ACT: Leader David Seymour said MBIE’s annual report showed why the Government needed to be smaller, backing fewer departments and ministers.
Seymour accepted Chris Hipkins’ debate challenge, criticising Labour’s Covid vaccine rollout, healthcare restructuring and medicines funding. Read more at NZ Herald, David Seymour on X and ACT.
NZ First: Leader Winston Peters dismissed the latest 1News Verian poll, which showed NZ First falling two points to 8%. Read more at NZ First and 1News.
National: Leader Christopher Luxon announced plans to expand the Years 7–10 Maths Acceleration Programme to another 40,000 students. He also declined TVNZ’s second leaders’ debate on 5 November. Read more at National, 1News and NZ Herald.
Labour: Campaign chairman Kieran McAnulty ruled out encouraging Labour supporters to vote strategically for Opportunity. Read more at Chris Lynch Media and 1News.
Greens: Co-leader Chloe Swarbrick said media attention had helped push Opportunity above the 5% polling threshold but questioned what the party stood for. The Greens also remained under scrutiny over its spending proposals. Read more at NZ Herald and National.
Opportunity: Leader Qiulae Wong said her party would not have signed the current coalition agreements, while defending its leadership against allegations of a toxic workplace culture and internal power struggles. Read more at RNZ and NZ Herald.
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