17 Aug 2023

National refuse to give position on foreign house ownership

From Morning Report, 7:45 am on 17 August 2023

Will they - won't they? - that's the question for the National Party about whether it would overturn the Labour government's ban on foreign house buyers.

Leader Christopher Luxon has so far refused to give an answer, but National opposed the ban when it was introduced by the newly elected Labour New Zealand First coalition government in 2018.

With the election less than two months away, Labour is ramping up the pressure, calling for National to show its hand.

Political editor Jane Patterson reports.