Environment & climate
Net cost in this area
Four-year net. Bars share one scale. Solid adds to the deficit, light reduces it.
Energy package (operating): KiwiPower operations, zero-interest solar loan subsidy, Warmer Kiwi Homes expansion (50,000 upgrades), community energy, EECA+$2.10bPartymedium
Party total operating expenditure through 2030/31 as reported by interest.co.nz (KiwiPower $100m/yr opex; solar loan interest subsidy $421m; Warmer Homes $970m; community energy $200m). Replaces the earlier single $3,052m row built from TU figures.
SourceExpand Jobs for Nature+$1.52bPartylow
Party GB2025 yearly 357/387/387/387. 2026 manifesto restates the pledge but gives no 2026 costing; figure is the party's own Green Budget 2025 costing (Infometrics-reviewed), used as the best available party figure. TU estimate $1,245m (lower; dropped).
SourcePungao Auaha Fund (solar/insulation retrofits for marae, kura, papakainga)+$1.00bPartylow
Climate manifesto: $1bn; timing unspecified. May overlap the Energy Sovereignty Fund.
SourceMatai Ahuwhenua regenerative agriculture investment+$300mPartylow
Climate manifesto: $300m; timing unspecified.
SourceMaori National Service Defence framework and Maori Taiao relief fund ($100m each)+$200mPartylow
Climate manifesto; timing unspecified.
SourceAbundant Energy: ring-fence ~$500m/yr gentailer dividends for energy programme+$2.00bPartymedium
TOP: dividends diverted from core Crown revenue are 'a direct cost'. Covers Warmer Kiwi Homes expansion (~$200m), bus electrification (up to $125m), small-scale generation (~$25m), schemes and EV incentives ($126m initially). Capacity Investment Scheme is a contingent liability (expected value $0).
SourceHealthy Oceans (incl. bottom-trawling phase-out, marine research, coastal restoration)+$400mPartymedium
TOP: short-term annual cost 'no more than $100 million'; upper bound. TU recorded $100m over 4 yrs. Bottom trawling phase-out is a bottom line.
SourceNothing announced in this area.
Nothing announced in this area.
Energy package (operating): KiwiPower operations, zero-interest solar loan subsidy, Warmer Kiwi Homes expansion (50,000 upgrades), community energy, EECA+$2.10bPartymedium
Party total operating expenditure through 2030/31 as reported by interest.co.nz (KiwiPower $100m/yr opex; solar loan interest subsidy $421m; Warmer Homes $970m; community energy $200m). Replaces the earlier single $3,052m row built from TU figures.
SourceExpand Jobs for Nature+$1.52bPartylow
Party GB2025 yearly 357/387/387/387. 2026 manifesto restates the pledge but gives no 2026 costing; figure is the party's own Green Budget 2025 costing (Infometrics-reviewed), used as the best available party figure. TU estimate $1,245m (lower; dropped).
SourceNothing announced in this area.
Nothing announced in this area.
Pungao Auaha Fund (solar/insulation retrofits for marae, kura, papakainga)+$1.00bPartylow
Climate manifesto: $1bn; timing unspecified. May overlap the Energy Sovereignty Fund.
SourceMatai Ahuwhenua regenerative agriculture investment+$300mPartylow
Climate manifesto: $300m; timing unspecified.
SourceMaori National Service Defence framework and Maori Taiao relief fund ($100m each)+$200mPartylow
Climate manifesto; timing unspecified.
SourceAbundant Energy: ring-fence ~$500m/yr gentailer dividends for energy programme+$2.00bPartymedium
TOP: dividends diverted from core Crown revenue are 'a direct cost'. Covers Warmer Kiwi Homes expansion (~$200m), bus electrification (up to $125m), small-scale generation (~$25m), schemes and EV incentives ($126m initially). Capacity Investment Scheme is a contingent liability (expected value $0).
SourceHealthy Oceans (incl. bottom-trawling phase-out, marine research, coastal restoration)+$400mPartymedium
TOP: short-term annual cost 'no more than $100 million'; upper bound. TU recorded $100m over 4 yrs. Bottom trawling phase-out is a bottom line.
SourceTags: Capital one-off spending that adds to debt rather than the annual deficit; Aspirational stated as a goal without a firm commitment; In current plans partly funded in Treasury's PREFU 2026 forecasts already. Change the filters above to include or exclude these.