Kerre Woodham: Let's put an end to the fun and start verifying political promises

I don't know about you, but I want to know how big our Finance Ministers' holes are.

I think it's really important to know what political parties’ promises are going to cost us. A nine-year battle to get a publicly funded body to cost political parties election promises, starting with the 2026 election, ended at cabinet on Monday after ACT and NZ First put the kibosh on the plan.