Radio NZ reports:The second poll commissioned in February 2026 revealed that 66 percent agreed that New Zealand’s economic system was not set up to effectively to address issues like housing, healthcare and climate change. Half of New Zealanders also agreed that billionaires shouldn’t exist while people still struggled with basic necessities like food. Sixty-eight percent supported billionaires being taxed more to fund public goods like healthcare, housing and climate action. So do people think we should shoot billionaires, ban them or just confiscate their wealth? They think wealth is a finite sum, and every dollar someone has, has been taken off someone else.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 05, 2026 10:01 UTC