NZ National Party Nets 3 Times the Donations of Nearest Rival

Donors supported New Zealand’s National Party, the lead in a triumvirate government, at a rate 3 times higher than that of Labour, new figures show.

A woman outside the Point Wells Community Centre where locals can vote in Auckland, New Zealand, on Oct. 14, 2023. Fiona Goodall/Getty Images

Donations last year to the New Zealand National Party, currently in a coalition government with ACT and New Zealand First, totalled nearly $5 million (US$2.9 million) in 2024—three times what Labour received.

Meanwhile, the Greens, in opposition and plagued by a year of scandals, netted almost as much as Labour.