Labour leader Andrew Little announced Labour's affordable housing policy at the New Lynn Community Centre - the same venue where, in 2014, former leader David Cunliffe suffered through one of Labour's worst election defeats ever. That has left a vacuum for Little to exploit - National no longer has its most convincing communicator on hand to prosecute the case against Labour's policy. Yesterday, Little was there to deliver the policy he hopes will win Labour the next election. It amounted to taking bits of policy from here and there and calling it a comprehensive plan. Labour will stop speculators and build houses: "When you don't have enough houses, you bloody well build some more.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 10, 2016 16:52 UTC