Landlord tax cut was about the Labour Party, not property – Thomas Coughlan

Landlord tax cut was about the Labour Party, not property – Thomas Coughlan

Opinion byPolitical Editor·NZ Herald·25 Sep, 2026 05:00 PM9 mins to readThomas Coughlan, Political Editor at the New Zealand Herald, loves applying a political lens to people's stories and explaining the way things like transport and finance touch our lives. ‌Then-Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern introduced the interest deductibility ban for landlords in 2021. Photo / StuffLabour might have moved on from the last Government. Polling suggests voters have moved on too.But two incidents this week showed the Ardern Government isn’t quite done with Labour. On Monday, leader Chris Hipkins unexpectedly announced he would leave the interest deductibility rules for residential property unchanged if elected

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