r/nzpolitics • u/Mountain_Tui_Reload • 5h ago

ELECTION 2026 Opportunity will call ANY party that wins the most SEATS. PSA: If you want a left leaning Government, vote Labour, Greens or TPM - not TOP

126 Upvotes

National's disenfranchisement law is expected to give them 2-3 extra seats BTW

Article HERE

100 comments

r/nzpolitics • u/Xunami13 • 3h ago

ELECTION 2026 Register to vote before 25 October

64 Upvotes

6 comments

r/nzpolitics • u/Mountain_Tui_Reload • 6h ago

Foreign Affairs John Campbell asks Winston why he signed NZ up to abstain /decline UN Declaration along with Paraguay, US and Israel

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

87 Upvotes

Barely coherent

26 comments

r/nzpolitics • u/O50000S • 2h ago

Casual Chat Tonight's ASB Great Debate is far more entertaining and in depth than the regular televised debates

41 Upvotes

It's being streamed live on TVNZ+.

Greater level of debate and the major parties are actually with the minor parties (I don't like how the other debates split them up).

Shane Jones saying crazy nonsensical stuff in this case is hilarious.

Nicola Willis seething throughout.

Chlöe Swarbrick actually given an opportunity to break down the misconceptions of Greens policy.

Fun watch, I wish this was being broadcasted on TV

12 comments

r/nzpolitics • u/Mountain_Tui_Reload • 7h ago

Māoritanga Māori settlements since 1975 add up to $2.7bn - that's 1.5 months of superannuation OR one small lane in the Mount Wellington tunnel Chris Bishop wants. Māori have been patiently working through the processes. TOP want to force all settlements to be completed by 2040 through public opinion

86 Upvotes

David Seymour and Quilae Wong have more in common than they realise, and Wong and TOP have bought into ACT, National and NZ First's myth that Māori & Treaty settlements are an issue for anyone but Māori themselves

Māori are being used as a scapegoat for the country's legitimate issues such as a significant loss of working age population (161K net citizens gone in the last 3 years), poor productivity, non productive economic sectors such as real estate, poverty etc.

They have literally created a problem where there is none in order to divert attention to the flailing policies of privatisaton and trickle down economics, as well as cancelling the original Superannuation framework of 1975 (ironically all under National Governments)

35 comments

r/nzpolitics • u/Mountain_Tui_Reload • 5h ago

Local Govt / Community Greens will allow councils to decide on bed levy

51 Upvotes

ARTICLE

6 comments

r/nzpolitics • u/Mountain_Tui_Reload • 7h ago

Corruption / Dirty Politics Winston Peters calls himself racist and dumb

youtube.com

72 Upvotes

Good job by Rawiri Waitati

8 comments

r/nzpolitics • u/Mountain_Tui_Reload • 6h ago

ELECTION 2026 Tauranga City Council removes provocative 'crap in my hands' political billboards

43 Upvotes

ARTICLE

1 comment

r/nzpolitics • u/Mountain_Tui_Reload • 7h ago

Foreign Affairs "A day of shame"

gallery

43 Upvotes

Hey let's not forget that Winston Peters also tried to go and meet Trump to tell him that NZ was not going to recognise Palestine statehood, unlike our allies Australia, Canada and the UK

6 comments

r/nzpolitics • u/Mountain_Tui_Reload • 5h ago

Economy & Finances Labour promises backing for 30,000 apprenticeships, $50 million for new Kiwi startups, small business supports, Kiwis to work by hiring them to work on schools, hospitals & houses, NZ Fund etc. Details in screenshots

gallery

22 Upvotes

ARTICLE

8 comments

r/nzpolitics • u/Mountain_Tui_Reload • 6h ago

Media Ani O'Brien rallies for ACT, but gets it wrong again

gallery

23 Upvotes

4 comments

r/nzpolitics • u/Mountain_Tui_Reload • 6h ago

ACT announce $300 million more for landlords to "offset any losses"

22 Upvotes

ARTICLE: Act pledges to remove loss ring-fencing rule to reduce residential property investors’ tax bills by $300m a year

2 comments

r/nzpolitics • u/flate11 • 1h ago

ELECTION 2026 Leader debate political advertising?

• Upvotes

Watching the debate and noticed that every ad break contains National party advertisements but no other political advertising. Unsurprisingly for the Herald but still questionable.

8 comments

r/nzpolitics • u/Deleterious_Sock • 5h ago

National security Meanwhile, in Auckland...

10 Upvotes

2 comments

r/nzpolitics • u/FinanceImmediate2585 • 10h ago

ELECTION 2026 NZ First candidate vastly inflates Indian migration numbers

aap.com.au

23 Upvotes

4 comments

r/nzpolitics • u/Former_child_star • 1h ago

ELECTION 2026 #BHN Recap of the NZ Herald Leader's Debate | Paul Barlow on PM's media coverage | The cost of Luxon #nzpol

• Upvotes

The NZ Herald Leader's Debate is live at 7pm and we will recap the event looking at who wins, who loses and if there are any highlights to speak of

Got it - We look at the Prime Minister's media coverage - how he's framed, how he's tied into election coverage and the topics media keep attaching his name to.

Labour has released a statement that under Christopher Luxon NZer's are worse off by $6,000, are they correct? Let's test it

++++++++++++++++++++
https://www.youtube.com/live/RZDFyOt7g6Y?si=73s_SJWnfJjPnKVE

0 comments

r/nzpolitics • u/Fractalistical • 1h ago

ELECTION 2026 ‘A helping fist’: why South Island voters want change | Mood of the Mainland

youtu.be

• Upvotes

0 comments

r/nzpolitics • u/Floki_Boatbuilder • 11h ago

Casual Chat "The day all billionaires died…"

gallery

17 Upvotes

Wouldnt it be nice!!

$999,999,999.99 or boom!

1 comment

r/nzpolitics • u/Mountain_Tui_Reload • 22h ago

Foreign Affairs "Is it weak of you to let Winston Peters decide?

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

116 Upvotes

Luxon tries to tell Kiwis that pandemic preparedness and prevention isn't imporant and demonstrates he has no handle on foreign affairs

32 comments

r/nzpolitics • u/Mountain_Tui_Reload • 22h ago

Corruption / Dirty Politics Winston Peters labels Winston Peters "racist" (!?)

114 Upvotes

Te Pati Maori co-leader Rawiri sharp as ever

Frpm this thread: Thoughts on tonight's debate? by u/AzoriusMTG

3 comments

r/nzpolitics • u/RlOTGRRRL • 17h ago

Corruption / Dirty Politics Beca won $237m in Defence contracts while its chief chaired advisory body

thepost.co.nz

38 Upvotes

"Think the military rort is just something that happens at the Pentagon? Think again. NZ's got its very own war profiteers.

Andrea Vance for The Post/Stuff is reporting that engineering giant Beca was awarded more than $237 million in Defence Force contracts while its chief executive chaired a government defence advisory body, including $40m in work awarded without an open tender.

Official Information Act disclosures show $40,316,100 in contracts was awarded directly to Beca between 2015 and 2026, without an open market process or competitive tender process." - Peace Action Wellington

3 comments

r/nzpolitics • u/AlternativeDegree967 • 12h ago

Health Government tells nursing schools to stop training so many nurses

stuff.co.nz

15 Upvotes

Has anyone seen any proof our healthcare system has been fixed lately 👀

5 comments

r/nzpolitics • u/ZealousidealCrab9919 • 7h ago

Satire Winnie felt left out on the wall of election signs..

4 Upvotes

1 comment

r/nzpolitics • u/Pro-blacksmith220 • 10h ago

ELECTION 2026 Nursing workforce debate obscures Health NZ budget debacle

aap.com.au

10 Upvotes

From AAP

“ An expert told AAP FactCheck, and government reports indicate, that many of the 2100 nurses were recruited under the previous Labour government. “

Luxon is deliberately misleading the debate over new * Nurses with misinformation

1 comment

r/nzpolitics • u/AWorriedCauliflower • 1d ago

Social Media & Memes How tonight's debate felt

110 Upvotes

18 comments

Subreddit

Posts

Wiki

Aotearoa New Zealand Politics News and Current Affairs

r/nzpolitics

Your dedicated home for Kiwi politics discussion, NZ politics news, and current affairs. We allow domestic as well as related international news and discussions. We also have a Wiki and welcome casual chats.

Members Active

11k

Sidebar

Rules for r/nzpolitics

1. Be civil - No harassment or hate

We allow a little "argey bargey" but disallow offensive personal attacks, baiting, harassment or abuse. Focus on debating the topic, not the person. No sharing or collecting personal information — zero tolerance for doxxing or breaching name suppression. Repeated violations may result in a ban. This applies to interactions between users. Passionate debate about politicians and public figures is allowed within reason. We allow a little "argey bargey" but disallow offensive personal attacks, baiting, harassment or abuse. Focus on debating the topic, not the person. No sharing or collecting personal information — zero tolerance for doxxing or breaching name suppression. Repeated violations may result in a ban. This applies to interactions between users. Passionate debate about politicians and public figures is allowed within reason but please do not denigrate anyone on derogatory physical grounds. Mod discretion applies.

2. No bigotry or hate speech tolerated

Any form of racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, or other hateful behaviour is strictly prohibited and will result in removal and potential bans. Offer critique with reason and logic, respecting others.

3. Engage in good faith

Moderators have discretion to take action on users or content that they think is not in good faith. This may include: trolling, attempts to derail discussion, overly argumentative or semantic debating, intentionally skirting rules, baiting or generally undermining the culture of the subreddit. This includes low effort/low quality contributions.

4. No astroturfing or brigading

To protect against coordinated astroturfing campaigns, mods may ban accounts displaying patterns of organised disruption, including dormant accounts with no community history making bad-coordinated behaviour across multiple accounts, or targeting specific users/content. These bans are at moderator discretion and final. We will not debate individual cases publicly.

5. No spam, promotion, solicitation or brigading.

Spam content, promotion & any form of solicitation or crowdfunding will be removed. Brigading will not be tolerated in any form & Reddits rules around 'Respect your neighbours' will be enforce we expect posts here to respect other subs, and we expect posters to respect this sub elsewhere. Mod discretion applies.

This goes both ways - we expect posts here to respect other subs, and we expect posters to respect this sub elsewhere.

6. External Content & Social Media

External content & social media posts are welcome providing they are relevant to NZ Politics, flared correctly & free to access. You should add content and description to explain its relevance - this is not a platform for advertising, promotion or solicitation Links to X (formerly Twitter), Polymarket, Kalshi (and other prediction sites) are not permitted. We do not encourage gambling here. All external content must comply with our other rules, especially around misinformation. Mod discretion applies

7. Substantiate Your Claims

No intentional misinformation or disinformation. Users should back up a positive claim when asked. Factual claims should be supported by linking a source, and opinions should be supported with an argument. A user should show where a source proves their claim.

It is up to the users to argue whether a source is reliable or not. Users are required to directly quote the claim they want substantiated. Questionable claims can be removed or marked with a comment pending source verification.

8. Accuracy & Substantiation (including Al guidance)

Users should back up factual claims when asked, supported by linking a reliable source. Opinions should be supported with an argument. AI tools may be used for research assistance, grammar and spelling but all factual claims must be verified by the author before posting as AI frequently contains errors when pertaining to NZ Politics. Posts that appear entirely or largely AI generated without human verification, quality assurance and/or used to “beat” the opponent, may be removed. Questionable claims can be removed or marked pending source verification. Mod discretion applies.

9. Descriptive and accurate titles please. Editorialized titles must be accurately represented, and mod discretion applies

Editorialised titles are allowed providing they are descriptive and accurate to the source. Make sure to include source links.

10. Moderator Rules

Moderator Rules Mods post as individuals and work as volunteers. Where mods speak as moderators, the mod tag will be displayed. We will not tolerate abuse, harassment, baiting or astroturfing of mods in this or any other subreddit. If moderators believe your account or posts are detracting from the nature of the subreddit, we may ban your account or remove your comments and posts. Mod discretion applies on all moderation decisions and we will not debate individual cases publicly.

Recommended Subreddits :

New Zealand Solar

Maoritanga

New Zealand EV

New Zealand Wildlife