David Seymour: Public service cuts, new ACT immigration policy

About this episode

David Seymour discusses public service cuts and new immigration policies in New Zealand.

Deputy Prime Minister and ACT Party leader David Seymour is welcoming the reduction of New Zealand's public service by 8700 staff over the next three years. He joins Jack Tame to discuss a new map of New Zealand's 267 different regulators from the Ministry for Regulation. With less than six months to the general election, and the party polling slightly lower than its 2023 performance, David Seymour speaks to his new policy of tougher English language requirements for visa-holders and introducing an overstayer enforcement unit within Immigration New Zealand. Join Jack Tame and the Q+A team and find the answers to the questions that matter. Made with the support of NZ on Air.

People in this episode

Host: Jack Tame

Guest: David Seymour

Topics covered

• public service cuts
• immigration policy
• New Zealand politics
• David Seymour
• ACT Party
• regulation

Keywords

• public service
• immigration
• David Seymour
• ACT Party
• New Zealand
• visa requirements
• regulators

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ACT Party, Immigration New Zealand

Places: New Zealand

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