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Te Pāti Māori's Cost of Living Policy
Te Pāti Māori proposes a universal basic income, removal of GST from food and basic necessities, free healthcare and education, and progressive wealth taxes. They argue Māori are disproportionately af…
In simple terms
Give everyone a basic income, remove GST from food and essentials, make healthcare free, and tax wealth to fund it all.
National's Education Policy
National has introduced structured literacy and numeracy programmes in primary schools, with a focus on returning to phonics-based reading instruction. They propose restoring charter schools, setting …
In simple terms
Teach reading through proven phonics methods, bring back charter schools, set clear achievement targets for students, and let teachers focus on teaching.
Labour's Education Policy
Labour expanded free early childhood education, made fees free for the first year of tertiary study, and developed the Learning Support Action Plan. They reformed Tomorrow's Schools, introduced attend…
In simple terms
Make early childhood and first year of university free, provide school lunches, support students with learning difficulties, and invest in school mental health.
Green Party's Education Policy
The Green Party supports free education from early childhood through tertiary, cancelling student debt, reducing class sizes, better pay and conditions for teachers, and a wellbeing-focused curriculum…
In simple terms
Make all education free from kindy to university, cancel student debt, pay teachers more, make classes smaller, and teach te reo Māori in all schools.
ACT's Education Policy
ACT's flagship education policy is charter schools (now called partnership schools), where private operators can run publicly funded schools with more flexibility. They support school choice, merit pa…
In simple terms
Allow private organisations to run publicly funded schools, let parents choose any school, pay the best teachers more, and focus on core subjects like reading, writing and maths.
NZ First's Education Policy
NZ First supports a back-to-basics approach in primary education, trade and vocational education investment, limiting cell phone use in schools, and ensuring schools teach New Zealand history and civi…
In simple terms
Focus on basics like reading and maths, invest in trades training, ban phones in classrooms, and teach New Zealand history in every school.
Te Pāti Māori's Education Policy
Te Pāti Māori calls for fully funded kura kaupapa Māori (Māori language immersion schools) and kōhanga reo (Māori language nests), compulsory te reo Māori in all schools, free tertiary education, canc…
In simple terms
Fund Māori language schools properly, teach te reo Māori in every school, make university free, cancel student debt, and reform the curriculum to reflect New Zealand's true history.
Labour's Immigration Policy
Labour introduced the 2021 immigration reset to reduce dependence on low-wage migration, created the Green List for critical health and education workers, and introduced the Pacific Access Category re…
In simple terms
Focus immigration on skilled workers New Zealand really needs, make it easier for Pacific Islanders to come to NZ, and reduce reliance on low-wage overseas labour.
Labour's Māori Affairs Policy
Labour established the Māori Health Authority, implemented co-governance in Three Waters, developed the He Puapua framework for Treaty implementation, increased Māori language funding, and worked to a…
In simple terms
Create Māori-led health and water governance, fund the Māori language, and reduce the major gaps between Māori and non-Māori in health, housing, and education.