100-Day Plan

We understand New Zealanders expect more than just promises; they want delivery. That's why we launched an ambitious 100-day plan that included concrete actions aimed at improving the lives of people across the country.
Our focus is clear: rebuild the economyease the cost of livingrestore law and order, and deliver better public services.
Here are just some of the actions we took in our first 100 days: 
 

Rebuilding the economy & easing the cost of living

  • Started cutting wasteful spending
  • Refocused the Reserve Bank on reducing inflation
  • Cancelled fuel tax hikes
  • Repealed the Ute Tax
  • Stopped work on Labour’s Jobs Tax
  • Started efforts to double renewable energy production
  • Stopped blanket speed limit reductions
  • Reintroduced 90-day trials for all businesses
  • Announced new transport plan, featuring 15 new Roads of National Significance
  • Repealed Three Waters
 

Restoring law and order

  • Abolished Labour’s prisoner reduction target
  • Introduced legislation to ban gang patches, stop gang members gathering in public, and stop gang offenders from communicating with one another
  • Introduced legislation to give Police greater powers to search gang members for firearms
  • Took steps to extend eligibility for rehabilitation programmes to remand prisoners
  • Started work to crack down on serious youth offending 
 

Delivering better public services

  • Required primary and intermediate schools to teach an hour each of reading,writing and maths per day
  • Banned the use of cell phones in schools
  • Improved security for health workers in hospital emergency departments
  • Took steps to extend free breast cancer screening to those aged up to 74
  • Set five major health targets, including for wait times and cancer treatment.
 
These actions were just the start. You can view all the 49 actions here.