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Capital Gains Tax Cost

13 posts · 15,771 engagement · first seen 14 Jun 2026 · last seen 18 Jun 2026

National criticises Labour's economic plans, claiming a $18.2 billion funding gap and questioning the cost-effectiveness of key policies like public transport fare caps and housing rent reversals, while Labour defends its priorities and fiscal transparency.

Stance breakdown

How the per-edge framings classify across 13 classified edges. Each framing is labelled by a small AI stance classifier; see the methodology page for details.

54%

31%

15%

Supportive 7 Critical 4 Dismissive 2

Sentiment breakdown

Whole-post emotional valence across 13 classified posts that reference this topic. Distinct from stance: a post can be supportive of the topic and still negative in tone (an angry supporter) — the two together capture the texture short-form posts compress into very few words.

85%

Positive 1 Neutral 1 Negative 11

Platform mix

Where the conversation is happening. Engagement is volume-weighted (likes + 2×shares + 3×replies); a small number of high-impact posts can outrank a high-volume but low-engagement platform.

facebook

4 posts · 13,768 engagement

13,768
twitter

4 posts · 1,632 engagement

1,632
youtube

5 posts · 371 engagement

371

Top posts by engagement

The most-engaged posts referencing this topic. Engagement is likes + 2×shares + 3×replies; the order matches the digest ranking on /social.

Labour has a hidden bill with no plan for how they’ll pay for it. So far, their spending promises add up to $21b, while their new Capital Gains Tax raises $2.8b. That leaves a gap of $18.2b. Hipkins must be upfront with New Zealanders about how he plans to fill that gap, and wh…

facebook · nznats · sentiment: negative · ♥ 1783 · ↻ 98 · 💬 1563 · 6,668 engagement

14 Jun
Labour’s spending promises add up to $21b, while their new Capital Gains Tax raises $2.8b. That leaves a gap of $18.2b. Hipkins must be upfront with New Zealanders about how he plans to fill that gap, and whether it’s by increasing taxes or increasing borrowing. National is t…

facebook · nznats · sentiment: negative · ♥ 746 · ↻ 24 · 💬 735 · 2,999 engagement

16 Jun
Labour has a hidden bill with no plan for how they’ll pay for it. So far, their spending promises add up to $21b, while their new Capital Gains Tax raises $2.8b. That leaves a gap of $18.2b. Hipkins must be upfront with New Zealanders about how he plans to fill that gap, and wh…

facebook · nznats · sentiment: negative · ♥ 647 · ↻ 25 · 💬 736 · 2,905 engagement

14 Jun
Labour says it will add the entitlement to its Medicard along with other pledges it wants to fund with a capital gains tax.

facebook · 1newsnz · sentiment: neutral · ♥ 299 · ↻ 15 · 💬 289 · 1,196 engagement

16 Jun
Labour has a hidden bill with no plan for how they’ll pay for it. So far, their spending promises add up to $21b, while their new Capital Gains Tax raises $2.8b. That leaves a gap of $18.2b. Hipkins must be upfront with New Zealanders about how he plans to fill that gap, and ht…

twitter · @nznationalparty · sentiment: negative · ♥ 181 · ↻ 43 · 💬 125 · 642 engagement

14 Jun
Labour has a hidden bill with no plan for how they’ll pay for it. So far, their spending promises add up to $21b, while their new Capital Gains Tax raises $2.8b. That leaves a gap of $18.2b. Hipkins must be upfront with New Zealanders about how he plans to fill that gap, and ht…

twitter · @nznationalparty · sentiment: negative · ♥ 96 · ↻ 18 · 💬 103 · 441 engagement

14 Jun
Labour has promised $21 billion of new spending. They’ve told you how they’ll find $2.8 billion of it – through their Capital Gains Tax. The other $18.2 billion is a hidden bill, and it can only come straight out of your pocket. Because a bill like that doesn’t disappear.

twitter · @simeonbrownmp · sentiment: negative · ♥ 172 · ↻ 39 · 💬 59 · 427 engagement

14 Jun
National’s Nicola Willis attacks Labour’s economic plans | RNZ National's finance spokesperson Nicola Willis claims Labour is $18.2 billion short on funding for its policies | Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/RNZVideo?sub_confirmation=1 At a press conference on Sunday, Willi…

youtube · @rnz · sentiment: negative · ♥ 40 · ↻ 0 · 💬 105 · 355 engagement

14 Jun