"By cracking down on bad actors and unethical practices, we remove the financial incentive to exploit. This will help to restore industry and manufacturing on our shores." Open, not owned. The Alliance trade policy, from Josh Harford.

Open, Not Owned: Alliance Party Announces... | The Alliance

Read the Alliance trade policy: fair and managed trade, support for New Zealand industry, workers’ rights and economic sovereignty.

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"Redistribution of wealth without a rebalance of power would represent a gilded cage for working people, so we want to go further." The Alliance constitutional policy puts Te Tiriti o Waitangi at the centre and power back in the hands of ordinary people.

Te Tiriti, Democracy and Constitutional Policy | Alliance Party

Our Te Tiriti o Waitangi, democracy and constitutional policy puts popular sovereignty, participatory democracy, social justice and Te Tiriti at its centre.

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In 1974, this country set up a national superannuation scheme. It was scrapped the next year. The Alliance would start rebuilding it, with a $10,000 endowment in KiwiSaver accounts, locked in for retirement.

Retirement, Aged Care and KiwiSaver Policy | Alliance Party

Our retirement and aged care policy keeps Super at 65, lifts the couple rate, ends the asset test for rest home care and supercharges KiwiSaver.

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"It's time we started thinking of housing more like manners at a potluck. Everyone gets a plate before anyone has seconds." The Alliance housing policy: a five-year public building programme. allianceparty.nz/the-right-to...

The Right to a Roof | Alliance Housing Policy 2026

Alliance proposes a five-year public housing programme, a 25 percent net-income cap on Kāinga Ora rents and state-backed mortgages, and co-ownership.

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"The best thing we can do for victims is stop making new ones." The Alliance justice policy tackles the causes of offending and puts restorative justice at the centre of the system. Three strikes and into treatment.

Justice Policy: Three Strikes and into Treatment | Alliance

Alliance’s 2026 Justice Policy: prevent harm, rehabilitate, support victims and guarantee access to justice regardless of wealth.

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Yes, super is going to cost more. We already decided to pay it. So the question isn't whether, it's when. We won't fund the GP, so we fund the hospital. We won't fund the pension, so we fund the rest home. That's not a saving. That's a bill posted forward. #nzpol

A small business shouldn't be giving an interest free loan to a company many times its size. The Alliance small business policy brings in mandatory maximum payment terms, public reporting on how long big buyers take to pay, and a publicly owned development bank. #nzpol

Small Business, Local Enterprise and Cooperatives | Alliance

Alliance backs small businesses and cooperatives with low-cost finance, fairer payment terms, stronger competition rules and support for employee buy-outs.

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Glad to see the Alliance Party of Aotearoa New Zealand is back in business, polling 1% behind TOP amongst Māori voters (and 3% behind National!). thespinoff.co.nz/atea/17-09-2...

Whakaata Māori poll: Labour leads party vote as Te Pāti Māori dominates Māori roll

Hauraki-Waikato MP Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke has drawn strong backing in the preferred prime minister stakes in a new poll.

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52 weeks paid parental leave, including casual, seasonal and part time workers. A Universal Child Benefit paid straight to the principal caregiver, indexed to wages. A Pay Equity Bureau with real enforcement powers. Alliance gender equality policy is out. #nzpol

52 Weeks’ Paid Parental Leave and Gender Equality | Alliance

The Alliance proposes at least 52 weeks’ paid parental leave, a Universal Child Benefit and stronger pay equity enforcement in its gender equality plan.

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Social security with dignity and individualised irrespective of relationship status Read more here: allianceparty.nz/alliance-pla...

"We live like kings compared to 80 years ago" is a real comment on our tax plan reel. Sure, cheaper TVs and phones. Not cheaper houses, power, rent or insurance. I can live with a bad tv. A bad house slowly kills you. In 1991, 60% of people in their late twenties owned a home. By 2018, 43%. #nzpol

A state shipping line. Rail and coastal shipping as the backbone of domestic freight. Ports and transit publicly owned. Alliance transport policy is out. We're an island at the bottom of the world with no ships of our own, and that's a choice. #nzpol

National Transport Strategy | Alliance Party Policy

Alliance proposes publicly owned transport, rail and coastal shipping as freight backbones, a State shipping line and better public transport across the...

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Free GP visits. Free dental, optical and audiology. The Alliance would bring primary care into a public Community Health Service, so practices stop being small businesses and staff become public employees. Same clinic, same doctor, no bill. #nzpol

Alliance announces free community healthcare plan | Media release

Alliance proposes a public Community Health Service with free GP, dental, optical and audiology care, team-based prevention and workforce pay parity.

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100% public ownership of electricity. Public water. No mining in national parks. A Genuine Progress Index over GDP. An economy can get worse on paper while people get of better. Alliance environment policy is out. #nzpol

Environment & Climate Policy | Alliance Party

Public power, clean water and polluters pay. Explore Alliance’s environment and climate policy, with a just transition for workers and communities.

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35-hour week, no loss in pay. Five weeks leave. A real right to strike. Work councils and elected worker directors. Wage theft treated as theft, and corporate manslaughter law. The Alliance workers' rights policy is out. #nzpol

Alliance Unveils Full Employment And 35-Hour... | The Alliance

Alliance proposes full employment, a 35-hour week with no loss in pay, five weeks of annual leave and stronger union and workplace rights.

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An extra $2,408 a year if you earn $65,000. That's the Alliance tax policy: the first $20,000 of everyone's income tax-free, paid for by taxing wealth over $2m and capital gains. Everyone under $178,150 pays less income tax. Tax wealth, not work. #nzpol

Alliance Tax Plan Makes First $20,000 Income... | The Alliance

Alliance proposes making the first $20,000 of income tax-free, funded by a wealth tax. A worker on $65,000 would keep an extra $2,408 a year.

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National plans to raise the income limit for first home buyer loans to 300k. If those earners can't save and buy a home, then we need a full relook at the system, not just throwing more money on the bonfire. #nzpol #kikorangi

Use rates for just the essentials this government says. While gutting the little national funding councils get for the essentials. Genius move. #nzpol

Labour's guaranteeing every graduate nurse a job from 2027. Good policy, real problem. But it's a job offer somewhere, and it doesn't say where. The subsidy seems to be there to make jobs exist, not make them attractive. Getting a grad to stay rural isn't just about money. #nzpol

Forty years of policy has left the average Kiwi struggling, and we're only allowed one argument about it. Does it pay for itself. What's the return. Even the left frames it that way now. We're allowed to just say a thing is right. We've mostly forgotten that. #nzpol

They sent the form back on time. Did exactly what was asked. Their benefit stopped anyway, because MSD couldn't process the volume it had created. MSD's words: payments were suspended despite people providing the information. The Minister took a corridor where reporters can't follow. #nzpol

Minister Louise Upston denies dodging questions over missed benefit payments

Social Development Minister Louise Upston has appeared to avoid reporters waiting to ask about benefit payments being wrongly suspended, using a side corridor to enter Parliament's debating chamber on...

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Filing this one away for 2029: caps become targets. In New South Wales, 127 of 128 councils have had to apply for a special variation to get above theirs. Not one of them managed to live inside it. We're about to find out the same thing the expensive way. #nzpol

Been re-reading the Odyssey. Zeus's law runs through it. A stranger turns up with nothing, you give them a bath, a bed and a meal, and only then ask who they are. That's what being fit to rule looked like. We fine them $2,000 for sleeping in a doorway. We'd be the monsters in the poem. #nzpol

If the health of you or your family have suffered from lack of hspital care, don't blame the staff, blame Health Minister Simeon Brown and #HealthNZ. They're responsible for restricitng hiring of health workers, including frontline staff! #NZpol ⚕️ 🏥 🚑👩‍⚕️ 👨‍⚕️ www.rnz.co.nz/news/health/...

Documents reveal Health NZ hiring crackdown

Health NZ leaders told the Health Minister tight controls on hiring staff were crucial to delivering its budget and that recruitment of any frontline worker was only possible with the sign-off of seni...

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Another "under urgency" screw up. Who's suprised? Laws are complex, interconnected behemoths, and shouldn't be changed on a whim. If only we had a system in place to try and catch badly written laws, oh wait 😑 #nzpol

The degradation of our health system shows up when you need something semi-serious handled. Friend hit their head. Still feeling off a day later. Wants to see their GP. That's exactly what primary care is for. No appointments for four weeks. The options shouldn't be a month or ED. #nzpol

What are unions? I'm sure many people have strong opinions, but plenty also have no idea what they are or why they exist. Here I try to sum up some thoughts on the matter #nzpol

Stood with the PSA nurses outside Nurse Maude yesterday. Part of the dispute is two days of sick leave the employer wants back, granted while they waited on a pay equity deal the Government then cancelled. People who nurse others at home, asked to trade their own health for wages. #nzpol