Policy Comparison - Public Services

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This comparison includes policy from the following parties: Mana, Greens, Labour, Maori, National, ACT

Mana

  • Stop the privatisation of energy companies.
  • Use the energy companies for the development and introduction of renewable energy technology that will be publicly owned and used for the public good.
  • Abandon the market-based provision of essential services such as electricity and water in favour of non-profit and sustainable provision of those services.
  • Phase out funding for Private Tertiary Establishments, but review and audit crown owned tertiary institutes to ensure they pick up the gaps left behind (i.e. ensure ongoing access for students).
  • Give hapu and iwi decision making powers equal to government and local government in developing environmental policies relating to biodiversity, prospecting, the management of coastal areas and RMA plans.
     

Greens

  • Keep the energy companies in public ownership.
  • Use the publicly owned energy companies to become large-scale exporters of renewable energy technology.

Labour

  • No asset sales.
  • Ensure that water supplies remain in public ownership.
  • Require that all state agencies ensure that all organisations bidding for service contracts comply with good employer practices, including a history of adhering to employment legislation, paying fair wages and respecting the right of their employees to join a union and bargain collectively.
  • Repeal the Corrections (Contract Management of Prisons) Amendment Act. No prison will be privatised; those currently under private management will be returned to public administration as contracts expire.
     

Maori

  • Whanau Ora will be rolled out across government with a separate appropriation in each financial year.  
  • Monitor cultural competency in all agencies to ensure the quality of services, and equity of access and outcomes to bring out well-being.  Chief executives will be required to report six monthly on how they are progressing positive outcomes for whanau.
  • Cultural competency will be an employment standard in justice, health, education and social services.  
  • Call for an immediate plan from the Treasury and State Services Commission, seeking advice on a result area for whanau that is measurable and for which we can hold chief executives to account, a devolved service approach, with minimum compliance, services that are visible and responsive and organised around whanau, and a co-ordinated approach for low employment locations. 
  • All citizens with access to email will have the option of receiving their mail from government departments via email.  Those who opt for this, will receive a government subsidy on their internet connection bill. 
  • Do not support asset sales.  If privatisation of state owned assets occurs it must be managed in a manner that is consistent with Te Tiriti o Waitangi.  The Maori Party will support iwi who wish to invest into state owned assets as a means of retaining New Zealand ownership.
  • Encourage businesses to set up public/private partnerships where small/rural communities could benefit from industry; the businesses could receive tax incentives for creating jobs in low income/high unemployment areas.
  • Iwi investors implement a programme of actions on a payment-by-results basis in a model based on Social Impact Investment.  If they meet their targets, the iwi investors will receive a financial return from Government.  If they do not, investors will not get all their funding back.  The model can be used for early intervention e.g. literacy skills; preschool readiness; recidivism, or employment for our most vulnerable.   
  • Devolve state housing to Maori and Pasifika community groups for whanau to purchase their own homes, including a rent-to-own scheme.
  • Government investment in energy infrastructure and increase renewables in preparation for an oil-less world.
  • Major structural change in local government is needed to successfully engage Maori and secure their full confidence, trust, faith and participation in decision-making.  This includes restructuring for greater power-sharing with Maori.
  • Establish mana whenua statutory boards at local government level.
     

National

  • Sell part of the three electricity SOEs, Solid Energy and Air New Zealand, retaining 51 percent.
  • Open ACC to private competition.
     

ACT

  • Return spending to the level it was at in 2005.
  • Lock in lower taxes by passing ACT’s Spending Cap Bill, requiring government spending to increase only by the level of inflation and population growth.
  • Sell state assets such as power generation companies.
  • Outsource all employment placement activities to private sector providers.
  • Foster a competitive market for sickness, invalid and employment insurance.
  • Have independent, government-approved gatekeeping and assessment of applicants for the sickness and invalids benefit, and six monthly reassessment of sickness beneficiaries.
  • Further increase the subsidy for independent schools.
  • Encourage competition between public and private sector health providers.
  • Continue pressuring Local Government to focus on providing vital physical infrastructure.
  • Pass the Regulatory Standards Bill into law.
  • Open the delivery of trade courses to wider competition.
     
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