23 Aug 2023

ACT party in hot water after controversial social media posts

From Checkpoint, 6:11 pm on 23 August 2023

The ACT Party has been at the centre of controversy - again - after several list candidates resigned over inflammatory online social media posts.

Its leader David Seymour last week joked about blowing up the Ministry of Pacific Peoples, comments he refuses to apologise for and defended in the House for the second day running.

He's now also had to front on his party's vetting processes, having selected candidates who've held extreme views in the past.

Our political reporter Anneke Smith has more.