Welfare, airline rights, retirement and Treaty bottom lines feature on the campaign trail as Winston Peters calls for Chris Hipkins to be jailed over Covid vaccine decisions.
NZ First Leader Winston Peters called for Labour leader Chris Hipkins to be jailed, accusing him of being responsible for Covid-19 vaccine decisions that Peters claimed resulted in people being harmed. Peters said Hipkins “should be behind bars explaining why he’s poisoned people” and challenged him to sue for defamation if the claims were untrue. Watch Winston Peters’ interview with Chris Lynch.
National Leader Christopher Luxon has been getting behind the controls of a digger on the campaign trail, two years after describing driving one as a “cool job” when discussing work expectations for people on Jobseeker. Luxon was on the Kapiti Coast today announcing National’s welfare policy.
Labour said it would give airline passengers clearer pricing, stronger rights and more choice, including automatic refunds for cancelled or significantly changed flights, while opening up more competition on domestic routes.Consumer NZ warned Labour’s plan could leave some passengers without a flight if a cancellation triggers an automatic refund. Labour to give Kiwis a better deal when they fly.
ACT has released policies on strengthening the dollar, unlocking New Zealand’s mineral and energy resources, tightening welfare rules and gradually raising superannuation to 67. ACT said it would cut spending, speed up approvals for resource projects and introduce stronger welfare consequences sooner than National’s proposed two-year wait. Leader David Seymour said raising the Super age was inevitable as the cost rises by almost $2 billion annually. ACT: Unlocking New Zealand’s Resources, ACT: Welfare Reform and ACT: Seymour hints at raising retirement age.
Opportunity Leader Qiulae Wong said Te Tiriti will be non-negotiable in any post-election deal, with the Party prepared to walk away from talks over policies it believed would undermine the Treaty. Read more at Te Ao Maori News.
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