Opportunity Party policies 2026
The Opportunity Party · formerly The Opportunities Party (TOP) · not currently in Parliament
Opportunity is campaigning on a land value tax paired with a Citizen's Income, more power for the Commerce Commission, and long-term cross-party plans for health, education and infrastructure. This page sets out what it has published, with a link to the source for each point.
It polled 7% in the 1News-Verian poll of 1 to 5 October 2026 and 5.5% in the RNZ-Reid Research poll taken to 1 October 2026. A party needs 5% of the party vote, or one electorate seat, to enter Parliament.
Positions found
17 of 37
of the questions in our quiz
Nothing published
20
questions with no position we could find
Last checked
9 October 2026
against its own policy pages
Why Opportunity is not scored in the quiz
The quiz compares your answers with each party's published position on all 37 questions. We could find a position from Opportunity on 17 of them. On the other 20, including immigration, most of law and order, rent rules and oil and gas, it has published nothing we could cite.
A blank behaves like a neutral answer in the scoring, so a party with 20 blanks would come out as a close match for almost everyone. That would be an effect of the sums, not a fact about its politics, and it would not be fair to Opportunity or to you. We will add it to the quiz as soon as its published policy covers enough of the questions. The methodology page has the full reasoning.
Opportunity's main policies for 2026
A land value tax and a Citizen's Income
A 1.75% yearly tax on the value of land, 0.5% for rural land, which retirees could defer to their estate. It pays for a Citizen's Income of up to $370 a week for almost all adults.
Opportunity: Tax ResetCompulsory KiwiSaver at 6%
A compulsory retirement savings scheme with employee and employer contributions each rising to 6% over time.
Opportunity: Tax ResetMore power for the Commerce Commission
Legal power and funding to take on uncompetitive markets, including the ability to break up duopolies through the High Court.
Opportunity: Breakthrough EconomyA ten-year health plan
A cross-party plan with published goals, and health funding raised from 7.4% to 9% of GDP over a decade.
Opportunity: Healthy PeopleSimpler planning rules
Ten nationally consistent planning zones in place of the current rules, and low-cost government finance for affordable and social housing.
Opportunity: Affordable HousingClimate and energy
A $5 billion Climate Resilience Fund, farm emissions brought into cap-and-trade, and a cross-party target of 30GW of electricity capacity by 2050.
Opportunity: Climate ActionInfrastructure that outlasts governments
The 30-year infrastructure plan written into law, up to $60 billion raised over ten years through an Infrastructure Fund, and 60% of spending reserved for maintenance and renewal.
Opportunity: Inter-Generational InfrastructureJustice focused on prevention
Earlier intervention, more specialist and treatment courts, regulated cannabis, and more support for people leaving prison.
Opportunity: Smart On Crime
Opportunity on economy, tax & cost of living
New Zealand should tax the profit people make when they sell an investment property.
No published positionIts tax plan is built on a land value tax and does not mention a capital gains tax on investment property.
Opportunity: Tax Reset · checked 9 October 2026People who own more than $10 million in assets should pay a yearly tax on it, even if they don't earn enough income to pay it.
Mixed / no clear positionProposes a 1.75% yearly tax on the value of land, 0.5% for rural land, paid by all landowners. That is a yearly tax on an asset, but it is not a tax on net assets above $10 million.
Opportunity: Tax Reset · checked 9 October 2026The government should fix its deficit and debt by spending less, not by taxing more.
OpposesProposes a new land value tax and wants health funding lifted from 7.4% to 9% of GDP over a decade, so it is not closing the deficit by spending less. It has not stated this in so many words.
Opportunity: Healthy People · checked 9 October 2026The government should buy back a major bank and break up the power companies and supermarkets.
Mixed / no clear positionWould give the Commerce Commission the power to break up duopolies through the High Court, but says it would not structurally separate the power companies, calling that lengthy and costly. Nothing published on buying a bank.
Opportunity: Abundant Energy · checked 9 October 2026The age you can start getting NZ Super should rise above 65.
No published positionWould replace NZ Super with its Citizen's Income plus a top-up, and says nobody relying on NZ Super would get less. It has published nothing on raising the age.
Opportunity: Tax Reset · checked 9 October 2026The government should rule out any new taxes and grow the economy instead.
Strongly opposesIts central policy is a new tax: 1.75% a year on land value, used to fund a Citizen's Income and lower income tax.
Opportunity: Tax Reset · checked 9 October 2026Small businesses should pay less tax so they can grow, employ more people and grow the economy.
No published positionPromises funding for small business budgeting services and faster access to the R&D tax credit, but has published no position on the company tax rate.
Opportunity: Breakthrough Economy · checked 9 October 2026People on a benefit who are able to work should lose part of it if they turn down suitable work.
No published positionIts Citizen's Income of up to $370 a week would go to almost all adults. It has published no position on sanctions for turning down work.
Opportunity: Tax Reset · checked 9 October 2026
Opportunity on housing & renting
Annual rent increases should be capped at around 2%, and landlords should not be able to evict without a reason.
No published positionNothing published on capping rent rises or on no-cause evictions.
Opportunity: Affordable Housing · checked 9 October 2026The government should borrow to build tens of thousands of new state and public houses.
SupportsWould give councils, community housing providers, iwi and developers access to low-cost government finance for affordable and social housing, and direct Kāinga Ora to build to regional need. No number of homes is given.
Opportunity: Affordable Housing · checked 9 October 2026Landlords should be able to deduct mortgage interest as a business expense before paying tax on rental income.
No published positionNothing published on mortgage interest deductions for landlords.
Opportunity: Affordable Housing · checked 9 October 2026It should be quicker and easier to get houses and roads built.
Strongly supportsWould replace the current planning rules with ten simple, nationally consistent zones and a national pre-approval system for prefabricated building.
Opportunity: Affordable Housing · checked 9 October 2026There are too many rules on landlords, and the cost ends up in the rent.
OpposesWould raise the minimum standards for rental properties and extend the Warmer Kiwi Homes programme to rentals, which is more obligation on landlords, not less.
Opportunity: Affordable Housing · checked 9 October 2026The government should back 5% deposits for first-home buyers earning up to $300,000, so more people can own instead of rent.
No published positionNothing published on the First Home Loan or on deposits for first-home buyers.
Opportunity: Affordable Housing · checked 9 October 2026The government should add at least 6,000 social housing places over four years, even if it has to borrow to do it.
SupportsSupports government finance for social housing, without a target number of places.
Opportunity: Affordable Housing · checked 9 October 2026
Opportunity on health & education
Health money should go to medicines and advanced treatment rather than making doctor's visits free.
No published positionWants a larger share of health funding to go to primary care such as GP clinics. It has not said visits should be free, or how that ranks against funding for medicines.
Opportunity: Healthy People · checked 9 October 2026There should be a separate Māori-led authority commissioning health services specifically for Māori, in addition to the health system everyone uses.
Mixed / no clear positionCommits to stable multi-year funding for kaupapa Māori and iwi-led providers and measurable equity goals, but does not propose a separate Māori health authority.
Opportunity: Healthy People · checked 9 October 2026Schools should focus on the basics with standardised national testing, and NCEA should be replaced.
Mixed / no clear positionWould hand curriculum and assessment to an independent council inside a ten-year cross-party plan, and takes no position of its own on national testing or replacing NCEA.
Opportunity: Future-fit Education · checked 9 October 2026Parents should be able to choose their child's school, including charter schools that set their own curriculum.
No published positionNothing published on charter schools or school choice.
Opportunity: Future-fit Education · checked 9 October 2026Public services like health and education should be expanded, even if that means Kiwis pay more tax.
SupportsWants health funding lifted from 7.4% to 9% of GDP and proposes a new tax on land, while saying its tax plan raises incomes for most people.
Opportunity: Healthy People · checked 9 October 2026Students should have 10% wiped off their loans, even if it costs $583 million and is paid for by taxpayers who never went to university.
No published positionWould forgive student loan interest for New Zealanders returning from overseas. Nothing published on writing off part of loan balances.
Opportunity: Breakthrough Economy · checked 9 October 2026
Opportunity on climate, energy & environment
New Zealand should stay in the Paris climate agreement and keep to its emissions targets, even if it costs up to $5 billion and the United States has pulled out.
Strongly supportsWould restore the integrity of New Zealand's Nationally Determined Contribution, which is its Paris pledge, and follow the Climate Change Commission's advice on the 2050 targets.
Opportunity: Climate Action · checked 9 October 2026New Zealand should look for more oil and gas to grow the economy.
No published positionOpposes the planned LNG import terminal. It has published nothing on looking for more oil and gas in New Zealand.
Opportunity: Abundant Energy · checked 9 October 2026Farmers should not have to pay for the greenhouse gases their animals produce.
OpposesWould bring farm methane and nitrous oxide into a cap-and-trade system, so farmers would face a price on those emissions.
Opportunity: Climate Action · checked 9 October 2026New Zealand should make it easier to mine and develop natural resources to grow the economy.
No published positionNothing published on mining.
Opportunity: Healthy Land & Water · checked 9 October 2026Even though farming is our biggest export earner, farm animal numbers should be reduced and synthetic nitrogen fertiliser phased out to clean up rivers.
Mixed / no clear positionWould reinstate Te Mana o te Wai and cut nitrate and phosphate pollution through cap-and-trade, working with farmers. It does not propose cutting animal numbers or phasing out synthetic nitrogen fertiliser.
Opportunity: Healthy Land & Water · checked 9 October 2026Transport funding should prioritise roads and highways over public transport and cycleways.
No published positionWould require 60% of infrastructure spending to go on maintenance and renewal. It has not said how it ranks roads against public transport and cycleways.
Opportunity: Inter-Generational Infrastructure · checked 9 October 2026
Opportunity on law, order & justice
Jail sentences should be longer, with a minimum term for repeat offenders.
No published positionIts justice policy is about early intervention and specialist courts. Nothing published on sentence lengths or minimum terms.
Opportunity: Smart On Crime · checked 9 October 2026Prisons should be phased out by 2040 and replaced with community-led alternatives.
No published positionNothing published on phasing out prisons.
Opportunity: Smart On Crime · checked 9 October 2026We should build more prison capacity and put considerably more police on the front line.
No published positionNothing published on police numbers or prison capacity.
Opportunity: Smart On Crime · checked 9 October 2026The justice system should spend more on fixing the causes of crime, like poverty and addiction, and less on punishment.
SupportsWould act on risk factors from a child's first report of concern, grow specialist and treatment courts, and fund post-release support and training. It has not said it would spend less on punishment.
Opportunity: Smart On Crime · checked 9 October 2026Gang patches should stay banned in public and police should have more power to disrupt gangs.
No published positionNothing published on the gang patch ban or police powers against gangs.
Opportunity: Smart On Crime · checked 9 October 2026
Opportunity on te tiriti, rights & immigration
A commission should be able to block laws it believes breach Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
Mixed / no clear positionWould make Treaty analysis a stronger and more visible part of lawmaking, and supports a national conversation about Te Tiriti's constitutional place. It does not propose a commission that could block laws.
Opportunity: Honouring Te Tiriti · checked 9 October 2026The New Zealand population should decide on whether to keep the Māori electorate seats.
No published positionNothing published on the Māori electorate seats.
Opportunity: Honouring Te Tiriti · checked 9 October 2026Migration should be cut to take pressure off housing, roads and hospitals.
No published positionNothing published on immigration numbers.
Opportunity: Breakthrough Economy · checked 9 October 2026Non-citizens who commit serious crimes should be deported, and a dedicated unit should track down overstayers.
No published positionNothing published on deportation or overstayers.
Opportunity: Smart On Crime · checked 9 October 2026As 4.3% of New Zealand's population speak it, te reo Māori should be actively promoted across government and society, including in the names of public agencies.
SupportsCalls for more te reo Māori learning in schools. Nothing on the names of public agencies.
Opportunity: Future-fit Education · checked 9 October 2026
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