Talks to form Government drag into sixth week

Having run a campaign with the Trumpian slogan of “Let’s Take Back Our Country”, it was always going to be a challenge to get NZ First to sign up to letting foreign buyers back in. Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The Kākā

TL;DR: Talks to form a Government are dragging into a sixth week with no immediate end in sight, thanks to NZ First’s opposition to a foreign buyers’ tax and ACT’s drive, supported by NZ First, for a referendum on the Treaty of Waitangi.

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Talks to form Government dragging into sixth week