NEW POLL: Voters calling for growth, Government needs to answer

New Zealanders were asked which policies they supported to boost New Zealand's economic prospects in this Taxpayers' Union-Curia poll, conducted between 01 and 05 October 2025,

Voters are supportive for tax cuts, spending cuts, and boosting openness to foreign students and investment, while being more sceptical of selling commercial shares and evenly split on mining and immigration.

Respondents were asked to answer whether they support, oppose, were neutral or unsure for each of a laundry-list of pro-growth policies. The full poll results can be found at www.taxpayers.org.nz/econ_issues1025

Total net support (support minus opposition) for each policy:

• More tourism: +64 percent
• More international students: +54 percent
• Reduce low priority spending: +47 percent
• Lower personal tax rates: +39 percent
• More foreign investment: +18 percent
• Lower company tax rate: +10 percent
• More mining: -1 percent
• More immigration: -2 percent
• Selling commercial company shares: -20 percent

Commenting on the poll results, Taxpayers' Union spokesman James Ross said:

"The majority of voters of all parties, in all regions, and of all ages want the Government to scrap wasteful spending. If the public is so clearly calling for less waste, why is Government spending still a greater share of the economy than when Labour left office?"

"Growth needs tax cuts and spending cuts. Voters clearly want both. Yet despite the Government having this clear mandate for growth, the economy keeps shrinking. GDP fell nearly one percent just last quarter, and GDP per capita is still lower than when Labour left office."

"With only a year until the next election it's time for this Government to deliver what they were elected for."