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Labour proposes price-history checks to stop fake sales discounts

Chris Hipkins and Carmel Sepuloni put supermarket penalties and misleading bargains at the centre of their Glen Eden announcement.

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NZ Herald LIVE: Chris Hipkins makes a policy announcement

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0:50Hipkins outlines easier subscription cancellations and measures targeting supermarket market power and price gouging.
2:10Sepuloni proposes stronger consumer protections ahead of Black Friday and Christmas shopping.
4:38Proposed discount rules would use 30-day price histories; Sepuloni also discusses refund requirements under the grocery code.
9:47Sepuloni proposes increasing fines for non-compliant supermarkets to as much as NZ$5 million.
22:36Hipkins says housing developments considered under the fast-track regime need supporting infrastructure.

A sale sticker would need a price history behind it under the consumer-protection plans Carmel Sepuloni outlines in Labour's Glen Eden press conference.

With Black Friday and Christmas shopping approaching, Sepuloni proposes using the previous 30 days of prices to distinguish genuine reductions from misleading discounts. "We're going to ban fake discounts," she says, presenting the measure as part of a European-style approach to consumer protection.

The announcement appears in nzherald.co.nz's new press-conference upload, which credits RNZ for the footage. Labour leader Chris Hipkins opens by putting household costs at the centre of his election pitch, alongside proposals to make subscriptions easier to cancel and tackle supermarket market power and price gouging.

Sepuloni supplies the more detailed shopping-policy answers. Alongside the discount checks, she discusses requiring refund policies under the grocery code and increasing fines for non-compliant supermarkets to as much as NZ$5 million. These are Labour's proposals, not changes already in force.

The policy announcement occupies the opening stretch. From around fourteen minutes, the questions broaden into campaign strategy, youth welfare, housing infrastructure and possible post-election discussions. Hipkins stresses the importance of turnout and winning West Auckland seats, then argues that housing developments need supporting infrastructure.

For viewers looking specifically for the promised consumer announcement, Sepuloni begins laying it out just over two minutes into the recording; the detailed questions about how the discount rules would work follow shortly afterwards.

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