Analysis: It took one minute for the jeers to hit Grant Robertson.
It took less than 10 seconds for the cheers to start for Nicola Willis.
And that set the tone for the night at Queenstown’s finance leaders’ debate. In front of an audience of 400 people, Grant Robertson, Nicola Willis, David Seymour and James Shaw came prepared to fight for the right to be the next finance minister.
There was no doubt it was a National and ACT friendly crowd. The mere mention of the Greens’ wealth tax set the crowd on edge and certainly the loudest boos of the night.
Grant Robertson came prepared with his one liner for Nicola Willis, referring to the topic de jour and the alleged holes in National’s tax plans – “Show us the Costings”.
While Willis stood her ground, she only proceeded to put more pressure on her party’s policies with a frankly astonishing admission that she doesn’t know…
