Early Edition with Kate Hawkesby

The Coalition is failing on two numbers that matter most to us voters.  Inflation is up over 3% - not as bad as the Aussies but not helped by Trump.  But wage growth is 2%. The cost of buying stuff is going up quicker than we can afford to pay for it by working. Our real wages are a bit shite.  You know when Luxon set the election date in January and said people needed to "feel" the recovery happening? They're not. That's why the right track/wrong track poll results look the way they do. Most of us reckon we're heading in the wrong direction because they are.  And people, generally and rightly, link their individual circumstances to that of the country.  Now some of you might be annoyed by this, but these are facts - you can't argue with them. However, they do not mean Labour is getting back into government. Far from it.  Elections are about choices. Has the other guy hawking his wares got something better to offer me? Labour's got three doctors visits at already-stretched GP cli