He aha te mea nui o te ao?
What is the greatest thing in the world?
He tangata, he tangata, he tangata.
It is people, it is people, it is people.
A bold, democratic, and ecologically grounded policy framework for transforming Aotearoa New Zealand — honouring Te Tiriti o Waitangi and placing people and planet before profit.
Te Taiao me te Ōhanga
A sovereign wealth fund built from ecological and wealth taxes, reinvested into public infrastructure and inter-generational wellbeing.
Key industries transitioned to mixed, worker-owned, and community co-operative ownership models — ending shareholder primacy.
Dedicated pathways and capital access for Māori and Iwi cooperative enterprises, honoring Te Tiriti partnership principles.
A tax on extraction and pollution-intensive activities that reflects true ecological cost, replacing race-to-the-bottom pricing.
A graduated annual tax on net wealth above a high threshold, funding universal services and reducing extreme inequality.
Housing, energy, and public transport capped at 10% of household income — guaranteed as rights, not commodities.
Oranga Tangata
Fully funded education from ECE through to doctoral study, including meals, learning materials, and devices for every student.
Fully free dental, mental health, vision, and hearing care integrated into the public health system — no co-payments, no exceptions.
Reorienting the health system toward upstream prevention: nutrition, housing, environmental health, and community wellbeing programmes.
Kāinga hei Tika Tangata
A sustained state-led programme building warm, accessible, low-carbon public housing in every region of Aotearoa.
Rent in public housing set as a proportion of household income, ensuring no one is cost-burdened by their home.
A progressive tax on vacant residential land and dwellings, discouraging land banking and releasing housing supply.
Full capital gains taxation on speculative property purchases, redirected into the public housing build programme.
Tino Rangatiratanga me te Manapori
Meaningful co-governance across public institutions honoring Te Tiriti o Waitangi — not symbolic consultation but genuine shared power.
Community-controlled budgeting processes at local and regional levels, giving residents direct say over public spending priorities.
Randomly selected Citizens' Assemblies empowered to deliberate on major policy questions and make binding recommendations to Parliament.
Legislated reduction of the standard work week to 32 hours with no loss of pay — sharing productivity gains across the whole workforce.
Ahurea me te Taiao
Statutory targets for biodiversity recovery, freshwater health, and emissions reduction — enforceable through independent environmental tribunals.
Managed phase-out of fossil fuels with guaranteed worker retraining, income support, and regional economic transition plans.
Te Reo Māori as a living language woven through education, public services, and media — with adequately resourced revitalisation programmes.
Funded support for Pacific island languages spoken in Aotearoa, recognising our place in Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa.
A substantial independent fund for community and public media, protecting editorial independence from both state and commercial pressures.
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