Chris Hipkins and Christopher Luxon square off in the first leaders debate of the campaign. Now, accusations are being fired between both major parties, with Labour accusing Luxon of "chickening out" of the chance to take part in the debate at a new time. Chris Hipkins has Covid. "Christopher Luxon is happy to debate Chris Hipkins and in fact he's done it twice and next week there's another debate on Thursday." "We are looking forward to the final TVNZ leaders' debate on the 12th of October."

Source: Stuff October 02, 2023 16:29 UTC