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Economic Debate Critical For Election

Released at 9:11 am on 17 October 2008

Sir Roger Douglas, Michael Cullen, and Bill English will trade economic policies with Jeanette Fitzsimons, Peter Dunne, Jim Anderton, Pita Sharples, and Doug Woolerton, in what promises to be a critical ninety minute election debate in Christchurch this Sunday.

The third of five scheduled debates in the Radio New Zealand election series will focus on The Economy and will be conducted in front of a live audience.

The debate and a subsequent panel analysis will be broadcast live on Radio New Zealand National 101FM between 5 pm and 7 pm on Sunday 19th October.

Full election debate details, audio files and analysis from previous debates are available on the Radio New Zealand website www.radionz.co.nz/news/events/election2008/debates.