Shai Navot
Shai Navot is a New Zealand lawyer, former crown prosecutor, and leader of The Opportunities Party (TOP) between 2020 and 2022. She previously served as deputy leader of The Opportunities Party during the 2020 New Zealand general election, 2020 election. Political history 2020 election In April 2020, The Opportunities Party announced Navot as their deputy leader. Navot ran for The Opportunities Party (TOP) in North Shore (New Zealand electorate), North Shore. This was the first time Navot had run for TOP. During the campaign, Navot called for tax reform to create more wealth and stop the 'poverty trap'. Navot said TOP's plan for affordable dental care for low-income earners would also improve long-term health outcomes. She also called setting up fruit and veggie box schemes around the country a "no-brainer" and said that community-based responses to food waste (food rescue, food banks, community gardens and compost) were successful models. She supported legalisation of canna ...
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The Opportunities Party
The Opportunities Party (usually referred to as TOP) is a centrist political party based in New Zealand. It was founded in 2016 by economist and philanthropist Gareth Morgan and is today led by Raf Manji. The party is based upon an idea of "evidence-based policy", with policy priorities of "Universal Basic Income (UBI)", "Affordable Housing and Rent", "Smart Small Business", and "Climate Friendly Recovery". The party received 2.4% of the party vote in the 2017 general election, after which Morgan left the party. It received 1.5% of the party vote in the 2020 general election. The party won elected office for the first time in the 2022 New Zealand local elections, with one member elected to the Featherston Community Board in the South Wairarapa District. Policies and principles TOP lists its policies on its website. For the upcoming 2023 New Zealand general election, these include: $6.35 billion in tax cuts, paired with a restructuring of the current tax bracket system which ...
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