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Budget 2026 also provides NZ$18 million over four years and about 22 additional staff for three compliance, investigations and labour inspectorate teams.", "caveat": "The higher maximum sentence is proposed. 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The annual cap stays at 2,500 and expressions of interest no longer expire after two years.", "caveat": "The Government says the change does not increase visa places or remove waiting times.", "evidence_source_ids": [ "national-parent-visa-2026", "beehive-parent-visa-2026" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-10" }, { "id": "labour-medicard", "party_slug": "labour", "party_name": "Labour", "topic": "health", "claim_type": "promise", "title": "Medicard GP visits", "summary": "The party proposes Medicard, which would give every New Zealander three free GP visits a year.", "caveat": null, "evidence_source_ids": [ "labour-policies" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-09" }, { "id": "labour-prescriptions", "party_slug": "labour", "party_name": "Labour", "topic": "health", "claim_type": "promise", "title": "Removing the prescription charge", "summary": "Promises to remove the NZ$5 prescription charge from 1 July 2027, and to provide free cervical screening and pregnancy scans.", "caveat": null, "evidence_source_ids": [ "labour-prescriptions" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-09" }, { "id": "labour-public-transport-cap", "party_slug": "labour", "party_name": "Labour", "topic": "housing-transport", "claim_type": "promise", "title": "NZ$20 weekly public transport cap", "summary": "Once eligible public transport spending reaches NZ$20 in a week, the remaining trips that week are not charged.", "caveat": null, "evidence_source_ids": [ "labour-public-transport" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-09" }, { "id": "labour-capital-gains-tax", "party_slug": "labour", "party_name": "Labour", "topic": "economy-tax", "claim_type": "promise", "title": "Capital gains tax on investment property", "summary": "The party proposes a 28% capital gains tax on profits from selling residential or commercial investment property, with the family home and some other assets excluded.", "caveat": null, "evidence_source_ids": [ "labour-policies" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-09" }, { "id": "labour-solarsaver", "party_slug": "labour", "party_name": "Labour", "topic": "climate-environment", "claim_type": "promise", "title": "SolarSaver", "summary": "Lower power bills through a support scheme for household solar and storage, and more distributed clean energy.", "caveat": null, "evidence_source_ids": [ "labour-solarsaver" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-09" }, { "id": "green-tax-free-threshold", "party_slug": "green", "party_name": "Green Party", "topic": "economy-tax", "claim_type": "promise", "title": "First NZ$10,000 of income tax free", "summary": "The first NZ$10,000 of personal income would be tax free, with a higher rate on income above NZ$160,000.", "caveat": null, "evidence_source_ids": [ "green-tax", "green-manifesto" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-10" }, { "id": "green-wealth-tax", "party_slug": "green", "party_name": "Green Party", "topic": "economy-tax", "claim_type": "promise", "title": "Wealth tax on high net assets", "summary": "A 2.5% wealth tax on net assets above NZ$10 million, with the family home excluded.", "caveat": null, "evidence_source_ids": [ "green-tax", "green-manifesto" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-10" }, { "id": "green-capital-acquisitions", "party_slug": "green", "party_name": "Green Party", "topic": "economy-tax", "claim_type": "promise", "title": "Tax on large gifts and inheritances", "summary": "A capital acquisitions tax on gifts or inheritances above NZ$1 million, with some exemptions.", "caveat": null, "evidence_source_ids": [ "green-tax", "green-manifesto" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-10" }, { "id": "green-renewable-energy", "party_slug": "green", "party_name": "Green Party", "topic": "climate-environment", "claim_type": "promise", "title": "More publicly owned renewable energy", "summary": "Expand publicly owned renewable energy, reduce reliance on fossil fuels, and strengthen biodiversity, fresh water, marine and waste policy.", "caveat": null, "evidence_source_ids": [ "green-climate", "green-manifesto" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-10" }, { "id": "green-democracy-reform", "party_slug": "green", "party_name": "Green Party", "topic": "treaty-democracy", "claim_type": "promise", "title": "Voting and political finance reform", "summary": "The manifesto proposes lowering the voting age to 16, restoring the vote for all prisoners, and reducing the influence of large donors and corporate lobbying.", "caveat": null, "evidence_source_ids": [ "green-manifesto" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-10" }, { "id": "green-renter-public-housing", "party_slug": "green", "party_name": "Green Party", "topic": "housing-transport", "claim_type": "promise", "title": "2% cap on rent increases and more public housing", "summary": "Proposes a renters' rights bill that caps rent increases at 2%, restores limits on no-cause tenancy terminations, creates a fitness standard for rental housing, and builds a large amount of public housing.", "caveat": "The evidence uses an archived copy of the party's page. 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"party-position", "title": "Increasing the refugee quota and refugee services", "summary": "Green Party policy is to increase New Zealand's refugee quota and the resources needed to provide adequate refugee services.", "caveat": "The current policy gives a direction but no target number, timetable or cost.", "evidence_source_ids": [ "green-immigration-policy", "green-immigration-policy-pdf" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-10" }, { "id": "green-climate-displacement-visa", "party_slug": "green", "party_name": "Green Party", "topic": "immigration", "claim_type": "party-position", "title": "Immigration provision for climate displacement", "summary": "The party proposes specific provision in immigration law for people displaced by climate change, based on need.", "caveat": "No visa category, quota or eligibility test is specified.", "evidence_source_ids": [ "green-immigration-policy", "green-immigration-policy-pdf" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-10" }, { "id": "green-pacific-passport", "party_slug": "green", "party_name": "Green Party", "topic": "immigration", "claim_type": "party-position", "title": "Advocating for a Pacific Passport", "summary": "The party proposes advocating for a Pacific Passport that would allow free movement between Pacific island countries and New Zealand.", "caveat": "This would require agreement with other countries and is not a policy New Zealand could implement alone.", "evidence_source_ids": [ "green-immigration-policy", "green-immigration-policy-pdf" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-10" }, { "id": "green-migrant-worker-parity", "party_slug": "green", "party_name": "Green Party", "topic": "immigration", "claim_type": "party-position", "title": "Equal pay and conditions for temporary migrant workers", "summary": "The party proposes requiring employers to pay temporary migrant workers no less than local workers and provide the same working conditions.", "caveat": "The policy summary does not specify an enforcement mechanism or penalties.", 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"party-position", "title": "Higher work expectations for welfare", "summary": "Treat welfare as temporary support, and raise the requirements on recipients to return to work and meet their obligations.", "caveat": null, "evidence_source_ids": [ "act-policies" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-10" }, { "id": "act-crime", "party_slug": "act", "party_name": "ACT", "topic": "law-rights", "claim_type": "policy", "title": "Tougher penalties for repeat offenders", "summary": "Proposes deporting serious offenders, a three strikes policy for burglary, and heavier penalties for repeat offenders.", "caveat": null, "evidence_source_ids": [ "act-law-order" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-10" }, { "id": "act-treaty-policy", "party_slug": "act", "party_name": "ACT", "topic": "treaty-democracy", "claim_type": "party-position", "title": "Equal rights and Treaty policy", "summary": "Promotes policy built around equal citizenship, and argues for redefining the government's approach to the principles of the 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carbon dioxide separately from agricultural methane, and permanently keeping agriculture out of the Emissions Trading Scheme. If the Paris Agreement cannot accommodate such targets, the party argues for withdrawal.", "caveat": "Withdrawal from the Paris Agreement is a conditional party promise, and the page provides no independent assessment of the effects.", "evidence_source_ids": [ "act-paris" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-10" }, { "id": "act-deport-serious-offenders", "party_slug": "act", "party_name": "ACT", "topic": "immigration", "claim_type": "promise", "title": "Removing the time limit on deporting serious offenders", "summary": "ACT would allow residence-class visa holders convicted of offences carrying sentences of 10 years or more to be deported regardless of how long they have lived in New Zealand.", "caveat": "The party page has no publication date. It can only be confirmed as public by about May 2026.", "evidence_source_ids": [ "act-immigration-2026" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-10" }, { "id": "act-aewv-category-expiry", "party_slug": "act", "party_name": "ACT", "topic": "immigration", "claim_type": "promise", "title": "Annual expiry of work visa skill categories", "summary": "ACT would make each Accredited Employer Work Visa skill category expire every year unless current evidence of labour demand supports keeping it open.", "caveat": "The policy gives no implementation timetable or agency responsible for reassessing demand.", "evidence_source_ids": [ "act-immigration-2026" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-10" }, { "id": "act-welfare-standdown", "party_slug": "act", "party_name": "ACT", "topic": "immigration", "claim_type": "promise", "title": "Five-year welfare stand-down for new residents", "summary": "ACT would apply a five-year stand-down from jobseeker support, the accommodation supplement and other income-tested benefits to all residence-class visa holders.", "caveat": "The policy does not say whether existing residents would be affected or how reciprocal social security agreements would be handled.", "evidence_source_ids": [ "act-immigration-2026" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-10" }, { "id": "act-infrastructure-levy", "party_slug": "act", "party_name": "ACT", "topic": "immigration", "claim_type": "promise", "title": "Daily infrastructure surcharge on temporary work visas", "summary": "ACT would add a NZ$6 per day infrastructure surcharge to temporary work visas on top of existing charges.", "caveat": "The estimate of about NZ$80 million a year is the party's figure and has not been independently verified.", "evidence_source_ids": [ "act-immigration-2026" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-10" }, { "id": "act-overstayer-enforcement", "party_slug": "act", "party_name": "ACT", "topic": "immigration", "claim_type": "promise", "title": "A dedicated overstayer unit and platform employer checks", "summary": "ACT would create a dedicated Immigration New Zealand enforcement unit, require platform employers to verify and report work rights, and remove accreditation from employers that facilitate overstaying.", "caveat": "The overstayer count cited by ACT is a party-supplied number and should not be presented as an unattributed official statistic.", "evidence_source_ids": [ "act-immigration-2026" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-10" }, { "id": "nzfirst-electricity", "party_slug": "nz-first", "party_name": "NZ First", "topic": "economy-tax", "claim_type": "promise", "title": "Splitting generation from retail", "summary": "Argues for breaking up electricity companies that both generate and sell power, so that generation and retail pricing are separated.", "caveat": null, "evidence_source_ids": [ "nzfirst-policy", "nzfirst-sotn-2026" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-10" }, { "id": "nzfirst-supermarkets", "party_slug": "nz-first", "party_name": "NZ First", "topic": "economy-tax", "claim_type": "promise", "title": "More competition in groceries", "summary": "Proposes breaking the market dominance of the two major supermarket groups to increase competition in the grocery market.", "caveat": null, "evidence_source_ids": [ "nzfirst-policy", "nzfirst-sotn-2026" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-10" }, { "id": "nzfirst-kiwisaver", "party_slug": "nz-first", "party_name": "NZ First", "topic": "family-social", "claim_type": "promise", "title": "KiwiSaver from birth", "summary": "Citizens would be enrolled in KiwiSaver automatically at birth, with a NZ$1,000 government contribution.", "caveat": null, "evidence_source_ids": [ "nzfirst-policy", "nzfirst-sotn-2026" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-10" }, { "id": "nzfirst-bnz", "party_slug": "nz-first", "party_name": "NZ First", "topic": "economy-tax", "claim_type": "promise", "title": "Buying back the Bank of New Zealand", "summary": "Argues for buying back the Bank of New Zealand, and opposes further privatisation or sale of strategic assets.", "caveat": null, 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Health material confirms that the government rejected the 2024 amendments to the International Health Regulations, but that decision belongs to the government as a whole and cannot be attributed to New Zealand First alone.", "evidence_source_ids": [ "nzfirst-ihr", "moh-ihr", "nzfirst-sotn-2026" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-10" }, { "id": "nzfirst-skilled-residence-disagreement", "party_slug": "nz-first", "party_name": "NZ First", "topic": "immigration", "claim_type": "party-position", "title": "Opposition to the 2025 skilled residence pathways", "summary": "In September 2025 New Zealand First invoked the coalition agree-to-disagree provision over new residence pathways for existing migrant work visa holders.", "caveat": "This records a 2025 coalition disagreement and has not been republished as a 2026 campaign promise.", "evidence_source_ids": [ "nzfirst-skilled-migrant-2025", "national-skilled-residence-2025" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-10" }, { "id": "nzfirst-extend-work-visas", "party_slug": "nz-first", "party_name": "NZ First", "topic": "immigration", "claim_type": "party-position", "title": "Extending work visas instead of granting residence", "summary": "New Zealand First said it would support extending existing work visas for workers already in New Zealand by three years to meet short-term demand, rather than granting residence.", "caveat": "The position comes from the same 2025 statement and has not been republished as a 2026 immigration policy.", "evidence_source_ids": [ "nzfirst-skilled-migrant-2025" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-10" }, { "id": "maori-education-authority", "party_slug": "te-pati-maori", "party_name": "Te Pāti Māori", "topic": "education", "claim_type": "promise", "title": "A Māori education authority", "summary": "Establish a Māori education authority, and strengthen Māori governance across the education system.", "caveat": null, "evidence_source_ids": [ "maori-education" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-09" }, { "id": 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power to tangata whenua, hapū, iwi and whānau.", "caveat": "The policy sets out direction and principles, but does not give specific legislative mechanisms or a timetable.", "evidence_source_ids": [ "maori-mana-motuhake", "maori-policy-feed" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-09" }, { "id": "maori-public-housing", "party_slug": "te-pati-maori", "party_name": "Te Pāti Māori", "topic": "housing-transport", "claim_type": "promise", "title": "More public housing and simpler building on Māori land", "summary": "Promises more public and affordable housing, fewer barriers to building on Māori and ancestral land, and action against speculation, land banking and long-term vacant properties.", "caveat": "The policy page does not publish the number of homes, the funding source or an implementation timetable.", "evidence_source_ids": [ "maori-housing", "maori-policy-feed" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-09" }, { "id": "opportunity-citizens-income", "party_slug": "opportunity", "party_name": "Opportunity 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34% from NZ$50,001 to NZ$200,000, and 39% above NZ$200,000.", "caveat": null, "evidence_source_ids": [ "opportunity-tax-reset", "opportunity-rnz" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-09" }, { "id": "opportunity-kiwisaver", "party_slug": "opportunity", "party_name": "Opportunity Party", "topic": "economy-tax", "claim_type": "promise", "title": "KiwiSaver 2.0", "summary": "Set up a compulsory KiwiSaver 2.0, and raise the employee and employer contribution rates in steps to 6% each.", "caveat": null, "evidence_source_ids": [ "opportunity-tax-reset", "opportunity-rnz" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-09" }, { "id": "opportunity-housing-supply", "party_slug": "opportunity", "party_name": "Opportunity Party", "topic": "housing-transport", "claim_type": "promise", "title": "Accepting lower house prices and building more housing", "summary": "Argues that restoring housing affordability requires house prices to fall and supply to increase, and proposes simpler zoning and consenting, support for prefabricated building, and underwriting eligible affordable housing projects.", "caveat": "The party website says detailed policy will be added when the campaign launches. The current evidence link uses a web archive from July 2026.", "evidence_source_ids": [ "opportunity-housing" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-09" }, { "id": "alliance-public-ownership", "party_slug": "alliance", "party_name": "Alliance Party", "topic": "economy-tax", "claim_type": "party-position", "title": "Public ownership of infrastructure", "summary": "Return water supply, electricity, telecommunications, rail, shipping, ports and airports to public ownership.", "caveat": null, "evidence_source_ids": [ "alliance-about" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-09" }, { "id": "alliance-labour-rights", "party_slug": "alliance", "party_name": "Alliance Party", "topic": "economy-tax", "claim_type": "party-position", "title": "Stronger labour and union rights", "summary": "Raise wages and job security, strengthen union rights, and recognise the value of unpaid work.", "caveat": null, "evidence_source_ids": [ "alliance-about" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-09" }, { "id": "alliance-progressive-tax", "party_slug": "alliance", "party_name": "Alliance Party", "topic": "economy-tax", "claim_type": "party-position", "title": "A more progressive tax system", "summary": "Shift more of the tax burden from wage income to wealth, and extend universal social welfare.", "caveat": null, "evidence_source_ids": [ "alliance-about" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-09" }, { "id": "alliance-treaty", "party_slug": "alliance", "party_name": "Alliance Party", "topic": "treaty-democracy", "claim_type": "party-position", "title": "Honouring the Treaty of Waitangi", "summary": "Uphold the Treaty of Waitangi, remedy historical breaches, and protect te reo Māori and Māori culture.", "caveat": null, "evidence_source_ids": [ "alliance-about" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-09" }, { "id": "alliance-community-health", "party_slug": "alliance", "party_name": "Alliance Party", "topic": "health", "claim_type": "promise", "title": "Free public community health services", "summary": "Move primary care to publicly funded, salaried multidisciplinary teams, bringing general practice, dental, optometry and mental health services together in community centres and free at the point of use.", "caveat": "No cost estimate or implementation timetable has been published.", "evidence_source_ids": [ "alliance-budget-health" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-09" }, { "id": "alliance-free-education", "party_slug": "alliance", "party_name": "Alliance Party", "topic": "education", "claim_type": "party-position", "title": "Free public education", "summary": "Makes free education and free health care campaign priorities for 2026, funded through a more progressive tax system.", "caveat": "The party website does not say which stages of education would be covered, and does not publish costs.", "evidence_source_ids": [ "alliance-relaunch-2026", "alliance-about" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-09" }, { "id": "alliance-fossil-fuel-transition", "party_slug": "alliance", "party_name": "Alliance Party", "topic": "climate-environment", "claim_type": "party-position", "title": "Moving the economy away from fossil fuels", "summary": "Argues for a gradual shift of the economy away from fossil fuels, with public intervention to protect the environment and workers affected by industry transition.", "caveat": "No target year, sector pathway or emissions target has been published.", "evidence_source_ids": [ "alliance-east-coast", "alliance-about" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-09" }, { "id": "alliance-independent-foreign-policy", "party_slug": "alliance", "party_name": "Alliance Party", "topic": "foreign-affairs", "claim_type": "party-position", "title": "Independent foreign policy and opposition to wars of aggression", "summary": "Sets out social justice, diplomacy, opposition to wars of aggression and Pacific solidarity as the principles of an independent foreign policy.", "caveat": "Only statements of principle are available at present, and no separate foreign affairs or defence policy document has been released.", "evidence_source_ids": [ "alliance-about" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-09" }, { "id": "alliance-state-housing", "party_slug": "alliance", "party_name": "Alliance Party", "topic": "housing-transport", "claim_type": "promise", "title": "50,000 state houses in ten years", "summary": "Proposes building 50,000 state houses within ten years through a public housing investment fund and a new public works department, along with stronger protections for tenants.", "caveat": "The party website does not yet publish full costs or an annual building programme.", "evidence_source_ids": [ "alliance-housing" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-09" }, { "id": "tttp-children", "party_slug": "te-tai-tokerau", "party_name": "Te Tai Tokerau Party", "topic": "family-social", "claim_type": "party-position", "title": "Children and future generations first", "summary": "Makes the wellbeing and future of Te Tai Tokerau children and future generations the core priority.", "caveat": null, "evidence_source_ids": [ "tttp-site" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-09" }, { "id": "tttp-local-decisions", "party_slug": "te-tai-tokerau", "party_name": "Te Tai Tokerau Party", "topic": "treaty-democracy", "claim_type": "party-position", "title": "More local and Māori decision-making", "summary": "Strengthen decision-making by local communities, whānau, hapū and iwi on matters affecting the region.", "caveat": null, "evidence_source_ids": [ "tttp-site", "tttp-rnz" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-09" }, { "id": "tttp-rangatiratanga", "party_slug": "te-tai-tokerau", "party_name": "Te Tai Tokerau Party", "topic": "treaty-democracy", "claim_type": "party-position", "title": "Advancing tino rangatiratanga", "summary": "Build political representation rooted in Te Tai Tokerau, and advance Māori self-determination.", "caveat": null, "evidence_source_ids": [ "tttp-site", "tttp-rnz" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-09" }, { "id": "free-palestine-return", "party_slug": "free-palestine", "party_name": "Free Palestine", "topic": "foreign-affairs", "claim_type": "party-position", "title": "Support for the return of Palestinian refugees", "summary": "Supports the return of Palestinian refugees, and argues for a single state solution that is secular, democratic and binational, with equal citizenship.", "caveat": null, "evidence_source_ids": [ "free-palestine-principles" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-09" }, { "id": "free-palestine-international-law", "party_slug": "free-palestine", "party_name": "Free Palestine", "topic": "law-rights", "claim_type": "party-position", "title": "Accountability under international law", "summary": "Argues for accountability for alleged war crimes and serious international crimes on the basis of international law and United Nations resolutions.", "caveat": null, "evidence_source_ids": [ "free-palestine-principles" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-09" }, { "id": "free-palestine-security", "party_slug": "free-palestine", "party_name": "Free Palestine", "topic": "foreign-affairs", "claim_type": "party-position", "title": "Leaving the formal security alliance with the United States", "summary": "Argues that New Zealand should withdraw from its formal security alliance with the United States and take a more independent foreign policy.", "caveat": null, "evidence_source_ids": [ "free-palestine-principles" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-09" }, { "id": "nzloyal-freedom", "party_slug": "nz-loyal", "party_name": "NZ Loyal", "topic": "law-rights", "claim_type": "party-position", "title": "Individual freedom and property rights", "summary": "Argues that government should serve the public, protect individual freedom and respect property rights.", "caveat": null, "evidence_source_ids": [ "nzloyal-policy" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-09" }, { "id": "nzloyal-accountability", "party_slug": "nz-loyal", "party_name": "NZ Loyal", "topic": "treaty-democracy", "claim_type": "party-position", "title": "More government accountability and transparency", "summary": "Calls for greater accountability and transparency in government decision-making.", "caveat": null, "evidence_source_ids": [ "nzloyal-policy" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-09" }, { "id": "nzloyal-platform", "party_slug": "nz-loyal", "party_name": "NZ Loyal", "topic": "economy-tax", "claim_type": "party-position", "title": "A broad set of policy categories", "summary": "The party website lists policy categories including defence, the economy, education, health, housing, immigration, justice, tax, agriculture, the environment, foreign affairs and the Treaty of Waitangi.", "caveat": "The detailed policy text still needs to be verified item by item.", "evidence_source_ids": [ "nzloyal-policy" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-09" }, { "id": "nzloyal-foreign-organisations", "party_slug": "nz-loyal", "party_name": "NZ Loyal", "topic": "foreign-affairs", "claim_type": "party-position", "title": "Leaving some international organisations in favour of bilateral agreements", "summary": "The party's policy page argues for withdrawing from international organisations and arrangements it considers harmful to national sovereignty, naming the United Nations, the World Health Organization and the World Economic Forum, and for negotiating bilateral agreements directly instead.", "caveat": "The evidence comes from a web archive made before the party was registered. The World Economic Forum is not an intergovernmental organisation that can be left in the same way as the United Nations or the World Health Organization.", "evidence_source_ids": [ "nzloyal-foreign-affairs" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-09" }, { "id": "outdoors-direct-democracy", "party_slug": "outdoors-freedom", "party_name": "Outdoors & Freedom", "topic": "treaty-democracy", "claim_type": "party-position", "title": "Direct democracy", "summary": "Drawing on the Swiss system, give citizens binding tools to veto legislation and to initiate law.", "caveat": null, "evidence_source_ids": [ "outdoors-policies" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-09" }, { "id": "outdoors-bora", "party_slug": "outdoors-freedom", "party_name": "Outdoors & Freedom", "topic": "law-rights", "claim_type": "party-position", "title": "Stronger Bill of Rights protections", "summary": "Strengthen the protections in the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act, and improve government transparency.", "caveat": null, "evidence_source_ids": [ "outdoors-policies" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-09" }, { "id": "outdoors-local-power", "party_slug": "outdoors-freedom", "party_name": "Outdoors & Freedom", "topic": "treaty-democracy", "claim_type": "party-position", "title": "Devolving decision-making", "summary": "Devolve more decision-making power and funding to local communities.", "caveat": null, "evidence_source_ids": [ "outdoors-policies" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-09" }, { "id": "outdoors-access", "party_slug": "outdoors-freedom", "party_name": "Outdoors & Freedom", "topic": "climate-environment", "claim_type": "party-position", "title": "Protecting access to outdoor spaces", "summary": "Protect public access to outdoor spaces, the natural environment and local communities.", "caveat": null, "evidence_source_ids": [ "outdoors-policies" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-09" }, { "id": "outdoors-mental-health", "party_slug": "outdoors-freedom", "party_name": "Outdoors & Freedom", "topic": "health", "claim_type": "party-position", "title": "Reforming mental health services around a whole-person model", "summary": "Argues that mental health assessment should consider physical, nutritional, psychological, social and environmental factors together, and supports trauma treatment and long-term residential care options.", "caveat": "The policy page is undated and some of its arguments cite older material. Only the service direction proposed by the party is recorded here.", "evidence_source_ids": [ "outdoors-health" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-09" }, { "id": "conservative-resources", "party_slug": "conservative", "party_name": "Conservative Party", "topic": "economy-tax", "claim_type": "party-position", "title": "Developing domestic energy and minerals", "summary": "Develop New Zealand's own fossil fuel and mineral resources, including the use of domestic refining facilities.", "caveat": null, "evidence_source_ids": [ "conservative-policy" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-09" }, { "id": "conservative-merit", "party_slug": "conservative", "party_name": "Conservative Party", "topic": "law-rights", "claim_type": "party-position", "title": "Public policy based on individual merit", "summary": "Base employment, promotion and eligibility for public services on individual merit rather than group identity.", "caveat": null, "evidence_source_ids": [ "conservative-policy" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-09" }, { "id": "conservative-public-service", "party_slug": "conservative", "party_name": "Conservative Party", "topic": "economy-tax", "claim_type": "party-position", "title": "A smaller public service", "summary": "Reduce the size of the public service, and shift more spending to infrastructure.", "caveat": null, "evidence_source_ids": [ "conservative-policy" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-09" }, { "id": "conservative-immigration", "party_slug": "conservative", "party_name": "Conservative Party", "topic": "immigration", "claim_type": "party-position", "title": "Limiting low-skilled immigration when youth unemployment is high", "summary": "Limit low-skilled immigration when youth unemployment is high, and require new migrants to adapt to the New Zealand way of life.", "caveat": null, "evidence_source_ids": [ "conservative-policy" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-09" }, { "id": "conservative-internet-filtering", "party_slug": "conservative", "party_name": "Conservative Party", "topic": "family-social", "claim_type": "party-position", "title": "Default filtering of adult content and stronger parental controls", "summary": "Argues for filtering adult content on public networks, requiring telecommunications and internet services to switch on adult content filtering by default with an opt-out, and setting parental oversight for accounts held by under-16s.", "caveat": "The policy page has no publication date and does not set out technical standards, costs or an appeal process.", "evidence_source_ids": [ "conservative-family" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-09" }, { "id": "conservative-climate-adaptation", "party_slug": "conservative", "party_name": "Conservative Party", "topic": "climate-environment", "claim_type": "party-position", "title": "Removing climate taxes and regulation in favour of adaptation spending", "summary": "Argues for removing climate-related taxes, subsidies and regulation, and shifting public funding to adaptation measures such as flood protection, road resilience and emergency response.", "caveat": "This is a party position. The policy page has no publication date and provides no emissions modelling or cost assessment.", "evidence_source_ids": [ "conservative-environment" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-09" }, { "id": "vision-family-ministry", "party_slug": "vision-nz", "party_name": "Vision NZ", "topic": "family-social", "claim_type": "promise", "title": "A ministry for families and childcare payments", "summary": "Establish a ministry for families, pay NZ$5,000 at the birth of each child, and provide a weekly payment to families with a baby under one year old.", "caveat": null, "evidence_source_ids": [ "vision-policies" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-09" }, { "id": "vision-tax-free", "party_slug": "vision-nz", "party_name": "Vision NZ", "topic": "economy-tax", "claim_type": "promise", "title": "First NZ$25,000 of income tax free", "summary": "The first NZ$25,000 of personal income would be tax free, and income tax would be removed from superannuation, student loans and benefits.", "caveat": null, "evidence_source_ids": [ "vision-policies" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-09" }, { "id": "vision-immigration", "party_slug": "vision-nz", "party_name": "Vision NZ", "topic": "immigration", "claim_type": "promise", "title": "Pausing mass immigration", "summary": "Proposes pausing mass immigration, extending the residence requirement for citizenship to 10 years, and making English an official language.", "caveat": null, "evidence_source_ids": [ "vision-policies" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-09" }, { "id": "vision-un-paris", "party_slug": "vision-nz", "party_name": "Vision NZ", "topic": "foreign-affairs", "claim_type": "party-position", "title": "Leaving the United Nations and the Paris Agreement", "summary": "Argues for withdrawing from the United Nations and the Paris Agreement, and for removing what the party calls race-based policies.", "caveat": null, "evidence_source_ids": [ "vision-policies" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-09" }, { "id": "vision-curriculum", "party_slug": "vision-nz", "party_name": "Vision NZ", "topic": "education", "claim_type": "promise", "title": "Changing sexuality and relationships education in schools", "summary": "Remove gender theory and relationships and sexuality education from the school curriculum, and raise teacher pay.", "caveat": null, "evidence_source_ids": [ "vision-policies" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-09" }, { "id": "vision-primary-health", "party_slug": "vision-nz", "party_name": "Vision NZ", "topic": "health", "claim_type": "promise", "title": "Prioritising primary care and changing targeted spending", "summary": "Proposes more budget for primary care and health workforce pay, better GP services and specialist waiting times, and removing health targeting policies and spending set by ethnicity.", "caveat": "No budget figures, implementation timetable or independent costing have been published.", "evidence_source_ids": [ "vision-policies" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-09" }, { "id": "vision-sex-definition", "party_slug": "vision-nz", "party_name": "Vision NZ", "topic": "law-rights", "claim_type": "promise", "title": "Defining biological sex in law, and a parental rights bill", "summary": "Argues for defining biological sex in law as male and female, managing single-sex spaces by biological sex, and introducing a parental rights bill and changes to birth registration law.", "caveat": "These are party promises. No bill text or implementation detail has been published.", "evidence_source_ids": [ "vision-policies" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-09" }, { "id": "womens-rights-spaces", "party_slug": "womens-rights", "party_name": "Women's Rights Party", "topic": "law-rights", "claim_type": "party-position", "title": "Protecting single-sex spaces", "summary": "Protect women-only toilets, changing rooms, refuges, hospital wards, sports and other single-sex services.", "caveat": null, "evidence_source_ids": [ "womens-rights-policy" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-09" }, { "id": "womens-rights-definition", "party_slug": "womens-rights", "party_name": "Women's Rights Party", "topic": "law-rights", "claim_type": "party-position", "title": "Defining women and men as biological categories", "summary": "Argues for defining women and men in law as biological categories.", "caveat": null, "evidence_source_ids": [ "womens-rights-policy" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-09" }, { "id": "womens-rights-medical", "party_slug": "womens-rights", "party_name": "Women's Rights Party", "topic": "health", "claim_type": "party-position", "title": "Restricting gender transition treatment for minors", "summary": "Opposes puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones for people under 18, and seeks stricter age limits.", "caveat": null, "evidence_source_ids": [ "womens-rights-policy" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-09" }, { "id": "womens-rights-mental-health", "party_slug": "womens-rights", "party_name": "Women's Rights Party", "topic": "health", "claim_type": "promise", "title": "Women-only mental health services", "summary": "Fund women-only mental health services, particularly for survivors of violence and sexual assault.", "caveat": null, "evidence_source_ids": [ "womens-rights-policy" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-09" }, { "id": "womens-rights-care-income", "party_slug": "womens-rights", "party_name": "Women's Rights Party", "topic": "family-social", "claim_type": "party-position", "title": "Income support for parenting and care work", "summary": "Argues for income support for people raising children or caring for older people, and for higher minimum wages and benefits to improve women's incomes and retirement.", "caveat": "The policy page does not give specific amounts, eligibility thresholds or a funding source.", "evidence_source_ids": [ "womens-rights-policy" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-09" }, { "id": "womens-rights-relationships-education", "party_slug": "womens-rights", "party_name": "Women's Rights Party", "topic": "education", "claim_type": "party-position", "title": "Relationships education based on biological sex and consent", "summary": "Supports keeping age-appropriate, scientifically accurate education on sex, relationships and consent, but wants the curriculum based on biological sex and gender identity content removed.", "caveat": "No curriculum text or implementation method has been published.", "evidence_source_ids": [ "womens-rights-policy" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-09" 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"topic": "law-rights", "claim_type": "promise", "title": "An independent animal commissioner", "summary": "Establish an independent animal commissioner with enforcement powers and public accountability.", "caveat": null, "evidence_source_ids": [ "animal-justice-manifesto" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-09" }, { "id": "animal-justice-plant-food", "party_slug": "animal-justice", "party_name": "Animal Justice Party", "topic": "health", "claim_type": "promise", "title": "More plant-based food in public institutions", "summary": "Increase plant-based food in schools, hospitals and public institutions, and improve food labelling.", "caveat": null, "evidence_source_ids": [ "animal-justice-manifesto" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-09" }, { "id": "animal-justice-climate-transition", "party_slug": "animal-justice", "party_name": "Animal Justice Party", "topic": "climate-environment", "claim_type": "party-position", "title": "Cutting emissions by reducing animal agriculture", "summary": "Argues for a faster shift from animal agriculture to a plant-based economy, support for farmers through the transition, and restoration of waterways, forests and wildlife habitat.", "caveat": "The policy page does not give a target year, sector pathway or costs.", "evidence_source_ids": [ "animal-justice-climate" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-09" }, { "id": "animal-justice-circular-economy", "party_slug": "animal-justice", "party_name": "Animal Justice Party", "topic": "economy-tax", "claim_type": "party-position", "title": "Measuring progress by the circular economy and wellbeing", "summary": "Argues for including environmental costs in economic decisions, developing a circular economy, local resilience and community projects, and measuring success by ecological health, social wellbeing and the treatment of animals.", "caveat": "The policy does not give specific tax rates, thresholds or tax instruments.", "evidence_source_ids": [ "animal-justice-economy" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-09" }, { "id": "cannabis-legalisation", "party_slug": "cannabis", "party_name": "Legalise Cannabis Party", "topic": "animals-drug-reform", "claim_type": "party-position", "title": "Legalisation for adult use", "summary": "Repeal cannabis prohibition so that adults can legally possess, grow and use cannabis.", "caveat": null, "evidence_source_ids": [ "cannabis-policy", "cannabis-2026" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-09" }, { "id": "cannabis-regulated-market", "party_slug": "cannabis", "party_name": "Legalise Cannabis Party", "topic": "animals-drug-reform", "claim_type": "party-position", "title": "An R18 regulated market", "summary": "Create an R18 cannabis market regulated in a similar way to alcohol and tobacco, but with commercial promotion banned.", "caveat": null, "evidence_source_ids": [ "cannabis-policy" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-09" }, { "id": "cannabis-convictions", "party_slug": "cannabis", "party_name": "Legalise Cannabis Party", "topic": "law-rights", "claim_type": "party-position", "title": "Clearing related convictions", "summary": "Clear cannabis-related convictions, and treat personal drug use mainly as a health issue.", "caveat": null, "evidence_source_ids": [ "cannabis-policy", "cannabis-2026" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-09" }, { "id": "cannabis-medical", "party_slug": "cannabis", "party_name": "Legalise Cannabis Party", "topic": "health", "claim_type": "party-position", "title": "Wider access to medicinal cannabis", "summary": "Widen legal access to medicinal cannabis, and protect compliant users from unfair drug testing.", "caveat": null, "evidence_source_ids": [ "cannabis-policy" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-09" }, { "id": "cannabis-industrial", "party_slug": "cannabis", "party_name": "Legalise Cannabis Party", "topic": "economy-tax", "claim_type": "party-position", "title": "Developing industrial hemp", "summary": "Develop industrial hemp production for fibre, construction, nutrition, medicine and biofuel.", "caveat": null, "evidence_source_ids": [ "cannabis-policy" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-09" }, { "id": "cannabis-treaty-principles", "party_slug": "cannabis", "party_name": "Legalise Cannabis Party", "topic": "treaty-democracy", "claim_type": "party-position", "title": "Support for Treaty principles and opposition to unequal cannabis enforcement", "summary": "Supports the Treaty of Waitangi principles of partnership, tolerance and cooperation, and argues that legal regulation of cannabis supports fairer law and Māori self-determination.", "caveat": "The full policy was mostly written in 2005 and is not a new 2026 manifesto. It is recorded here only as a long-standing party position.", "evidence_source_ids": [ "cannabis-policy" ], "last_verified": "2026-08-09" } ] }