NZ First
- Promised to replace the Accredited Employer Work Visa with a shortage-led Skilled Work Visa.
- Promised to ban fireworks for public use, while retaining approved public displays.
- Pledged annual minimum wage increases of at least inflation for three years, alongside making the temporary $50 weekly in-work tax credit boost permanent.
Read more: Scoop (visa), Scoop (working for families), Winston Peters on X, Holyhekatuiteka on X, 1 News and NZFirst.nz.
ACT
- Unveiled a fiscal plan targeting $12.4 billion less debt over four years, reduced government spending and lifting the superannuation age.
- Proposed cutting disability benefits by $653 million and removing tax on KiwiSaver investment earnings.
- Pledged to reduce foreign aid spending to 2017 levels.
Read more: ACT.org.nz (fiscal plan), ACT.org.nz (foreign aid), ACT.org.nz (agriculture) and RNZ.
National
- Promised to require students to complete Year 11 from 2028, with exemptions for employment or further training.
- Pledged support for water storage projects, including concessional loans, and stronger international fertiliser supply arrangements.
- Proposed a new Waiheke marine reserve, an expanded Goat Island reserve and a ban on commercial fishing in the Hauraki Gulf’s High Protection Areas.
Read more: ODT, 1 News, Farmers Weekly, National.org.nz and Christopher Luxon on X.
Labour
- Announced plans to restore locally made school lunches from 2028 and work to reinstate rural school bus routes.
- Reaffirmed its commitment to ban bottom trawling throughout the Hauraki Gulf.
Read more: Labour.org.nz, NZ Herald, 1 News, Newstalk ZB and RNZ.
Greens
- Promised a pathway into work, education or training for every 16- to 24-year-old unemployed for six months.
- Called ACT’s fiscal plan “welfare for the wealthiest”, criticising its proposed cuts.
Read more: NZ Herald and Greens.org.nz.
Opportunity
- Leader Qiulae Wong said National’s fisheries policy fell short of its demand to phase out bottom trawling, particularly in sensitive inshore areas.
- Wong questioned Luxon’s refusal to work with her party, saying he would rather be in government than opposition.
Read more: RNZ or watch Qiulae Wong on Youtube.
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LIES.
NZ industry and consumers continue to watch their wealth, heath, lifestyles, ability to own property, and ability to have children disappear to Australia.
The Aussie fuel cartel is fleecing Kiwis.
And none of the National, ACT, NZ first, Labour, greens, Maori, TOP, and NZ Loyal political syndicate Leaders or foot soldiers mention the cause of your suffering.
Why not? The Aussie cartels know who to pay to avoid NZ’s cartel laws being upheld.
People who think the biggest nz political crook of all time, Winston Peters, is the answer need immediate dementia care!
Weekend Political ‘C’rap indeed.