Early Edition with Kate Hawkesby

So do we have a big backflip from the PM coming? The Heralds Political Editor Claire Trevett reminded us all yesterday of Ardern’s words regarding a wealth tax during the 2020 election campaign, remember that? It seems not even the PM recalled what she'd said, given she’s now saying something different.  So back in 2020, as Claire reminds us, Ardern not only ruled out a wealth tax - but said she would not allow it to happen while she was PM. Not on her watch, not happening. She was definitive.  Fast forward to yesterday morning when she was asked again - is a wealth tax coming? Well now, now she’s not so sure.  But by yesterday afternoon when asked again, she was back to, "not this term."So does that mean we can expect a wealth tax as part of the 2023 campaign?She certainly didn’t rule it out. She said Labour was “yet to form its tax policy for 2023” which sounds a lot like fudging the answer.But at the moment, on top of David Parker snooping into the IRD info on what taxes the country’s wealthiest are paying