Our policies
These are Labour's announced policies. We will continue to announce policies through until the general election on 20 September 2014. For more information about our values underpinning our policies click here to read our Policy Platform (.PDF, 0.8MB).
Auckland
Children
- A Best Start for all Kiwi kids
- Extending Free ECE to 25 hours
- Early ECE access for the vulnerable
- Ministry for Children
- Restoring Adult and Community education
- Restoring funding for 100% qualified ECE staff
Christchurch and Canterbury
- Overview
- Canterbury's future, Canterbury's choice
- Canterbury health
- Canterbury heritage
- Canterbury housing
- Flood prone homes
- Insurance court
- KiwiAssure - an insurer for New Zealanders
- Red Zone Property Owners
- Revitalising New Brighton
- Rockfall
Economic Upgrade
- Overview
- Building more houses
- Compliance costs
- Digital Bill of Rights
- Forestry and Wood Products
- Government procurement
- Immigration
- Jobs and Wages
- Jobs and Surplus targets
- KiwiSaver
- Labour's Fiscal Plan
- Manufacturing
- Monetary Policy
- Protecting subcontractors
- Research and Development tax credits
Education
- 21st Century Schools
- Extending Free ECE to 25 hours
- Extending Free ECE to 25 hours
- Early ECE access for the vulnerable
- Food in schools
- Reading recovery
- Repealing Charter Schools
- Replacing National Standards
- Representative University Councils
- Restoring Adult and Community education
- Restoring funding for 100% qualified ECE staff
- School donations
Environment
- Estuaries
- Freshwater
- Indigenous biodiversity
- Lignite
- Marine reserves
- Tenure review
- Rebalancing DOC
- Resource Management Act
- Saving our Kauri
- Water pricing
Health
Housing crisis
- Kiwibuild
- Canterbury housing
- Foreign speculators
- Healthy homes guarantee
- KiwiAssure - an insurer for New Zealanders
Immigration
Insurance
Jobs and wages
- Economic Upgrade
- Employment relations
- Minimum Wage and Living Wage
- Our position on the TPPA
- Protecting subcontractors
Law and order
- Compensation for Pike River Families
- Corporate Manslaughter Law
- Eliminating violence against women and children
- Lowering blood alcohol limits
- Repealing TICS and GCSB Law Changes
Living costs
Lower Power prices
Māori
Savings and Investment
Senior Citizens
- Aged Care Commissioner
- KiwiAssure - an insurer for New Zealanders
- NZ Power: Bringing down power prices
- Support for Veterans
Transport
- Auckland City Rail Link
- Removing the registration for Trailers and Caravans
- Road User Charges Exemption for Motorhomes
- Trucks in the fast lane
Veterans
Women
- A Best Start for all Kiwi kids
- Early ECE access for the vulnerable
- Eliminating violence against women and children
- Extending Free ECE to 25 hours
- Ministry for Children
- Restoring Adult and Community education
- Restoring funding for 100% qualified ECE staff
- Youth unemployment
Youth
Labour will continue to announce policy through until the election.