Election year:
2023
Political party:
National
Associated politicians:
Policy:
Building Workforce
- National will pay nurses and midwives student loan repayments up to a total of $4,500 a year for the first five years of their career, provided they remain working in their profession in New Zealand.
- National will make it easier for competent, qualified overseas nurses and midwives to choose New Zealand as their next home by removing barriers to migration.
- Ensure there are not-for-profit contractors that will get 18-24 year olds who have been on Jobseeker for three months or more off welfare and into the workforce.
- International Graduates Visa – a three-year open work visa for highly educated people who have graduated with a bachelor’s degree or higher within the last five years from one of the top 100 universities in the world.
- Global Growth Tech Visa – a residence visa for people with highly specialised skills who have worked at a top global tech company earning at least NZ$400,000.
- Digital Nomad Visa – a 12-month visa to attract skilled, highly-mobile people to come to New Zealand while working remotely for an overseas-based company, with the option to apply for a work or residence visa later if they choose to stay.
- Supporting startups – investigate changes to the tax treatment of options issued by startups to their staff to make it easier to attract and retain talent in their early years.
- Minister of Technology – to partner with the tech sector to create the right policy and regulatory environment to support more innovation and faster growth.
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