7 Feb 2023

Labour and National take different approaches to Waitangi

From Morning Report, 7:16 am on 7 February 2023

Both Labour and National have issued a call for unity as they grapple with race relations this election year - but the two parties have very different policy prescriptions.

Their leaders have made their respective debuts at Waitangi - and, again, have taken very different approaches.

From left MP for Te Tai Tokerau Kelvin Davis, Prime Minister Chris Hipkins, opposition leader Christopher Luxon and Green Party co-leader James Shaw being welcomed onto onto Te Whare Runanga on the Treaty grounds at Waitangi in 2023.

From left MP for Te Tai Tokerau Kelvin Davis, Prime Minister Chris Hipkins, opposition leader Christopher Luxon and Green Party co-leader James Shaw being welcomed onto onto Te Whare Runanga on the Treaty grounds at Waitangi in 2023. Photo: RNZ / Ella Stewart

Our deputy political editor Craig McCulloch has been covering the politicians' visit.