9 Oct 2023

Labour leader says National scaremongering over talk of election re-do

From Checkpoint, 5:11 pm on 9 October 2023

As the campaign hurtles towards the end, the prospect of a hung parliament or even a second election dominated talk out on the road today for party leaders.

Over the weekend National flagged the growing possibility it could fail to cut a post election deal, if it has to rely on both ACT and New Zealand First.

Labour leader Chris Hipkins told reporters in Auckland today it was irresponsible, and scaremongering.