ACT's David Seymour pitches NZ as global testing ground for new technology
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ACT leader David Seymour wants New Zealand to become a testing ground for emerging technologies - by allowing companies to temporarily bypass regulations through a regulatory exemption scheme.
Seymour says the existing rules are 'prohibitive' and that the 'innovation trials' will help get new technology like self-driving vehicles, agricultural drones and crypto going into New Zealand faster.
He says it's important we start experimenting more if we want to see technology appear in New Zealand, instead of overseas nations overlooking the country.
"We've talked to people - we don't want to say exactly who - but there's certainly people who would be interested in bringing autonomous taxi services to New Zealand."
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