Robert MacCulloch: Coalition talks: On economics, Luxon is arguing about nothing with Winston Peters & David Seymour

As coalition negotiations drag on, it has been left to speculation about what disagreements are taking place. They cannot be on economic issues. The differences in terms of finance-related policies between National, ACT and NZ First are trivial and inconsequential. It cannot be that the nation doesn't have a new government due to sticking points over matters like National's foreign buyer tax which has been featuring prominently in the mainstream media, nor for that matter any other tax or spending policy. For example, the foreign-buyer tax would only raise around 0.1% of GDP.

In terms of other tax policies, here is one of NZ Firsts "founding principles":