# Question 73: I have a mobility impairment, rent and want to keep living independently. I rely on accessible transport and support services. I am considering my vote in the 2026 New Zealand general election. How do parties compare on disability support funding, eligibility and individual choice?

Collected 26 October 2026

[NZ Election 2026 · Edition 6 study](https://nzbrands.ai/research/nz-election-2026/editions/6)

## ChatGPT

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# New Zealand 2026 election: disability support, independence and choice

For someone with a mobility impairment who rents and wants to keep living independently, three policy questions are especially important when comparing parties:

- Funding: Will disability support, personal care, equipment, and accessible transport be adequately funded as costs and needs change?
- Eligibility: Who qualifies for support, how are needs assessed, and can you keep receiving assistance if your circumstances or support needs change?
- Individual choice: Can you decide who supports you, when they visit, how you organise your daily life, and where you live — including in a rental home?

It is worth separating announcements about new funding from changes to eligibility rules, and both from the practical question of whether services are actually available in your area.

I'll compare the parties on these issues using their documented policies and public records, distinguishing confirmed commitments from proposals that still need detail. Because the 2026 general election is upcoming, policies may change before election day.

## 1. How the parties compare

The following is a snapshot of policies and party responses available as of 26 October 2026. Disability-sector publication The D\*List contacted seven parties about their disability policies and funding; a separate policy review by Disability Responsiveness New Zealand provides further context. Some parties have more detailed commitments than others. [Party policies, simplified: Disability policy](https://thedlist.co.nz/newsfeed/party-policies-simplified-disability-policy/)[Party policies, simplified: Disability funding](https://www.thedlist.co.nz/newsfeed/party-policies-simplified-disability-funding/)[Disability Policies of NZ Political Parties](https://deafblindassociation.nz/disability-policies-of-nz-political-parties/)

| Party | Funding and eligibility | Individual choice and control |
| --- | --- | --- |
| National | Emphasises funding sustainability, consistent assessments and maintaining existing eligibility under the new disability support law. | Has eased some flexible-funding restrictions, but spending remains subject to budget rules and some approval requirements. [Party policies, simplified: Disability policy](https://thedlist.co.nz/newsfeed/party-policies-simplified-disability-policy/)[Disability Policies of NZ Political Parties](https://deafblindassociation.nz/disability-policies-of-nz-political-parties/) |
| Labour | Pledges to repeal and rewrite the Disability Support Services Act 2026 with disabled people, carers and representative organisations involved. | Supports a rights-based approach, Enabling Good Lives and greater choice and control. The details of replacement legislation remain to be developed. [Party policies, simplified: Disability policy](https://thedlist.co.nz/newsfeed/party-policies-simplified-disability-policy/)[Disability Policies of NZ Political Parties](https://deafblindassociation.nz/disability-policies-of-nz-political-parties/) |
| Green Party | Proposes higher income support, easier access to disability-related support and reform of benefit eligibility rules, including relationship-based means testing. | Supports individualised funding, fewer rigid assessments, stronger disability rights and enforceable accessibility standards. [Disability Policies of NZ Political Parties](https://deafblindassociation.nz/disability-policies-of-nz-political-parties/)[Party policies, simplified: Disability funding](https://www.thedlist.co.nz/newsfeed/party-policies-simplified-disability-funding/) |
| ACT | Emphasises spending accountability and consistent eligibility criteria. Its fiscal plan proposes independent medical certification, reassessment of existing recipients and $653 million in disability funding reductions over 2028–2031. | Favours direct, individualised funding and less bureaucracy, alongside clearer spending rules and oversight. [Party policies, simplified: Disability funding](https://www.thedlist.co.nz/newsfeed/party-policies-simplified-disability-funding/)[Disability Policies of NZ Political Parties](https://deafblindassociation.nz/disability-policies-of-nz-political-parties/) |
| Te Pāti Māori | Supports more accessible disability funding, whānau-centred services and broader benefit increases. It opposes the 2026 disability support law. | Emphasises self-determination, Enabling Good Lives and Māori-led, whānau-centred support. It also proposes reinstating the Lottery Individuals with Disabilities Committee. [Party policies, simplified: Disability policy](https://thedlist.co.nz/newsfeed/party-policies-simplified-disability-policy/)[Party policies, simplified: Disability funding](https://www.thedlist.co.nz/newsfeed/party-policies-simplified-disability-funding/) |
| New Zealand First | Voted for the Disability Support Services Act 2026. It has not provided detailed answers to the disability-sector survey on funding. | Its specific disability-service and individualised-funding commitments are not sufficiently detailed in the sources reviewed to establish a clear position. [Party policies, simplified: Disability policy](https://thedlist.co.nz/newsfeed/party-policies-simplified-disability-policy/)[Party policies, simplified: Disability funding](https://www.thedlist.co.nz/newsfeed/party-policies-simplified-disability-funding/) |
| The Opportunities Party (TOP) | Proposes a broader income-system redesign, including a Citizen's Income, with additional disability support retained. Detailed disability-service funding and eligibility changes are less clear. | Its wider approach focuses on structural changes to income and housing rather than a detailed standalone disability-support programme. [Disability Policies of NZ Political Parties](https://deafblindassociation.nz/disability-policies-of-nz-political-parties/)[Party policies, simplified: Disability funding](https://www.thedlist.co.nz/newsfeed/party-policies-simplified-disability-funding/) |

These are differences in policy direction, not an overall ranking. A party's stated commitment also does not guarantee a particular funding level or service outcome.

## 2. What the differences mean for your independence

### Funding: will support cover your actual needs?

Your day-to-day independence can depend on personal care, household assistance, mobility equipment, home modifications and respite or backup support.

- National: The Government allocated $1.1 billion over five years for disability support services in Budget 2024, followed by another $240 million over four years for residential care in Budget 2025. Those are historical budget allocations, not a promise of a particular increase in your personal support budget. [Disability Policies of NZ Political Parties](https://deafblindassociation.nz/disability-policies-of-nz-political-parties/)
- ACT: Its proposed $653 million reduction in disability funding across 2028–2031 is relevant if you are concerned about the total resources available to the system. ACT argues for clearer assessment and spending accountability; the practical effects on individual services would depend on implementation. [Party policies, simplified: Disability funding](https://www.thedlist.co.nz/newsfeed/party-policies-simplified-disability-funding/)
- Greens and Te Pāti Māori: Both support changes to improve access to funding. Te Pāti Māori has explicitly supported restoring the specialist Lottery disability funding committee, as have the Greens. [Party policies, simplified: Disability funding](https://www.thedlist.co.nz/newsfeed/party-policies-simplified-disability-funding/)
- Labour: Its commitment is primarily about changing the legal framework and designing a replacement with disabled people. The sources reviewed do not establish a specific new overall funding amount.

A useful question for every party: Will funding rise with the cost of employing support workers, and what happens if your needs increase or you need emergency cover?

### Eligibility: could you lose support or face new assessments?

The Disability Support Services Act 2026 is a particularly important point of difference.

National says the law does not change current eligibility, entitlements or support, nor introduce income or asset testing where these were not already used. It argues that the legislation improves consistency, transparency and sustainability. ACT supported the legislation, while Labour, the Greens and Te Pāti Māori opposed it. Labour promises to repeal and rewrite it; the Greens and Te Pāti Māori have raised rights-based concerns. [Party policies, simplified: Disability policy](https://thedlist.co.nz/newsfeed/party-policies-simplified-disability-policy/)

For your circumstances, investigate these specific questions:

- Will eligibility depend on functional needs, medical certification, income or assets?
- Can your support be reassessed if your mobility impairment worsens?
- Will a change in household circumstances or relationship status affect your assistance?
- Will decisions have clear reasons, accessible review processes and independent appeal rights?

ACT's proposed medical certification and reassessments deserve particular scrutiny if continuity of long-term support is important to you. The Greens' and Te Pāti Māori's proposed approaches to benefit eligibility may be relevant if you also rely on income support. Disability-service funding and welfare benefits are different systems, so don't assume a change to one automatically changes the other. [Party policies, simplified: Disability funding](https://www.thedlist.co.nz/newsfeed/party-policies-simplified-disability-funding/)[Disability Policies of NZ Political Parties](https://deafblindassociation.nz/disability-policies-of-nz-political-parties/)

### Individual choice: can you organise support around your life?

Individualised funding can allow a disabled person to organise assistance around their own priorities rather than fit their life around a standard service. But the term alone doesn't tell you how much control you will actually have.

- ACT emphasises direct funding, reduced bureaucracy and clearer rules.
- The Greens emphasise full choice and control, individualised funding and moving away from rigid, deficit-based assessments.
- Labour commits to a rights-based framework developed in partnership with disabled people.
- Te Pāti Māori emphasises self-determination and whānau-centred support.
- National emphasises nationally consistent assessments and some flexibility within allocated budgets.

These are different approaches to the same practical issue: who makes decisions about your support, and how much discretion you have over the funding? [Disability Policies of NZ Political Parties](https://deafblindassociation.nz/disability-policies-of-nz-political-parties/)[Party policies, simplified: Disability policy](https://thedlist.co.nz/newsfeed/party-policies-simplified-disability-policy/)

For a renter living independently, I would look beyond whether a party uses the phrase choice and control. Ask whether you could use your funding to arrange support at the times you need it, choose your support workers, change providers, and manage short-notice cancellations without losing essential assistance.

## 3. Accessible transport and rental housing

These are crucial because a support package is less useful if you cannot get to appointments, shops or community activities, or find a home you can safely enter and use.

![Accessible Travel](https://images.openai.com/static-rsc-4/l2gCXtmADp7s6vZ8Oslw2YRjnXmIi-_AwnKMsjoIbfbBQQv9tarweueDsWCdUHMPEv-pwYV1hmtdefFVDV1xnobN_af9UZrL0tfGMEcaM-UO3NtIQMF-7zn4H-giC7oeSAJkKSZOxn2h6dL9720h129hgE57VHvqB1c3m1nif3E?purpose=inline)

### Accessible transport

- Greens: Propose enforceable accessibility standards and timelines covering transport, buildings and digital access.
- Te Pāti Māori: Supports embedding accessibility in transport, housing and public spaces.
- National, ACT and NZ First: The policy review found no specific transport-accessibility commitment in their current platforms.
- Labour: Supports a rights-based approach, but the reviewed material does not establish a comparable, detailed transport package for 2026. [Disability Policies of NZ Political Parties](https://deafblindassociation.nz/disability-policies-of-nz-political-parties/)[Disability Policies of NZ Political Parties](https://deafblindassociation.nz/disability-policies-of-nz-political-parties/)

![Accessible Properties project - Te Puke](https://images.openai.com/static-rsc-4/nriqk_YLdZdj2EekRDwfDpWt5VFWABQPM3fGX4mf7DCIc4OH8fdjK7fFWRU8a-2-N6TLD4O3-L65s-ha72iz4NtTFDtS1baTwIDeD67VFaFi1k-BvkZiiqawg6trjIseOF0mX_cbAyRRMYoAqys3PboB9VZrsMH87dMBqDs8b7w?purpose=inline)

### Accessible rental housing

- Greens: Support universal-design standards for new homes, more accessible public and community housing, and stronger renter protections.
- Te Pāti Māori: Supports accessible housing within wider community-led and Māori housing initiatives.
- TOP: Supports more accessible public housing and building-code reform.
- National, Labour and ACT: The reviewed material does not identify an equivalent commitment to mandatory universal accessibility across new housing. Labour has a public-housing building record, but accessible supply remains a recognised gap. [Disability Policies of NZ Political Parties](https://deafblindassociation.nz/disability-policies-of-nz-political-parties/)[Disability Policies of NZ Political Parties](https://deafblindassociation.nz/disability-policies-of-nz-political-parties/)

For transport, look specifically for commitments on wheelchair-accessible buses, trains and stops, reliable Total Mobility services, accessible taxis, and funding for community transport. For renting, check whether policies cover modifications to an existing rental, landlord consent, the cost of adaptations, and whether you can stay in your home as your needs change.

The policies above concern general accessibility and housing supply; they should not be taken as confirmation that any party has promised a specific expansion of Total Mobility or a particular rental-modification subsidy.

## 4. Questions that will help distinguish the parties

You could use these questions when reading manifestos, attending a candidates' meeting or contacting a party directly.

### Your election checklist

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Will you protect existing disability support entitlements and avoid reducing essential support through reassessments?

Will you publish the planned funding for personal care, household support, equipment and home modifications?

Will I be able to choose my support workers and arrange support at the times I need it?

Will you guarantee accessible review and appeal processes if my support is reduced?

What will you do to improve wheelchair-accessible public transport and the reliability of Total Mobility?

Will you require more accessible rental homes and make it easier for tenants to obtain disability-related modifications?

How will you measure whether disabled people can live independently in their own homes?

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## 5. Where to verify the policies before voting

These independent disability-sector comparisons are particularly useful because they distinguish party responses from broader policy interpretation.

- [The D\*List — Disability policy comparison](https://thedlist.co.nz/newsfeed/party-policies-simplified-disability-policy/?utm_source=chatgpt.com) — party positions on the Disability Support Services Act 2026.
- [The D\*List — Disability funding comparison](https://www.thedlist.co.nz/newsfeed/party-policies-simplified-disability-funding/?utm_source=chatgpt.com) — funding, welfare and the Lottery disability funding committee.
- [Deafblind Association NZ — Disability policies of NZ political parties](https://deafblindassociation.nz/disability-policies-of-nz-political-parties/?utm_source=chatgpt.com) — a broader party-by-party review of housing, accessibility, rights and support services.

Check the parties' own 2026 manifestos as well, especially for any new funding commitments announced after these comparisons were published.

## Bottom line

For your situation, the key distinctions are:

- If continuity of funding is your priority: examine the proposed funding totals, assessment rules and protections against losing existing support.
- If personal control is your priority: examine what individualised funding actually allows you to decide, including worker choice, timing and flexibility.
- If accessible transport and remaining in a rental are your priorities: look for concrete, enforceable commitments on transport access, universal design, home modifications and renter protections.
- If eligibility and disability rights are your priority: compare the parties' positions on the Disability Support Services Act 2026, independent appeals and enforceable accessibility rights.

No single funding announcement answers all four questions. Equally, a rights-based promise is different from a fully costed plan to deliver services.

Your vote is your decision; the most useful comparison is the one that tests each party against the specific supports you need to remain independent, rather than relying on party labels alone.

## Gemini

Answer ID: 15744338-1937-4fb7-bf72-aa6d2f5dc14a

When considering your vote in the **2026 New Zealand general election**, how political parties approach disability support, funding stability, eligibility, and individual choice is a central issue—especially for renters aiming to maintain independent living with the help of accessible transport and community services. 

Major political parties offer contrasting frameworks for managing Disability Support Services (DSS) and ensuring disabled New Zealanders retain choice, control, and accessibility.

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### 1. Disability Support Funding and System Stability
* **National Party:** National’s approach centers on keeping the existing DSS system financially stable and establishing nationally consistent assessment and allocation processes. They emphasize managing expenditure within structured baselines while aiming to clear regional inconsistencies in how support is accessed. National oversaw the refresh of the New Zealand Disability Strategy (2026–2030).
* **Labour Party:** Labour focuses on a rights-based, equity-focused model grounded in the *Enabling Good Lives* principles. A core 2026 election pledge from Labour is to repeal the recently passed *Disability Support Services Bill*, arguing that the current legislative framework is overly bureaucratic, and to replace it with co-designed, rights-based legislation.
* **Green Party:** The Greens advocate for significantly increased, long-term funding for disability support, moving away from rigid, deficit-based assessments toward flexible community-led allocations. They strongly emphasize removing financial bottlenecks that force disabled people onto restrictive waitlists.
* **ACT Party:** ACT approaches support through a lens of fiscal restraint and individual responsibility. They lean toward simpler, streamlined funding models and reduced centralized bureaucracy, favoring targeted or direct funding mechanisms with strict accountability.

### 2. Eligibility and Individual Choice (Living Independently)
* **National:** Focuses on restoring some flexibility within existing funding streams alongside uniform national assessment criteria. The goal is to ensure that wherever you live in New Zealand, eligibility thresholds are applied evenly, though critics argue national rules can sometimes lack local adaptability.
* **Labour & The Greens:** Both parties heavily emphasize *Enabling Good Lives* and individualised funding models. This gives disabled renters greater autonomy to directly manage their support packages, hire and pay support workers (including family members where appropriate), and choose how they structure their daily routines to maintain housing independence.
* **ACT:** Favours individualised, cash-like funding models allocated directly to recipients rather than channeled through state-run agencies or large provider monopolies. The philosophy is that direct funding empowers individuals to purchase the exact support they need, maximizing personal choice.

### 3. Accessible Transport and Housing
Maintaining independent living relies heavily on community access, reliable public transport, and accessible housing options for renters:
* **Green Party & Te Pāti Māori:** The Greens have made specific commitments regarding transport accessibility, such as re-establishing and expanding subsidies for the Total Mobility taxi scheme (which faced cuts to a 65% subsidy rate) and increasing the fleet of wheelchair-accessible vehicles. They also support strengthening the *Accessibility for New Zealanders Act* with enforceable standards for transport, built environments, and housing. 
* **Labour:** Supports gradual improvements to public transport accessibility and previously introduced initial accessibility framework legislation, though disability advocacy groups have critiqued these frameworks for lacking hard, enforceable timelines and legal mandates.
* **National:** Tends to rely on partnership models with local councils and regional transport authorities rather than sweeping central government mandates for public transport, emphasizing regional flexibility and infrastructure maintenance.

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### Key Questions to Ask Local Candidates
When evaluating candidates or attending local electorate meetings for the 2026 election, you may want to press them on practical outcomes for independent living:
1. *How will your party ensure that individualised funding allocations keep pace with the real-world costs of living and renting independently?*
2. *What specific steps will you take to guarantee reliable, affordable accessible transport options (such as Total Mobility services) in my region?*
3. *Do you support legally enforceable accessibility standards for housing and public transport, or do you prefer voluntary guidelines?*

Are there specific aspects of independent living—such as tenancy rights, equipment provision, or carer support—that weigh most heavily in your voting decision?

## Google AI Mode

Answer ID: a30d02b4-3886-4b81-900c-c13c1e2b245c

When considering your vote in the 2026 New Zealand general election from the perspective of living independently with a mobility impairment, different political parties outline varying approaches to disability rights, funding models, income support, and individual choice.

An overview of how the key parties compare on these issues highlights distinct philosophical and policy directions:

1\. New Zealand Labour Party

 * * **Funding & Support:** Labour has pledged to repeal recent legislative changes like the Disability Support Services Act and replace it with dedicated rights-based legislation codesigned directly with the disabled community.

 * **Individual Choice & Eligibility:** Emphasises a commitment to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) and the _Enabling Good Lives_ principles, which center on individual agency, self-directed funding, and choice over how support packages are managed.

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2\. Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand

 * * **Funding & Support:** Focuses heavily on structural rights and resource expansion. The Greens promise a Te Tiriti-based disability rights framework, enforceable national accessibility standards, and a overhaul of core income support to ensure adequate baselines.

 * **Individual Choice & Transport:** Explicitly targets independent living and community access, including a policy to restore the 75% subsidy for the Total Mobility taxi scheme to make accessible transport more affordable. They also support increased funding for accessible, state-backed housing.

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3\. New Zealand National Party

 * * **Funding & Support:** National does not run on a sweeping set of brand-new structural disability reforms for this election cycle, instead emphasizing fiscal restraint, stable administration of existing service contracts, and managing cost-pressures within the health and social sectors.

 * **Individual Choice & Independence:** Their approach leans toward sustaining existing individualized funding mechanisms while prioritizing economic management to secure public services, though they place fewer new regulatory mandates (such as universal accessibility laws) on infrastructure compared to the left bloc. [The Spinoff]

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4\. ACT New Zealand

 * * **Funding & Support:** ACT does not feature a dedicated, standalone disability support policy manifesto.

 * **Eligibility & Welfare:** Their broader social welfare and economic policies focus on tightening benefit criteria, streamlining government expenditure, and reducing reliance on state income support through work incentives. They generally favor market-driven or targeted solutions over broad universal entitlements or expanded state-managed funding pools. [Blind Low Vision NZ]

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5\. New Zealand First

 * * **Funding & Support:** NZ First has not put forward major new disability-specific spending or reform packages for 2026.

 * **Accessibility:** Historically, members have expressed support for practical infrastructure consistency (such as previous advocacy around building accessibility standards), but their primary welfare focus centers on protecting New Zealand Superannuation and general cost-of-living adjustments.

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6\. The Opportunities Party (TOP)

 * * **Funding & Support:** Proposes a radical overhaul of the welfare system via a Universal Basic Income (Citizen’s Income) of up to $370 a week for all adults over 18, which would replace current main benefits like the Supported Living Payment.

 * **Individual Choice & Eligibility:** To complement the UBI, TOP proposes a universal disability allowance (projected at around $6,000 a year) alongside needs-based top-ups. They state this structure is intended to simplify eligibility while keeping specialized independent living funds (such as assistive tech and transport funding) separate and intact. [The Spinoff]

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Summary for Independent Living

 * * If you prioritize **enforceable accessibility standards, transport subsidies (like Total Mobility), and rights-based legislation** , the **Greens** and **Labour** offer the most active policy proposals.

 * If you are interested in a **complete structural redesign of benefit eligibility and a universal disability allowance** , **TOP** presents an alternative model.

 * If you favor **fiscal stability and working within existing funding and welfare frameworks** , the **National Party** approach aligns more closely with current settings. [The Spinoff]

## AI Overviews

Answer ID: d7fccc78-e49e-4864-834a-5e721c8917dc

For the **2026 New Zealand general election** , disability policy is a highly debated issue. Following structural overhauls, funding caps, and the passage of the _Disability Support Services Act 2026_ under the National-led coalition, political parties have established distinct stances on funding, eligibility, and individual choice.

Here is how the major political parties compare on these issues, keeping your goals of independent living, tenancy, and accessible transport in mind:

Party Policy Comparison Overview

Political Party| Funding & Sustainability| Eligibility Framework| Individual Choice & Control
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**National Party**| Focuses on fiscal stability; provides operational funding to stabilize the system but requires department savings.| Standardizes via a national consistency framework; rules out treating family carers as state employees.| Rolled back 2024 flexible purchasing restrictions, but limits customization through strict legislative guidelines.
**Labour Party**| Pledges long-term investment; vows to fully repeal the 2026 Disability Support Services Act.| Promises to end annual benefit renewals for permanent disabilities; expands the rights-based approach.| Commits to expanding the **Enabling Good Lives** model, restoring maximum individual control and self-determination.
**Green Party**| Strongly advocates for boosting funding, increasing the Disability Allowance, and raising overall welfare baselines.| Proposes broad, non-punitive eligibility; supports ending partner income-testing for the Supported Living Payment.| Champions fully unrestricted individualized funding and legally enforceable national accessibility standards.
**ACT Party**| Prioritizes reducing bureaucracy; favors direct cash payments over state-managed administrative systems.| Prefers targeted, needs-based support over universal or identity-specific framework expansions.| Highly supportive of individualized funding, arguing that direct choice empowers users better than government agencies.

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Key Policy Areas Impacting Your Independence

1\. Funding & Transport Accessibility

 * **National-led Coalition:** Under recent budgets, the National-led government prioritizes structural stabilization. However, the Total Mobility transport subsidy cap was reduced from 75% to 65%, and the specialist committee for the Lottery Individuals with Disabilities Fund was disestablished.

 * **Labour:** In addition to increasing core support baselines, Labour’s platform includes capping public transport fares ($20 maximum in major centers like Auckland/Wellington and $10 across the rest of New Zealand), easing independent transit costs.

 * **Greens & Te Pāti Māori:** Both demand significantly higher core funding allocations, pushing for a designated timeline to make 100% of New Zealand public transport fully accessible.

2\. Individual Choice & Flexible Budgets

 * **The Legislative Debate:** The _Disability Support Services Act 2026_ passed by the National government aimed to create a rigid legal framework to control spending. **Labour** , the **Greens** , and **Te Pāti Māori** have formally pledged to repeal this Act. They argue it shifts undue burden onto "natural family supports" and limits a person's agency over their care.

 * **Flexible Funding:** Following massive backlash to restrictions introduced in 2024, the government restored several flexible purchasing guidelines in April 2026. National favors keeping these guidelines under structured ministerial regulations. Opposition parties advocate for returning complete, unregulated budgetary control back to the individual.

3\. Renting & Independent Living

 * **Labour:** Commits to a strict mandate requiring at least **25% of all new Kāinga Ora public housing builds** to be fully accessible. They also pledge to embed the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities into New Zealand domestic law.

 * **Green Party:** Advocates for legally requiring _both_ public housing and private residential new builds to meet universal Lifemark accessibility standards.

 * **National:** Focuses on health-workforce training to ease home-care delivery and emphasizes cross-agency work through the _New Zealand Disability Strategy 2026–2030_ rather than introducing private building mandates.

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If you would like to look closer at a specific issue, tell me:

 * Would you like more details on how a specific party plans to alter the **Supported Living Payment** or **Disability Allowance**?

 * Are you interested in looking at the official **Election Scorecards** published by disability advocacy groups?

 * Do you need information on how to access **accessible voting options** (such as telephone dictation or assistance) for November 7th?