7 Sep 2023

National announces working holiday visa policy plans

From Midday Report, 12:16 pm on 7 September 2023

Under pressure over law-and-order, the Labour Party is promising to add another 300 police officers to the front-line over four years.

It says that will be one of the new ways it will crackdown on gangs. In June, the Government announced it had delivered an extra 1,800 police while in office - a previous commitment.

Labour's leader Chris Hipkins says he intends to grow that further - ensuring there is at least one officer for every 470 New Zealanders - the best ratio in modern history.

Meanwhile in Queenstown the Leader of the National Party, Christopher Luxon, has set his sights on increasing tourism, and making changes to working holiday visa rules.

Our Political Editor Jane Patterson was at the announcement and spoke to Charlotte Cook.