The Green Party has released its plan for the 2026 election at a meeting in south Auckland on 26 July 2026.

The 43-page document was written by party members. It sets out what the Greens want to do if they win enough votes in the next election. It covers five areas: climate change, democracy, Te Tiriti o Waitangi, incomes, and digital technology.

Te Tiriti o Waitangi is the 1840 agreement between the government and Māori. It is a foundational document for how Māori and the Crown work together in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Co-leader Marama Davidson told the meeting the plan covers issues needing attention "now and over the next three years." She said the party would "make sure that people have affordable lives, that we protect nature to be healthy, [and] that we return politics to being honest to make decisions for all of us."

Davidson also explained how the party would raise money. "We will tax the super-rich and address corporate greed so that we can invest that back into the services that people rely on," she said. She described the plan as covering "broad issues" while also pointing to some longer-term goals.

The party's 2026 campaign slogan is "For All of Us." Co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick told the meeting the slogan was meant for supporters and also "people we don't know and even those we don't like."

"What we believe, very fundamentally, is that we are not just here to fight for the basic human rights to access food and healthcare and shelter and education and job opportunities for the people that we know and like, but also for the people we don't know and even those we don't like," Swarbrick said.

Before the meeting, the Greens had already called for a one-year pause on new AI data centres. These are large buildings full of powerful computers that run artificial intelligence. They use a lot of electricity and water to stay cool.

Swarbrick used her speech to push the idea, telling attendees that AI data centres do not create long-term jobs.

"Experience overseas has shown AI data centres extract local water supplies and give back sludge. They extract an enormous toll on the power grid, driving up electricity prices for regular people and local industry," Swarbrick said. She put it plainly: "They extract power, they extract water, and they extract profit."

Swarbrick also criticised "powerful men" who she said made decisions to increase profits for the few. She told the meeting she could not think of a "better metaphor" for the "current economic insanity" than AI data centres.

The party's website is already pointing supporters to its candidate lineup, with the call to action "Meet our candidates for the 2026 election!" (greens.org.nz).

The broader context here is that the manifesto brings together several ideas the Greens have been working on over the past three years. The AI data centre pause was raised before the meeting and is now part of a chapter on digital technology, alongside the party's well-known positions on climate, Te Tiriti, and taxing the wealthy. Having it all in one document means the Greens can point to a single plan when those topics come up during the campaign.

The "For All of Us" slogan says something about how the party wants to be seen. Swarbrick's emphasis on fighting for "people we don't know and even those we don't like" reads as a deliberate pushback against the idea that the Greens only campaign for their own supporters. Whether that message connects with voters outside the party's base is a question the campaign will answer.

The location matters too. South Auckland is not typical Green territory, unlike inner-city Wellington or Auckland central. Holding the launch at AUT's Manukau campus puts the party in a community where the cost of living and access to services are felt keenly. That fits with Davidson's focus on affordable lives and taxing the super-rich to pay for public services.