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and enviroJUtlent
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IncreaseGovemtnentR&DsPeildby
$lb,
fund moreiertiaryplaces
inrilaths,
science. engineering and computer
science,cr~tenewGov~~t-owned
bank to investineco-friendl~projects,
ban deep-Sea oil drilling. Mak~all rtvers
safe for swiIpming by introducing
maxlmum,w:>llution stan~ftl$ for river,s
and a price on water,increaseprotection
forMaui'$dolphin.
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Pay extra $60 a week for a year to all new

babies'parents on under-$1.50,OOOafter
they 'have usedup paid parental leave;
continue income-tested payment until
age 3;exempt elderly. disabled and
children from social housing reviews.

Extend $60-a-week-in-worktax credit to

cover beneficiaries' children too; scrap
work requirements for sole parents and .
others with caring responsibilities; restore
"house forlife" for state house tenants.

Ascheme that aims to identify the best

principals apdtea(;hers and pay them
moreto~d'timein
othettgcalschools.
Struggling schools canaskforan
allowance 6f$50,Ooo. to top upthe salary
they can ~~to attract a prinSipat Will
take $350fuil1i6iffrorn asset Saiesfund to
buildnine new schools in Ailddapd and .
130 classrooms at existing schools,

Hire~OOOmoreteacherstofundone
teagyer to 26 stud~Il~ at primary schgols
'fr<;;>m2018,
andintrQcil1;lceamaxlmum:
average dass size of ~ at secondary
schools, Give an annual grant of $100 ~
stl,!:gentto schools tb~!
stop asking f()~>f
vOltiptaFy donatio:n",?"r"
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Low-decile schools to get free after-school

care andho,ljday.progranJ!.lle5. free
lunches, anq"l)chool nurses. ~end the 20
hours' freeearly childhoOd~ucation
subsidy to 2-year-olds. Provtdetertta
students Wlthfree off-peak travel on
public~rt.

Complete most Roads of National

Signifieance by 2020, formore than $8
billion. Spend $212mi1lion extra On
regional highways from assetsales.
Keep supporting KiwiRail's "turnaround"
Plan. to which it has committed $1.04b,.
and Auckland's electric trains, Spend
$100m over four years on urban
bikeways.

Immediately half-fund Auckland's $2.2b

underground railway and prioritise more
bl:lSWays.Spend $10Om ona commuter
rail system in Christchurch. Complete the
Waikato Expressway but seek ways of
reducing an "unjustifiable $3b .
high-interest mortgage" on Transmission
Gully and replaceAuckland's planned
.motorway extension to Warkworth with
safety upgrades to the existing highway.

Spend 40% of a to-vear land transport

budget of $36.4b on public transport.
Cancel expressway bypasses of Hamilton
and Huntly. and the Puhoi-Warkworth
motorway. Fund 60% of Auckland's
underground rail, provide free off-peak
public transport to tertiary students and
apprentices and spend $10Om a year on
walking and cyqing.
Spend $lOm on public charging stations
ror.electnc vehicles, and give $1000 to
buyers of the first 10,OOOEVs.

'T~g
HealthYFaiIlis~chemeirirOi'c:ommuni-

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Give ex-beneficiaries a bonus if they stay

in work; consider work scheme for young
people on benefits; extend payment by
card not cash to youth until age 20 (now
18);review social housing tenancies
regularly.

ties to address obeslty.phySi~inactivity.

smoking and alcohol Extend free GP
viSits to cQi:l!;{renunder 13.Moreelective
surgery.