Individual Party Positions
Key Insights: Where the Common Ground Lives
Areas of Broad Agreement
- Housing: All parties acknowledge crisis, differ on solutions
- Healthcare: Universal support for improvement
- KiwiSaver: All support increases (3%→6% vs 10%)
- Infrastructure: Labour pledges continuity on coalition projects
Key Dividing Lines
- Tax: Wealth tax (Left) vs Tax cuts (Right)
- Treaty/Māori Policy: ACT's principles bill vs Labour/Greens' Te Tiriti commitment
- Environment: Greens revoke mining vs Right's Fast-track approvals
- Spending: ACT aggressive cuts vs Greens $8B green investment
Current Coalition: National + ACT + NZ First | Potential Left Bloc: Labour + Greens + Te Pāti Māori | Wildcard: NZ First (has ruled out Hipkins, not Labour entirely)