Key facts
- Party
- Opportunity Party website
- Leader
- Qiulae Wong (Party Leader)
- Founded
- 2016
- Seats before the 2026 election
- 0
- 2023 election
- 2.22% of the party vote, 0 seats
- Now
- Not in Parliament: it won no seats at the 2023 election.
Sources: [8][9][2][1][10][4][5][6][7][3]
About the party
The party was founded in 2016 by Gareth Morgan as The Opportunities Party (TOP). It was registered with the Electoral Commission in 2017 and relaunched under the name Opportunity in November 2025, with a new leader. Qiulae Wong is its Party Leader. It won no seats at the 2023 election, had no MPs when Parliament was dissolved on 1 October 2026, and is not in Parliament. It has not been part of a government. Its constitution lists four values and four principles, shown below in the party's own words.
History. The party was founded in 2016 by Gareth Morgan, as The Opportunities Party (TOP), and the Electoral Commission's register gives its registration date as 6 March 2017. In November 2025 it relaunched as "Opportunity" with a new leader. Its constitution (version 6.0, 22 March 2026) names the incorporated society Opportunity Party Incorporated.
In government. The party has not been part of a government.
In Parliament. At the 2023 general election the party won 63,330 party votes, 2.22% of the total, and no seats. It had no MPs when Parliament was dissolved on 1 October 2026.
Leadership. Qiulae Wong is Party Leader, announced in November 2025. Its constitution says the Party Leader must be a member and is appointed, and may be removed, by a 75% majority vote of the board. Raf Manji was appointed by the board in January 2022 and resigned on 3 December 2023; before him Geoff Simmons stepped down after the 2020 election and Shai Navot served as interim leader.
What it says it stands for
In the party's own words and order. Where the party gives an item no heading, the heading is a short neutral topic name added by this site. From: Constitution and Rules (version 6.0, 22 March 2026), rule 2.5: Values, and rule 2.6: Principles.
- Truthfulness
- Ingenuity
- Equality
- Efficacy
- Evidence over ideology
- Long-term outcomes
- Economic efficiency
- Measuring effectiveness
Truthfulness
The party's first value is truthfulness, which it describes as "fearless honesty".
“Truthfulness – fearless honesty.”
[3]Ingenuity
The party's second value is ingenuity, which it describes as "there is no too-hard basket".
“Ingenuity – there is no too-hard basket.”
[3]Equality
The party's third value is equality, which it describes as "equitable opportunity".
“Equality – equitable opportunity.”
[3]Efficacy
The party's fourth value is efficacy, which it describes as "we are our results".
“Efficacy – we are our results.”
[3]Evidence over ideology
Its first principle is to "follow evidence over ideology".
“Follow evidence over ideology.”
[3]Long-term outcomes
Its second principle is to "prioritise long-term outcomes over short-lived wins".
“Prioritise long-term outcomes over short-lived wins.”
[3]Economic efficiency
Its third principle is to "ensure economic efficiency is subject to both societal wellbeing and environmental sustainability".
“Ensure economic efficiency is subject to both societal wellbeing and environmental sustainability.”
[3]Measuring effectiveness
Its fourth principle is to "measure effectiveness by influence on policies enacted, rather than by words we speak or actions we take".
“Measure effectiveness by influence on policies enacted, rather than by words we speak or actions we take.”
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Bottom lines for coalition talks
What the party has publicly said it must get, or won't accept, to form or support a government after the 2026 election. Every party's bottom lines
Give the Commerce Commission power to force anti-competitive firms to split up.
“a bottom line to empower the Commerce Commission to investigate, intervene and force structural separation”
A register and code of conduct for lobbyists, and a cap on each donor's donations.
“a mandatory register and code of conduct for lobbyists, and a cap on donations per donor”
A 10-year cross-party plan for health.
“a bottom line that establishes a 10-year, cross-party plan for health”
End bottom trawling in the most damaged inshore areas.
“an immediate end to bottom trawling in our most damaged inshore areas”
Recommit to the Paris Agreement and protect the Climate Change Commission's role.
“recommit to our Paris Agreement obligations and protect the role of the Climate Change Commission”
- Its tax reset is not one of the five bottom lines, interest.co.nz reports. interest.co.nz
- Its bottom lines page calls upholding the Te Tiriti partnership "an approach we will bring to the negotiation table", not a bottom line. The Opportunity Party
- Te Ao Māori News (6 October 2026) headlines that Qiulae Wong "signals Te Tiriti as non-negotiable in post-election talks", and reports the party has avoided naming a single specific policy as a formal bottom line. Wong said that if other parties put forward ideas that would jeopardise Te Tiriti, "then I think that gives us grounds to walk away." Te Ao Māori News
Its other policies
Policies on its own policy page (read 17 Oct 2026) or in its releases that no issue page compares yet, each on the same short card. Some parties list single policies and others list broad areas, so the number of cards says nothing about how much a party has planned. Every party's policies
Tax and public finances
Opportunity would pay most adults a weekly income funded by land tax
Opportunity's Tax Reset would give almost all adults a weekly payment called the Citizen's Income, replacing most benefits, with top-ups for superannuitants, parents and others. It would be paid for by a yearly tax on the value of land only, with exemptions or deferrals possible for people who are land rich but cash poor, such as farmers and retirees. There would be three income tax rates, and employee and employer KiwiSaver contribution rates would rise over time. The changes would be phased in over 10 years, with the payment starting with young people.
- Party claimThe party says almost all adults would get up to $370 a week ($19,400 a year).
- Party claimThe party says the land value tax would be 1.75% a year, reduced to 0.5% for rural land.
- Party claimThe party says the income tax rates would be 28%, 34% and 39%, and KiwiSaver contribution rates would rise to 6%.
- Party claimThe party says incomes would rise for 70% of New Zealanders and 20% would see no change.
- Party claimThe party says the Citizen's Income would lift at least 50,000 families out of poverty, and the land value tax would bring house prices down by a projected 10 to 15%.
- Party claimThe party says the package is fully funded, with around $4 billion a year left over for other investments.
Health
Opportunity would push to lift health funding to 9% of GDP
Opportunity would work across parties on a published, costed 10-year health plan, and push within it to raise health funding over a decade. A larger share of health funding would go to primary care providers such as GP clinics. The party would bring back the school lunch programme, pursue a pathway to a smokefree New Zealand, and add lobbying and donation rules for industries such as tobacco through its Clean Up Politics policy.
- Party claimThe party says it would push to raise health funding from the current 7.4% of GDP to 9% of GDP.
- Party claimThe party says tobacco, alcohol and unhealthy food account for a quarter of the healthy years New Zealanders lose to death and disability.
- Party claimThe party says New Zealand ranked second in the world for protecting health policy from tobacco industry interference in 2023 and 53rd in 2025.
Education and skills
Opportunity would seek a 10-year cross-party education plan
Opportunity would work across Parliament on a long-term education plan, built with educators, learners and families and grounded in Te Tiriti o Waitangi, with an independent council rather than politicians setting the curriculum and assessment. Within the plan it would push for action on teacher workload, pay and workforce planning, fund ongoing training for teachers and restore the Independent Teaching Council. It would also push for higher staff, space and education standards in early childhood education, more te reo Māori learning and upgraded polytechs.
- Party claimThe party says the education plan would run for 10 years and be agreed across parties.
Climate, energy and environment
Opportunity would set a 30GW power target and fund home electrification
Opportunity's Abundant Energy policy would seek cross-party agreement on how much electricity New Zealand should be able to generate by 2050, and set up a scheme to bring in investment in new generation. It would merge the five energy regulators into one and bring the energy distributors under fewer managers. Households could get low-interest loans to switch to electric through the Ratepayer Assistance Scheme, and the party would fund community energy projects, insulate homes and electrify public transport.
- Party claimThe party says New Zealand spends over $20 billion a year buying fossil fuels.
- Party claimThe party says a household that goes electric at home would be $3,200 a year better off.
- Party claimThe party says it would seek cross-party agreement to a 30GW total capacity target for 2050.
- Party claimThe party says it would consolidate management of the 29 energy distributors into no more than 8.
- Party claimThe party says running costs would come from dividends on the Government's stake in power companies, currently around $500 million a year, and that other revenue, such as a land value tax, would be needed to replace that money in the Crown's accounts.
Opportunity would create a $5 billion climate resilience fund
Opportunity would offer low-interest loans and tax breaks to help homes, businesses and transport fleets switch to electricity, restore climate reporting rules for companies, and help farmers cut methane and nitrous oxide through cap-and-trade systems, biodiversity markets and new technology. It would set up a national insurance support framework to manage the retreat of coastal and flood-prone communities, and require clear climate-risk information on new homes, mortgages and insurance. It would change carbon pricing and forestry settings in the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), and follow the Climate Change Commission's advice on meeting the 2050 targets.
- Party claimThe party says it would create a $5 billion Climate Resilience Fund, including $500 million for nature-based solutions.
- Party claimThe party says it would create a $1 billion fund, backed by ETS revenue, to move industry off coal and gas.
- Party claimThe party says New Zealand ranked 44th out of 67 countries for climate and environmental protections in 2026.
Opportunity would put waterway health first and set up a nature fund
Opportunity would increase conservation funding, help landowners protect Significant Natural Areas through biodiversity credit markets, and create a national native forestry strategy. It would reinstate Te Mana o te Wai, which puts the health of waterways first in freshwater policy, enforce more strongly against polluters and use cap-and-trade systems for nitrate and phosphate pollution. It would build rainwater harvesting into the Building Code, bring in a national container deposit scheme, and limit ministers' power to override environmental checks on fast-track projects.
- Party claimThe party says it would set up a $500 million Nature-based Solutions Fund for councils, iwi, hapū and communities.
- Party claimThe party says half of New Zealand's waterways are unswimmable and nearly 4,000 native species face extinction.
Opportunity would protect 30% of the ocean and phase out bottom trawling
Opportunity would manage fisheries for whole ecosystems rather than single species, raise the level fish stocks must be kept at, put cameras on commercial fishing boats and phase out bottom trawling. It would reform the Marine Reserves Act, work with coastal communities on marine protection and oppose all seabed mining. It would also expand sustainable aquaculture, tourism and marine biotechnology, support iwi- and hapū-led projects, and bring back an oceans secretariat.
- Party claimThe party says 30% of New Zealand's ocean territory would be protected as marine reserve by 2035.
- Party claimThe party says the policy would restore more than 10,000 hectares of coastal habitat.
- Party claimThe party says the policy would bring in $500 million a year in extra blue economy revenue from sustainable practices.
- Party claimThe party says the short-term cost to government would be no more than $100 million a year.
- Party claimThe party says it would raise sustainability baselines for fish stocks from 40% to 50% of virgin biomass.
Law and order
Opportunity would expand early help, specialist courts and support after prison
Opportunity would offer voluntary help to children and whānau as soon as risk signs appear, starting with a child's first Report of Concern to Oranga Tamariki, and expand specialist courts and programmes such as the Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Court. It would regulate recreational cannabis use. It would expand restorative justice, finish rolling out specialist sexual violence courts and review victims' rights in sexual violence cases. People leaving prison would get more trade training, case management for housing and jobs, and mentoring.
- Party claimThe party says more than half of people leaving prison are reconvicted within two years.
- Party claimThe party says pilots of specialist sexual violence courts cut the time to trial by around a third.
Te Tiriti, democracy and the constitution
Opportunity would set up paid citizens' assemblies to advise Parliament
Opportunity would set up Citizens' Assemblies: randomly chosen groups of New Zealanders, paid for their time, who hear from experts and affected people on major issues such as housing, infrastructure, superannuation and health care, then set a policy direction. A new Parliamentary Commissioner for Citizens' Voice would call assemblies on issues where politics is stuck and report on how the Government responds. Recommendations would go to Parliament for a debate in which the Government explains its response. Māori would take part in every assembly, with dedicated engagement with iwi and Māori organisations.
- Party claimThe party says each assembly would bring together around 100 citizens, as many as there are MPs.
- Party claimThe party says assemblies would usually run part-time over several months, and complex issues could take 6 to 12 months.
- Party claimThe party says several full-scale assemblies a year would likely cost around $10 to $15 million.
Opportunity would cap political donations and register lobbyists
Opportunity would make Ministers wait before moving into lobbying, set up a public register showing who lobbies whom and on what, and bring in a code of conduct for lobbyists with fines and deregistration for misconduct. It would cap political donations, ban donations from companies and trusts so only registered New Zealand voters could donate, and lower the level at which donations must be disclosed. It would also set up an independent anti-corruption body, ban inaccurate and misleading election advertisements, strengthen the Official Information Act, protect whistleblowers and create an independent unit to cost party policies.
- Party claimThe party says it would introduce a one-year cooling-off period between Ministers and lobbyists.
- Party claimThe party says donations would be capped at $30,000 per party, per donor, per election, the figure recommended by the Independent Electoral Review.
- Party claimThe party says donations over $1,000 would have to be included in annual statements.
- Party claimThe party says the policy would cost about $52 million a year, including $40 million for the anti-corruption body, $10 million more for the Electoral Commission and $2 million for a policy costing unit in election years.
Opportunity would honour Treaty settlements and restore earlier customary marine title rules
Opportunity would honour existing Treaty settlements, complete outstanding historical settlements, and restore the customary marine title settings that applied before the 2025 changes. It would make Treaty analysis a stronger part of lawmaking, support a national conversation on the long-term place of Te Tiriti in New Zealand's constitution, and make sure Māori take part as a Treaty partner in any process directly concerning the Treaty relationship. It would work with Māori asset owners, lenders and investors to improve access to capital, support giving Māori organisations more control over decisions and services in their communities where that leads to better results, and give longer-term funding to organisations with a strong track record.
Economy, business and infrastructure
Opportunity would lift research spending to 2% of GDP
Opportunity would raise research and development spending, bring in tax credits for businesses that invest in new technology, and double funding for proven business accelerator programmes. It would forgive student loan interest for New Zealanders who return from overseas and turn polytechs into regional innovation hubs. The Commerce Commission would get more funding and the power to ask the High Court to break up duopolies, and small businesses would get funded budgeting services and faster access to the research and development tax credit.
- Party claimThe party says it would lift research and development spending to at least 2% of GDP.
- Party claimThe party says the package needs $1.33 billion a year in extra operating funding, not counting growth effects.
- Party claimThe party says the largest items are a $600 million a year tax credit for technology adoption and $175 million a year more for major contestable research funds.
- Party claimThe party says more competition in supermarkets, banks and other sectors would save families $12 to $31 a week.
- Party claimThe party says the package could add up to 2% extra annual GDP growth after 10 years.
- Party claimThe party says the $4 billion a year in extra revenue projected under its Tax Reset plan could pay for the package.
Opportunity would seek a cross-party AI framework and host critical data locally
Opportunity would support people through technology changes with a Citizen's Income, the weekly payment to almost all adults in its Tax Reset policy, raise cyber security funding, and review people's rights around artificial intelligence, including algorithmic bias, copyright and Māori data sovereignty. AI data centres would have to fund their own clean energy, pay their full grid connection costs and report their energy and water use. It would seek a cross-party national AI framework, require critical data belonging to New Zealanders to be hosted in New Zealand, and use government purchasing to favour local businesses and open-source software where possible.
- Party claimThe party says it would lift total research and development investment to 2% of GDP.
- Party claimThe party says it would introduce a 25% tax credit to help small businesses adopt new technology.
- Party claimThe party says global exports of digital services have grown fourfold since 2008, and 84% of New Zealand's knowledge workers use AI tools weekly.
Opportunity would put the 30-year infrastructure plan into law
Opportunity would write into law the 30-year National Infrastructure Plan published by Te Waihanga, the Infrastructure Commission, and give the commission oversight of funding and delivery as well as planning. Cancelling a major project would need a public Bill through Parliament, most future infrastructure spending would go to maintenance and renewal, and every public asset would go on a register with a care plan. A new Infrastructure Fund would borrow at government rates and issue bonds that KiwiSaver funds can hold, and councils would get grants and new funding tools such as congestion charges, visitor levies and value capture.
- Party claimThe party says cancelling any major project over $250 million would require a public Bill through Parliament.
- Party claimThe party says 60% of future infrastructure spending would go to maintenance and renewal.
- Party claimThe party says the Infrastructure Fund would raise up to $60 billion over ten years, with interest costs under 1% of GDP.
- Party claimThe party says operating costs would be about $167 million a year, made up of $27 million for the commission's larger role and $150 million, net of savings, for free public transport.
- Party claimThe party says it would publish progress scorecards at 100 days, 12 months and three years.
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Its answers on the issues
The same questions every party is asked. Each links to the full comparison with every party.
- How should supermarket competition be fixed?
Give the regulator more powerBreak up the existing chains
Let the Commerce Commission break up uncompetitive firms, including supermarkets, through the High Court.Opportunity would give the Commerce Commission more independence, $20 million a year in extra funding, and the legal power to break up duopolies and other uncompetitive markets through the High Court, modelled on EU and UK law. The power would apply across the economy, including supermarkets, banking and electricity, rather than naming a specific split. A $5 million a year consumer advocacy fund would also be set up. Opportunity has made empowering the Commission one of its coalition bottom lines, and says its changes would save families $12 to $31 a week across supermarkets, banks and other sectors. The biggest tradeoff: any split would depend on a Commission investigation and court case, so it is unclear which firms would be affected or when.
Full entry, tradeoffs and sources - How should income tax change?
Use fewer, flatter ratesPay every adult a tax-free income
Three rates from 28% to 39%, plus $19,400 a year tax-free for most adults.Opportunity's Tax Reset would replace the five current rates with three: 28% on income up to $50,000, 34% up to $200,000 and 39% above that. Most citizens and residents aged 18 and over would also get a tax-free Citizen's Income of $19,400 a year, the Jobseeker rate, replacing several main benefits, with top-ups for superannuitants, parents and others. The party says people earning under $60,000 would pay less tax than the payment they receive, and 70% of people would be better off. It would be funded by a land value tax of 1.75% on urban and 0.5% on rural land; the party's 2024 costing shows about $4 billion left over, and no independent costing has been found. It would be phased in over ten years, starting with young people. The biggest tradeoff: most adults get a tax-free income, but landowners, including homeowners, pay a new yearly land tax.
Full entry, tradeoffs and sources - Should KiwiSaver be compulsory, and how much should go in?
Make contributions compulsory for workersChange how KiwiSaver savings are taxed
A new compulsory scheme with 6% from workers, 6% from employers, and tax-free contributions.Opportunity would create a new compulsory retirement savings scheme, which it calls KiwiSaver 2.0, separate from today's KiwiSaver. Employee and employer contributions would each rise to 6%, or 12% combined, phased in over about eight years. The full 12% would be exempt from income tax, and tax on fund earnings would be reduced until it ends after 20 years. Money in the new scheme could not be withdrawn for hardship or a first home, but banks could lend against balances to help first-home buyers. Existing KiwiSaver would stay as an optional extra. The party says the National Superannuation Fund would pay for the tax exemptions, and it has published no cost or start date. The biggest tradeoff: savings grow faster, but the government gives up tax revenue and savers lose access to the money before retirement.
Full entry, tradeoffs and sources - Should the NZ Super age rise to 67?
Under review
No set age; would replace Super with a Citizens' Income plus top-up.Opportunity has not said whether the qualifying age should change. Its Tax Reset would replace NZ Super with the Citizens' Income, a payment to residents aged 18 and over that the party sets at $19,400 a year, plus a top-up the party says brings superannuitants to current NZ Super rates ($10,000 a year for a single person, $5,250 in total for a couple). The party says "No-one who relies on NZ Superannuation will receive less than they currently do". The package is funded mainly by a land value tax, which superannuitants could defer until their property is sold. The new payment would reach "successive age cohorts, starting with young people". The biggest tradeoff: the party says superannuitants would receive no less than now, but it has not said when over-65s would move to the new payment or how the income reduction would apply to them.
Full entry, tradeoffs and sources - Should GP visits or prescriptions be free?
No stated position found (checked 15 Oct 2026)
- What should change in medicines funding, the health workforce and Māori health services?
Train or bring in more health workersFund Māori-led providers directly
Spend new health money first on staff; stable multi-year funding for kaupapa Māori providers.Opportunity wants a cross-party 10-year health plan that raises health funding to 9% of GDP over a decade, from what it says is about 7.4% now. It says the new money would first go on people: keeping the clinicians already here, expanding training places, registering those trained overseas, and building out the wider practice team of nurses, pharmacists, paramedics and mental health workers. On Māori health, it would seek consensus on a durable structure, with stable multi-year commissioning for kaupapa Māori and iwi-led providers and devolution where it improves outcomes. It has no stated policy on Pharmac funding. The biggest tradeoff: Opportunity says a cross-party plan would keep funding steady across changes of government, but it depends on other parties agreeing, and it sets no staff numbers.
Full entry, tradeoffs and sources - How should housing policy change?
Government builds more public homesFund community and Māori housing providersMake planning and building rules easierChange how growth infrastructure is required or paid forStrengthen renters' rights or rental standardsChange tax on property
Ten national planning zones, Crown development finance, and a yearly land tax.Opportunity would replace what it says are over 1,000 planning zones with 10 national ones, pre-approve prefabricated systems, and change the Unit Titles Act to allow co-housing and papakāinga. Councils would get back GST on new builds meeting standards such as Homestar 6+ for infrastructure and community housing; councils, community housing providers, iwi and builders would get Crown development finance; Kāinga Ora would build to regional needs; and rental standards would rise. Its wider Tax Reset would tax urban land, homes included, at 1.75% a year to help fund a $19,400 Citizen's Income; the party projects property prices would fall 10 to 15%. The housing measures are not costed. The biggest tradeoff: the party says a land tax would lower prices, and that the Citizen's Income would leave most homeowning households better off; critics say owners, homeowners included, would bear a fall in land value and a yearly bill.
Full entry, tradeoffs and sources - How should households get solar?
Government-backed loans repaid over timePay part of the costFund community and Māori-owned energy
Council-run loans for home electrification, and solar for low-income homes.Opportunity would set up a national Ratepayer Assistance Scheme run by local government, offering loans the party describes as low-interest for home electrification, tied to each rateable property. The party says the debt, borrowed through the Local Government Funding Agency, would sit off council and government books. It would also double the Warmer Kiwi Homes programme to about $200 million a year and extend it to solar and electric appliances for low-income households, and co-invest in community-owned generation and storage of up to 15 MW. The party puts the cost of running the loans at about $6 million a year, paid, with the rest of its energy plan, from Crown power company dividends of about $500 million a year. Loan rates, terms and a start date are not published. The biggest tradeoff: the plan uses existing dividends, but that money would no longer be available for other government spending.
Full entry, tradeoffs and sources - How should the electricity market change?
Keep generators and retailers togetherDon't build the LNG terminalGovernment builds or backs new supplyMake it easier for others to buildChange the regulators or their powersChange wholesale pricing or lines companies
Keep the gentailers, no LNG terminal, contracts backing new renewables, fewer regulators and lines companies.Opportunity would seek cross-party agreement to a 25-year energy strategy and 30 gigawatts of generation capacity by 2050. A Capacity Investment Scheme, modelled on Australia's, would tender long-term government contracts guaranteeing minimum revenue for new renewables and storage in their second decade, with revenue above a ceiling price shared with the government. It would merge five energy agencies into one regulator and a Ministry of Energy, group the 29 lines companies into six to eight, change their revenue rules, and ease consents for new generation. It opposes splitting the gentailers and the LNG terminal. Running costs would come from about $500 million a year of Crown power company dividends, which the party says would need replacing, such as by a land value tax. No start dates are given. The biggest tradeoff: guaranteed revenue for new generators, but the Crown carries the cost if power prices fall sharply.
Full entry, tradeoffs and sources - What should New Zealand's climate commitments be?
Stay in the Paris AgreementChange the Climate Change Commission's roleChange the Emissions Trading SchemePut a price on farm emissions
Recommit to Paris, follow Climate Commission advice, and cap-and-trade for farm methane.Opportunity makes recommitting to the Paris Agreement and protecting the Climate Change Commission's role one of its five bottom lines for any coalition. It would "restore the integrity" of the Paris pledge and follow the Commission's advice on meeting the 2050 targets. It proposes a cap-and-trade scheme for farm methane and nitrous oxide, and changes to Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) pricing and forestry rules; news reports say it would also give the Commission power over ETS price controls and budgets. It would set up a $5 billion Climate Resilience Fund and a $1 billion fund, backed by ETS revenue, to move industry off coal and gas. No start dates are given. The biggest tradeoff: a cap on farm methane and nitrous oxide and new climate funds, but new costs for farmers and emitters.
Full entry, tradeoffs and sources - What should change in sentencing, prisons, youth offending, gang laws and policing?
Spend more on rehabilitation and alternativesEnd military-style academies
Early help for at-risk children, more specialist courts, and support after prison.Opportunity's Smart on Crime plan would offer voluntary help to children and whānau from a child's first report of concern to Oranga Tamariki, and expand specialist courts such as the Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Court, Te Ao Mārama and the Young Adult List. It would widen the Te Pae Oranga programme for low-level adult offenders, fund more restorative justice, and give people leaving prison trade training, case management and mentoring. It would move funding away from the government's military-style academies. No 2026 Opportunity policy on sentencing law, gangs or police numbers was found. The biggest tradeoff: Opportunity says early help would prevent offending before it starts, but it gives no cost, saying only that it would redirect academy funding and part of the growth in Corrections spending.
Full entry, tradeoffs and sources - What should happen to Te Tiriti settings and Māori representation?
Restore or strengthen Treaty clauses in lawsChange constitutional law
Stronger Treaty checks in lawmaking, and a national conversation on Te Tiriti's constitutional place.The Opportunity Party would review recent changes to Treaty provisions in law, amending them where needed, and make Treaty analysis a visible part of lawmaking. It would support a national constitutional conversation about Te Tiriti's long-term place, using deliberative processes from its Citizens' Voice policy, with Māori taking part as a Treaty partner. It would honour existing settlements, complete outstanding historical ones, and match Māori decision-making to each issue, from consultation to independent decisions, with accountability for results. It opposed the Treaty Principles Bill. It does not list Te Tiriti among its bottom lines; leader Qiulae Wong says ideas that jeopardise it would give grounds to walk away from coalition talks. It has not stated positions on the Waitangi Tribunal, the Māori seats or Māori wards, or published costs. The biggest tradeoff: a Māori-partnered deliberative process and a law-by-law review, but no commitment on contested questions.
Full entry, tradeoffs and sources
Sources for this page
- Official results for the 2023 General Election · Electoral Commission · accessed 17 Oct 2026
- Register of Political Parties and Logos, 19 August 2026 · Electoral Commission · accessed 17 Oct 2026
- Constitution and Rules of Opportunity Party (Version 6.0, 22 March 2026) · Electoral Commission (lodged by Opportunity Party) · accessed 17 Oct 2026
- About · Opportunity Party · accessed 17 Oct 2026
- Opportunity (TOP) rebrands as new leader chases 5% threshold · 1News · accessed 17 Oct 2026
- Former Christchurch City councillor Raf Manji new TOP leader · 1News · accessed 17 Oct 2026
- Raf Manji steps down as leader of The Opportunities Party · 1News · accessed 17 Oct 2026
- The Opportunities Party launches new leader Qiulae Wong and policies for 2026 election · Newstalk ZB · accessed 17 Oct 2026
- Gareth Morgan's Opportunities Party officially registered · Newstalk ZB · accessed 17 Oct 2026
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Change history
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