New Zealand Election 2026 Saturday 7 November

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How to vote53 links

ACT: Parmjeet Parmar, Pakurangaact.org.nz
ACT: Sarah Lochead-Macmillan, Port Waikato candidateact.org.nz
Alliance: Sara Dyatlova-Murphy, West Coast-Tasmanallianceparty.nz
AP: New Zealanders must enrol by 25 Octoberapnews.com
Beehive: electoral reforms pass final reading (Goldsmith, Dec 2025)beehive.govt.nz
Democracy Project: enrolment now closes 13 days before election daydemocracyproject.org.nz
Elections NZ: enrolment by general electorateelections.nz
Elections NZ: enrolment by local council, 31 August 2026elections.nz
Electoral Amendment Act 2025 (legislation)legislation.govt.nz
Electoral Commission: becoming a candidate, nominations open 7 Septemberelections.nz
Electoral Commission: data matching used to contact voters, 17-24 Sep 2026elections.nz
Electoral Commission: enrol to vote by 25 October (10 Aug 2026)elections.nz
Electoral Commission: key dates, nominations close noon 8 October 2026elections.nz
Electoral Commission: key dates, nominations open 7 Sep, last legal register date was 6 Augelections.nz
Electoral Commission: make sure you are enrolled (factsheet)elections.nz
Electoral Commission: Māori enrolment statisticselections.nz
Electoral Commission: texts to dormant-roll voters, 24 Aug to 2 Sep 2026elections.nz
Green Party: Celine Kearney, Taupōgreens.org.nz
Green Party: Mike Finlayson, Northland candidategreens.org.nz
Green Party: Richard Wesley, Waimakariri candidategreens.org.nz
Ministry of Justice: Electoral Amendment Act 2025 changesjustice.govt.nz
National: Jessica Rowe, Kaipara ki Mahuranginational.org.nz
National: Mahesh Muralidhar contactnational.org.nz
National: Mahesh Muralidhar, Tāmaki candidatenational.org.nz
NZ First: Craig Stobo, Botany candidatenzfirst.nz
NZ First: Mark Patterson, Taierinzfirst.nz
NZ First: Ron Mark, Wairarapa candidatenzfirst.nz
NZ First: Shane Jonesnzfirst.nz
NZ Outdoors & Freedom: 2026 candidatesnzofp.co.nz
Parliament: Mark Pattersonwww3.parliament.nz
Parliament: Parmjeet Parmarwww3.parliament.nz
Parliament: Shane Joneswww3.parliament.nz
Representation Commission 2025: final electorate names and boundarieselections.nz
RNZ: Electoral Commission, 91 percent enrolled, just under 61 percent of 18-24 (29 Sep 2026)rnz.co.nz
RNZ: NZ First list ranks newcomers above sitting MPsrnz.co.nz
RNZ: why you need to enrol to vote by 25 October, Guler 31 Aug figures 3,636,524 enrolled, 89.75 percent, youth 57.45 percent (3 Sep 2026)rnz.co.nz
RNZ: young voters urged to enrol, about 188,000 of 18-24rnz.co.nz
Taupō News: Greens select Celine Kearney for Taupōtauponews.co.nz
Te Ao Māori News: 17,033 Māori voters switched rolls in the 2026 option (18 Aug 2026)teaonews.co.nz
The Post: Asher Wilson-Goldman quits the Kapiti race (21 Apr 2026)thepost.co.nz
Vote NZ: 2026 general election homevote.nz
Vote NZ: 2026 general election overviewvote.nz
Vote NZ: 2026 key datesvote.nz
Vote NZ: are you eligible to enrol and vote?vote.nz
Vote NZ: communications from the Electoral Commission, reminder emails and textsvote.nz
Vote NZ: enrol by midnight 25 Octobervote.nz
Vote NZ: enrol or update onlinevote.nz
Vote NZ: find your electorate on a map (26 Aug 2026)vote.nz
Vote NZ: party lists for the 2026 general electionvote.nz
Vote NZ: vote from overseas (opens 21 October 2026)vote.nz
Vote NZ: what to do in the 2026 general electionvote.nz
Waatea: NZ First 50-name party listwaateanews.com
Waatea: two million enrolment reminder emails and mall hubs (3 Sep 2026)waateanews.com

Spend and debt42 links

1News: $51 million Auckland cycle bridge, then rent after cancellation1news.co.nz
1News: 100-day plan scrapped projects and about $2 billion already spent (8 Mar 2024)1news.co.nz
1News: iReX cancellation costed at $671 million (15 Aug 2025)1news.co.nz
1News: technical recession, two quarters of falling GDP (19 Dec 2024)1news.co.nz
AAP FactCheck: do not mix net debt measures (March 2026)aap.com.au
Beehive: Budget 2025 speech, Willis on the $120 billion debt rise 2019-2024beehive.govt.nz
Beehive: next steps on New Dunedin Hospital, $1.88 billion appropriation (26 Sep 2024)beehive.govt.nz
Budget 2026 Fiscal Strategy Report annex (net core Crown debt forecasts)budget.govt.nz
Electoral Commission: 2015 and 2016 flag referendums report ($13.525 million)elections.nz
HUD OIA: KiwiBuild underwrite purchases $148.5 millionhud.govt.nz
Imprest Supply (Third for 2019/20) Act 2020legislation.govt.nz
Kāinga Ora OIA: 2,335 KiwiBuild homes completed by February 2024kaingaora.govt.nz
National / Willis: 2024/25 statements, spending share down, debt ratio steady (9 Oct 2025)national.org.nz
NZ Herald: flag project $21.8 million, under a $25.7 million budgetnzherald.co.nz
NZTA OIA: Transmission Gully $850 million contract, $1.25 billion construction-equivalentnzta.govt.nz
Office of the Auditor-General: controller update on COVID-19 spending (May 2020)oag.parliament.nz
RNZ: 1.4 million Pfizer COVID doses destroyed (March 2023)rnz.co.nz
RNZ: Budget 2024 tax cuts called fully funded; extra $12b borrowing (30 May 2024)rnz.co.nz
RNZ: diesel reserve agreement extended to August 2027rnz.co.nz
RNZ: Dunedin Hospital outpatient building officially opens (28 Aug 2026)rnz.co.nz
RNZ: final iReX ferry cancellation cost $671 millionrnz.co.nz
RNZ: government signals Dunedin Hospital downgradernz.co.nz
RNZ: Joyce, Novopay extra fix-it bill $43 million by June 2014rnz.co.nz
RNZ: National-led government cancels Auckland Light Rail (14 Jan 2024)rnz.co.nz
RNZ: NZTA Transmission Gully settlement, cost stays $1.25 billionrnz.co.nz
RNZ: Peters on the $671m scrapped ferry project (15 Aug 2025)rnz.co.nz
RNZ: Treasury urged a smaller, later tax package (Jun 2024)rnz.co.nz
Scoop: National supports the wage subsidy and wants the cap lifted (Mar 2020)scoop.co.nz
Scoop: Report of the Ministerial Inquiry into the Novopay Project (June 2013)scoop.co.nz
Scoop: Simon Bridges, National stands with the Government on the COVID response (25 Mar 2020)scoop.co.nz
Stats NZ: GDP September 2024 quarter (June quarter revised -1.1%, September -1.0%)stats.govt.nz
Stuff: $51 million already spent on axed Auckland harbour cycle bridgestuff.co.nz
The Spinoff: KiwiBuild 2,335 homes vs 100,000 target (24 Apr 2024)thespinoff.co.nz
Treasury FEU: GFC and other NZ recessionstreasury.govt.nz
Treasury spreadsheet: fiscal time series 1972-2025 (year-end 2025)treasury.govt.nz
Treasury: Financial Statements of the Government year ended 30 June 2024treasury.govt.nz
Treasury: Financial Statements of the Government year ended 30 June 2025treasury.govt.nz
Treasury: Financial Statements of the Government year ended 30 June 2026treasury.govt.nz
Treasury: fiscal time series historical fiscal indicators 1972-2025treasury.govt.nz
Treasury: Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Update 2026treasury.govt.nz
Treasury: year-end financial statementstreasury.govt.nz
Wikipedia: COVID-19 Public Health Response Act 2020, third reading 63 to 57, National opposeden.wikipedia.org

Money12 links

Electoral Commission: 2025 annual party returnselections.nz
Electoral Commission: donations exceeding $20,000 (2026)elections.nz
Electoral Commission: party donations and loans by yearelections.nz
Gazette: Craig Heatley, director of Multum Corporation Limited (Dec 2025 amalgamation notice)gazette.govt.nz
Newsroom: Phillip Mills tops up Opportunity to $100k (12 May 2026)newsroom.co.nz
NZ Herald: Kings Quarry / A J Ritchie donations and fast-tracknzherald.co.nz
RNZ: 2025 donation totals (7 May 2026)rnz.co.nz
RNZ: Cartmell donations (2026)rnz.co.nz
RNZ: political donations trackerrnz.co.nz
RNZ: protected anonymous donations, NZ First $161,000 (1 October 2026)rnz.co.nz
RNZ: protected-from-disclosure donations ~$468k by June 2026rnz.co.nz
Te Pāti Māori: Lance Norman, secretary and treasurermaoriparty.org.nz

What the parties want651 links

Lobbying37 links

1News: Mayor welcomes Bishop's no on Wolfbrook Pegasus fast-track (20 Aug 2026)1news.co.nz
1News: Opportunity defends taking donations it wants banned (16 Aug 2026)1news.co.nz
1News: Port of Tauranga Stella Passage approved under fast-track (7 Sep 2026)1news.co.nz
ABC News: Atlas Network partners in NZ: Taxpayers' Union and NZ Initiative; Seymour Atlas training (24 Apr 2025)abc.net.au
Beehive: Goldsmith, climate-lawsuit bar passes final reading (18 Aug 2026)beehive.govt.nz
Chris Lynch: Q+A on Opportunity gifts, Wilderland and Alajamber (16 Aug 2026)chrislynchmedia.com
Democracy Project: extractive-sector donations (2026)democracyproject.org.nz
Democracy Project: Lobbyist Watch July 2026democracyproject.org.nz
Democracy Project: lobbyists / climate briefing (Jun 2026)democracyproject.org.nz
Democracy Project: supermarket lobby and revolving door (2026)democracyproject.org.nz
Newsroom: Chris Flatt, Dairy Workers Union secretary, Labour Taupō candidate (8 Jun 2026)newsroom.co.nz
Newsroom: Chris Meehan hosted exclusive Shane Jones fundraisers at his Queenstown home (2 Sep 2026)newsroom.co.nz
Newsroom: Chris Meehan resigns from the Winton board (11 Sep 2026)newsroom.co.nz
Newsroom: Jones changed Regional Infrastructure Fund rules for $50m mining (27 Aug 2026)newsroom.co.nz
Newsroom: Jones undeclared mining dinner (2024)newsroom.co.nz
Newsroom: Nicky Hager Dirty Work on Taxpayers' Union (23 Sep 2026)newsroom.co.nz
Newsroom: Taxpayers' Union is an Atlas partner; Debbi Gibbs chairs Atlas, Alan Gibbs backed ACT (31 Oct 2023)newsroom.co.nz
RNZ: $1m donations linked to fast-track applicants (26 May 2026)rnz.co.nz
RNZ: Andrew Hoggard animal-welfare complaintrnz.co.nz
RNZ: Auditor-General asked to investigate Costello heated-tobacco cut (Aug 2024)rnz.co.nz
RNZ: Bishop declined Wolfbrook Pegasus golf-course fast-track (19 Aug 2026)rnz.co.nz
RNZ: climate-lawsuit bar passes third reading 67 to 53 (19 Aug 2026)rnz.co.nz
RNZ: Costello notes on a tobacco tax freeze (Jan 2024)rnz.co.nz
RNZ: Fonterra and Z Energy climate briefs to the PM's office (May 2026)rnz.co.nz
RNZ: heated-tobacco tax cut extended two years (Jul 2025)rnz.co.nz
RNZ: Nicky Hager Dirty Work exposé of Taxpayers' Union (22 Sep 2026)rnz.co.nz
RNZ: nicotine lobbyists called Peters industry friendly; Philip Morris pitched NZ First (Jul 2025)rnz.co.nz
RNZ: NZ First racing donors and tax-break report (May 2026)rnz.co.nz
RNZ: officials said Philip Morris would take most of the heated-tobacco tax cut (Jul 2024)rnz.co.nz
RNZ: Opportunity donor Alan Wilderland, play the game first (18 Aug 2026)rnz.co.nz
RNZ: Opportunity lobbying/donation reform pitchrnz.co.nz
RNZ: Shane Jones industry links / diary omissionrnz.co.nz
RNZ: Simeon Brown put oil/gas lobbyist John Carnegie on the EECA boardrnz.co.nz
Scoop: Simeon Brown appoints oil/gas lobbyist to EECA (2025)scoop.co.nz
Taupō News: Labour selects Chris Flatt for Taupōtauponews.co.nz
Te Ao Māori News: Tamihere on conflicts / Waipareira (Mar 2025)teaonews.co.nz
Transparency International NZ: revolving doortransparency.org.nz

MPs' bills30 links

1News: Ginny Andersen ends Hutt South office sublet (12 Mar 2021)1news.co.nz
1News: Luxon property sales, Wellington apartment $180k gain (30 Sep 2024)1news.co.nz
Auditor-General: Hutt South office lease (24 Jun 2021)oag.parliament.nz
data.govt.nz: MP expenses datasetcatalogue.data.govt.nz
Democracy Project: Herald figures: National MPs average $4.6m in property, Labour $2mdemocracyproject.org.nz
Democracy Project: MPs lack expense transparency / Ngarewa-Packer flightsdemocracyproject.org.nz
Democracy Project: taxpayers funding MPs' Wellington housesdemocracyproject.org.nz
interest.co.nz: Oct-Dec 2025 MP and ministerial travel (5 Mar 2026)interest.co.nz
IRD: bright-line test (two years from 1 July 2024)ird.govt.nz
Legislation: MP accommodation determination 2023 ($36,400 / $52,000)legislation.govt.nz
Newshub: Luxon $45k a year renting Botany office to Parliament (2022)newshub.co.nz
Newstalk ZB: Luxon portfolio seven properties down to three (2025 register)newstalkzb.co.nz
Newstalk ZB: Nick Mills on Costley travel and 40-minute commutenewstalkzb.co.nz
NZ Herald: Arbuckle, Bennett, Fleming $20k-plus travel, Jan-Mar 2026nzherald.co.nz
NZ Herald: Luxon avoids up to $70k bright-line tax after law changenzherald.co.nz
NZ Herald: MPs' property interests $379 million (Nov 2025)nzherald.co.nz
ODT / RNZ: Luxon defends Costley Wellington allowanceodt.co.nz
Parliament: members' expense disclosures (quarterly)parliament.nz
Parliament: members' expenses Oct-Dec 2025 PDFwww3.parliament.nz
Parliament: pecuniary-interest register (31 Jan 2026 PDF)www3.parliament.nz
Parliament: Register of Pecuniary Interests (31 Jan 2026)parliament.nz
RNZ: Karen Chhour $16,686 Auckland Airport parking (Jun 2026)rnz.co.nz
RNZ: Luxon claims $52k to live in his own Wellington apartment (1 Mar 2024)rnz.co.nz
RNZ: Luxon defends Costley Wellington allowancernz.co.nz
RNZ: Luxon not changing MP housing allowance (May 2026)rnz.co.nz
RNZ: Shane Jones $63k Canada trip, limo on standby (18 Jun 2026)rnz.co.nz
RNZ: Upston $1000 a week in own mortgage-free Wellington flat (27 May 2026)rnz.co.nz
Taxpayers' Union: MP expenses 21 months, Waititi $273,681 (Atlas Network partner)taxpayers.org.nz
The Spinoff: coalition MPs added 25 extra investment properties after landlord-law changes (27 May 2026)thespinoff.co.nz
The Spinoff: Luxonthespinoff.co.nz