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2023

1 recorded record
Published proposal

Land, infrastructure and council incentives

National proposed requiring urban councils to zone for 30 years of housing demand, changing infrastructure financing tools, and establishing a $1 billion fund to reward councils for additional housing. This records a campaign proposal, not an assessment of delivery or outcomes.

Original factual summaries, written by Voted. Announcements are recorded as proposals; they are not evidence of delivery or impact. Different years may cover different parts of a policy programme.

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2026 · 30 summaries
2023 · 31 summaries
2020 · 30 summaries
2017 · 30 summaries

Policy coverage

121 sourced summaries

120 of 120 party, year and topic combinations have at least one record. A number means selected proposals or published positions are documented; it does not mean the party’s full programme has been collected.

These six parties and five topics are the current archive scope. The 2026 collection includes election proposals and explicitly labelled current positions. Their original publication date is preserved when known; the year of observation is not presented as a new launch date. “Gap” means no verified entry is held here; it does not mean no policy was published.

Recorded summaries by election year, party and topic
YearPartyHousingHealthEducationEconomyEnvironment
2017ACT11111
2017Green11111
2017Labour11111
2017National11111
2017NZ First11111
2017Te Pāti Māori11111
2020ACT11111
2020Green11111
2020Labour11111
2020National11111
2020NZ First11111
2020Te Pāti Māori11111
2023ACT11111
2023Green11111
2023Labour21111
2023National11111
2023NZ First11111
2023Te Pāti Māori11111
2026ACT11111
2026Green11111
2026Labour11111
2026National11111
2026NZ First11111
2026Te Pāti Māori11111