Greens unveil election manifesto at packed AGM in Auckland
The New Zealand Green Party has launched its 2026 election manifesto, focusing on climate action, wealth redistribution, and stricter regulations on AI data centers. Party leaders emphasized a platform of social equity and environmental protection while criticizing the current government's approach to digital infrastructure.
Why it matters
The manifesto signals the Green Party's policy priorities for the upcoming election, specifically regarding the tension between economic development and environmental/social sustainability.
The Green Party have unveiled their election manifesto to a packed-out annual general meeting at an auditorium in south Auckland.
The 43-page document - which is developed by party members - sets out the party's priorities for the 2026 general election, and includes policies on climate action, democracy, Te Tiriti o Waitangi, incomes and digital technology.
Co-leader Marama Davidson said manifesto contains issues that needed attention "now and over the next three years".
"We're going to make sure that people have affordable lives, that we protect nature to be healthy, [and] that we return politics to being honest to make decisions for all of us."
"We will tax the super-rich and address corporate greed so that we can invest that back into the services that people rely on."
Davidson said the manifesto showed the party's position on "broad issues" and signalled some longer-term ambitions too.
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