Show Notes
Welcome to Midday Report essentials with Guyon Espiner. Labour looked beat by the gang scandal, but, the new RNZ poll gives them a path to power. We heard from Labour's campaign chair Kieran McAnulty on how he plans to push Labour over the line. Nicola Willis spoke to the mixed fortunes for National - the Reserve Bank held the Official Cash Rate yesterday, but the Finance Minister would be likely be out of Parliament on National's poll numbers. Finally, whoever wins the election could walk into a constitutional cluster of overhangs and extended coalition negotiations. Law professor Andrew Geddis told me what that could look like. Thanks for listening to today's episode of Midday Report Essentials, tune in wherever you get your podcasts - or live at Midday, every weekday on RNZ National.
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