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Negotiations to step-up as National look to form government
Morning Report
English - November 05, 2023 18:15 - 6 minutes - 5.73 MB - ★★★★ - 11 ratingsNews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: NZ First to play critical role in forming government
National and Act had the barest majority on election night, but the picture changed with the final result, confirming that New Zealand First must be in the mix.
Policy positions are being worked through to identify areas of common ground and those that will prove more challenging.
Both Act and New Zealand First have raised red flags over the affordability of National's tax package.
Partly funding it through a foreign property buyers' tax would be problematic for New Zealand First.
RNZ political editor Jane Patterson spoke to Susie Ferguson.