Parties
Seven parties, the same space each
Every profile uses one template: who the party is, its pitch, coalition stance, five headline policies, who gains and who pays, its score in each of the 13 groupings, how it fares on the long game, and what to watch for. Its stance in each grouping is on the Issues page.
Both scores for every party
Only National clearly beats current settings on Readiness to 2050
Score out of 100, sorted by readiness to 2050
Readiness to 2050 and voter priorities, out of 100, for 7 parties. Current settings score 58 on readiness and 55 on voter priorities. National: readiness 65, voter priorities 73. ACT: readiness 58, voter priorities 56. Labour: readiness 56, voter priorities 61. Opportunity: readiness 55, voter priorities 58. Greens: readiness 46, voter priorities 44. Te Pāti Māori: readiness 35, voter priorities 40. NZ First: readiness 33, voter priorities 39.
Party profiles
National
Readiness to 2050 65 strong · Voter priorities 73 strong
The repair job is half done. Keep spending tight, return to surplus in 2028/29, and consider tax relief only once surpluses are growing.
Labour
Readiness to 2050 56 fair · Voter priorities 61 fair
National has failed on growth, jobs and prices. Balance the books "without shrinking the economy", get debt "below 20% of GDP over time", and make property investors help pay for health.
Greens
Readiness to 2050 46 weak · Voter priorities 44 weak
"Aotearoa has enough for all of us." Tax the very wealthy and large firms, cut income tax for 96% of people, and fund public services and public ownership.
ACT
Readiness to 2050 58 fair · Voter priorities 56 fair
"The Government doesn't have a revenue problem, it has a spending problem." Balance the books without new taxes, then cut taxes broadly.
NZ First
Readiness to 2050 33 poor · Voter priorities 39 weak
Economic nationalism and tighter citizenship. The "two old parties" have no economic strategy; New Zealand must "double the economy by 2050".
Te Pāti Māori
Readiness to 2050 35 weak · Voter priorities 40 weak
Crown systems were designed without Māori. Move authority, money and land to Māori-led bodies, bind the Crown to Te Tiriti, and redistribute wealth through tax.
Opportunity
Readiness to 2050 55 fair · Voter priorities 58 fair
Three-year flip-flops waste money. Fix politics with ten-year cross-party plans and independent institutions, and rebuild the tax system around land rather than work.