Policy.nz was developed by Ollie Neas, Asher Emanuel, Chris McIntyre, and Racheal Reeves.
[4] Since its launch in 2017 the Policy.nz website has received acclaim from media commentators and was called “the stand-out success of the 2017 election” in The New Zealand Herald’s round-up of voting advice tools.
[5] In 2020, Policy.nz ran a civics education programme and a policy idea competition for school students alongside its election coverage.
[6] The policy idea competition was judged by basketballer Steven Adams, journalist Mihingarangi Forbes, science educator Michelle Dickinson, academic Marilyn Waring and entrepreneur Tim Brown.
[9] Versions of Policy.nz have been launched to cover the Belgian general election, in partnership with Le Vif and Knack in Belgium, and global Covid-19 policies.