Barbara Edmonds: Labour’s finance spokesperson set to take economic fight to Nicola Willis - Fran O’Sullivan

Opinion byFran O'SullivanHead of Business·NZ Herald·11 Sep, 2026 08:00 PM5 mins to readHead of Business, NZME‌Labour's Barbara Edmonds on where Capital Gains tax revenue will be spent and how they'll fund other policy commitments. Video / Ryan Bridge TODAYIn an election campaign where everyone professes to care about the price of mince, Barbara Edmonds is one of the few politicians who can talk in the same breath about mums at Pak’nSave and section EE31 of the Income Tax Act – and sound credible on both. Edmonds, who is