5 Oct 2023

Deputy Debate: Carmel Sepuloni and Nicola Willis go head to head

From Checkpoint, 6:08 pm on 5 October 2023

You've heard from the sheriffs, now it's the turn of the deputies. National's Deputy leader, Nicola Willis and Deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni.

It's just over a week until the polls close and things have arguably turned a little nasty; with allegations of race baiting and name calling.

Chris Hipkins is still locked down with COVID. And latest poll shows Labour's spinning its wheels on 26 percent and unable to form a government on those numbers.

National's apparently stalled too, but at 36 Percent it does have a path to power but its with Winston Peters.

And that's prompted a campaign cameo from a former PM - trying to tidy up some political lose ends.

So the Deputies, do they always agree with their Chris or Christopher?

What would they give up to be in government and are their policies on point?

Carmel Sepuloni is in our Auckland studio and Nicola Willis is in Wellington.