Labour leader Chris Hipkins has stated that New Zealanders do not prioritize the specific details of the party's New Zealand Future Fund policy, which aims to reinvest the dividends from Crown assets into local businesses to stimulate job creation. The policy was introduced with minimal detail last October, and Hipkins emphasized that the party would determine which assets would contribute to the fund only after the election, based on advice from officials. He described the policy as a straightforward commitment to maintaining state asset ownership, contrasting it with the National Party's stance, which he claims involves selling public assets. Hipkins acknowledged that while Labour has a general idea of potential revenues from state assets, the exact contributions to the Future Fund will not be specified until after the election. National's campaign chair, Simeon Brown, criticized Labour for not being transparent about how the policy might affect funding for essential services like schools and hospitals, arguing that the loss of SOE dividends could necessitate tax increases or cuts to frontline services. Additionally, Edmonds highlighted that some state-owned enterprises may have Treaty of Waitangi obligations, complicating the decision-making process regarding asset inclusion in the fund.