One of the criticisms that's been floating around about Labour and Jacinda recently is that we have no policy.
And we're all like:
If you think that, you really need to read below.
Over the past three years, Labour has announced a policy offering larger than any other New Zealand political party. And there's more to come before the election!
It's a plan to make New Zealand even better. So have a scroll! See what's there for you, your family and see how we can make New Zealand even better together.
Housing
Crack down on speculators
- Ban overseas speculators from buying our homes
- Tax property speculators who flick houses within five years
- Remove the speculators’ tax loophole
Build more houses
- Build 100,000 starter homes for first home buyers over 10 years, including
- 50,000 affordable homes in Auckland
- 400 affordable homes in the Hutt Valley
- 200 affordable homes in Hamilton
- 1000 affordable homes in Queenstown
- 149 affordable homes in Palmerston North
- Create an Affordable Housing Authority to fast-track development in our cities
- KiwiBuild Visa so firms can get in a skilled builder from overseas if they also train a Kiwi
- Relax the rules to let Auckland grow up and out
- Help build a house factory in Gisborne
- Make it easier for iwi and hapū to build homes on their land
Decent housing for everyone
- Build more state houses
- Stop taking dividends from Housing New Zealand
- $2,000 grants to help families insulate their homes or install heating
- Require all rentals to be warm, dry, and healthy to live in
- Work to end homelessness
Click here to see all of our housing policies
Health
- Cut GP fees by $10 a visit
- Free mental health care for high needs patients in the community
- Mental health services in Canterbury schools
- A nurse in every public secondary school
- Fund Pharmac to get us the latest medicines quicker
- Make sure all Kiwis get world-class cancer care no matter where they live
- Increase GP training places
- Fund the latest medicines to stop the spread of HIV
- Review mental health in first 100 days
- rebuild Dunedin Hospital
- rebuild Maniototo Base Hospital in Ranfurly
Click here to see all of our health policies
Economy and jobs
- Run a surplus and pay down debt
- Adhere to our budget responsibility rules
- Make multinationals pay their fair share
- Create a fairer tax system where everyone pays their fair share
- Help for young entrepreneurs to start their business
- $200m regional infrastructure fund
- Set up a Centre of Digital Excellence in Dunedin
- Give unemployed young people six months work of public value
- $16.50 minimum wage
- Fair Pay Agreements for higher wages
- R&D tax credits to encourage innovation
- End secondary tax
- $300m for priority infrastructure in Christchurch
- Safely re-enter Pike River to recover the men
- Set up a $75m tourism infrastructure and conservation fund
- Make sure the Government buys Kiwi-made whenever possible
- More flexible tax for business
- Work with Whanganui Council to repair and redevelop the city's port.
Click here to see all of our jobs policies
Families package
- 26 weeks paid parental leave
- $60 a week for families with babies and toddlers
- Boost incomes for 70% of families with kids through Working for Families
- Help with winter power bills for superannuitants and beneficiaries
Click here to see all of our family polices
Transport
- Light rail for Auckland, starting with light rail to the airport
- Commuter rail for Christchurch
- More safe cycleways
- Replace the Manawatu Gorge Route
- Rapid rail between Auckland, Hamilton and Tauranga
- Double new regional roads funding
- Develop a congestion free network for Wellington
Click here to see all of our transport policies
Education
Early Childhood Education
- Reinstate extra funding for ECE centres that employ 100 per cent qualified and registered teachers
- Require all ECE centres to employ at least 80 per cent qualified teachers by the end of our first term
- Actively support establishing new public early childhood centres in areas of low-provision through targeted establishment grants.
Schooling
- Get rid of school donations
- Digital devices for school kids
- Replace worn out classrooms
Tertiary Education
- Three years free tertiary education and training
- $50 more a week for student allowance and living cost payments
- Dole for Apprentices scheme to help firms taking on apprentices
- Funding for night classes and adult learning
- Restoring the eligibility of students in long courses, such as medicine, to access student allowances or loans beyond seven years FTE study.
School Leavers' Toolkit
- School Leavers’ Toolkit to to teach practical skills like financial literacy and driver's licenses
- Professional career advice for high school students
Click here to see all of our education policies
Water
- Make our rivers and lakes swimmable again
- A fair clean water royalty to clean up pollution
- Put a levy on bottled water exports
- Unemployed young people to plant trees along waterways, learning work skills and receiving mentoring
Click here to see all of our water policies
Climate change
- Set targets to reduce our greenhouse emissions
- Make sure all polluters are in the Emissions Trading Scheme
- Ensure a just transition to a sustainable low-carbon economy with decent and secure jobs
- Establish an independent Climate Commission
- Fully implement the 2015 Paris Climate Accords
Click here to see all of our climate change policies
Police/Crime
- 1000 more police on the beat
- 300 more police support staff
- Re-open community police stations
- Treat cannabis as a medical issue
- End private prisons
- Cut reoffending to bring down the crime rate
Click here to see all of our police policies
Superannuation
- Keep super at 65
- Restart contributions to the Super Fund
Click here to see more on super
Immigration
- Take a breather on immigration
- Double the refugee quota to 1,500
- Make sure the regions can fill genuine skill shortages