The Motorcycle Advocacy Group of New Zealand Incorporated
(MAGNZ) has today written to New Zealand’s six main
parliamentary parties asking them to clearly state their
position on the future of motorcycle ACC levies before the
2026 General Election.
Motorcyclists have already
faced a substantial levy increase from 1 July 2026, with
another significant increase scheduled for 1 July
2027.
MAGNZ is politically independent. We will not
endorse a political party or tell riders how they should
vote. Our purpose with RIDER VOTE 2026 is straightforward:
riders should be able to see what each political party
proposes to do about motorcycle ACC levies before they cast
their vote.
Each party has been asked exactly the same
five questions:
1. Will your party support suspending
the scheduled 1 July 2027 motorcycle levy increase while the
current motorcycle levy model is independently reviewed for
financial sustainability, affordability and compliance
impacts?
2. Will your party support an independent
policy review of the motorcycle ACC levy framework,
including engine capacity, exposure, crash responsibility,
multiple-bike ownership, and comprehensive modelling of
rider-based, distance/exposure-based and hybrid levy
alternatives?
3. Will your party support requiring ACC
to publicly release the evidence, assumptions and modelling
used to set motorcycle levy classifications and
thresholds?
4. Will your party support reducing the
minimum motorcycle licensing exemption period from three
months to one month, so riders who use motorcycles
seasonally or intermittently are not forced to pay for
periods when the motorcycle is not being used on the
road?
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5. If elected, what specifically will your party
do about motorcycle ACC levies during the next parliamentary
term?
The questions seek each party’s prospective
policy position only; they do not ask parties to comment on
the merits, evidence or likely outcome of the current
judicial review proceedings.
MAGNZ has requested
responses by 5.00 pm Wednesday, 30 September
2026.
Following the deadline, MAGNZ intends to publish
the responses from all six parties together, using the same
format, so riders and the wider public can directly compare
the parties’ stated positions. Responses will be
reproduced accurately and without altering their meaning.
Where a party does not respond by the deadline, MAGNZ will
record: “No response received by deadline.”
The
request has been sent through multiple parliamentary and
party contacts, including relevant ACC or policy
spokespeople where identifiable, so each party has the
opportunity to coordinate and provide one authorised
response.
