ONE NEWS: A political commentator believes the National Party is resisting the temptation to sound too radical following their key election year speech.
Leader John Key has addressed party faithful at a regional conference in Dunedin.
Commentator Graeme Hunt says the speech only really puts forward two points of difference between National and the government - its stance on tax cuts, and a focus on the education system and academic standards.
However, he expects the election to be fought on economic issues, and feels the promise of tax cuts could prove tempting for many voters.
He says offering meaningful tax cuts is at least one way the party can differentiate itself from Labour.
Hunt says many New Zealanders are looking at the government's current tax take and do not feel as if they are getting value for money, even when that money is being put back into state services.
However, he feels Labour has far from lost the election, but thinks they will focus more on issues of nationalisation - like the buyout of the national rail network - rather than putting money back into people's pockets.
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