Chris Hipkins: Labour Leader talks capital gains tax, NCEA curriculum, gang patch ban live in studio
The Labour leader says New Zealand needs an honest conversation about paying for its future.
Our newsroom understands party delegates will vote on whether to support a capital gains or wealth tax at its annual conference this weekend.
Chris Hipkins says about 70% of government tax revenue comes from personal income taxes - while the OECD average is half as much.
He told Kerre Woodham that's because New Zealand doesn't have other forms of tax like capital gains, which is very common elsewhere.
Hipkins says it's treated as if it's a big radical idea, but we are one of the only countries in the…
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