18 Aug 2020

Covid-19: How candidates feel about election delay

From Morning Report, 8:23 am on 18 August 2020

A postie, a public sector worker, and an iwi leader are just some of the new Parliamentary hopefuls who are now facing a four week extension to their campaigns. 

With the election date pushed out to 17 October sitting MPs get to keep being paid for the extra time.

But for those hoping to take their seats this time around, there's no such security.

Harry Lock reports.