Election 2023 - Food Policy
Act
Spokesperson:
Not yet available on their website.
Green Party
Spokesperson:
Link to
policy here
.
- Improve availability and affordability of whole and value-added plant-based food.
- Provide free nutritious lunches for every public school child in Aotearoa New Zealand, prioritising wholefood plant-based foods.
- Develop a National Food Strategy for self-sufficiency in food production and security of food supply in Aotearoa New Zealand.
- Improve equitable access to, and information about, food that is certified climate-positive, nutritious, locally produced and affordable.
- Read more here
Labour
Spokesperson:
Not yet available on their website.
National
Spokesperson:
Not yet available on their website.
New Zealand First
Spokesperson:
Not yet available on their website.
TOP
Spokesperson:
Not yet available on their website.
Te Pāti Māori
Spokesperson:
Debbie Ngarewa-Packer
Rawiri Waititi
Link to
policy here
.
Debbie Ngarewa-Packer
Rawiri Waititi
- Honour WAI262 and reject the research and commercialisation of indigenous plant species that is done without whānau, hapū and iwi consent.
- Oppose the introduction of GE food.
- Establish independent Māori Kai Sovereignty Board with statutory powers to oversee kai sovereignty and justice.
- Set up a $15m per annum contestable Community Kai fund for home garden set up, marae maara kai and Māori and community-led food farms at scale.
- Work with councils to set aside more land for urban and rural food farms.
- Set up Crown-funded kai sovereignty scholarships for rangatahi to pursue food sciences, marine biology, and primary industry skills.
- Secure land and funding to enable Māori collectives to set up supermarket chains.
- Protect the rights of whānau to sell kai on the side of the road without being interfered with or taxed.
- Read more here