Source: Radio New Zealand
New Opportunity party leader Qiulae Wong says New Zealand needs a tax reset. RNZ / Supplied
The political party founded by businessman Gareth Morgan almost 10 years ago has unveiled a new leader and new look.
Touted as a builder of sustainable businesses, Aucklander Qiulae Wong will lead Opportunity – formerly The Opportunities Party – into the 2026 election.
The party has been leaderless since 2023 and the announcement follows a nationwide search for the role.
To date, it is yet to reach the five percent threshold to enter parliament.
In 2023, it scooped 2.2 percent of the vote – 0.2 percent shy of its best election result of 2.4 percent in 2017 – under Morgan.
The party says Wong has founded and supported several start-ups in the fashion sector in London, “working to build ethical and sustainable practices into global brands like Vivienne Westwood and Stella McCartney”.
She returned to New Zealand in 2022 and has most recently worked at financial consultancy firm KPMG.
Wong said the party stands for transformative system change and would break the gridlock of left-right bloc politics.
Opportunity has also revealed its “tax reset” policy, which includes a Citizen’s Income, a Land Value Tax and Flat Income tax.
Wong said New Zealand needed a tax reset.
“We can’t keep patching and tinkering with the foundations that hold up this country,” Wong said.
“Our addiction to high house prices is robbing young Kiwis of security, and locking capital away from the innovators and community champions, who are building our future.
“It’s time to modernise tax.”
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