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Net cost in this area
Four-year net. Bars share one scale. Solid adds to the deficit, light reduces it.
Reverse public service cuts (half of next Budget's round and all of the following round)+$2.00bPartymedium
Reported as 'almost $2 billion'. Annual = 4-yr / 4.
SourceTe Rangatiratanga Trust for marae: $2bn Te Totara Haemata intergenerational fund + $400m Te Rakau Whakarauora restoration fund+$2.44bPartymedium
Party: $2.44bn paid as $1.22bn a year for two years into a hapu/iwi-owned trust (endowment; capital). Restoration fund spends ~$100m/yr. Previous version (and the Taxpayers Union) double counted the two sub-funds on top of the trust ($4.84bn); corrected to $2.44bn. [Review 2026-10-06: nature capital -> operating: a grant to a non-Crown trust is an operating expense, not a Crown asset.]
Source$6/day infrastructure surcharge on temporary work visas−$320mPartymedium
ACT: ~$80m a year; 4-yr = 4x. Not in TU tally.
SourceToi Maori: research fund, Te Matatini baseline, community kapa haka+$39mPartylow
Manifesto: $10m + $19m + $10m; timing unspecified, summed once.
SourceClean Up Politics (anti-corruption body, Electoral Commission, costing unit) and Citizens' Assemblies+$258mPartymedium
TOP: ~$52m/yr ($40m anti-corruption body, an upper limit; $10m Electoral Commission; $2m costing unit). Citizens' Assemblies $10-15m/yr (midpoint $12.5m; https://www.opportunity.org.nz/citizens-voice). Lobbying register met from justice baselines (TU: $11.6m). Donations reform is a bottom line.
SourceEnhanced Te Waihanga (independent National Infrastructure Agency)+$108mPartyhigh
TOP infrastructure FAQ: $27m/yr extra.
SourceNothing announced in this area.
Reverse public service cuts (half of next Budget's round and all of the following round)+$2.00bPartymedium
Reported as 'almost $2 billion'. Annual = 4-yr / 4.
SourceTe Rangatiratanga Trust for marae: $2bn Te Totara Haemata intergenerational fund + $400m Te Rakau Whakarauora restoration fund+$2.44bPartymedium
Party: $2.44bn paid as $1.22bn a year for two years into a hapu/iwi-owned trust (endowment; capital). Restoration fund spends ~$100m/yr. Previous version (and the Taxpayers Union) double counted the two sub-funds on top of the trust ($4.84bn); corrected to $2.44bn. [Review 2026-10-06: nature capital -> operating: a grant to a non-Crown trust is an operating expense, not a Crown asset.]
Source$6/day infrastructure surcharge on temporary work visas−$320mPartymedium
ACT: ~$80m a year; 4-yr = 4x. Not in TU tally.
SourceToi Maori: research fund, Te Matatini baseline, community kapa haka+$39mPartylow
Manifesto: $10m + $19m + $10m; timing unspecified, summed once.
SourceClean Up Politics (anti-corruption body, Electoral Commission, costing unit) and Citizens' Assemblies+$258mPartymedium
TOP: ~$52m/yr ($40m anti-corruption body, an upper limit; $10m Electoral Commission; $2m costing unit). Citizens' Assemblies $10-15m/yr (midpoint $12.5m; https://www.opportunity.org.nz/citizens-voice). Lobbying register met from justice baselines (TU: $11.6m). Donations reform is a bottom line.
SourceEnhanced Te Waihanga (independent National Infrastructure Agency)+$108mPartyhigh
TOP infrastructure FAQ: $27m/yr extra.
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.