Source: Radio New Zealand
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon previously said the plans helped create momentum and drive focus. RNZ / Nathan McKinnon
The government appears to have scrapped its quarterly action plans, after not releasing one so far this quarter.
At the start of the term, the Prime Minister released the things the government planned to do in its first 100 days.
Once that was completed, the government moved to quarterly plans, starting in April 2024.
“Having a clear plan with specific actions and timeframes for delivery creates momentum and drives focus,” Christopher Luxon said at the time.
Each plan would contain about 30 to 40 actions within the government’s three pillars of ‘rebuild the economy and ease the cost of living,’ ‘restore law and order,’ and ‘deliver better public services.’
Its most recent one [https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/575209/the-33-things-the-government-plans-to-do-before-the-end-of-year
from October 2025], for example, contained actions to introduce the planning legislation that will replace the Resource Management Act, pass the legislation to enable time of use charging, and release the English and Maths curriculum for Years 0-10.
Some commitments in the plans were more vague, such as “take policy decisions” around legislation that would appear in a future plan, or “raise the energy” of international relationships to signal Luxon would be taking an overseas trip.
Others were simply a product of timing, such as “deliver a Budget,” which happens the same time every year.
With the release of each subsequent plan, the government would also say which of the actions on its previous plan it had not achieved or which were still in progress.
On Monday, Labour leader Chris Hipkins said the plans were “slightly absurd” and had become “an exercise in managerialism” rather than setting the direction for the country.
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