The Alliance is New Zealand's political party of the left. Our goal is the creation of a society built on the values of democracy, solidarity and equality.

Some of our main policies are:

• Job security and full employment
Hundreds of thousands of Kiwis are struggling with casual, insecure jobs. The Alliance will protect workers in low paid jobs, defend workers rights and increase the minimum wage.

• Public control of our electricity
Electricity should be owned by the people under community control and integrated planning. We should take it back off the corporations and give our families and old people affordable power.

• Quality public health care
People are dying on waiting lists. The Alliance will properly fund public health and throw out user pays and means testing.

• Free education: drop the debt!
The Alliance stands for free education for all. Student loans are out of control at $7 billion. Let's drop the debt and give young people a good start in life.

• Good housing
The Alliance supports low-interest, no deposit loans for low income people to buy their own homes.

• Protecting our environment
The Alliance will protect our environment from the problems caused by greed driven economic policies.

• Real Democracy
The Alliance says that New Zealanders have a right to make the decisions about their lives and their communities.