Ginny Andersen

had Deputy Mayor Iwi, and really interesting to know that some of the growers reckon there's a 300% mark-up on their produce to supermarkets, and they think that's the key reason that those factories have closed.

That's by the supermarkets.

They say from when they sell their bag of potatoes or their peas, the price from when they sell it to the supermarkets, it goes into the supermarkets.

It's a 300% difference.

And they say that that's one of the key reasons why it's unsustainable.

Yeah, totally.

Yeah, and now that's going to potentially be made even worse because if there's no competition from good local Kiwi produce, then it will make it easier to bring lower quality foreign stuff in.

And that means hardworking Kiwis can't afford to buy stuff like a bag of frozen peas.

It's always a really tricky one to get it right.

I mean, I think a lot of people around here, when I've spoken to them last night as well, you know, Cycling Gabriel was such a massive impact on the community and I think there was real concern that we would have a similar event.

So I think you do, Mark's right, you don't hear me say that often.

But you do need to take precaution and make sure people are safe, and we can't exactly predict the pathway of a cyclone.

So it is better to be on the safe side than not.

I did read that article, yes.

Well, I think of a few policies.

I think of the three free GP visits every Kiwi each year.

I think of a future fund which uses state-owned assets to build deeper capital markets so Kiwi businesses can stay in New Zealand.

having a loan scheme for GP practices so they can invest in their own clinics here, having free cervical screening for women, and in the video game development, something I worked on to make sure we keep Kiwi jobs here in New Zealand and help support that industry.

So that's just a few of the policies we've announced.

I think we've said very clearly that we won't be putting ourselves in a position where promising 500 cops by November and not doing it or saying Luxem promised to fix the economy and it not happening.