Labour: Leader Chris Hipkins announced plans to stop phone, internet and insurance companies charging existing customers more than new customers and prevent surprise price increases when introductory deals ended. Labour also proposed requiring advertised discounts to reflect the lowest price charged in the previous 30 days. – Labour.
National: Leader Christopher Luxon said disbanding the Waitangi Tribunal could be considered if the coalition returned to government. He said its role would change in some form, but National had yet to discuss a plan with ACT and NZ First. Luxon also rejected claims that National’s targeting of Greens Co-Leader Chloe Swarbrick amounted to cyberbullying. – Newstalk ZB, 1News.
NZ First: Leader Winston Peters reiterated plans for a two-year clemency period for Pacific overstayers and lower visa costs for Pacific families. However, he declined to make clemency a coalition bottom line. – Pacific Media Network, NZ Herald.
ACT: Leader David Seymour renewed ACT’s pledge to save $22 billion over four years and reduce debt by $12.4 billion against current forecasts by 2031. He also criticised Labour’s proposed crackdown on misleading discounts, saying existing legislation already prohibited them. – ACT via Scoop, Scoop.
Greens: Co-Leader Chloe Swarbrick claimed National’s repeated attacks on her amount to cyber-bullying. RNZ reported that 37 of National’s 94 Instagram posts over six days featured Swarbrick or the Greens. – Greens, RNZ, The Zeitgeist on X.
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It’s literally impossible to bully a dyk3 as they sre the bullies.
It’ll be like Helen Clark complaining of being cyber bullied.