Robert MacCulloch: Press Release - Costing Labour's Transport Plans

PRESS RELEASE

Robert MacCulloch

Matthew S. Abel Chair of Macroeconomics

University of Auckland

 

11 June 2026

Heather du Plessis-Allan: Is that it Labour?

So that was what we waited months for, eh?

Labour’s cheaper public transport policy.

A policy so predictable that we actually did predict it four hours before it was released.

Perspective with Andrew Dickens: Which roading measures could Labour plan to cut?

So here we go - some policy, ladies and gentlemen. Labour’s promising cheaper public transport.

They want to cap weekly fares at $20 in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch and $10 everywhere else.

Under the plan, once you hit the cap, the rest of the trips you take that week could be free. Labour says it would save regular users about $25 a week. They reckon it would save you about $1200 a year.

David Farrar: Labour to release key policy after the election!!!

The Herald reports:

Labour has admitted key details about its Future Fund, including the cost to the Crown and which state assets will be rolled into it, will not be released until after voters have gone to the polls.

On Tuesday, Labour’s finance spokeswoman Barbara Edmonds admitted the party doesn’t itself know which public assets will go in the fund, and won’t know until it gets advice from officials after the election.

Mike's Minute: Labour's lack of detail show they've learned nothing

So let me get this right, just so we know where we’re at.

The Labour Party —who, I'm assuming, still want to be taken seriously this election— have had a major issue up to this point.

They have no policies.