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Chris Hipkins needs to outrun the economy to walk the talk

OPINION: Hipkins’ ‘bread and butter’, cost-of-living promises will be tested.

People more concerned about the price of cucumber and broccoli than CPI figures.

In the battle of the Chris-es, there is only one way Hipkins can prevail – if he can outrun the economy. His predecessor Jacinda Ardern was given an almost free pass on the economy: what couldn’t be blamed on Covid could be blamed on world events.

The problem for Prime Minister Hipkins is that

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