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New Zealand

A nation of 5.3 million whose power is four fifths renewable and whose Treasury cut its 2026/27 bond programme by NZ$4 billion to NZ$30 billion in September 2026 as the budget improved.

Perfect Nations values what New Zealand owns and raises capital against it, through innovative financing for development (FfD) and super intelligence (SI).

New Zealand at a glance

  • 5.3mPeopleWorld Bank
  • Furthest from reach · Food17.3%of New Zealanders are moderately or severely food insecureFAO, 2023
  • 1Instrument or investment on recordCapital already committed

What we do for New Zealand

Assets. Capital. Solutions.

Perfect Nations is a new-age sovereign advisory firm, and its clients are nations.

  1. 01AssetsThe cupFive sovereign assets, valued, from The Clean Grid to The People.
  2. 02CapitalThe laurelsOne instrument on record, sourced.
  3. 03SolutionsThe seven starsSeven basic standards of living, star by star. Food is furthest from reach today.

The whole logo: a Perfect Nation, where every citizen has all seven basic standards of living, led by good governance.

01Assets · The cup · Sovereign Assets

Five assets no balance sheet counts.

Each is owned today, earns today, and can carry New Zealand toward seven basic standards of living for every citizen.

  • 81.5%Of electricity from renewable sources, 2021

    The Clean Grid

    Four fifths of the power from water, geothermal heat and wind.

  • 36.9%Of the land in agriculture, 2023

    The Farmland

    Pasture and orchards across more than a third of the land: dairy, meat and fruit for the world.

  • 38.9%Of the land under forest, 2024

    The Forest

    Native bush and planted forest across two fifths of the land.

  • 18.8%Of export earnings from visitors, 2018

    The Visitors

    Mountains, fiords and Māori culture: visitors earned almost a fifth of exports.

  • 5.3mCitizens, 2025

    The People

    17.9% are under fifteen: the workforce and the market of the next generation.

02Capital · The laurels · Capital Architecture

A clean grid and a shrinking borrowing programme.

Bonds, guarantees, swaps and loans that raise capital against what New Zealand owns, every line sourced.

Capital Architecture

The record in figures

  • NZ$30bnGovernment bond programme for 2026/27 after the pre-election update, down NZ$4 billion from the Budgetinterest.co.nz, 2026
  • NZ$124bnGross bond issuance planned for the four years to June 2030 at Budget 2026, down from NZ$130 billionBudget 2026
  • 54.7%General government gross debt, share of GDP, 2025IMF, WEO Oct 2026
  • 2%Real GDP growth projected for 2026IMF, WEO Oct 2026

Capital already committed

  • GovernmentPlanGovernment bond programme, 2026/27NZ$30bn

    New Zealand Debt Management · Budget 2026, revised at the pre-election update

    Nominal and inflation-indexed government bonds, including a new May 2038 line.

    New Zealand Debt Management

    Source

The New Zealand Newswire

The Solutions Wire
Aroha Williams, Nation Steward of New Zealand

Aroha WilliamsNation Steward of New Zealand · SI Researcher

Already working in New Zealand.

Independent firms and social enterprises already at work in New Zealand, highlighted by Perfect Nations. None is a partner of Perfect Nations.

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03Solutions · The seven stars · Perfect Capita

Perfect New Zealand, star by star.

Perfect Capita is the yearly cost, per person, of lifting everyone above the Living Line in all seven basic living standards, set with New Zealand in its own prices.

How Perfect Capita works
New Zealand: the seven stars of the logo, one for each basic standard of living, rising from the cup; Food is the larger centre star. Each star carries the figure for New Zealand.WATER100%SHELTER88.8%ENERGY99%FOOD82.7%EDUCATION89.1HEALTH89LIVELIHOOD–
82.7%
Food · furthest from reachNot food insecure; 17.3% are moderately or severely food insecureFAO, 2023

Tap a star for its figure and source.

The price of Perfect New Zealand

To be set with New Zealand, from its own figures and in its own prices: Perfect Capita times the people of New Zealand, each year.

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  • Food82.7%Not food insecure; 17.3% are moderately or severely food insecureFAO, 2023
  • Water100%Safely managed drinking waterWHO/UNICEF, 2024
  • Shelter88.8%Safely managed sanitation; 0% of city dwellers live in slumsWHO/UNICEF, 2024
  • Energy99%99% cook with clean fuels and technology; 100% have electricityWorld Bank, 2024
  • Education89.189.1% of children read a simple text by the end of primary schoolWorld Bank, 2021
  • Health89WHO service coverage indexWHO, 2023
  • LivelihoodNot measuredNo poverty survey for New Zealand is published by the World BankWorld Bank

Perfect Nations estimate, to be confirmed with New Zealand. Figures marked dated rest on surveys more than five years old; lenient measures are marked as such. The strict measures

Strict measures. Food: share not moderately or severely food insecure (FAO). Water: safely managed drinking water where measured; where it is not, basic water, marked as such. Shelter: the lower of safely managed sanitation and the share outside urban slums. Energy: the lower of electricity per person against 1,000 kWh and clean cooking; where electricity per person is not published, clean cooking. Education: the lower of children reading by the end of primary school and lower-secondary completion. Health: WHO service coverage index. Livelihood: share above the stricter of the national poverty line and the World Bank line for the nation’s income group (US$8.30 a day for high-income nations). Each figure links to its source.

Solutions for Perfect New Zealand

  • The Solution for New ZealandFood

    Protect the harvest before it fails.

    • 01The challenge17.3% Of New Zealanders are moderately or severely food insecure. FAO, 2023
    • 02The dealSovereign drought insurance, proved in Malawi, 2024: $11.2M released after the El Niño drought, for food aid to about 235,000 households. African Development Bank, August 2024
    • 03What Perfect Nations advisesNations where food is furthest from reach should buy drought insurance that releases funds on measured rainfall, with the trigger and the price of the cover set district by district before the season begins. With super intelligence, rainfall and harvests can be read field by field, so that funds reach families within weeks of a failed season, before hunger does.
    Co-design it inThe ReDesign StudioThe three mandates
Perfect Nations® · Letters to the NationsNew Zealand

Dear New Zealand,

Your grid runs mostly on water, heat and wind, and your farms export food across the world.

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Your Treasury is borrowing less this year. Yet one in six of you is moderately or severely food insecure. Let the same farms make sure no child at home goes without.

“A nation that exports food across the world can feed every child at home.”

Yours in design,Preeti SinhaPresident and CEO, Perfect Nations

Work with us · The ReDesign Studio

The Perfect New Zealand ReDesign Studio

One mission, three depths: the same four moves for New Zealand, taken as far toward market as you choose.

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For the Government of New Zealand, its development partners and investors. Scope and fees are agreed in writing before any work begins.

  1. 01Identify the assets
  2. 02Estimate Perfect Capita
  3. 03Co-design the capital architecture
  4. 04Launch the instruments
  1. Mandate 013 hours

    The Nation Briefing

    A private session for the people who decide.

    You leave withThe gap, named and sized

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    1. 01The five sovereign assets on this page, walked through.
    2. 02Food, the standard furthest from reach, and the Gap, explained.
    3. 03The instruments that could close the Gap, shortlisted.
    4. 04The path to market, outlined.
    Request a Nation Briefing
  2. Mandate 023 days

    The Blueprint Lab

    Your team and ours, working the blueprint together.

    You leave withThe structure, drawn

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    1. 01The ledger tested against your ministries’ own data.
    2. 02Each of the seven standards costed in local prices.
    3. 03One financing structure, drawn with your team.
    4. 04A term sheet and the partners to approach.
    Plan a Blueprint Lab
  3. Mandate 03End to end

    The Sovereign Mandate

    Led personally by the President and CEO.

    You leave withA structure ready for market

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    1. 01A full sovereign asset ledger, valued and verified.
    2. 02Perfect Capita set and agreed with government, with a monitoring plan.
    3. 03The full structure: legal form, credit enhancement, guarantees and pricing.
    4. 04Taken to investors and development partners, through to close.
    Discuss a Sovereign Mandate

Co-design it with us

Where New Zealanders and Co-designers design the nation they want to live in.

  • Writings

    Write Perfect New Zealand into being.

    Up to 1,500 words on your vision of Perfect New Zealand, published with your name.

    Submit your writing
  • Voices of Perfect Nations Launching soon

    The local leaders already building Perfect New Zealand.

    Great local leaders: honest, dedicated and committed to basic standards of living for all. Every guest answers one question: “What does New Zealand already own, and how could it pay for a decent life for every citizen?”

  • Co-designers

    Join the community.

    Everyone who shares a vision, a voice or an enterprise here becomes a Co-designer of Perfect New Zealand.

    Become a Co-designer

The New Zealand ReDesign Studio is open

Design Perfect New Zealand with us.

Share your vision, suggest a guest, or write to us: every message receives a personal reply.

Sources
  1. World Bank, World Development Indicators (API), accessed 10 November 2026: population and ages 0 to 14, 2025; land area and agricultural and forest land; renewable fresh water per person, 2022; natural resource, oil, gas and mineral rents, 2021; renewable electricity output, 2021; tourism receipts; personal remittances; electricity access and clean cooking.
  2. The seven standards: FAO food insecurity, WHO/UNICEF JMP water and sanitation, UN-Habitat urban slums, World Bank clean cooking, learning poverty and lower-secondary completion, and poverty headcounts (all via the World Bank); WHO UHC service coverage index, 2023.
  3. IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026 (DataMapper, accessed 10 November 2026): general government gross debt, 2025, and real GDP growth projected for 2026.
  4. New Zealand Treasury: 2026/27 Borrowing Programme (Budget 2026).
  5. interest.co.nz, September 2026 (pre-election economic and fiscal update).
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