Green on Economy

Fairer taxes, more public investment, economy within ecological limits

The Green Party wants to change how the economy works. They would raise taxes on wealth, capital gains, land, and inheritances to pay for better public services like health, education, and transport. They want the government to borrow more to build infrastructure, and they want businesses to pay the true cost of environmental damage. Their goal is an economy that works for everyone while staying within the limits of the natural world.

What they say they'll do

Expand the progressive tax system to include capital gains, land, wealth and inheritance taxes
Substantially increase government revenue and expenditure as a proportion of GDP to fund universal public services
Enable greater government borrowing for investing in infrastructure
Create KiwiMart, a publicly owned supermarket chain, by requiring Woolworths and Foodstuffs to divest at least 120 stores
Immediately ban excessive supermarket prices and extend price-gouging rules to energy and fuel
Broaden the Reserve Bank's focus to support the economy and full employment while controlling inflation

Who this affects

Households and shoppers

The party says it will cap excessive supermarket prices and create a publicly owned competitor, which it says would give shoppers lower prices and more choice.

People on lower incomes

The party says it will increase funding for food banks, establish a $150m Fair Food Fund, and expand a school lunch programme to reach 150,000 more children.

Wealthy individuals and property owners

The party says it will introduce new taxes on capital gains, land, wealth and inheritance, which would apply to people with those assets.

Small businesses and workers

The party says it will broaden the Reserve Bank's mandate to support full employment alongside controlling inflation, which relates to job levels across the economy.

In their own words

“We want to transform our economy, replacing consumerism, consumption and growth with a non-polluting, regenerative economy that enables all people to thrive within nature's bounty.”

“Expanding the progressive tax system to equitably tax wealth and all forms of income, such as through capital gains, land, land value, wealth, and inheritance taxes.”

“Create KiwiMart, a publicly owned supermarket chain with a single mandate - keep prices down.”

Verify at Green — official policy page

Summarised neutrally from Green’s own official policy (as at 2026-09-07) and checked by an editor. Nothing is paraphrased without the source linked. Read the original ↗ Arapono is non-partisan. Compare all parties on Economy →

In depth — from Green’s policy document

A tax system for all of us

The Green Party proposes six revenue measures and an income tax cut. A 2.5 percent annual tax on net assets over $10 million and a 33 percent tax on inheritances and gifts received over $1 million; a higher company rate for large firms, a levy on the big banks, and enforcement of withholding tax on profits sent offshore; and reversal of the landlord interest deduction and the brightline change. Income tax is cut, with the first $10,000 tax-free and a new 45 percent rate over $160,000.

Tax on net assets

2.5% a year over $10m

Inheritances and gifts

33% over $1m

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Green on Economy

What they say they'll do

Who this affects

In their own words

A tax system for all of us

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