
From Monday 26 October, Kiwis will be able to vote on New Zealand’s future.
National has a plan to help you secure your future, whether you’re a young person starting out, a parent raising your family, or in your retirement.
This election, there is a clear choice between sticking with National’s plan for a more secure future, no matter the stage of your life, with a growing economy, less debt, more jobs and higher wages.
Or going back to Labour – propped up by the Greens, Te Pati Māori and Opportunity – who will undo the progress New Zealand has made over the last three years, leaving you to pay for it through at least nine new taxes costing households $2,263 each year.
By sticking to National’s plan, we will deliver a better future for parents and their children. A future where parents don’t have to pick between working and looking after their children. A future where your household’s finances are better off, so you can treat your family to that holiday you’ve been saving for.
When you are raising a family, you want a government that supports you through the journey, and National shares your aspirations for a future where you get to spend more of your hard-earned money and your children prosper.
What we'll do
Ensure financial literacy
is part of the school curriculum to help children develop good money habits and skills for life.
Make opening a child’s bank account more streamlined
and easier for parents by progressing amendments to the Anti Money Laundering legislation.
Rolling out 3-day postnatal stays
to better support mums and their newborns to get off to a great start.
Strengthening KiwiSaver to build greater savings nest eggs
with automatic enrolment at birth, a $1,500 Baby Boost and continued contributions during paid parental leave, alongside compulsory contributions for workers and rising default contribution rates.
Wider access to 5 per cent home loan deposits
through the First Home Loan Scheme so more first-home buyers can purchase with a 5 per cent deposit, rather than the standard 20 per cent.
More grocery competition
by pursuing a separation of New World and PAK’nSAVE, because even though food inflation has fallen under National, groceries are still too expensive.
The Home Energy Fund
so families can take more control over their power bills by installing solar, insulation or a heat pump and paying the cost back through their rates over time.
More medicines
for cancer and other serious illnesses with a further $604 million investment in Pharmac, building on the $604 million invested by the National-led Government in 2024.
No new taxes
so hardworking parents get to keep more of what they earn and have more choices for their family.
Full policy document
Read the complete policy as a PDF.






