Party vote
Economy
New Zealand’s economy weathered the Covid-19 pandemic and its aftermath better than most, but that success came at the cost of higher inflation, exacerbated by global supply shortages and other factors. The Reserve Bank has tightened monetary policy in a bid to restrain spending and price rises, pushing the economy into recession for the first time since 2010, excluding the Covid-19 lockdown period. While both major parties agree on the need for restraint, who should bear the burden of recovery? And in what direction should the economy grow?
Economy
New Zealand’s economy weathered the Covid-19 pandemic and its aftermath better than most, but that success came at the cost of higher inflation, exacerbated by global supply shortages and other factors. The Reserve Bank has tightened monetary policy in a bid to restrain spending and price rises, pushing the economy into recession for the first time since 2010, excluding the Covid-19 lockdown period. While both major parties agree on the need for restraint, who should bear the burden of recovery? And in what direction should the economy grow?
Make the first $30,000 of income tax free
Introduce a wealth tax
Increase taxes on companies
Introduce tax on foreign companies
Tax undeveloped land
Introduce tax on vacant houses
Ban oil and gas exploration
Ban the use of synthetic nitrogen fertiliser by 2025
Fund Māori farmers to transition from emissions-intensive farming
Fund Māori owned community energy projects
Cancel all debt owed to MSD
Ban seabed mining
Expand coverage of ban on mining in conservation land
Develop a national Māori strategy for renewable energy and clean technology
Phase out industrial coal burning by 2030
Bring agricultural methane emissions into the emissions trading scheme
Increase tax on income over $300,000
Oppose research or commercialisation of indigenous plants without whānau, hapū and iwi consent
Oppose genetically engineered food
Increase intellectual property protections for indigenous seeds
Establish entity to enforce Māori rights and access to food
Create a contestable fund to support community food production and distribution
Set aside more urban and rural land for farming
Provide scholarships for young people to study food science, marine biology or agriculture
Fund regenerative and organic farming training
Support the creation of Māori supermarket chains
Support people selling home grown food at the community level
Ban freehold land sales to foreign investors
Remove GST from fruit and vegetables
Continue renewable energy funding partnership with BlackRock
Invest in the growth of the Māori food and fibre export sector
Prioritise investment in infrastructure, science and innovation
Continue pursuing new trade deals
Support indigenous tourism opportunities
Build a second bridge over the Ashburton River
Remove tax depreciation for commercial buildings
Protect Māori commercial and customary fishing rights
Protect indigenous intellectual property rights in trade agreements
Increase the top trust tax rate
Increase venture capital funding for agritech
Continue to fund research and development of technology that reduces agricultural emissions
Continue programme that supports horticulture technology businesses
Maintain plan to price agricultural emissions from 2025
Support small businesses to make digital upgrades
Continue incentive schemes for movie and video game developers
Reform the research, science, and innovation system
Maintain tax rebate for business research and development
Establish new research centres focused on tech, climate change, and pandemics
Review the international visitor levy
Focus tourism ad campaigns on high-end tourists
Continue to support regional skills groups
Make apprenticeship support payments for businesses permanent
Conduct a trade mission to India in the first 100 days
Trial business mentorship programme for women on low and middle incomes
Establish a Minister for Just Transitions to oversee the transition to a low emissions economy
Invest $300 million in NZ Green Investment Finance to support emissions reduction
Prioritise climate change in research and development
Introduce mandatory reporting requirements for agricultural emissions
Reward on-farm emissions sequestration
Set separate targets for gross emissions reductions and carbon dioxide removals
Establish a centre to train renewable energy workers
Provide grants for low-emissions heavy vehicles for freight
Develop artificial intelligence plan
Limit the amount of exotic carbon afforestation caused by the emissions trading scheme
Tie NZ's carbon price to that of our trading partners
Grant carbon credits for wood products that store carbon for at least 50 years
End subsidies for commercial forestry
Introduce a two-rate income tax system
Provide tax refund using emissions trading scheme revenue
Allow live animal exports
Abolish Significant Natural Areas
Share half of GST revenue from new residential building with local councils
Halt contributions to the NZ Super Fund
Halt government contributions to the Venture Capital Fund
Index superannuation to the consumer price index rather than average wages
Abolish existing forestry programmes
End various business support and R&D programmes
Sell Landcorp and use proceeds to fund conservation on private land
Partially privatise various state-owned enterprises
Exempt investors from OECD states from foreign investment rules except for residential land investments
Abolish all tariffs
Abolish fair pay agreements
Remove a public holiday
Extend 90-day trials to businesses with 20 or more staff
Make regional councils responsible for freshwater management on farms
Allow farmers to offset all on-farm sequestration from their emissions liability
Reform resource management laws to reduce restrictions on private property
Replace fuel taxes with user-pays road pricing
End tax exemptions for charities and religious groups
Introduce a market-based system for managing water pollution
Introduce a pricing system for water allocation
Restrict employees' remedies in the personal grievance process
Create additional funding options for local government to upgrade their water infrastruture
Expand water supply exemption to include suppliers of fewer than 30 users
Reverse the ban on offshore oil and gas exploration
Set a target for economic growth
Bar contractors from challenging their employment status in the Employment Court
Remove Easter trading laws
Require annual leave to be calculated on a pro-rata basis
Reform the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act
Simplify anti-money laundering compliance requirements
Develop the Dargaville Aerodrome
Make Northport a key port of entry for Auckland
Adjust income tax brackets for inflation
Hold a select committee inquiry into removing GST from fresh food
Consider reopening the oil refinery at Marsden Point
Build a dry dock at Northport
Ensure the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter stays open
Exempt aquaculture from coastal management policy
Prioritise the procurement of NZ-made aluminium
Oppose introducing emissions pricing for agriculture
Support standardised farm-level emissions reporting
Incentivise emissions reduction technology using funds intended for overseas carbon credits
Continue to support Farm Environment Plans
Require forestry harvesters to clean up slash
Recognise on-farm forestry in the Emissions Trading Scheme
Prohibit the use of foreign direct investment for converting farms to forestry
Continue to support Jobs for Nature programme
Create a fund for regional infrastructure
Review funding model for Crown Research Institutes
Increase funding for NZ Export Credit Office
Prioritise a free trade agreement with India
Require the use of wool rather than synthetic fibres in government procurement
Provide legal support to wool exporters
Allow live animal exports
Require animal welfare advisory committee to have 50 percent farmer representation
Make Pāmu Landcorp a Crown Entity
Establish a government spending cap
Provide a rates rebate to people over 65
Establish a national infrastructure agency
Negotiate partnership agreements with local and regional governments
Create a 30-year infrastructure plan
Adjust income tax brackets for inflation
Revert the bright-line test for tax on property sales to two years
Standardise infrastructure funding process for councils at their debt limits
Fund infrastructure projects using levies on land improved by the project
Reform cost recovery rules for electricity transmission infrastructure
Allow more genetic editing and genetic modification
Establish a dedicated biotechnology regulator
Continue joint venture with businesses for reducing agricultural emissions
Introduce a pricing system for agricultural emissions by 2030
Review methane emissions targets
Make on-farm carbon sequestration eligible for units in the emissions trading scheme
Restrict the conversion of farmland to exotic forestry
Remove two agricultural regulations for every one introduced
Publish assessments of the cost of new agricultural regulations
Establish panel to review agricultural regulations
Reduce duplication of information requests for primary industries
Increase the cap on seasonal workers
Explore increasing the number of countries eligible for the Recognised Seasonal Employer scheme
Relax rules for agricultural workers on the Accredited Employer Work Visa
Prohibit using foreign direct investment for converting farms to forestry
Allow more activities on highly productive land
Limit the scope of wetlands protections
Relax stock exclusion rules
Relax drinking water standards in some rural communities
Delay requirement for farmers to obtain resource consents for winter grazing
Replace winter grazing rules with catchment-level rules
Allow live animal exports
Build a four-lane highway between Whangārei and the Port Marsden highway turnoff
Prioritise funding social services that have the biggest long term impact
Build a four-lane road to bypass Hope in Nelson-Tasman
Start building a second or improved bridge over the Ashburton River within three years
Upgrade roads in the Queenstown area
Upgrade road bridges in Otago and Southland
Prioritise road projects in disaster-affected areas
Ensure that businesses making less than $60,000 are exempt from GST
Reduce spending on non front-line services by an average of 6.5 percent
Stop support for companies' emissions-reductions projects
Continue to fund green investment finance
Replace foreign buyer ban with purchase tax for houses worth $2 million or more
Require online gambling services to register in NZ for tax purposes
Remove tax depreciation for commercial buildings
Stop funding certain workforce development and regional employment initiatives
Repeal the Conduct of Financial Institutions Act
Reverse changes to the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act
Upgrade Waiau-Toa/Molesworth trail into a Great Walk
Install e-bike charging infrastructure on the NZ Cycle Trail
Require DOC to make concession decisions for tourism businesses within one year
Raise upper age limit for working holiday visas to 35
Allow additional working holiday visas for people in sectors with worker shortages
Abolish median wage requirements for work visas
Create a fund for promoting regional tourism events
Extend 90-day trials to businesses with 20 or more staff
Remove most consent requirements for building water storage on farmland
Remove most consent requirements for expanding commercial fruit and vegetable production
Set targets for approving new fertilisers, pesticides and other chemicals for horticulture
Relax rules for employers in the Recognised Seasonal Employer scheme
Ensure meat producers have access to halal butchers
Remove consent requirements for creating wetlands
Create visa for recent graduates from top universities
Create a visa for workers from major tech companies
Create a 'digital nomad' visa
Establish a minister for technology
Consider changing tax rules for startups
Prioritise signing a free trade deal with India
Pursue free trade deals with the Gulf Cooperation Council and the Pacific Alliance
Aim to reduce the impact of non-tariff barriers
Publish annual reports on the performance of major government initiatives
Provide taxpayers with annual report on government spending
Simplify anti-money laundering requirements for businesses
Reverse the ban on offshore oil and gas exploration
Amend tax and foreign investment laws to encourage build-to-rent housing
Increase the retirement age to 67 from 2044
Index benefits to the consumer price index rather than to wages
Speed up consent process for wood processing facilities
Consider making wood processing eligible for emissions trading scheme credits
Remove consent requirements for new forestry
Tighten slash management rules
Involve the forestry industry in policy development
Repeal the Log Trades and Forests Advisers Act
Encourage forestry exports
Plant trees on public land with low conservation or farming value
Increase penalties for biosecurity breaches
Establish a minister for space and advanced aviation
Create a prize to encourage interest in aerospace
Replace ministerial approval requirements for space launches with launch criteria
Establish two testing zones for space and advanced aviation
End all climate taxes, subsidies and regulations
Maintain restrictions on genetic modification
Encourage oil and gas exploration
Give regions a greater say in government spending
Introduce tax on foreign house buyers and local buyers with three or more properties
Oppose the introduction of a digital currency
Oppose all new taxes
Make the first $20,000 of income tax free
Replace Working for Families with child tax credits
Adjust income tax brackets for inflation
Reduce taxes over time
Reduce government spending by 10 percent
Re-establish the Marsden Point oil refinery
Make the first $10,000 of income tax free
Introduce a wealth tax
Increase taxes on companies
Introduce a price on agricultural emissions
Fund climate adaption and resilience measures
Ban new mining on conservation land
Use proceeds from the visitor levy for conservation and biodiversity projects
Ban new extraction of fossil fuels
Create a national food strategy
Support indigenous agricultural practices
Offer farmers financial support to transition to sustainable agricultural
Require supermarkets to provide fair contract terms to food suppliers
Ban synthetic nitrogen fertilisers over time
Ban palm kernel expeller
Increase funding for indigenous forests
Uphold Treaty rights in relation to indigenous forests on public land
Reform the emissions trading scheme to reduce the use of forestry offsets
Increase controls on plantation forestry
Require forestry operators to pay compensation for logging debris
Support local wood-processing
Ban products sourced from illegally logged forests
Set limits on nitrogen in waterways
Implement a fair system for commercial water allocation
Continue public review of trade policy
Promote climate change response initiatives through international institutions and trade
Work with unions, employers and Māori to transition to a low emissions economy
Prioritise the Māori economy in developing low-emissions jobs
Transform Rau Paenga into the Ministry of Green Works
Provide training for careers in clean energy
Expand and strengthen protected marine areas
Ban seabed mining
Ban set netting and dredging by 2028
Increase fishing restrictions in the Hauraki Gulf
Strengthen limits on fisheries bycatch
Require cameras on all commercial fishing vessels
Focus regional development spending on sustainable and iwi and hapū led economic activity
Prioritise buying goods and services from NZ businesses
Support low-emissions industries
Strengthen competition laws
Expand digital connectivity in rural areas
Implement a right to repair for consumer products
Increase the landfill levy
Protect taonga species in their natural habitats
Support the development of local food economies
Implement the recommendations of the Holidays Act Taskforce
Establish an ocean commission to provide advice and set targets for marine systems
Create a fund for developing mātauranga and tikanga-based ocean management tools
Establish an independent science advisory group for marine research
Expand marine protected areas to cover 30 percent of NZ's oceans
Ban bottom trawling in some marine areas and phase out set netting and dredging
Make the first $15,000 of income tax free
Provide a universal basic income by 2030
Introduce a tax on urban residential land
Share all GST revenue from new residential building with local councils
Extend the in-work tax credit to all children
Cancel all debt owed to MSD
Create a visa to encourage workers to regions other than Auckland
Increase tax on income over $180,000
Reduce tax on income up to $80,000
Create a 30-year infrastructure plan
Reform infrastructure funding system
Remove the requirement for the Reserve Bank to focus on maximising employment
Reduce barriers to foreign investment
Increase tax credits for research and development
Increase funding for startups
Allow small businesses to accelerate depreciation for tax purposes
Reform regulations for genetic editing and modification
Reform regulations for artificial intelligence
Require children to be signed up for Kiwisaver at birth
Review Kiwisaver contributions for self-employed people
Remove GST from rates
Provide grants to small businesses for digital upgrades
Provide incentives for farmers to adopt more sustainable land use practices
Exclude new forestry from the emissions trading scheme
Make the first $30,000 of income tax free
Introduce a wealth tax
Increase taxes on companies
Introduce tax on foreign companies
Tax undeveloped land
Introduce tax on vacant houses
Ban oil and gas exploration
Ban the use of synthetic nitrogen fertiliser by 2025
Fund Māori farmers to transition from emissions-intensive farming
Fund Māori owned community energy projects
Cancel all debt owed to MSD
Ban seabed mining
Expand coverage of ban on mining in conservation land
Develop a national Māori strategy for renewable energy and clean technology
Phase out industrial coal burning by 2030
Bring agricultural methane emissions into the emissions trading scheme
Increase tax on income over $300,000
Oppose research or commercialisation of indigenous plants without whānau, hapū and iwi consent
Oppose genetically engineered food
Increase intellectual property protections for indigenous seeds
Establish entity to enforce Māori rights and access to food
Create a contestable fund to support community food production and distribution
Set aside more urban and rural land for farming
Provide scholarships for young people to study food science, marine biology or agriculture
Fund regenerative and organic farming training
Support the creation of Māori supermarket chains
Support people selling home grown food at the community level
Ban freehold land sales to foreign investors
Remove GST from fruit and vegetables
Continue renewable energy funding partnership with BlackRock
Invest in the growth of the Māori food and fibre export sector
Prioritise investment in infrastructure, science and innovation
Continue pursuing new trade deals
Support indigenous tourism opportunities
Build a second bridge over the Ashburton River
Remove tax depreciation for commercial buildings
Protect Māori commercial and customary fishing rights
Protect indigenous intellectual property rights in trade agreements
Increase the top trust tax rate
Increase venture capital funding for agritech
Continue to fund research and development of technology that reduces agricultural emissions
Continue programme that supports horticulture technology businesses
Maintain plan to price agricultural emissions from 2025
Support small businesses to make digital upgrades
Continue incentive schemes for movie and video game developers
Reform the research, science, and innovation system
Maintain tax rebate for business research and development
Establish new research centres focused on tech, climate change, and pandemics
Review the international visitor levy
Focus tourism ad campaigns on high-end tourists
Continue to support regional skills groups
Make apprenticeship support payments for businesses permanent
Conduct a trade mission to India in the first 100 days
Trial business mentorship programme for women on low and middle incomes
Establish a Minister for Just Transitions to oversee the transition to a low emissions economy
Invest $300 million in NZ Green Investment Finance to support emissions reduction
Prioritise climate change in research and development
Introduce mandatory reporting requirements for agricultural emissions
Reward on-farm emissions sequestration
Set separate targets for gross emissions reductions and carbon dioxide removals
Establish a centre to train renewable energy workers
Provide grants for low-emissions heavy vehicles for freight
Develop artificial intelligence plan
Limit the amount of exotic carbon afforestation caused by the emissions trading scheme
Tie NZ's carbon price to that of our trading partners
Grant carbon credits for wood products that store carbon for at least 50 years
End subsidies for commercial forestry
Introduce a two-rate income tax system
Provide tax refund using emissions trading scheme revenue
Allow live animal exports
Abolish Significant Natural Areas
Share half of GST revenue from new residential building with local councils
Halt contributions to the NZ Super Fund
Halt government contributions to the Venture Capital Fund
Index superannuation to the consumer price index rather than average wages
Abolish existing forestry programmes
End various business support and R&D programmes
Sell Landcorp and use proceeds to fund conservation on private land
Partially privatise various state-owned enterprises
Exempt investors from OECD states from foreign investment rules except for residential land investments
Abolish all tariffs
Abolish fair pay agreements
Remove a public holiday
Extend 90-day trials to businesses with 20 or more staff
Make regional councils responsible for freshwater management on farms
Allow farmers to offset all on-farm sequestration from their emissions liability
Reform resource management laws to reduce restrictions on private property
Replace fuel taxes with user-pays road pricing
End tax exemptions for charities and religious groups
Introduce a market-based system for managing water pollution
Introduce a pricing system for water allocation
Restrict employees' remedies in the personal grievance process
Create additional funding options for local government to upgrade their water infrastruture
Expand water supply exemption to include suppliers of fewer than 30 users
Reverse the ban on offshore oil and gas exploration
Set a target for economic growth
Bar contractors from challenging their employment status in the Employment Court
Remove Easter trading laws
Require annual leave to be calculated on a pro-rata basis
Reform the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act
Simplify anti-money laundering compliance requirements
Develop the Dargaville Aerodrome
Make Northport a key port of entry for Auckland
Adjust income tax brackets for inflation
Hold a select committee inquiry into removing GST from fresh food
Consider reopening the oil refinery at Marsden Point
Build a dry dock at Northport
Ensure the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter stays open
Exempt aquaculture from coastal management policy
Prioritise the procurement of NZ-made aluminium
Oppose introducing emissions pricing for agriculture
Support standardised farm-level emissions reporting
Incentivise emissions reduction technology using funds intended for overseas carbon credits
Continue to support Farm Environment Plans
Require forestry harvesters to clean up slash
Recognise on-farm forestry in the Emissions Trading Scheme
Prohibit the use of foreign direct investment for converting farms to forestry
Continue to support Jobs for Nature programme
Create a fund for regional infrastructure
Review funding model for Crown Research Institutes
Increase funding for NZ Export Credit Office
Prioritise a free trade agreement with India
Require the use of wool rather than synthetic fibres in government procurement
Provide legal support to wool exporters
Allow live animal exports
Require animal welfare advisory committee to have 50 percent farmer representation
Make Pāmu Landcorp a Crown Entity
Establish a government spending cap
Provide a rates rebate to people over 65
Establish a national infrastructure agency
Negotiate partnership agreements with local and regional governments
Create a 30-year infrastructure plan
Adjust income tax brackets for inflation
Revert the bright-line test for tax on property sales to two years
Standardise infrastructure funding process for councils at their debt limits
Fund infrastructure projects using levies on land improved by the project
Reform cost recovery rules for electricity transmission infrastructure
Allow more genetic editing and genetic modification
Establish a dedicated biotechnology regulator
Continue joint venture with businesses for reducing agricultural emissions
Introduce a pricing system for agricultural emissions by 2030
Review methane emissions targets
Make on-farm carbon sequestration eligible for units in the emissions trading scheme
Restrict the conversion of farmland to exotic forestry
Remove two agricultural regulations for every one introduced
Publish assessments of the cost of new agricultural regulations
Establish panel to review agricultural regulations
Reduce duplication of information requests for primary industries
Increase the cap on seasonal workers
Explore increasing the number of countries eligible for the Recognised Seasonal Employer scheme
Relax rules for agricultural workers on the Accredited Employer Work Visa
Prohibit using foreign direct investment for converting farms to forestry
Allow more activities on highly productive land
Limit the scope of wetlands protections
Relax stock exclusion rules
Relax drinking water standards in some rural communities
Delay requirement for farmers to obtain resource consents for winter grazing
Replace winter grazing rules with catchment-level rules
Allow live animal exports
Build a four-lane highway between Whangārei and the Port Marsden highway turnoff
Prioritise funding social services that have the biggest long term impact
Build a four-lane road to bypass Hope in Nelson-Tasman
Start building a second or improved bridge over the Ashburton River within three years
Upgrade roads in the Queenstown area
Upgrade road bridges in Otago and Southland
Prioritise road projects in disaster-affected areas
Ensure that businesses making less than $60,000 are exempt from GST
Reduce spending on non front-line services by an average of 6.5 percent
Stop support for companies' emissions-reductions projects
Continue to fund green investment finance
Replace foreign buyer ban with purchase tax for houses worth $2 million or more
Require online gambling services to register in NZ for tax purposes
Remove tax depreciation for commercial buildings
Stop funding certain workforce development and regional employment initiatives
Repeal the Conduct of Financial Institutions Act
Reverse changes to the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act
Upgrade Waiau-Toa/Molesworth trail into a Great Walk
Install e-bike charging infrastructure on the NZ Cycle Trail
Require DOC to make concession decisions for tourism businesses within one year
Raise upper age limit for working holiday visas to 35
Allow additional working holiday visas for people in sectors with worker shortages
Abolish median wage requirements for work visas
Create a fund for promoting regional tourism events
Extend 90-day trials to businesses with 20 or more staff
Remove most consent requirements for building water storage on farmland
Remove most consent requirements for expanding commercial fruit and vegetable production
Set targets for approving new fertilisers, pesticides and other chemicals for horticulture
Relax rules for employers in the Recognised Seasonal Employer scheme
Ensure meat producers have access to halal butchers
Remove consent requirements for creating wetlands
Create visa for recent graduates from top universities
Create a visa for workers from major tech companies
Create a 'digital nomad' visa
Establish a minister for technology
Consider changing tax rules for startups
Prioritise signing a free trade deal with India
Pursue free trade deals with the Gulf Cooperation Council and the Pacific Alliance
Aim to reduce the impact of non-tariff barriers
Publish annual reports on the performance of major government initiatives
Provide taxpayers with annual report on government spending
Simplify anti-money laundering requirements for businesses
Reverse the ban on offshore oil and gas exploration
Amend tax and foreign investment laws to encourage build-to-rent housing
Increase the retirement age to 67 from 2044
Index benefits to the consumer price index rather than to wages
Speed up consent process for wood processing facilities
Consider making wood processing eligible for emissions trading scheme credits
Remove consent requirements for new forestry
Tighten slash management rules
Involve the forestry industry in policy development
Repeal the Log Trades and Forests Advisers Act
Encourage forestry exports
Plant trees on public land with low conservation or farming value
Increase penalties for biosecurity breaches
Establish a minister for space and advanced aviation
Create a prize to encourage interest in aerospace
Replace ministerial approval requirements for space launches with launch criteria
Establish two testing zones for space and advanced aviation
End all climate taxes, subsidies and regulations
Maintain restrictions on genetic modification
Encourage oil and gas exploration
Give regions a greater say in government spending
Introduce tax on foreign house buyers and local buyers with three or more properties
Oppose the introduction of a digital currency
Oppose all new taxes
Make the first $20,000 of income tax free
Replace Working for Families with child tax credits
Adjust income tax brackets for inflation
Reduce taxes over time
Reduce government spending by 10 percent
Re-establish the Marsden Point oil refinery
Make the first $10,000 of income tax free
Introduce a wealth tax
Increase taxes on companies
Introduce a price on agricultural emissions
Fund climate adaption and resilience measures
Ban new mining on conservation land
Use proceeds from the visitor levy for conservation and biodiversity projects
Ban new extraction of fossil fuels
Create a national food strategy
Support indigenous agricultural practices
Offer farmers financial support to transition to sustainable agricultural
Require supermarkets to provide fair contract terms to food suppliers
Ban synthetic nitrogen fertilisers over time
Ban palm kernel expeller
Increase funding for indigenous forests
Uphold Treaty rights in relation to indigenous forests on public land
Reform the emissions trading scheme to reduce the use of forestry offsets
Increase controls on plantation forestry
Require forestry operators to pay compensation for logging debris
Support local wood-processing
Ban products sourced from illegally logged forests
Set limits on nitrogen in waterways
Implement a fair system for commercial water allocation
Continue public review of trade policy
Promote climate change response initiatives through international institutions and trade
Work with unions, employers and Māori to transition to a low emissions economy
Prioritise the Māori economy in developing low-emissions jobs
Transform Rau Paenga into the Ministry of Green Works
Provide training for careers in clean energy
Expand and strengthen protected marine areas
Ban seabed mining
Ban set netting and dredging by 2028
Increase fishing restrictions in the Hauraki Gulf
Strengthen limits on fisheries bycatch
Require cameras on all commercial fishing vessels
Focus regional development spending on sustainable and iwi and hapū led economic activity
Prioritise buying goods and services from NZ businesses
Support low-emissions industries
Strengthen competition laws
Expand digital connectivity in rural areas
Implement a right to repair for consumer products
Increase the landfill levy
Protect taonga species in their natural habitats
Support the development of local food economies
Implement the recommendations of the Holidays Act Taskforce
Establish an ocean commission to provide advice and set targets for marine systems
Create a fund for developing mātauranga and tikanga-based ocean management tools
Establish an independent science advisory group for marine research
Expand marine protected areas to cover 30 percent of NZ's oceans
Ban bottom trawling in some marine areas and phase out set netting and dredging
Make the first $15,000 of income tax free
Provide a universal basic income by 2030
Introduce a tax on urban residential land
Share all GST revenue from new residential building with local councils
Extend the in-work tax credit to all children
Cancel all debt owed to MSD
Create a visa to encourage workers to regions other than Auckland
Increase tax on income over $180,000
Reduce tax on income up to $80,000
Create a 30-year infrastructure plan
Reform infrastructure funding system
Remove the requirement for the Reserve Bank to focus on maximising employment
Reduce barriers to foreign investment
Increase tax credits for research and development
Increase funding for startups
Allow small businesses to accelerate depreciation for tax purposes
Reform regulations for genetic editing and modification
Reform regulations for artificial intelligence
Require children to be signed up for Kiwisaver at birth
Review Kiwisaver contributions for self-employed people
Remove GST from rates
Provide grants to small businesses for digital upgrades
Provide incentives for farmers to adopt more sustainable land use practices
Exclude new forestry from the emissions trading scheme
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