Talking Politics With Sam Uffindell Tauranga City MP

National will get the cost of living crisis under control. Under Labour we are seeing runaway inflation, skyrocketing interest rates, and Kiwis struggling to make ends meet.

Most of this is due to reckless money printing and spending and a swathe of costly regulations imposed under this government.

Bread prices are up 39 per cent, cheese is up 53 per cent and eggs have more than doubled. House prices and rental costs have taken off under Labour. It's getting harder and harder to realise the Kiwi dream where if you work hard, you can get ahead.

National has a plan to tackle the cost of living crisis. We will stop adding costs to businesses and farmers, which are currently being passed on to the consumer. We will make sure business have the workers they need to produce more efficiently.

We will reign in wasteful government spending that is continually stoking the inflation fire. We will focus the Reserve Bank solely on fighting inflation – it's most important job.

And finally, we will give hard-working, tax-paying Kiwis back some of their money through inflation adjustments to the tax brackets, making the average family $1700 better off per year.

We trust New Zealanders to spend their money better than the government and we want to make it easier for you to pay the mortgage or rent, buy the groceries, pay the bills and buy the kids some new school shoes. We will work hard to make life easier for Kiwi families.