What voters don’t want to hear at high-stakes leaders’ debate – Audrey Young

Opinion bySenior Political Correspondent·NZ Herald·5 Oct, 2026 12:29 AM8 mins to readAudrey Young, Senior Political Correspondent at the New Zealand Herald based at Parliament, specialises in writing about politics and power.‌Welcome to Inside Politics. Tomorrow will be one of the most important days of the election campaign – the first leaders’ debate in which Christopher Luxon and Chris Hipkins go head-to-head.What they need to do is to resist the urge to bicker, blather and bulls***. It will be