TOP SLAMS ALL WATER TAXES. IT’S ABOUT SETTING A PRICE
The Opportunities Party has joined farmers across the country in rejecting Labour and other parties plans to tax water. Deputy Leader Geoff Simmons has written a hard-hitting blog rejecting water taxes set by politicians and bureaucrats in favour of a market price for water. This would allow farmers and other business folk to […]
Read More →PEOPLE ARE DYING CANNABIS REFORM MUST BE HIGH PRIORITY – TOP
The Opportunities Party will make cannabis reform a high priority if elected to Parliament, and calls on all other Parties to do the same. With at least twenty deaths linked to synthetic cannabis in the past three months it is past time for the country to deal with what the Dominion Post describes as […]
Read More →TOP Party Launches Stop Peters Campaign
With the polls closing in just ten days The Opportunities Party has launched a strategic voting campaign designed to remove Winston Peters and New Zealand First from their position as monarch makers in the New Zealand election. While still hopeful of a five percent plus outcome on election night TOP believes for either a National […]
Read More →HEY JACINDA AND BILL WE WEREN’T OFFERING YOU A DEAL – TOP
The Opportunities Party says Labour and National are dreaming if they think TOP was ever offering them a deal in the Ohariu electorate. The Leaders of the two old establishment parties have rejected the idea of folding their campaigns in Ohariu because both their candidates are guaranteed list seats anyway. “Of course, the […]
Read More →TOP’s Ōhāriu candidate has Greg O’Connor worried
The Opportunities Party Ōhāriu candidate Jessica Hammond Doube, calls upon Labour candidate Greg O’Connor to give up trying to convince her to fold her electorate campaign. “Mr O’Connor asked me 6 weeks ago to tell my supporters to give their electorate votes to him. And this week he told a TOP volunteer that I was […]
Read More →Morgan backs Maori Party over Hosking’s incompetence – TOP
The Opportunities Party Leader Gareth Morgan is joining Maori Party Leader Te Uroroa Flavell in questioning the competence of TVNZ host Mike Hosking. “Two weeks ago, we wrote to NZME complaining about the ill-informed and vacuous editorial comments of Mr Hosking in regard to our tax policy,” says Dr Morgan. “We received a less than […]
Read More →THE OPPORTUNITIES PARTY MAKES MAORI SEATS ITS ONLY BOTTOM LINE
In a speech at Turangawaewae Marae in Ngaruawhahia today, Opportunities Party Leader Dr Gareth Morgan has made the retention of the Maori seats the party’s only bottom line for negotiations after the general election. Dr Morgan promised TOP’s full support, in or out of parliament, in resisting any moves to diminish or disestablish the Maori […]
Read More →LABOUR AND NATIONAL FIDDLING WHILE HOUSING CRISIS BURNS ON – TOP
After Labour’s announcement yesterday that it would look to conduct a “review” of taxation mechanisms to deal with the housing crisis, it is now obvious that both old establishment parties have zero commitment to deal with the root causes of the problem. The Opportunities Party Deputy Leader Geoff Simmons says, “Any questions about whether […]
Read More →GARETH MORGAN PAYS TRIBUTE TO KENNEDY GRAHAM AND DAVID CLENDON
The Opportunities Party has paid tribute to Kennedy Graham and David Clendon for their service as New Zealand MP’s. Both these men have served with distinction in Parliament and worked hard to advance the causes of conservation and environmental protection which are so vital to the countries future. I also admire the principled stand they […]
Read More →The post-truth World of Winstonomics – TOP
It is not unusual for policitians to make promises they can’t keep. In an attempt to restore some integrity and transparency into politics, The Opportunities Party (TOP) has undertaken to fully cost all our policies and show where the money is coming from. Not all parties are this robust however. One party in particular is […]
Read More →TOP Calls Out Winston Peters on Pork Barrel Puffery
With election day, less than two months away The Opportunities Party is calling on disillusioned New Zealand voters from the Left and Right to think before committing their support to the country’s longest self-serving politician. Party Leader and Founder Dr Gareth Morgan says, “As the Left vote crumbles and National remains solid on the Right […]
Read More →EPSOM – STATEMENT FROM THE OPPORTUNITIES PARTY LEADER GARETH MORGAN
There has been some media speculation about The Opportunities Party’s approach to the Epsom electorate. The Party has had this matter under active consideration for some time and as support grows and more and more people apply to be candidates for us we are constantly evaluating our position. The outcome of that consideration […]
Read More →Opportunities Party Announces David Hay as List Candidate
The Opportunities Party is pleased to announce Auckland Policy Researcher David Hay as a list candidate for the 2017 General Election. “David joins an ever-growing group of Kiwis from all backgrounds who are picking TOP as the party for real change this election.” Says TOP Founder and Leader Dr Gareth Morgan, “His policy background and […]
Read More →Unconditional Basic Income for Youth Launched – TOP
The Opportunities Party today launched its policy of an unconditional basic income (UBI) for all New Zealanders aged 18 to 23. Set at a rate of $200.00 after tax per week the Youth UBI is designed to give all young New Zealanders a safety net of income to allow them to pursue their dreams. TOP […]
Read More →The Opportunities Party Announces New Candidates
As support for The Opportunities Party (TOP) grows, more people are putting themselves forward as candidates and volunteers for TOP for the 2017 election. Today the Party is pleased to announce five new candidates who will help present TOP’s evidence based policies for New Zealand’s economic and social problems to voters. Each of them brings […]
Read More →TOP says it can work with Greens on water
The Opportunities Party welcomes the Green Party fresh water policy “Protecting Drinking Water”. The issues they have raised – charging commercial water users and resolving Treaty issues – are all aligned with TOP’s Clear Water Action Plan. There is clearly enough common ground to work with them on these issues. It is interesting that […]
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