National's hiring freeze a travesty for our regions
Labour criticised public-health workforce growth and promoted its graduate-nurse job guarantee.
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Labour criticised public-health workforce growth and promoted its graduate-nurse job guarantee.
Bill within first 100 days to require repayments within three months and create dispute resolution.
Labour said it would repeal the Disability Support Services Act and replace it with rights-based legislation co-designed with disabled people, criticising ministerial powers to alter eligibility and support thresholds without adequate scrutiny.
National argued Labour had left open the possibility of a land-value tax; this is party criticism, not a confirmed Labour policy.
National argued Labour’s property CGT would affect owner-operated commercial premises.
Luxon framed the election choice around National’s tax restraint versus tax increases proposed across the opposition bloc.
Winston Peters speech on NZ Super, senior support and wider campaign commitments.
Winston Peters argued Labour and National lacked a coherent fiscal and economic strategy, presenting NZ First’s approach as focused on domestic ownership, productive investment, infrastructure, savings and national economic sovereignty.
NZ First proposed increasing regulated milk access for qualifying manufacturers from 50 million to 500 million litres annually for ten years to stimulate new value-added dairy processing and retain more export value in New Zealand.
Green Party response to child-poverty data and government policy.
Policy to restore, expand and permanently fund Ka Ora, Ka Ako.
Green Party policy for protected restoration and intergenerational funding for marae and communities.
Six reforms to improve transport value: publish lowest-cost safe options, plan capacity for growth, protect maintenance funding, require equal treatment in procurement, exclude non-functional art from road funding, and avoid vehicle rules that raise family costs.
ACT argued Labour’s public-service position amounted to a blank cheque for bureaucracy, contrasting it with ACT’s proposal for 18 ministers and 19 departments and warning Labour’s spending plans would require taxes, debt or later cuts.
Physical-presence requirements proposed for resident visa travel rights.
Opportunity commitment to cross-party long-term planning for frontline services.
Opportunity called for immediate cost-of-living relief from high fuel prices alongside transparent long-term decisions about fuel excise, road-user charges and how New Zealand funds its transport network.
Opportunity condemned US and Israeli attacks on Iran as breaches of international law and highlighted civilian harm.
Constitutional reform package to make Crown obligations enforceable.
Video report of Te Pāti Māori's campaign launch and candidate-vote strategy to maximise Māori representation. Evidence: Public broadcaster social video
Campaign coverage detailed the plan to seek Māori-electorate votes while encouraging supporters to allocate party votes across the left bloc.
Every policy position on file for the party you choose, grouped by issue, next to the speeches, releases and statements they have made. New statements are added automatically as they are published, and every entry links to its source.
Labour criticised public-health workforce growth and promoted its graduate-nurse job guarantee.
labour.org.nzBill within first 100 days to require repayments within three months and create dispute resolution.
labour.org.nzLabour said it would repeal the Disability Support Services Act and replace it with rights-based legislation co-designed with disabled people, criticising ministerial powers to alter eligibility and support thresholds without adequate scrutiny.
labour.org.nzElection promise to offer eligible New Zealand-trained graduate nurses a public health job.
labour.org.nzElection commitment for Māori-led employment and trades training.
labour.org.nzLabour formally introduced its election slogan as the campaign moved into its final phase.
stuff.co.nzLabour leader's full Congress speech launching the party's election campaign around jobs, affordable healthcare and household costs. Evidence: Official party video
youtube.comLabour finance spokesperson's Congress address on the party's economic and fiscal case for the election. Evidence: Official party video; Congress opening-day date
youtube.comConference commitments covered health, ferries and AUKUS while capital-gains and wealth taxes remained under discussion.
rnz.co.nzLabour pledged to restore Smokefree Aotearoa, complete Dunedin Hospital, deliver rail-enabled ferries, strengthen worker protections and reject AUKUS participation.
rnz.co.nzPolls measure nationwide party-vote support only — no electorate-level figures are published in these releases. Always check the linked source before relying on a number.