RNZ is tracking the money flowing to the parties this election year and where it is coming from.

Here’s where things stand.

Graph showing donations (over $20 declaration threshold) for 2026 so far - Act $1.5M, National $800k, NZ First $500k, Labour $400k, Opportunity $300k, Greens $160k, Te Pāti Māori $40k

  • Dave@lemmy.nzOPM
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    12 days ago

    2/3 of Opportunity donations came from two people. Plus, this is only the large donations. Left wing parties tend to get a decent proportion of their donations from many small donors. Right wing parties tend to get the large single donations.

    • absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz
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      12 days ago

      From their announcement; during their “match may” campaign which matched your donation with an equal donation from a big donor; they got around $220k from ~1500 donors, when matched was $440k.

      They are not doing too bad on the money side, and it shows, they have more advertising and presence around the place.