ACT leader David Seymour maintains fees-free tertiary education is on the scrap heap if his party gets sway after October's election.

It comes after National this week reserved its position on the policy, saying it won't abolish the promise despite campaigning for that in 2020.

Seymour says this is about taking a principled position.

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ACT leader David Seymour maintains fees-free tertiary education is on the scrap heap if his party gets sway after October's election.
It comes after National this week reserved its position on the policy, saying it won't abolish the promise despite campaigning for that in 2020.
Seymour says this is about taking a principled position.
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David Seymour: ACT Leader on the party's position on Fees Free Tertiary

One of the biggest names in the world of AI has claimed that the technology can match human capabilities, but one expert has warned us not to get too excited.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang recently declared that OpenAI's new Astra model has brought about the start of 'artificial general intelligence' earlier this week, and pointed out the technology was aided by Nvidia's chips.

Gorilla Technology CEO Paul Spain says it's Nvidia's job to sell the hardware AI runs on - and it needs to keep excitement up in order to sell us on the technology.

"That's how his share price stays high, that's how OpenAI and Anthropic end up sort of having big IPOs. So I think this is part of trying to keep it exciting and hype for people - but I'm not sure we've reached what I would call artificial general intelligence just yet." 

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One of the biggest names in the world of AI has claimed that the technology can match human capabilities, but one expert has warned us not to get too excited.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang recently declared that OpenAI's new Astra model has brought about the start of 'artificial general intelligence' earlier this week, and pointed out the technology was aided by Nvidia's chips.
Gorilla Technology CEO Paul Spain says it's Nvidia's job to sell the hardware AI runs on - and it needs to keep excitement up in order to sell us on the technology.
"That's how his share price stays high, that's how OpenAI and Anthropic end up sort of having big IPOs. So I think this is part of trying to keep it exciting and hype for people - but I'm not sure we've reached what I would call artificial general intelligence just yet."&nbsp;
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Paul Spain: Gorilla Technology CEO on Nvidia's CEO claiming AI has matched human capability

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Listen to the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast for Tuesday  8 September.

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Listen to the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast for Tuesday 8 September. 
Get the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast every weekday evening on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Full Show Podcast: 08 September 2026 

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Tonight on The Huddle, Jordan Williams from the Taxpayers' Union and former Green MP Gareth Hughes joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the day - and more! 

Nearly 3,000 people have voiced support in an open letter for growing Bathurst Resources' Stockton site in order to keep operations going and ensuring 289 workers keep their jobs. What do we make of this fight? What could we replace steel with, anyway? 

Continuing the climate topic, Chris Hipkins has confirmed Labour will review the Emissions Trading Scheme - and admitted making farmers pay for agricultural emissions probably wouldn't have worked. Do we think this is the right call? 

Wellington Zoo needs an extra $14 million for its lion enclosure, and Wellington City Council is expected to foot the bill. Is this worth the money, given the other expenses the council has? Should the zoo be shut down?     

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Tonight on The Huddle, Jordan Williams from the Taxpayers' Union and former Green MP Gareth Hughes joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the day - and more!&nbsp;
Nearly 3,000 people have voiced support in an open letter for growing Bathurst Resources' Stockton site in order to keep operations going and ensuring 289 workers keep their jobs. What do we make of this fight? What could we replace steel with, anyway?&nbsp;
Continuing the climate topic, Chris Hipkins has confirmed Labour will review the Emissions Trading Scheme - and admitted making farmers pay for agricultural emissions probably wouldn't have worked. Do we think this is the right call?&nbsp;
Wellington Zoo needs an extra $14 million for its lion enclosure, and Wellington City Council is expected to foot the bill. Is this worth the money, given the other expenses the council has? Should the zoo be shut down?&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
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The Huddle: Did Labour make the right call with the ETS pledge?

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David Seymour: ACT Leader on the party's position on Fees Free Tertiary

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