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Opportunity leader Qiulae Wong on walking away from government
Opportunity leader Qiulae Wong says she'd walk away from government over policies her party doesn't support.
In brief
Opportunity leader Qiulae Wong says she'd walk away from government over policies her party doesn't support. Opportunity leader Qiulae Wong would not support coalition agreements her party doesn't believe in, even for first reading. Originally reported by RNZ.
Opportunity leader Qiulae Wong
Opportunity leader Qiulae Wong says she would walk away from government rather than support a policy through to first reading that her party doesn't believe in.
“We're not supporting things like a Treaty Principles Bill in this next term of government”
Wong's bottom lines
Wong says Opportunity would not support New Zealand First's BNZ bank buyback, ACT's minimum wage freeze, National's drug testing, or Waitangi Tribunal abolition.
“but I don't think anyone really believes that's going to happen”
Wong on coalition
Wong says Opportunity would not prop up the current coalition of National, New Zealand First, and Act or sign up to its agreements.
“If that coalition agreement was put in front of us, we would have walked away”
Wong's generosity
Wong says Opportunity has been 'really generous' putting out bottom lines when other parties did not.
“We've been really generous”
Winston Peters on childhood
Winston Peters says he was smacked as a child and 'thoroughly deserved them' after racing horses on the beach.
“I can't deny that but then heavens I was shown the error of my way”
Peters' punishment
Peters says his father punished him by walking home with sore legs after racing horses on the beach.
“That was the punishment, yeah, I learnt the hard way”
David Seymour on bipartisanship
Seymour says bipartisanship on tough issues requires sharing credit and making compromises.
“there's no limit to what you can achieve if you don't care who takes the credit”
Seymour on infrastructure
Seymour says building roads takes 10 years - three electoral cycles - and better planning is needed.
“It takes 10 years to build a decent road - that's three electoral cycles”
The bottom line
Opportunity leader Qiulae Wong would not support coalition agreements her party doesn't believe in, even for first reading.
