NZFirst Announces Policy To Encourage Kiwis To Have More Kids2 AUGUST 2026New Zealand First has today announced it will campaign on introducing a ‘Kiwi Kids Grant’ that will support New Zealand citizens raising the first three children, through the first three years of their lives. The ‘Kiwi Kids Grant’ will help with the costs of raising a child through the vital first three years of a child’s life, encourage Kiwis to have more kids, and remove the barrier of the increasing costs of having children. The rate of New Zealand citizens having children has dramatically fallen over the past decade from 52,506 in 2006 to just 36,351 in 2025. Last year that percentage was just 72% New Zealand citizens giving birth, and 28% non-citizens. The ‘Kiwi Kids Grant’ is a universal, non-means tested grant of $5000 annually for the first three years, and for each of the first, second, and third child.