What’s in it for Pasifika?
Every promise the seven parties have made on money, work, school and health, judged by what it does for Pasifika families. Not what they say. What actually lands for us.
9of 243 promises even mention PasifikaGreen, Labour, NZ First, Te Pāti Māori. Nothing from ACT, National, Opportunity.
26good for Pasifika and likely to happen
18would cost Pasifika if they get in
81maybe: depends who governs
Another 44 sound good but don’t count on them. Judged on the polls as at 2026-10-13. Pasifika means our families as they are: 80% renting, double the unemployment, one in three kids going without. How we judged it →
ACTNo. Nine of ten promises that touch us take something away, and they’ve delivered that kind of thing before.10 cost us7 maybe6 don’t count onGreenYes, as the partner. The only party that names Pasifika in its promises; the big stuff only happens if Labour agrees.5 mention Pasifika8 good, likely32 maybe15 don’t count onLabourYes, with your eyes open. Their promises are the ones most likely to actually land for us; they’ve dropped promises before, so hold them to the dates.1 mention Pasifika16 good, likely10 maybe1 don’t count onNationalNo. They took more from Pasifika than they gave, and next term’s promises do it again.1 good, likely5 cost us13 maybe5 don’t count onNZ FirstNo. Three Budgets to break up the supermarkets and they got ‘explore options’; what they’d actually do is take Super and benefits off Pacific-born residents.1 mention Pasifika3 cost us8 maybe2 don’t count onOpportunityNot for Pasifika. The citizen’s income is for citizens, so Pacific-born residents are out, and the land tax is dead on arrival.1 good, likely9 maybe4 don’t count onTe Pāti MāoriNot with your party vote. Two seats can’t carry the tax-free threshold or the kai credit, and Labour hasn’t picked them up.2 mention Pasifika2 maybe11 don’t count on
Parties in alphabetical order. Promises as catalogued by policy.nz. The judgement is ours.