Framework needs to set out clear mandate for central and local government in legislation.
He says a coalition with the Greens and Te Pāti Māori would provide a stable, progressive government.
Contentious water reforms now law but National has pledged to repeal the legislation.
It wants to make rules simpler and move from compliance to a risk-based approach.
Governing Interest: But both groups agree the Employment Relations Authority should be better resourced.
In his first interview with NBR since he became PM, Hipkins acknowledges he won’t get many votes from the country’s boardrooms.
Act wants ministers to set key performance indicators for public service chief executives, to get better outcomes from government spending.
Party president Sylvia Wood says the election will be tight, after releasing National’s party list.
‘We have agreed to disagree.’
The Government could make things worse if it tried to do it on its own.