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NZ First Introduces Bill to Protect New Zealanders’ Ability to Use Cash
New Zealand First July 08, 2025
New Zealand First has today introduced a Member’s Bill that would protect New Zealanders’ ability to use cash. The Bill will provide for the enduring use of cash as a private, accessible, and reliable method of payment.
“People who rely on cash due to barriers to digital banking deserve assurance that cash will be preserved in the increasingly digital world”, New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters’ says.
The “Cash Transactions Protection Bill” would mandate vendors in trade to accept cash payments for goods valued up to $500.
The Bill acknowledges that cash is a critical tool for vulnerable populations like those in
rural communities, the elderly, and low-income earners who may experience barriers to digital banking. It mandates that vendors accept cash payments and have sufficient cash infrastructure to support access to cash and its circulation.
“The Bill ensures that New Zealander’s maintain freedom of choice in how they pay, preserving cash as what it should be: an enduring private and reliable option”, says Mr Peters.
“By protecting the sanctity of cash transactions, the Bill upholds personal privacy, maintains sovereign control over New Zealand’s monetary system, and lessens the risks posed by digital-only payment systems.”
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WOW! Impressive!
Very Big Ups to NZ First for this one!
Congratulations!
This is fundamental to Freedom!
The violations of Banks spying on what we use our money for… Their demands to know what we intend to use our cash for, and push for a digital cashless system whereby the government might implement a social credit system and personal Carbon allocation are terrifying Orwellian threats that I take very seriously to the degree that I will refuse a Global digital ID and wallet. Thus without cash I would be completely alienated from society and unable to function.
I believe it to be my moral duty to resist these Orwellian designs which threaten to put us all… esp our children into a digital prison.
I believe the right to use cash ought to be a constitutional guarantee.
Thank you NZ First.
One of your very best policies IMO.
Tim Wikiriwhi
Christian Libertarian.
New Zealand.
