NATIONAL’S KIWISAVER AND RETIREMENT POLICY
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): National to make KiwiSaver compulsory, if elected
Jamie Ensor (Herald): National launches new KiwiSaver policies as Simeon Brown compares NZ First, Act to children
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Can New Zealanders really afford compulsory KiwiSaver?
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): Retirement: National giveth with one hand and might yet take away with the other
Luke Malpass (Post): National embrace of compulsory KiwiSaver could make a new New Zealand capitalism (paywalled)
Sam Stubbs (Stuff): National steals KiwiSaver crown
Justin Hu (1News): KiwiSaver mandated for all workers if National re-elected
Richard Harman (Politik): Can superannuation save the Nats list MPs (paywalled)
NBR: National outlines KiwiSaver election policy (paywalled)
Jenna Lynch (Stuff): National pledges to make KiwiSaver compulsory, increase combined contribution rates to 12%
Henry Cooke (Post): National to campaign on making KiwiSaver compulsory (paywalled)
David Farrar: National proposes compulsory KiwiSaver
Henry Cooke (Post): Calculator: What National’s compulsory KiwiSaver could mean for you and your child (paywalled)
Mandy Te (Interest): NZ Society of Actuaries group suggests 6% KiwiSaver contributions could be excessive for low wage earners
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): KiwiSaver withdrawal: Looming redundancy, separation not good enough reasons
Dileepa Fonseka (BusinessDesk): National’s KiwiSaver plan tests the Right’s old savings scepticism (paywalled)
Nick Leggett (Post): The KiwiSaver earthquake that could reshape New Zealand’s future (paywalled)
Fraser Whineray (Post): Building KiwiSaver for the next generation (paywalled)
Miriam Bell (Post): Code S: An easy and equitable solution to the NZ super problem, says leading economist (paywalled)
Liam Hehir: National Bets on Delayed Gratification
IDEA: Three-quarters of NZers back Kids KiwiSaver (paywalled)
GREENS’ TAX POLICY
Fox Meyer (Newsroom): Greens take aim at the ‘cost of greed’ with $32b wealth and big tech tax plan
Giles Dexter (RNZ): Greens propose wealth, corporate, and inheritance taxes to fund income tax changes
Henry Cooke (Post): Greens to campaign on smaller wealth tax alongside inheritance tax and new top tax rate (paywalled)
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Greens’ tax plan released online early, sees party dramatically rein in ambitions
Mandy Te (Interest): Green Party would make the first $10,000 people earn each year tax free
Alice Peacock (Newsroom): Minister pressed to go after Big Tech over tax instead of small debtors
Paul McBeth: What’s wealth got to do with it?
ELECTION, PARTIES AND CAMPAIGN
Jo Moir (RNZ): National pitches itself as the party focused on the future
Jamie Ensor (Herald): National may be playing happy at party conference, but senior MPs’ futures are at risk (paywalled)
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): National’s Simeon Brown discourages members from strategic voting
Amanda Gillies (Newsroom): Campaign lobbying aimed at the ears of farmers
Danyl McLauchlan (Listener): Fiscal discipline takes a back seat as parties target traditional bases (paywalled)
James Ball (1News): Peters fires back, Seymour calls for unity after Nats ‘Mum and Dad’ dig
Joel Kulasingham (Herald): Labour pitches to renters, Act chases Joe Rogan fans in social media ads
Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (Spinoff): Who’s your daddy? National’s family meeting has a coalition problem
Anna Whyte (Interest): Christopher Luxon and Nicola Willis hopeful of better economic times ahead as election nears
Herald: International reaction to Dame Jacinda Ardern’s renewed New Zealand republic comments
Michael Swanson: Has the Campaign Already Started?
Peter L Collins: Quit Whinging – work at the fix.
Verity Johnson (Stuff): Why I want Winston Peters to star in my burlesque show
Matthew Tukaki (Waatea News): Never Write Off Te Pāti Māori
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