ELECTION 2020: It is all about seizing opportunity

ELECTION 2020: It is all about seizing opportunity
Rebecca Howard
There was little daylight between Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Opposition leader Judith Collins in their pitches to New Zealand's business leaders. National's Collins put forward her party as borrowing to build in a time of cheap money, while Labour's Ardern wants to keep the attention squarely on the government's response to the covid-19 pandemic, pledging to leverage the health response to drive economic growth. The two leaders were speaking at the Deloitte-Chapman Tripp-BusinessNZ 2020 election conference.“We...

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