The new Government has revealed what it will do in its first 100 days in office.
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and his coalition partners, ACT's David Seymour and NZ First's Winston Peters, unveiled the Government's 100-day action plan on Wednesday.
Luxon said the plan is "hugely ambitious" and focuses on rebuilding the economy, easing the cost of living, restoring law and order and delivering better public services.
"New Zealanders voted not only for a change of Government, but for a change of policies and a change of approach - and our Coalition Government is ready to deliver that change," Luxon said.
The plan is comprised of 49 actions, including:
- Introducing legislation to remove the Auckland Regional Fuel Tax
- Repealing the Clean Car Discount scheme, also known as the ‘Ute Tax’
- Introducing legislation to refocus the Reserve Bank on a single mandate of price stability
- Repealing the Fair Pay Agreement legislation
- Stopping blanket speed limit reductions
- Starting work to establish a new regulation agency to improve the quality of regulation
- Repealing the Water Services Entities Act, also known as Three Waters
- Introducing legislation to ban gang patches
- Requiring primary and intermediate schools to teach an hour of reading, writing and maths per day starting in 2024
- Banning the use of cellphones in schools
- Setting five major targets for the health system, including for wait times and cancer treatment
- Introducing legislation to disestablish the Maori Health Authority
- Begin work to repeal the Therapeutics Products Act 2023
- Repealing amendments to the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990 and regulations.
Read the full plan below:
