Look past the headline.
Find the substance.
A calmer way to explore what parties say, what the public record shows, and what still needs checking. Follow the sources. Form your own view.
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Open the original page behind every curated policy.
Campaign commitments are labelled as commitments.
Filter by the issues you care about, in your order.
All published policies we found.
Search current and standing policies published by the 17 parties. Every catalogue entry links to an evidence page with an individual funding explanation and editorial rating. Most entries include a policy summary; where one has not yet been written, a funding note is shown instead. Open the party’s original page or document for its full wording. Missing costings, funding gaps and conflicting figures are stated explicitly.
“New Zealanders” means current citizens. Inclusive means a direct benefit or protection under common rules for citizens; divisive means separate public benefits, civic rights, powers or institutions for an ancestry-defined citizen group; neutral means neither directly. These are editorial judgments about policy design, not measured social outcomes. Open a policy for the reason and source.
Topics are identified from policy titles and summaries; some relevant policies may appear under other topics.
This is a dated source snapshot. Parties can add, remove or change policies. Some publish many commitments on one page without section links; those entries open the full platform. Missing items and inaccessible pages remain possible.
Every party on the ballot.
All 17 registered parties seeking the 2026 party vote, according to the Electoral Commission. A party being listed here does not mean its policies have been reviewed.
Source: Electoral Commission candidate and party lists, 9 October 2026 ↗
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What happened
after the promise?
These first two issue trails set party statements beside laws and official guidance. A past action is context for a new promise, not a prediction that it will happen again.
Read the decision in context
A vote may concern an amended bill or a coalition compromise. The issue timelines above link to each original source. For the Fair Pay Agreements repeal, read the bill history alongside the debate.