Act's Libertarianism Comes Under Scrutiny with Van Velden's Bid for Auckland's Tāmaki Seat
Act's focus on incumbent Simon O'Connor's views on abortion exposes the limits of its philosophy and raises questions of political opportunism.
Saturday saw the Act Party announce that its Deputy Leader, Brooke Van Velden would contest the National Party stronghold electorate of Tāmaki in the upcoming general election with the intention of unseating current MP Simon O’Connor, who has held the seat since 2011.
What was particularly noteworthy about the announcement was that Van Velden chose to be…
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