ACT on Campus
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ACT on Campus is the youth wing of ACT New Zealand. It has previously been known as Prebble's Rebels (after former leader, Richard Prebble), and ACTivists. It operates on all University campuses, and its protests at Victoria and Canterbury Universities during the 2005 election campaign received national media attention.
ACT on Campus received further national attention in late 2006, as part of the Keep It 18 campaign. Headed by Wellington student Christopher Bishop, the campaign included the youth wings of ACT, the Greens, National and Labour and was widely followed by the media. While polls showed the public largely in favour of raising the drinking age back from 18 to 20, the bill, sponsored by Labour MP Martin Gallagher, was convincingly defeated on its second reading.
Prominent current and former members include Mike Collins, now the ACT Board member for the Wellington region, and Dave Seymour, the former ACT Board member for Auckland South. Mike Bridge of Victoria University is the current President.
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NZ Herald- Hostile students force PM to break off speech [1]
NZPA- Youth wings pressure MPs to keep drinking age at 18 [2]
