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Labour backs iwi-led supermarket rival; iwi wary

Peeni Henare signalled in Wednesday’s by-election debate that an iwi-led chain is Labour’s preferred “third player”, but Waikato-Tainui’s Tuku Morgan says the business case won’t stack up without deeper reforms.

The Labour Party is floating an iwi-led grocery chain as the preferred “third player” to challenge New Zealand’s supermarket duopoly, just as the Government unveiled an “express lane” to speed new entrants.

In a Tāmaki Makaurau by-election debate on Wednesday, Labour’s Peeni Henare said

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Mike McRoberts Thu, 28 Aug 2025
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