What they promise, and what it costs.

Ten commitments led by economic growth, no new taxes and compulsory KiwiSaver.

• 21/06/2026Make KiwiSaver compulsory for all workers and enrol babies automatically.
• 23/08/2026No new taxes, including no bed tax or bank tax.
• 16/09/2026Split Foodstuffs into two companies to break the supermarket duopoly.
• 06/10/2026$604 million more for Pharmac and free bowel, cervical and breast screening by 2029, paid for by cutting aid outside the Pacific.
• 08/10/2026Cut $585 million from welfare spending and drug test beneficiaries.
• 12/10/2026Focus on cutting debt and hold off on new tax cuts.
• 13/10/2026First 100 days: lower student loan repayments for those living here, wider 5% deposits for first home buyers, paid parental leave from 26 to 30 weeks within three years.
• 21/10/2026Replace NCEA, limit screen time for young pupils and keep the school phone ban.

Has ruled out working with Opportunity, including confidence and supply.

National's own website

"Better Starts Now": cost of living, health and changing the government.

• 10/06/2026Cap public transport fares at $20 a week in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch, $10 elsewhere, from July 2027.
• 23/08/2026Bring debt down to 20% of GDP and set up an independent Parliamentary Budget Office.
• 20/09/2026Make Foodstuffs and Woolworths separate their retail and wholesale arms.
• 27/09/2026Forgive 10% of eligible student loans, costed at $583.4 million over four years.
• 01/10/2026A "fair go law" against surprise fees, hard to cancel subscriptions and unreasonable exit fees.
• 04/10/2026Restore pay equity and pay 65,000 care and support workers, costed at $2.5 billion over four years.
• 28/10/2026Ban "no-cause" evictions and strengthen tenancy rights.

Working with the Greens; NZ First has ruled out working with Labour.

Labour's own website

"For All of Us": tax the wealthiest, mass electrification and basic rights to food, shelter and jobs.

• 25/03/2026Build 40,000 social homes over five years and cap rent rises at 2% a year.
• 21/06/2026Wealth, inheritance and higher company taxes, no income tax under $10,000 and a higher rate over $160,000.
• 20/07/2026A Crown power company, Kiwipower, and zero interest loans for solar and batteries.
• 06/09/2026A government owned supermarket chain, KiwiMart, made from 120 stores Foodstuffs and Woolworths would have to sell.
• 03/10/2026Intercity passenger rail, costed at $4 billion.
• 04/10/2026Free public transport for children, students, apprentices and Community Services Card holders, $2 fares for everyone else.
• 23/10/2026Raise health spending by $3 billion a year each Budget, $30 billion over four Budgets.

Working with Labour.

Green's own website

Smaller government: cut spending, merge ministries and equal rights in law.

• 19/02/2026Merge six population ministries, including Te Puni Kōkiri, into the Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
• 26/07/2026Lift Pharmac's share of health spending to 13% by 2033.
• 06/09/2026Drop the net zero target and repeal the Zero Carbon Act changes of 2019.
• 15/09/2026Cap the minimum wage for three years and bring in a lower training wage for under 20s.
• 04/10/2026Remove tax on KiwiSaver earnings.
• 11/10/2026Raise the retirement age step by step and cut $653 million from disability benefits.
• 26/10/2026Cut $22 billion of what it calls wasteful spending over four years.

ACT's own website

Cost of living, tighter immigration and against co-governance.

• 22/03/2026Split up the four big power companies.
• 17/05/2026Buy the Bank of New Zealand and merge it with Kiwibank into a Crown owned bank.
• 02/08/2026A "Kiwi Kids Grant" of $5,000 a year for each of a family's first three children, for their first three years.
• 11/09/202614 immigration policies, including a referendum on capping resident visas at 20,000.
• 10/10/2026Lift Working for Families in-work tax credits to $70 for good.
• 27/10/2026A $4 billion rail plan, including the new Interislander ferries and a permanent Te Huia service.

Has ruled out working with Labour.

NZ First's own website

Tino rangatiratanga, constitutional change and a tax plan aimed at the top.

• 26/08/2026A 48% tax rate over $300,000, a rebate under $30,000, a wealth tax and a vacant house tax.
• 01/09/2026Make Waitangi Tribunal recommendations binding and set a 2040 target for constitutional change.
• 16/09/2026A $1 billion fund for Māori and community owned renewable energy.
• 21/09/2026$100 million seed funding for community supermarkets and a food tax credit.

Asks voters for their electorate vote, and their party vote for Labour or the Greens.

Te Pāti Māori's own website

Five non-negotiables: a ten year health plan, lobbying reform, a bottom trawling ban, tackling monopolies and climate.

• 02/07/2026Stronger Commerce Commission powers and forgiving student loan interest to bring people home.
• 16/08/2026Cap political donations and set up an anti-corruption agency.
• 18/09/2026A methane emissions trading scheme and $5 billion for climate adaptation.

National has ruled out working with Opportunity.

Opportunity's own website