Maccas, Dire Straits and no fighting: A road trip with David Seymour
New Zealand ACT party leader David Seymour discusses his upbringing, career path, and political motivations during a candid interview while driving through Auckland. He reflects on his transition from an electrical engineer to a politician sparked by disagreements over education policy.
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ACT leader David Seymour rides shotgun as we drive through Mount Eden, taking in the sights of Tamaki Drive.
“It’s such a beautiful place in Auckland and I’ve got lots of various memories from different times there,” Seymour says.
Seymour says he was lucky to have a “great childhood”.
“We lived on the fringe of Whangārei, so we could go into the bush but also live in the city… was pretty lucky in that sense, you could build tree huts, health and safety and helicopter parenting and digital phones… it wasn’t really the things that they are today.”
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