I cannot support Act policies, no matter how much I dislike the other parties. Here are some scary Act policies:

• They want to abolish the Human Rights Commission
• Allow unregulated overseas investment from OECD countries
• Sell all or part of many state owned enterprises (e.g. sell 49% of KiwiRail).
• Sell public hospital buildings to private investors
• Water pollution would be managed by letting companies bid for the right to pollute up to the allowed pollution levels
• They want to repeal the zero carbon (by 2050) act
• They will abolish the building act, replacing it with mandatory insurance. The idea is if it’s not built to a good standard then insurers won’t insure.

And here are some others (some seem to overlap with National):

• They want to abolish fair pay agreements
• They want to abolish rules that protect valuable natural areas
• They want to decrease tax for higher earners, and increase tax for lower earners
• They would re-allow live exports of animals
• They oppose any laws banning hate speech
• They would abolish ministries for Pacific people, Ethnic communities, Women, Māori development, etc.
• Reduce the rate superannuation increases each year, and stop putting money in the super fund
• Remove the Matariki public holiday
• Reintroduce the 90 day fire at will period
• Remove or reduce government kiwisaver contributions for most workers
• They want to increase the prison population (see my other comment about private prisons)
• They want to introduce privately owned toll roads
• They want to pay emissions trading scheme revenue back to everyone as a tax credit, instead of spending it on reducing emissions
• They want to stop contractors from challenging their status, to allow employers to bully employees into being paid as a contractor to avoid paying leave entitlements and other protections
• Make a literacy test a requirement to get parole (again, private prisons want people to stay longer)
• Hold a referendum to introduce a rule that allows anyone to take the government to court if they think new laws don’t fit a set of standards
• Abolish the climate emergency response fund
• I’m gonna quote this one: “This party says that the current government requires councils to review speed limits and reduce them in high-risk areas like school zones. This party believes that this is slowing people down and making society less productive.”
• Create a new state owned enterprise to manage roads, being required to return a profit via charging people for the use of roads (no current plans stated to sell off 49% but I think it’s implied)