"Prime Minister Jenny Shipley again opened her mouth and let things run out when on the Leighton Smith debate last
night, she said there was a fiscal cap on Treaty of Waitangi settlements," Labour finance spokesperson Michael Cullen
said today.
"The cap was removed as part of the National-New Zealand First coalition negotiations and has never been re-imposed. It
appears in the Pre-election Fiscal and Economic Update among the non-quantifiable contingent liabilities. In other
words, no numbers attached.
"It appears that Mrs Shipley's fiscal slips are showing again," Dr Cullen said.