixed renewable terms and be able to remove them for non-performance or policy misalignment, and the Public Service Commission’s functions would move into the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. The document maps every current department and portfolio to where it would land.
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