The parties · 6 of 7, by current seats
Te Pāti Māori
At a glance
- Poll average (%)
- about 1.5
- Readiness to 2050 /100
- 35 weak
- Voter priorities /100
- 40 weak
- Confidence it happens
- Low
- Fiscal detail
- Tax package
Current settings score 58 on Readiness to 2050 and 55 on Voter priorities. Confidence is shown beside the scores, never added to them.
Grouping scores
| Grouping | Readiness to 2050 /21 | Voter priorities /15 |
|---|---|---|
| Cost of living | 11 | 8 |
| Health | 7 | 6 |
| Economy and jobs | 7 | 4 |
| Housing | 9 | 6 |
| Crime and justice | 7 | 4 |
| Climate and energy | 8 | 6 |
| Education | 8 | 6 |
| Migration | 0 | 0 |
| Tax and retirement | 10 | 6 |
| Infrastructure | 6 | 4 |
| Te Tiriti | 10 | 8 |
| Defence and trade | 6 | 4 |
| Community and culture | 6 | 4 |
| Score | Cost of living | Health | Economy and jobs | Housing | Crime and justice | Climate and energy | Education | Migration | Tax and retirement | Infrastructure | Te Tiriti | Defence and trade | Community and culture |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Readiness to 2050 /21 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 6 |
| Voter priorities /15 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 4 |
Select a grouping for the rationale and sources behind each score.
Who
Formed in 2004 after the foreshore and seabed hīkoi. It holds four Māori electorates. One MP has left to form a Te Tai Tokerau Party.
The pitch
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.
Coalition stance and bottom lines
Will work with "anyone serious about removing this Government". Names no partners and no written bottom lines. Runs a one-person list and asks for party votes to go to the Greens or Labour.
Five headline policies
- Makes Waitangi Tribunal findings binding and entrenches Te Tiriti
- Removes income tax on the first $30,000; sets 48% top rate
- Taxes net wealth above $2m at 1.5% to 2.5%
- Rebuilds the Māori Health Authority
- Withdraws oil and gas permits within five years
Who gains / Who pays
| Who gains | Who pays |
|---|---|
| Low and middle earners | People with over $2m |
| Māori-led services | Earners above $300,000 |
| Renters | Home buyers (5% stamp duty; first-home buyers under $1m exempt) |
On the long game
- Neutral: all four pressures
- Global risks with a concrete plan: 2 of 5 (Great-power conflict, including nuclear war; Erosion of trust and governance)
- Governing for the long term: Four-year term: Weakens · With other parties: Silent · Institutions: Acknowledges · Inheritance: Acknowledges
| Pressure | Effect | Would it last? |
|---|---|---|
| Ageing and the fiscal gap | Neutral | Unlikely |
| Productivity and incomes | Neutral | Unlikely |
| Climate and resilience | Neutral | Unlikely |
| The infrastructure deficit | Neutral | Unlikely |
| Risk | At home | With others |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced AI going badly | Acknowledges | Silent |
| Climate change and ecological breakdown | Acknowledges | Silent |
| Engineered pandemics | Silent | Silent |
| Great-power conflict, including nuclear war | Plans | Plans |
| Erosion of trust and governance | Plans | Acknowledges |
Governing for the long term
Te Pāti Māori: governing for the long term
Rating on each count, Rated, never added to the scores. Rests on a stated value: long-term plans should survive a change of government.
Rated, never added to the scores. Rests on a stated value: long-term plans should survive a change of government. Te Pāti Māori: Four-year term Weakens, Plans with other parties Silent, Long-term institutions Acknowledges, Honours what it inherits Acknowledges.
Sources for these ratings
- Term of Parliament (Enabling 4-year Term) Legislation Amendment Bill, first reading vote 117 to 6 (bill page and vote record) (5 March 2025)
- RNZ via Scoop, Four More Years? MPs Debate Bill To Extend Parliamentary Term (9 March 2025)
- Wikipedia, Term of Parliament (Enabling 4-year Term) Legislation Amendment Bill, citing Hansard Vol. 780, 5 March 2025 ('Voting: Te Pāti Māori Votes'; National 49, Labour 34, Green 15, ACT 11, NZ First 8 for; Te Pāti Māori 6 against) (5 March 2025)
- Te Pāti Māori, Te Tiriti Entrenchment Policy (PDF) (9 September 2026)
- Te Pāti Māori, Climate (3 June 2026)
- Te Pāti Māori, Justice (18 August 2026)
- Te Pāti Māori, Health policy (Manifesto 2026) (7 October 2026)
- Te Pāti Māori, We want cheaper power and we want our people to own it (16 September 2026)
Watch for
A "$1 billion" investment in ending tax avoidance is booked as revenue; if it is spending, the package is $0.8b short. Doubling benefits, free primary and dental care, phased free public transport and a universal student allowance carry no cost. The party states a net $4.1b; on our sums from its line items, the package raises $20.8b and costs $16.7b. A separate "$3 billion" from landlord tax changes sits outside the tax table. Its party vote understates its support, because it asks supporters to give that vote to Labour or the Greens.
Party order is by seats in the current Parliament. 7 parties, the same template each.