After four decades of privatisation policies, Aotearoa New Zealand has learnt the hard way the costs and benefits of keeping our assets and services in public hands. With new privatisations currently being proposed, our new report finds that public ownership

saves money

keeping money in our communities through lower bills, cheaper borrowing and services that don’t fund private profits

protects workers

setting wages and conditions across whole sectors instead of a competitive race to the bottom, and

delivers better services

that work for people and planet (not profit), are accountable and deliver for all.