Key aims of the parties that could help Labour to form a government:
The Greens
* Soften the impact of rising fuel costs by creating real transport choices.
* Action to end child poverty.
* Tackle student debt by moving towards a universal student allowance.
* Raise the minimum hourly wage to $12.
* Maintain the GE-free status of NZ's food production and environment.
New Zealand First
* Golden Age Card for senior citizens.
* Changes to immigration policy.
* 5000 more police.
* Restructure Waitangi Tribunal and scrap references to treaty principles in laws.
* Raise the minimum hourly wage to $12 and take GST off petrol.
Maori Party
* Keep the Maori seats.
* Review the foreshore and seabed legislation.
* Review all Maori targeted funding.
* Retain references to the treaty in legislation.
United Future
* Prevent the decriminalisation of cannabis.
* Keep the Families Commission.
* Prevent the introduction of hate-speech legislation.
What the minor parties want
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