Tag: grocery_prices

Seymour: Halswell Woolworths Shows Why Consenting Reform Needed

1 Oct 2026 5:32 p.m. · Source: ACT New Zealand

ACT Leader David Seymour says a new Halswell Woolworths took eleven years and a $3 million consent, arguing for a one stop consenting shop to cut red tape and boost competition.

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POLITICAL PULSE: What Party Leaders Are Saying on Social Media (5pm, 20 September 2026)

20 Sep 2026 5:03 p.m. · Source: Newswire.nz Political Pulse

Seymour turns on coalition partners over supermarket policy as Hipkins renews food-price promise

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Labour Pledges Immediate Action to Cut Grocery Prices

20 Sep 2026 11:47 a.m. · Source: New Zealand Labour Party

Labour says it will force Woolworths and Foodstuffs to split wholesale from retail, void anti-competitive restraints on small grocers and ban junk supplier fees to bring down checkout prices.

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POLITICAL PULSE: What Party Leaders Are Saying on Social Media (10am, 20 September 2026)

20 Sep 2026 11:27 a.m. · Source: Newswire.nz Political Pulse

Hipkins takes on supermarkets over grocery prices, Davidson pushes commercial rent reform, Wong sets conservation bottom lines

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Supermarket competition takes centre stage as parties clash over break-ups and price gouging

17 Sep 2026 6:03 a.m. · Source: Newswire.nz Editorial Staff

Supermarket showdown: Greens, National, Labour, NZ First and ACT go to war over grocery prices

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ACT's David Seymour Slams Supermarket Break-Up Policies as 'Desperate and Visionless'

16 Sep 2026 2:15 p.m. · Source: ACT New Zealand

ACT leader David Seymour criticises rival parties' supermarket break-up and price-gouging policies, saying they would deter investment and deliver only about $2.38 a week per person.

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