# 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.
- Title: Opportunity leader Qiulae Wong on walking away from government
- Summary: 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…
- Keywords: qiulae wong, opportunity party, nz first, act, national, treaty principles bill, waitangi tribunal, bnz bank, minimum wage, drug testing, political market, bipartisanship
- Source: RNZ — https://rnz.co.nz/news/politics_election-2026/2067964/we-ve-been-really-generous-opportunity-s-qiulae-wong-on-bottom-lines
- Author: RNZ | Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa
- Published: 2026-10-21T15:40:18+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: qiulae wong, opportunity party, nz first, act, national, treaty principles bill, waitangi tribunal, bnz bank, minimum wage, drug testing, political market, bipartisanship
## 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
## Key takeaway

Opportunity leader Qiulae Wong would not support coalition agreements her party doesn't believe in, even for first reading.