Every political party has issued a raft of policies including education, healthcare, welfare and more. To keep this page at a sensible limit we have restricted it to the main parties polling at least 5%, and have cherry-picked specific policies around tax, property and building.
I am updating this website as I see policies get released and argued over. They may be out of date and I might not include all of the details about every policy. It is natural for the incumbent (Labour) in this case to not have a lot of new policies and instead campaign on their record.
15 Sep Update: Now that NZ First is polling at 5% we plan update to include their policies.
| National | Revert to 2 years |
| Act | Abolish |
| Labour | Keep at 10 years |
| Greens | Keep at 10 years |
| National | Phase the reversal to 100% deductible over 2 years |
| Act | Immediately revert to 100% deductible |
| Labour | Status quo (no deductibility except for social housing and new builds) |
| Greens | Status quo (no deductibility except for social housing and new builds) |
| National | Adjust for inflation |
| Act | Adjust for inflation |
| Labour | No change |
| Greens | Adjust for inflation |
| National | 39% |
| Act | 33% |
| Labour | 39% |
| Greens | 45% |
| National | Ruled out |
| Act | Ruled out |
| Labour | Ruled out |
| Greens | 2% wealth tax (wealth over $2mil) + 1.5% trust tax |
| National |
Foreign buyer tax Remove commercial property depreciation For more policies view here (National website) |
| Act | For more policies view here (Act website) |
| Labour | Remove commercial property depreciation |
| Greens | Rent controls. View here (Greens Website) |
| National |
Building material approval streamline Zoning and infrastructure and more here Reserve bank mandate changes |
| Act | Abolish the RMA and amend the Building Act. |
| Labour | Remove commercial property depreciation |
| Greens | Rent controls. View here (Greens Website) |
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