2014 General Election Broadcasting allocation for the 2014 General Election

See how much time and money we allocated to parties for broadcast advertising during the 2014 General Election.

Parliament gave us $3,283,250 to allocate to registered parties for their election programmes.

We also allocated time for advertising on Television New Zealand and Radio New Zealand. Each party received an allocation of time from a total of 60 minutes for opening addresses and 60 minutes for closing addresses.

Learn more about how parties can use the broadcasting allocation

You can download our full decision at the bottom of this page. The decision includes information on how we allocated the time and money.

This table shows how much time and money we allocated to each eligible party.

Total allocated $3,283,250 60 60 $3,283,250 58 58 $3,283,250 60
Total available $3,283,250 60 60 $3,283,250 60 60 $3,283,250 60
Parties 6 June
Monetary allocation (inclusive of GST)
6 June
Time allocation of opening addresses (in minutes)
6 June
Time allocation for closing addresses (in minutes)
20 August
Variation Monetary allocation (inclusive of GST)
20 August
Variation Time allocation of opening addresses (in minutes)
20 August
Variation Time allocation for closing addresses (in minutes)
29 August
Variation Monetary allocation (inclusive of GST)
29 August
VariationTime allocation for closing addresses (in minutes and seconds)
The New Zealand National Party (National Party) $1,053,622 15m30s 15m30s $1,076,229 15m30s 15m30s $1,087,902 16m15s
The New Zealand Labour Party (Labour Party) $919,829 13m30s 13m30s $939,565 13m30s 13m30s $949,756 14m10s
The Green Party of Aotearoa/New Zealand (Green Party) $401,380 7m30s 7m30s $409,993 7m30s 7m30s $414,439 7m55s
New Zealand First (NZ First) $200,690 4m30s 4m30s $204,996 4m30s 4m30s $207,220 4m45s
Māori Party $100,345 2m30s 2m30s $102,498 2m30s 2m30s $103,610 2m40s
ACT New Zealand (ACT Party) $76,930 2m 2m $76,930 2m 2m $76,930 2m
Internet Party and MANA Movement (Internet MANA) $76,930 2m 2m $78,581 2m 2m $79,433 2m5s
United Future New Zealand (United Future) $76,930 2m 2m $78,581 2m 2m $79,433 2m5s
New Zealand Independent Coalition (NZIC) $76,930 2m 2m $78,581 2m 2m $79,433 2m5s
Conservative Party of New Zealand (Conservative Party) $60,207 1m30s 1m30s $61,499 1m30s 1m30s $62,166 1m40s
The Alliance (Alliance) $33,635 1m 1m $34,357 1m 1m - -
Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party (ALCP) $33,635 1m 1m $34,357 1m 1m $34,729 1m5s
The Civilian Party (Civilian) $33,635 1m 1m $34,357 1m 1m $34,729 1m5s
The Expatriate Party of New Zealand (Expat Party) $33,635 1m 1m - - - - -
Focus New Zealand (Focus NZ) $33,635 1m 1m $34,357 1m 1m $34,729 1m5s
The New Zealand Democratic Party for Social Credit (Democrats for Social Credit) $33,635 1m 1m $34,357 1m 1m $34,729 1m5s
Truth, Freedom, Justice $33,635 1m 1m - - - - -
Radio New Zealand (RNZ) $4,012 - - $4,012 - - $4,012 -

Variations to our original decision

We released two variations to our original broadcasting allocation decision because some parties became ineligible to receive an allocation.

20 August 2014 variation

Our first variation reallocated time and money from parties who became ineligible because they failed to meet the deadline for registering their party (14 August 2014). The following parties did not register by the deadline:

  • The Expatriate Party of New Zealand
  • Truth, Freedom, Justice.

29 August 2014 variation

Our second variation reallocated time and money from The Alliance because they did not submit their party list by the deadline (26 August 2014).

Download our full written decision and variations on our original decision

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