Question time
1. At what level of income would the 39 per cent rate apply under Labour’s new tax policy?
a) $150,000
b) $180,000
c) $200,000
2. What would National’s electric vehicles policy do?
a) remove GST from electric vehicles
b) require taxi companies to use electric vehicles
c) allow drivers of electric vehicles to use bus lanes
3. Which group benefits from a plan to reserve 10 per cent of managed isolation places?
a) skilled migrants
b) international students
c) working tourists, such as backpackers
4. Labour has promised a new public holiday to mark what?
a) Parihaka Day b) Matariki
c) Suffrage Day
5. National Party leader Judith Collins called for a Royal Commission into what?
a) the Covid-19 response
b) the Whakaari/White Island disaster
c) the impact on New Zealand of Australia’s deportees policy
6. Who said Labour’s new tax policy was “tinkering” ?
a) Green Party co-leader James Shaw b) National’s finance spokesman Paul Goldsmith c) Act leader David Seymour
7. Who described National’s plans for an Infrastructure Bank as “tricky accounting”?
a) Finance Minister Grant Robertson
b) Jacinda Ardern
c) Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson
8. What electorate is Public Party leader Billy Te Kahika standing in?
a) Te Tai Tokerau
b) Epsom ) T¯amaki Makaurau
9. What did NZ First leader Winston Peters repeatedly call TV1’s Q+A host Jack Tame?
a) Jacko
b) Sunshine
c) James
10. Which political party has been allowed into TVNZ’s debates despite not meeting the criteria?
a) Vision NZ
b) M¯aori Party
c) TOP
Answers: 1. b 2. c 3. a 4. b 5. b 6. a 7. b8.a9.c10.b