2026 PROGRESSNZ LIST OF POLICIES
Here you will find our complete list of policies, updated for any of the latest changes. The party will attempt to cover as many policy areas as possible.
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This is a comprehensive list and will be broken down into multiple categories for the sake of convenience. The party aims to have over 200 policies. Some of which are existing law, however are added so that the reader understands the party's position. This list could possibly be expanded upon in future, however for now this is the current list.​
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TAXATION
1. GST Reduction to 10%
2. Start a 1% once a year vacancy tax on unused property
3. 15% inheritance tax on transfers of over $100K
4. Implement a Capital Gains Tax on the second home onwards
5. Set the Capital Gains Tax at 30%
6. Create a new tax bracket for $120K+ earners at 35%
7. Increase the tax rate for $180K+ earners to 45%
8. Introduce a tax free threshold up to $20K
9. Create a new 6-tier income tax code (0%-15%-25%-30%-35%-45%)
10. Raise the trust tax rate to 45%
11. Remove tax exemption status from churches
12. Impose a royalty on companies that export NZ water
13. 1% Wealth tax on those earning more than $1million
14. Oppose any excise tax on sugar
15. Introducing a Land Value Tax set at 0.5%
16. Extend the in-work tax credit to all children
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ECONOMICS
1. Maintain existing unions and pass laws to protect them
2. Increase minimum wage steadily to incentivise employment
3. No new tariffs within the first term
4. Against subsidizing farmers
5. Guaranteed Minimum Income of $385 per week
6. Increase parental leave to 52 weeks
7. Ensure that all NZers can meet the living wage by 2030
8. Abandoning all asset sales
9. Support a 4 day working week
10. Increase infrastructure spending by 10%
11. Support compulsory unionism going forward
12. Implement fair pay agreements across multiple industries
13. Nationalize all the big banks within 10 years
14. Remove easter trading laws
15. Oppose 90-day trials in the workforce
16. Require children to be signed up to Kiwisaver at birth
17. Abolish the current youth minimum wage, replace it with normal wage
18. Double all benefits by the end of the first term
19. Increase annual leave to 5 weeks
20. Break up the supermarket duopoly to lower food prices
21. Support free apprenticeship schemes
22. Return the $1,000 kickstart payment to Kiwisaver
23. Increase research and development funding by 10%
24. Centralize water infrastructure to keep rates down
25. Opposing public service job cuts
​26. Expand the debt to GDP ratio to 60% to increase spending drastically
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HOUSING
1. Oppose the sell off of any state homes going forward
2. Enable a build to rent housing scheme
3. Maintain that all homes have to be insulated
4. Increase the number of multi story apartments in inner cities
5. Cut back regulation on skyscraper height
6. End quantitative easing into the housing market
7. Develop simple environmental guidelines for all new suburbs
8. Aim to reduce homelessness by 50% by the end of the first term
9. Start a state home solar panel energy program to lower energy costs
10. Enact rent control to assist non-homeowners
11. Remove interest deductibility for landlords
12. Support a first home grant scheme
13. Limit rent increases to once every 5 years
14. Keep the foreign buyer in place for purchasing residential housing
15. Against 90 day no cause evictions
16. Oppose pet bonds
17. Being implementing the Finnish "Housing First" policy immediately
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EDUCATION
1. Against integrating charter schools into the education system
2. Keeping national standards out of the school system
3. Oppose any ban on phones in schools
4. Start a university development fund, $1 million per university a year
5. More education funding, the lower the decile at the school
6. Abolish mandatory school uniforms
7. Halve student debt for graduates that live and work in NZ
8. Provide free school lunches in all state schools
9. Increase the amount spent in the budget on education by 10%
10. Offer students in Years 9 & 10, a greater amount of subject choice
11. Support and fund night classes
12. Require financial literacy to be taught in schools
13. Bringing back free university for all NZ citizens
14. Introduce civics education in high school
15. Ensure all schools have walking and biking access
16. No religious schools, all schools must be secular in their teachings
17. Merge all private schools into the public school system
18. Eliminate all "single-gender" schools by forcing them to be gender-neutral
19. Abolish the Rudolf Steiner schools as soon as possible
20. Nationalize early childhood education
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HEALTHCARE​
1. Doubling the disability benefit to get better living standards
2. Ending seclusion therapy
3. Implement Universal Dental Care
4. Double mental health funding from its current amount
5. Increasing the healthcare portion of the budget by 5%
6. Aim to keep GP visits below $10 by 2030
7. Maintain safe access zones around abortion clinics
8. $10 million for postnatal depression treatments
9. Including mandatory health warnings on all alcohol packaging
10. $100 million more for border security over the first term
11. Lower bowel cancer screening age to 40
12. Free prescriptions for all medical products
13. Allow stem cell research to take place in NZ legally
14. Double nurses pay by the end of the first term
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SOCIAL ISSUES
1. Support trans rights across healthcare, sport, education etc
2. Pro-Choice on Abortion
3. Support euthanasia for the terminally ill
4. Keep the superannuation age at 65
5. Legalize Prostitution with strict health and safety regulations
6. Support LGBT adoption rights
7. Defend freedom of speech, by opposing hate speech laws
8. Maintain the separation of church and state in law making
9. Abolish Knighthoods entirely
10. Close down Gloriavale
11. Establish a Minister for Men
12. Increase funding for Autism-related studies by 20%
13. Oppose genetic modification
14. Mandatory country of origin labeling on food products
15. Introduce repairability labels on all products
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ENVIRONMENT
1. Against banning 1080 poison
2. Opposing any future nuclear energy production on NZ land
3. Aim to cut greenhouse gas emissions in half within 5 years
4. Completely ban mining on conservation land
5. Support the Kermadec Sanctuary Bill
6. $100 million a year for renewable energy investment (Solar, hydro, wind)
7. No offshore or onshore fracking
8. Outlaw bottom trawling
9. Mandatory cameras on all fishing boats
10. Consider banning environment damaging pesticides and fertilizers
11. Increase fines for littering by 50%
12. Opposing the creation of any more pine forests
13. Create a ministry of green works
14. Phase out all remaining coal boilers
15. Set limits on nitrogen in waterways
16. Strengthen the Zero Carbon Act
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WILDLIFE
1. Work with environmental agencies to increase the bee population
2. Oppose most animal testing
3. Starting a native wildlife protection plan to help endangered species
4. Support the ban of greyhound racing
5. Aim to eradicate pests on offshore islands by 2030
6. Cover 30% of NZ oceans with protected areas and sanctuaries
7. $15 million over the first term to protect and rehabilitate wetlands
8. End "mud farming"
9. $10 million towards kauri tree conservation efforts
10. Limit visitor numbers at popular tourism sites across NZ
11. Create a new commissioner for animals
12. Against live animal exports
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​​ELECTORAL ISSUES
1. Implement the "spare voting" electoral system
2. Lowering the MMP threshold to 3.5%
3. Lower the voting age to 16
4. Cap personal donations to political parties at $1K
5. Oppose 4-year terms
6. Support "coat-tailing" as it makes parliament more proportional
7. No South Island seat quota, Allow South Island to gain seats if necessary
8. Set a 15% bar to qualify for leaders debates
9. Introduce a series of televised debates for out of Parliament parties
10. No term limits for politicians
11. Place local elections under the guidance of the Electoral Commission
12. Lower the election deposit for candidates to $100
13. Eliminating First Past the Post from all council elections
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TRANSPORT
1. Trial a light rail system in provincial NZ
2. Only upgrade or build very important highways
3. Free public transport for everyone
4. Have only electric buses by 2035
5. $50 million towards making NZ's most dangerous roads safer
6. Consult with the public to decide specific road improvements
7. Increase the supply of electric cars, buses and trains in NZ
8. Spend up to $5 billion on transport a year
9. Continue investing into effective cycleways throughout urban areas
10. Aim to have all cities connected by light rail by 2040
11. Bringing back the Clean Car discount scheme
12. Oppose all toll roads and eliminate existing fares altogether
13. Subsidize electric vehicles and charging stations in all cities and towns
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SOCIAL MEDIA
1. Oppose a ban on political advertising online
2. Increase funding for local journalism by 20%
3. Spend an extra $20 million on online mental health services
4. Maintain the current cap of money spent on political advertising
5. Aim to create 5,000 jobs in the digital technology sector within 5 years
6. Aim to provide free digital devices to every school student by 2030
7. Double the amount of closed captioning in TV/Film by 2030
8. 5% increase on funding local TV/online content
9. Oppose the usage of A.I. in all forms of advertising
10. Against a social media ban for people under 16 years old
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DRUGS
1. Legalize, tax and regulate all drug use
2. Open up "safe havens" for people as part of a rehabilitation approach
3. Tax all drugs and substances based on their level of harm to the user
4. Increase funding for psychedelic studies in universities by 10%
5. Regulate the price of life-saving drugs to help treat patients
6. Release prisoners who are only in jail for "minor drug charges"
7. Allow cannabis cafes/businesses to operate
8. Lower medicinal cannabis prices by 90% within one term
9. Repealing recent vaping flavour bans
10. Support the Alcohol (Harm Minimisation) Amendment Bill
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JUSTICE AND LAW
1. Rule out the Death Penalty
2. Maintain the ban on Conversion Therapy
3. Oppose the three strikes law as a concept
4. $50 million in the first term for building/upgrading rehabilitation centers
5. Aim to reduce the prison population by 50% by 2050
6. No further privatisation of prisons
7. Expand the youth court up to age 19
8. Upgrade all existing prison infrastructure to meet modern standards
9. Extending legal aid to help assist lower income defendants
10. Increase funding for domestic violence agencies by 15%
11. Instant loss of license if caught drink driving
12. Mandatory body cameras for all police officers
13. Investing in rehabilitation services within prisons
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GOVERNMENT
1. Enrol all high school students before they turn 18 to increase turnout
2. Gradually move NZ towards becoming a republic
3. Allow each party to give a speech on each policy/bill being passed
4. Review the role of the chief censor and whether it's necessary
5. Set the goal of 80% of 18-24 voters enrolled by 2030
6. Implement a new privacy act to protect NZ citizens online
7. Aim for 90% voter turnout by 2035
8. Create an efficient policy tracker website for the public
9. Remove most unnecessary aspects of the dress code in parliament
10. Oppose any creation of an upper house in parliament
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FOREIGN AFFAIRS
1. Keep a presence at the U.N. and support peacekeeping resolutions
2. Continue the Digital Economy Partnership Agreement
3. Maintain current foreign aid contributions
4. Increase yearly exports by 5%
5. Commit to all global climate agreements
6. Recognize Palestine as a state​​
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IMMIGRATION
1. Increase the refugee quota by 500
2. Promote NZ as a place for highly skilled immigration
3. Allow dual citizenship to continue
4. Opposing all outright immigration bans
5. Make sure migrant workers no longer get exploited in fruit-picking jobs
6. Promote regional settlement for immigrants as opposed to big cities
7. Address realistic population targets and plan for growth/decline
8. Grant climate refugees special working visas
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MILITARY
1. Cutting overall military spending by 50%
2. Use military for peacekeeping missions/disaster relief
3. Oppose purchase of all expensive military aircraft, reinvest into health, education instead
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