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Labour Rejects Opportunity Party’s Land Tax Proposal

8/17/2026

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Labour spokeswoman Barbara Edmonds said the party will not adopt the Opportunity Party’s land tax.
She said Labour’s election tax is a targeted capital gains tax that nine in ten New Zealanders won’t pay.
She said the Treasury estimated a $10 billion pay-equity contingency, which Labour will add to its fiscal plan.
She called the public-service cuts “disgusting and cruel” and said Labour will review them.

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Labour spokeswoman Barbara Edmonds said the party will not adopt the Opportunity Party’s land tax.
She said Labour’s election tax is a targeted capital gains tax that nine in ten New Zealanders won’t pay.
She said the Treasury estimated a $10 billion pay-equity contingency, which Labour will add to its fiscal plan.
She called the public-service cuts “disgusting and cruel” and said Labour will review them.