Mr Joyce faced off with Labour's finance spokesman Grant Robertson at this morning's Mood of the Boardroom debate, hosted by the New Zealand Herald. Mr Joyce continued Prime Minister Bill English's criticism of Labour's failure to clarify what its tax policy would be should it come to power. Mr Robertson rehashed Labour leader Jacinda Ardern's attack on the Government for failing to address the country's housing shortage until the "11th hour". "Yes it does [exist]," Mr Joyce said, drawing laughs from the crowd. Mr Joyce countered that Labour's own numbers showed the country's debt after five years would be $11.5 billion higher than how the economy was currently tracking.

Source: Otago Daily Times September 12, 2017 00:00 UTC